Bill Text: TX SB1321 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1321 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1321-Introduced.html
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| By: Sparks | S.B. No. 1321 | |
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| relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving | ||
| tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1956.001(10), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (10) "Regulated metal" means: | ||
| (A) manhole covers; | ||
| (B) guardrails; | ||
| (C) metal cylinders designed to contain | ||
| compressed air, oxygen, gases, or liquids; | ||
| (D) malt beverage kegs made from metal other than | ||
| aluminum; | ||
| (E) historical markers or cemetery vases, | ||
| receptacles, or memorials made from metal other than aluminum; | ||
| (F) unused rebar; | ||
| (G) street signs; | ||
| (H) drain gates; | ||
| (I) safes; | ||
| (J) communication, transmission, and service | ||
| wire or cable; | ||
| (K) condensing or evaporator coils for central | ||
| heating or air conditioning units; | ||
| (L) utility structures, including the fixtures | ||
| and hardware; | ||
| (M) aluminum or stainless steel containers | ||
| designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts; | ||
| (N) metal railroad equipment, including tie | ||
| plates, signal houses, control boxes, signs, signals, traffic | ||
| devices, traffic control devices, traffic control signals, switch | ||
| plates, e-clips, and rail tie functions; | ||
| (O) catalytic converters not attached to a | ||
| vehicle; | ||
| (P) fire hydrants; | ||
| (Q) metal bleachers or other seating facilities | ||
| used in recreational areas or sporting arenas; | ||
| (R) any metal item clearly and conspicuously | ||
| marked with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a | ||
| governmental entity, utility, cemetery, or railroad; | ||
| (S) insulated utility, communications, or | ||
| electrical wire that has been burned in whole or in part to remove | ||
| the insulation; | ||
| (T) backflow valves; | ||
| (U) metal in the form of commonly recognized | ||
| products of the industrial metals recycling process, including | ||
| bales, briquettes, billets, sows, ingots, pucks, and chopped or | ||
| shredded metals; [ |
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| (V) commercial grade lead batteries or lead-acid | ||
| batteries; and | ||
| (W) tubular steel used in the oil and gas | ||
| industry. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1956.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1956.0021. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN TUBULAR STEEL | ||
| TRANSACTIONS. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this | ||
| chapter apply to a purchase of tubular steel products that have been | ||
| used in the oil and gas industry by a person engaged in the business | ||
| of purchasing and reselling those products to the same extent as a | ||
| purchase of regulated material by a metal recycling entity. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
