S.B. No. 271
                                        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.