Bill Text: TX SB1301 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to manufacturers' inclusion of denatonium benzoate in certain products containing ethylene glycol.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1301 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1301-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to manufacturers' inclusion of denatonium benzoate in certain products containing ethylene glycol.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1301 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1301-Comm_Sub.html
By: Deuell | S.B. No. 1301 | |
(Rodriguez) | ||
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relating to manufacturers' inclusion of denatonium benzoate in | ||
certain products containing ethylene glycol. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0234 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.0234. DENATONIUM BENZOATE ADDITIVE REQUIREMENT | ||
FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING ETHYLENE GLYCOL. (a) This section | ||
applies to a product to be sold as antifreeze or engine coolant | ||
that: | ||
(1) contains an ethylene glycol concentration greater | ||
than 10 percent by volume; and | ||
(2) is manufactured after January 1, 2013. | ||
(b) A manufacturer of a product described by Subsection (a) | ||
may not distribute the product for sale in this state unless the | ||
product includes denatonium benzoate in an amount of not less than | ||
30 parts per million and not more than 50 parts per million by | ||
weight. | ||
(c) A manufacturer of a product described by Subsection (a) | ||
shall: | ||
(1) maintain a record of the trade name, scientific | ||
name, and active ingredients of the denatonium benzoate additive | ||
used to comply with Subsection (b); and | ||
(2) on request, make the record available to the | ||
public. | ||
(d) Subject to Subsection (e), a manufacturer, processor, | ||
distributor, recycler, or seller of a product described by | ||
Subsection (a) that includes denatonium benzoate in the | ||
concentrations required by Subsection (b) is not liable to any | ||
person for any personal injury, death, property damage, damage to | ||
the environment, including natural resources, or economic loss that | ||
results from the inclusion of denatonium benzoate in the product. | ||
(e) The limitation on liability provided by Subsection (d) | ||
does not apply to the extent that the cause of the liability is | ||
unrelated to the inclusion of denatonium benzoate in a product | ||
described by Subsection (a). | ||
(f) This section does not exempt a manufacturer of | ||
denatonium benzoate from liability under other law. | ||
(g) A political subdivision of this state may not adopt or | ||
enforce an ordinance, regulation, or policy that is inconsistent | ||
with or more restrictive than this section. | ||
(h) This section does not apply to the sale of: | ||
(1) a motor vehicle that contains a product described | ||
by Subsection (a); or | ||
(2) a container sold at wholesale that contains 55 | ||
gallons or more of antifreeze or engine coolant. | ||
SECTION 2. A manufacturer is required to comply with | ||
Section 501.0234, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, only | ||
after January 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |