By Cook H.B. No. 679
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to
1-3 implement conservation and distribution plans for alternative
1-4 fuels.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 113.241, Natural Resources Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 113.241. Rules Regarding Research and Education
1-9 The commission may adopt all necessary rules relating to the
1-10 purposes of this subchapter and activities regarding <conducting
1-11 research and educating the public regarding> the use of LPG,
1-12 natural gas, including other natural gas derivative fuels such as
1-13 compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas and methonal, and
1-14 other environmentally beneficial alternative fuels that are or have
1-15 the potential to be effective in improving the quality of air in
1-16 this State.
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 113.243 (c)(3), Natural Resources Code,
1-18 is amended to read as follows:
1-19 (3) developing and implementing conservation and
1-20 distribution plans to minimize the frequency and severity of
1-21 disruptions in the supply of alternative fuels.
1-22 SECTION 3. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-23 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.