BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2127
86R6474 BRG-F	By: Harris et al. (Birdwell)
	Natural Resources & Economic Development
	4/27/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

H.B. 2127 amends current law relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Railroad Commission of Texas in SECTION 1 (Section 116.031, Natural Resources Code) of this bill.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 116.031, Natural Resources Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e), as follows:

 

(a) Requires a person, unless otherwise provided in this chapter (Compressed Natural Gas) or by Railroad Commission of Texas (railroad commission) rule, to be required to obtain a license from the railroad commission to engage in any of the following activities:

 

(1) work that includes the assembly, repair, testing, sale, installation, or subframing, rather than the manufacture, assembly, repair, testing, sale installation or subframing, of CNG cylinders or LNG containers for use in this state;

 

(2) systems work that includes the installation, modification, or servicing, rather than the sale, installation, modification, or servicing, of CNG or LNG systems for use in this state, including the installation, modification, or servicing by any person, except a political subdivision, of a CNG or LNG motor fuel system or mobile fuel system on a vehicle used in the transportation of the general public; or

 

(3) makes no changes to this subdivision.

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(e) Requires the railroad commission to adopt rules providing for the registration of persons engaged in the manufacture of CNG cylinders or LNG containers for use in this state.

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019.