Amend CSSB 310 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to the bill, and appropriately renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS of the bill:
      SECTION ____.  The heading to Subchapter J, Chapter 121,
Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:
      SUBCHAPTER J. TESTING OF NATURAL GAS PIPING SYSTEMS IN
                   SCHOOL <DISTRICT> FACILITIES
      SECTION ____. Subchapter J, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 121.5005 to read as follows:
      Sec. 121.5005.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies to a
facility of a public elementary or secondary school, including a
charter school, or a private elementary or secondary school, but
does not apply to a home school.
      SECTION ____. Sections 121.501-121.506, Utilities Code, are
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 121.501.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "supplier"
means an individual or company that sells and delivers natural gas
to a school <district> facility.  If more than one individual or
company sells and delivers natural gas to a school facility <of a
school district>, each individual or company is a supplier for
purposes of this subchapter.
      Sec. 121.502.  DUTY TO PRESSURE TEST.  (a)  A person
responsible for a school facility <Each school district> shall
perform biennial pressure tests on the natural gas piping system in
the <each> school <district> facility.  The <school district shall
perform the> tests must be performed before the beginning of the
school year.
      (b)  A person responsible for more than one school facility
<The school district> may perform the tests on a two-year cycle
under which the person <district> pressure tests the natural gas
piping system in approximately one-half of the facilities each
year.
      (c)  If the person responsible for <a school district
operates> one or more school facilities operates the <district>
facilities on a year-round calendar, the pressure test in each of
those facilities must be conducted and reported not later than July
1 of the year in which the pressure test is performed.
      (d)  A natural gas piping pressure test performed under a
municipal code satisfies the pressure testing requirements
prescribed by this section.
      Sec. 121.503.  REQUIREMENTS OF TEST.  (a)  The person
responsible for a school facility <school district> shall perform
the pressure test to determine whether the natural gas piping
downstream of the school facility's <district's> meter holds at
least normal operating pressure over a specified period determined
by the railroad commission.
      (b)  During the pressure test, each system supply inlet and
outlet in the school facility must be closed.
      (c)  At the request of a person responsible for a school
facility <school district>, the railroad commission shall assist
the person <district> in developing a procedure for conducting the
test.
      Sec. 121.504.  NOTICE OF TEST.  (a)  A person responsible for
a school facility <school district> shall provide written notice to
the school's <district's natural gas> supplier specifying the date
and result of each pressure test or other inspection.
      (b)  The supplier shall maintain a copy of the notice until
at least the first anniversary of the date on which the supplier
received the notice.
      Sec. 121.505.  TERMINATION OF SERVICE.  (a)  A supplier shall
terminate service to a school <district> facility if:
            (1)  the supplier receives official notification from
the firm or individual conducting the test of a hazardous natural
gas leakage in the facility piping system; or
            (2)  <the district fails to perform> a test or other
inspection at the facility is not performed as required by this
subchapter.
      (b)  A supplier is not liable for any damages that result
from a failure to terminate service as required by Subsection
(a)(2) for a facility other than a school district facility.
      Sec. 121.506.  REPORT OF LEAKAGE <TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES>.  An
identified natural gas leakage in a school district facility must
be reported to the board of trustees of the district in which the
facility is located.  An identified natural gas leakage in another
school facility must be reported to the person responsible for the
school facility.