Bill Text: TX SB1668 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certification and examination requirements for persons engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1668 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1668-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1668 | ||
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| relating to certification and examination requirements for persons | ||
| engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 113.095, Natural | ||
| Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 113.095. LICENSE AND EXAMINATION BY ENDORSEMENT: | ||
| OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 113, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 113.0955 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 113.0955. CERTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION BY | ||
| ENDORSEMENT: NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING. The commission by | ||
| rule shall waive the requirements of Section 113.087 for an | ||
| applicant for a certificate for cylinder filling who: | ||
| (1) has completed training consistent with the | ||
| guidelines established by the Propane Education & Research Council; | ||
| (2) submits proof of completion of training described | ||
| by Subdivision (1); | ||
| (3) submits an application for that type of | ||
| certificate; | ||
| (4) pays the applicable original nonrefundable | ||
| certification fee as established by the commission under Section | ||
| 113.088; and | ||
| (5) completes an examination for cylinder filling | ||
| that: | ||
| (A) is administered by the commission; | ||
| (B) is approved by the commission as a comparable | ||
| examination to the examination administered by the commission and | ||
| submits proof of completion of the examination to the commission; | ||
| or | ||
| (C) uses Propane Education & Research Council | ||
| training and examination materials and submits proof of completion | ||
| of the examination to the commission. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1668 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2021, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1668 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
