73R6334 JJT-D By Earley H.B. No. 1734 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to liability of a licensed installer of certain liquefied 1-3 petroleum gas systems. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subchapter J to read as follows: 1-7 SUBCHAPTER J. LIABILITY OF LICENSE HOLDER 1-8 Sec. 113.301. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR LICENSED 1-9 INSTALLER. A person is not liable for damages caused solely by a 1-10 malfunction or improper operation of an LPG system that the person 1-11 installed in a residential, commercial, or public building if: 1-12 (1) the person was licensed to perform the 1-13 installation; 1-14 (2) the installation was performed in compliance with 1-15 the safety rules and standards adopted by the commission; and 1-16 (3) the person has no control over the operation of 1-17 the LPG system. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a cause of action for 1-19 damages arising out of a malfunction or the improper operation of a 1-20 liquefied petroleum gas system that occurs on or after the 1-21 effective date of this Act. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.