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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
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        |  | relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in | 
      
        |  | certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or | 
      
        |  | liquefied natural gas containers and systems. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 116.031, Natural Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by | 
      
        |  | commission rule, a person shall be required to obtain a license from | 
      
        |  | the commission to engage in any of the following activities: | 
      
        |  | (1)  work that includes 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 [ 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)  product work that includes the sale, storage, | 
      
        |  | transportation for delivery, or dispensing of CNG or LNG in this | 
      
        |  | state. | 
      
        |  | (e)  The commission shall 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the House on April | 
      
        |  | 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 4, 2 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |