88R7077 SHH-D
By: Dean H.B. No. 3368
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving
tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1956.001(10), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(10) "Regulated metal" means:
(A) manhole covers;
(B) guardrails;
(C) metal cylinders designed to contain
compressed air, oxygen, gases, or liquids;
(D) malt beverage kegs made from metal other than
aluminum;
(E) historical markers or cemetery vases,
receptacles, or memorials made from metal other than aluminum;
(F) unused rebar;
(G) street signs;
(H) drain gates;
(I) safes;
(J) communication, transmission, and service
wire or cable;
(K) condensing or evaporator coils for central
heating or air conditioning units;
(L) utility structures, including the fixtures
and hardware;
(M) aluminum or stainless steel containers
designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts;
(N) metal railroad equipment, including tie
plates, signal houses, control boxes, signs, signals, traffic
devices, traffic control devices, traffic control signals, switch
plates, e-clips, and rail tie functions;
(O) catalytic converters not attached to a
vehicle;
(P) fire hydrants;
(Q) metal bleachers or other seating facilities
used in recreational areas or sporting arenas;
(R) any metal item clearly and conspicuously
marked with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a
governmental entity, utility, cemetery, or railroad;
(S) insulated utility, communications, or
electrical wire that has been burned in whole or in part to remove
the insulation;
(T) backflow valves;
(U) metal in the form of commonly recognized
products of the industrial metals recycling process, including
bales, briquettes, billets, sows, ingots, pucks, and chopped or
shredded metals; [and]
(V) commercial grade lead batteries or lead-acid
batteries; and
(W) tubular steel used in the oil and gas
industry.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1956.0021 to read as follows:
Sec. 1956.0021. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN TUBULAR STEEL
TRANSACTIONS. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this
chapter apply to a purchase of tubular steel products that have been
used in the oil and gas industry by a person engaged in the business
of purchasing and reselling those products to the same extent as a
purchase of regulated material by a metal recycling entity.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.