By: Barrientos S.B. No. 271
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to
1-2 implement conservation and distribution plans for alternative
1-3 fuels.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 113.241, Natural Resources Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 113.241. RULES REGARDING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. The
1-8 commission may adopt all necessary rules relating to the purposes
1-9 of this subchapter and activities <conducting research and
1-10 educating the public> regarding the use of LPG and other
1-11 environmentally beneficial alternative fuels that are or have the
1-12 potential to be effective in improving the quality of air in this
1-13 state.
1-14 SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 113.243, Natural
1-15 Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-16 (c) The fund may be used only by the commission to pay for
1-17 activities relating to the specific fuel from which the fee was
1-18 derived, including direct and indirect costs relating to:
1-19 (1) researching all possible uses of LPG and other
1-20 alternative fuels to enhance air quality;
1-21 (2) researching, developing, and implementing
1-22 marketing, advertising, and informational programs relating to
1-23 alternative fuels to make alternative fuels more understandable and
2-1 readily available to consumers;
2-2 (3) developing and implementing conservation and
2-3 distribution plans to minimize the frequency and severity of
2-4 disruptions in the supply of alternative fuels;
2-5 (4) developing a public information plan that will
2-6 provide advisory services relating to alternative fuels to
2-7 consumers;
2-8 (5) developing voluntary participation plans to
2-9 promote the use of alternative fuels by federal, state, and local
2-10 agencies;
2-11 (6) other functions the commission determines are
2-12 necessary to add to a program established by the commission for the
2-13 purpose of promoting the use of LPG or other environmentally
2-14 beneficial alternative fuels; and
2-15 (7) the administrative costs incurred by the
2-16 commission under this subchapter.
2-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.