44-926. Inspection and certificate fees; disposition. (a) The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this act to be inspected by the chief inspector or a deputy inspector shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, inspection fees fixed by the secretary in accordance with this subsection (a). The secretary shall fix annually, by rules and regulations, a schedule of fees for inspections of pressure vessels installed after January 1, 1999, and boilers by state inspectors and may fix different fees for inspection of boilers and pressure vessels in the various categories. Such fees shall not exceed $500 per day for each boiler or pressure vessel inspected.

(b) The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel for which an inspection certificate is to be issued pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 44-924, and amendments thereto, shall pay directly to the chief inspector, before issuance of such certificate, a certificate fee fixed by the secretary by rules and regulations of not to exceed $35.

(c) There is hereby created in the state treasury the boiler inspection fee fund. The chief inspector shall pay daily to the secretary all moneys received from the fees established hereunder, and the secretary shall remit all such moneys to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of such inspection fees shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance including all of the certificate fees shall be credited to the boiler inspection fee fund. All expenditures from the boiler inspection fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of labor or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.

History: L. 1977, ch. 172, § 14; L. 1978, ch. 196, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 217, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 67, § 14; L. 2000, ch. 46, § 3; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 145; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 83; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 16; July 1.