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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1321 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1321-Introduced.html
88R7077 SHH-D | ||
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. |