S.B. No. 1582
AN ACT
relating to examinations for applicants for or holders of licenses
or registrations to perform certain activities pertaining to
compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 113.087(a), (j), and (k), Natural
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The satisfactory completion of the requirements of this
section is mandatory, and operations requiring an LP-gas license
may not commence, continue, or resume unless examination and
seminar requirements are fulfilled. The commission shall prepare,
administer, and grade or review an examination required by this
section or contract with a testing or proctoring service to
prepare, administer, and grade or review the examination.
(j) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or
proctoring service:
(1) the commission shall notify the person of the
results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the
date the commission receives the results from the testing or
proctoring service; and
(2) if notice of the examination results will be
delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the
commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay
before the 90th day.
(k) The commission may require a testing or proctoring
service to notify a person of the results of the person's
examination.
SECTION 2. Section 113.088(b), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Before seminar attendance or examination of any person,
except as provided by [this subsection or] Subsection (c), the
commission shall receive a nonrefundable fee for each examination
or seminar registration. [If the examination is administered by a
testing service, the testing service may administer the examination
before the commission receives the fee. A testing service that
administers an examination shall collect a nonrefundable fee for
the examination before the examination is administered and shall
forward the fee to the commission not later than the fifth business
day after the date the testing service receives the fee.]
SECTION 3. Sections 116.034(e) and (f), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(e) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or
proctoring service:
(1) the commission shall notify the person of the
results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the
date the commission receives the results from the testing or
proctoring service; and
(2) if notice of the examination results will be
delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the
commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay
before the 90th day.
(f) The commission may require a testing or proctoring
service to notify a person of the results of the person's
examination.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1582 passed the Senate on
April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1582 passed the House 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
Approved:
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Date
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Governor