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AN ACT
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relating to examinations for applicants for or holders of licenses |
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or registrations to perform certain activities pertaining to |
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compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 113.087(a), (j), and (k), Natural |
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Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The satisfactory completion of the requirements of this |
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section is mandatory, and operations requiring an LP-gas license |
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may not commence, continue, or resume unless examination and |
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seminar requirements are fulfilled. The commission shall prepare, |
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administer, and grade or review an examination required by this |
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section or contract with a testing or proctoring service to |
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prepare, administer, and grade or review the examination. |
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(j) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or |
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proctoring service: |
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(1) the commission shall notify the person of the |
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results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the |
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date the commission receives the results from the testing or |
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proctoring service; and |
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(2) if notice of the examination results will be |
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delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the |
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commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay |
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before the 90th day. |
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(k) The commission may require a testing or proctoring |
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service to notify a person of the results of the person's |
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examination. |
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SECTION 2. Section 113.088(b), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Before seminar attendance or examination of any person, |
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except as provided by [this subsection or] Subsection (c), the |
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commission shall receive a nonrefundable fee for each examination |
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or seminar registration. [If the examination is administered by a |
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testing service, the testing service may administer the examination |
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before the commission receives the fee. A testing service that |
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administers an examination shall collect a nonrefundable fee for |
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the examination before the examination is administered and shall |
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forward the fee to the commission not later than the fifth business |
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day after the date the testing service receives the fee.] |
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SECTION 3. Sections 116.034(e) and (f), Natural Resources |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(e) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or |
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proctoring service: |
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(1) the commission shall notify the person of the |
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results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the |
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date the commission receives the results from the testing or |
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proctoring service; and |
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(2) if notice of the examination results will be |
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delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the |
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commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay |
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before the 90th day. |
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(f) The commission may require a testing or proctoring |
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service to notify a person of the results of the person's |
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examination. |
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SECTION 4. 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. 1582 passed the Senate on |
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April 29, 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. 1582 passed the House on |
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May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |