88R7077 SHH-D
 
  By: Dean H.B. No. 3368
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving
  tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1956.001(10), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (10)  "Regulated metal" means:
                     (A)  manhole covers;
                     (B)  guardrails;
                     (C)  metal cylinders designed to contain
  compressed air, oxygen, gases, or liquids;
                     (D)  malt beverage kegs made from metal other than
  aluminum;
                     (E)  historical markers or cemetery vases,
  receptacles, or memorials made from metal other than aluminum;
                     (F)  unused rebar;
                     (G)  street signs;
                     (H)  drain gates;
                     (I)  safes;
                     (J)  communication, transmission, and service
  wire or cable;
                     (K)  condensing or evaporator coils for central
  heating or air conditioning units;
                     (L)  utility structures, including the fixtures
  and hardware;
                     (M)  aluminum or stainless steel containers
  designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts;
                     (N)  metal railroad equipment, including tie
  plates, signal houses, control boxes, signs, signals, traffic
  devices, traffic control devices, traffic control signals, switch
  plates, e-clips, and rail tie functions;
                     (O)  catalytic converters not attached to a
  vehicle;
                     (P)  fire hydrants;
                     (Q)  metal bleachers or other seating facilities
  used in recreational areas or sporting arenas;
                     (R)  any metal item clearly and conspicuously
  marked with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a
  governmental entity, utility, cemetery, or railroad;
                     (S)  insulated utility, communications, or
  electrical wire that has been burned in whole or in part to remove
  the insulation;
                     (T)  backflow valves;
                     (U)  metal in the form of commonly recognized
  products of the industrial metals recycling process, including
  bales, briquettes, billets, sows, ingots, pucks, and chopped or
  shredded metals; [and]
                     (V)  commercial grade lead batteries or lead-acid
  batteries; and
                     (W)  tubular steel used in the oil and gas
  industry.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1956.0021 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1956.0021.  APPLICATION TO CERTAIN TUBULAR STEEL
  TRANSACTIONS. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this
  chapter apply to a purchase of tubular steel products that have been
  used in the oil and gas industry by a person engaged in the business
  of purchasing and reselling those products to the same extent as a
  purchase of regulated material by a metal recycling entity.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.