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AN ACT
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relating to testing liquefied petroleum gas systems in certain |
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school facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 113.352(a), (b), and (c), Natural |
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Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each school district shall perform leakage [pressure] |
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tests for leakage on the LP-gas piping system in each school |
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district facility at least biennially. The tests must be performed |
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before the beginning of the school year. |
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(b) The school district may perform the leakage [pressure] |
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tests on a two-year cycle under which the tests are performed for |
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the LP-gas piping systems of approximately one-half of the |
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facilities each year. |
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(c) If a school district operates one or more school |
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district facilities on a year-round calendar, the leakage |
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[pressure] test in each of those facilities must be conducted and |
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reported not later than July 1 of the year in which the test is |
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performed. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 113.353(a) and (b), Natural Resources |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The school district shall perform the leakage |
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[pressure] test to determine whether the LP-gas piping system holds |
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at least the amount of pressure specified by the commission |
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[National Fire Protection Association 54, National Fuel Gas Code]. |
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(b) The leakage [pressure] test must be conducted in |
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accordance with commission rules [National Fire Protection
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Association 54]. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 113.354(a) and (c), Natural Resources |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district shall retain documentation [provide
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written notice to the commission] specifying the date and the |
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result of each leakage [pressure] test or other inspection of each |
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[the] LP-gas piping system until at least the fifth anniversary of |
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the date the test or other inspection was performed. |
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(c) The commission may review a school district's |
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documentation of each leakage test or other inspection conducted by |
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the school district [shall maintain a copy of the notice provided
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under Subsection (a) until at least the first anniversary of the
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date the commission received the notice]. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3918 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3918 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |