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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to certification and examination requirements for persons | 
         
            |  | engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 113.095, Natural | 
         
            |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 113.095.  LICENSE AND EXAMINATION BY ENDORSEMENT: | 
         
            |  | OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 113, Natural Resources | 
         
            |  | Code, is amended by adding Section 113.0955 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 113.0955.  CERTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION BY | 
         
            |  | ENDORSEMENT: NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING.  The commission by | 
         
            |  | rule shall waive the requirements of Section 113.087 for an | 
         
            |  | applicant for a certificate for cylinder filling who: | 
         
            |  | (1)  has completed training consistent with the | 
         
            |  | guidelines established by the Propane Education & Research Council; | 
         
            |  | (2)  submits proof of completion of training described | 
         
            |  | by Subdivision (1); | 
         
            |  | (3)  submits an application for that type of | 
         
            |  | certificate; | 
         
            |  | (4)  pays the applicable original nonrefundable | 
         
            |  | certification fee as established by the commission under Section | 
         
            |  | 113.088; and | 
         
            |  | (5)  completes an examination for cylinder filling | 
         
            |  | that: | 
         
            |  | (A)  is administered by the commission; | 
         
            |  | (B)  is approved by the commission as a comparable | 
         
            |  | examination to the examination administered by the commission and | 
         
            |  | submits proof of completion of the examination to the commission; | 
         
            |  | or | 
         
            |  | (C)  uses Propane Education & Research Council | 
         
            |  | training and examination materials and submits proof of completion | 
         
            |  | of the examination to the commission. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1668 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | 
         
            |  | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2021, by the | 
         
            |  | following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1668 passed the House, with | 
         
            |  | amendment, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, | 
         
            |  | Nays 0, one present not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | Approved: | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
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            |  | Governor |