By: Dale (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) H.B. No. 3726
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
  May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2017, reported favorably
  by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to
  printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain examination and continuing education
  requirements for applicants for and holders of liquefied petroleum
  gas licenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 113.087(m), Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (m)  The commission[,] by [appropriate] rule may[, shall]
  require, in addition to examination requirements as set out in
  Subsections (b), (c), and (d) [of this section]:
               (1)  an examination for technical competence that is
  validated by a recognized educational testing organization or
  similar organization; or
               (2)  attendance at approved academic, trade,
  professional, or commission-sponsored seminars or[,] other
  continuing education programs[, and periodic reexaminations].
         SECTION 2.  Section 113.087, Natural Resources Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an application for an original
  or renewal license submitted on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  An application submitted before that date is governed by the
  law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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