1. There is hereby created within the department of public safety a “Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules”, which shall hereafter be referred to as the board, consisting of seven members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, one for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, two for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, they, or their successors identifiable with the same interest respectively as hereinafter provided, shall be appointed for terms of four years each. The governor may at any time remove any member of the board for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member, the governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interests with which his predecessor was identified. Of these seven appointed members, one shall be a representative of owners and users of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels in manufacturing, processing, or utilities, one shall be a representative of owners and users of low pressure boilers and pressure vessels in commercial buildings, multiple-unit housing, or hotels, one shall be a representative of the boiler manufacturers within this state, one shall be a representative of a boiler insurance company licensed to do business in this state, one shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college in this state or a licensed professional engineer having equivalent experience, one shall be a representative of the boilermakers, and one shall be a representative of the practical steam operating engineers. The board shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman. The board shall meet at least four times each year at Jefferson City, or other place designated by the chairman.

2. The members of the board shall serve without salary and shall receive their actual traveling and hotel expenses, incurred while in the performance of their duties as members of the board, to be paid in the same manner as in the case of other state officers.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 650.210

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Department: the Missouri department of public safety. See Missouri Laws 650.100
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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