79R4369 QS-D

By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 372



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fees for registration and inspection of certain fuel 
measuring and dispensing devices.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.001(a), Agriculture Code, is amended 
by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
		(3)  "Pump" means a gasoline, kerosene, or diesel fuel 
measuring or dispensing device.
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 13.1151, Agriculture 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.1151.  FEES FOR REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION.                    
	SECTION 3.  Section 13.1151(a), Agriculture Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	[(a)]  The department may charge the owner or operator of a 
device a fee, as provided by department rule, to recover the costs 
of [for the] registration and inspection of a pump, scale, [or] bulk 
or liquefied petroleum gas metering device, or other measuring or 
dispensing device required to be registered or inspected under 
[Section 13.1011 of] this chapter [code.  The department shall 
determine the amount of the fee based on the number and the capacity 
of the scales, pumps, or metering devices being operated].
	SECTION 4.  Sections 13.1011(e) and 13.1151(b)-(f), 
Agriculture Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.