| 1 | | - | By: Springer, Isaac, Guillen H.B. No. 239 |
|---|
| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
|---|
| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015; |
|---|
| 4 | | - | May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
|---|
| 5 | | - | Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported |
|---|
| 6 | | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0, 1 present not |
|---|
| 7 | | - | voting; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.) |
|---|
| 8 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
|---|
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 239 |
|---|
| 12 | 4 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 13 | 5 | | relating to storage of flammable liquids at retail service stations |
|---|
| 14 | 6 | | in unincorporated areas and certain municipalities. |
|---|
| 15 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 16 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 753.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
|---|
| 17 | 9 | | amended by amending Subsections (d) and (e) and adding Subsection |
|---|
| 18 | 10 | | (d-1) to read as follows: |
|---|
| 19 | 11 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), gasoline |
|---|
| 20 | 12 | | [Gasoline], diesel fuel, or kerosene may be stored in an |
|---|
| 21 | 13 | | aboveground storage tank [with a capacity of not more than 4,000 |
|---|
| 22 | 14 | | gallons] at a retail service station located in an unincorporated |
|---|
| 23 | 15 | | area or in a municipality with a population of less than 5,000. |
|---|
| 24 | 16 | | (d-1) A commissioners court of a county with a population of |
|---|
| 25 | 17 | | 3.3 million or more may by order limit the maximum volume of an |
|---|
| 26 | 18 | | aboveground storage tank in an unincorporated area of the county in |
|---|
| 27 | 19 | | accordance with the county fire code. |
|---|
| 28 | 20 | | (e) Under Subsection (d), a retail service station may have |
|---|
| 29 | 21 | | a tank [not exceeding the specified capacity] for each separate |
|---|
| 30 | 22 | | grade of gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene, but may not have more |
|---|
| 31 | 23 | | than one tank [of that capacity] for the same grade. |
|---|
| 32 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 33 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 34 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 35 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 36 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
|---|
| 37 | | - | * * * * * |
|---|
| 29 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
|---|
| 30 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
|---|
| 31 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 239 was passed by the House on May 5, |
|---|
| 32 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
|---|
| 33 | + | voting. |
|---|
| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 35 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
|---|
| 36 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 239 was passed by the Senate on May |
|---|
| 37 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|---|
| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 39 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
|---|
| 40 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
|---|
| 41 | + | Date |
|---|
| 42 | + | _____________________ |
|---|
| 43 | + | Governor |
|---|