| 1 | 1 | | 88R7077 SHH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sparks S.B. No. 1321 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving |
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| 8 | 8 | | tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1956.001(10), Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (10) "Regulated metal" means: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) manhole covers; |
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| 14 | 14 | | (B) guardrails; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (C) metal cylinders designed to contain |
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| 16 | 16 | | compressed air, oxygen, gases, or liquids; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (D) malt beverage kegs made from metal other than |
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| 18 | 18 | | aluminum; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (E) historical markers or cemetery vases, |
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| 20 | 20 | | receptacles, or memorials made from metal other than aluminum; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (F) unused rebar; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (G) street signs; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (H) drain gates; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (I) safes; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (J) communication, transmission, and service |
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| 26 | 26 | | wire or cable; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (K) condensing or evaporator coils for central |
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| 28 | 28 | | heating or air conditioning units; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (L) utility structures, including the fixtures |
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| 30 | 30 | | and hardware; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (M) aluminum or stainless steel containers |
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| 32 | 32 | | designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (N) metal railroad equipment, including tie |
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| 34 | 34 | | plates, signal houses, control boxes, signs, signals, traffic |
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| 35 | 35 | | devices, traffic control devices, traffic control signals, switch |
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| 36 | 36 | | plates, e-clips, and rail tie functions; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (O) catalytic converters not attached to a |
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| 38 | 38 | | vehicle; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (P) fire hydrants; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (Q) metal bleachers or other seating facilities |
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| 41 | 41 | | used in recreational areas or sporting arenas; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (R) any metal item clearly and conspicuously |
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| 43 | 43 | | marked with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a |
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| 44 | 44 | | governmental entity, utility, cemetery, or railroad; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (S) insulated utility, communications, or |
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| 46 | 46 | | electrical wire that has been burned in whole or in part to remove |
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| 47 | 47 | | the insulation; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (T) backflow valves; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (U) metal in the form of commonly recognized |
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| 50 | 50 | | products of the industrial metals recycling process, including |
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| 51 | 51 | | bales, briquettes, billets, sows, ingots, pucks, and chopped or |
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| 52 | 52 | | shredded metals; [and] |
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| 53 | 53 | | (V) commercial grade lead batteries or lead-acid |
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| 54 | 54 | | batteries; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (W) tubular steel used in the oil and gas |
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| 56 | 56 | | industry. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is |
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| 58 | 58 | | amended by adding Section 1956.0021 to read as follows: |
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| 59 | 59 | | Sec. 1956.0021. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN TUBULAR STEEL |
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| 60 | 60 | | TRANSACTIONS. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this |
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| 61 | 61 | | chapter apply to a purchase of tubular steel products that have been |
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| 62 | 62 | | used in the oil and gas industry by a person engaged in the business |
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| 63 | 63 | | of purchasing and reselling those products to the same extent as a |
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| 64 | 64 | | purchase of regulated material by a metal recycling entity. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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