Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2699 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	By: Blanco S.B. No. 2699
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to motor fuel measuring, quality, and testing standards.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 2310.001(a), Occupations Code, is amended
11	11	by adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (7-a) to read as follows:
12	12	(1-a) "ASTM" means ASTM International, formerly known
13	13	as the American Society for Testing and Materials.
14	14	(7-a) "NIST" means the National Institute of Standards
15	15	and Technology.
16	16	SECTION 2. Section 2310.060(a-1), Occupations Code, is
17	17	amended to read as follows:
18	18	(a-1) In implementing this section, the department or an
19	19	authorized representative of the department shall:
20	20	(1) follow the motor fuel quality testing standards
21	21	and procedures [adopted by the dcpartmcnt] for collecting,
22	22	sampling, and handling motor fuel prescribed by Section 2310.203;
23	23	(2) obtain the approval of the executive director or
24	24	the executive director's designee before taking any action under
25	25	this section; and
26	26	(3) place a tag or other notice on each motor fuel
27	27	dispensing device subject to an order issued by the department
28	28	under this section.
29	29	SECTION 3. Section 2310.107, Occupations Code, is amended
30	30	to read as follows:
31	31	Sec. 2310.107. TOLERANCES. Specifications and tolerances
32	32	for motor fuel metering devices shall be the same as those adopted
33	33	in the most current edition of NIST Handbook 44 [recommended by the
34	34	Nationial Institute of Standards and Technology].
35	35	SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 2310, Occupations Code, is
36	36	amended by adding Section 2310.2016 to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 2310.2016. MOTOR FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS. (a) The
38	38	minimum quality standards for motor fuel that is sold or offered for
39	39	sale in this state are the most recently adopted, nationally
40	40	recognized ASTM petroleum standards, including subsequent
41	41	amendments and editions.
42	42	(b) Except as provided in Section 2310.2031, gasoline or
43	43	gasoline blended with ethanol sold or offered for sale in Texas
44	44	shall conform with ASTM Designation D4814 for the applicable period
45	45	and region at all times.
46	46	SECTION 5. The heading to Section 2310.203, Occupations
47	47	Code, is amended to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 2310.203. [TESTINC OF] MOTOR FUEL QUALITY TESTING
49	49	STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.
50	50	SECTION 6. Section 2310.203(a), Occupations Code, is
51	51	amended to read as follows:
52	52	(a) The department or an authorized representative of the
53	53	department may collect samples and conduct testing at any location
54	54	where motor fuel is kept, transferred, sold, or offered for sale to
55	55	verify that the motor fuel complies with the fuel quality [minimum]
56	56	standards required by Section 2310.2016 [2310.202].
57	57	SECTION 7. Subchapter E. Chapter 2310, Occupations Code, is
58	58	amended by adding Section 2310.2031 to read as follows:
59	59	Sec. 2310.2031. EXCEPTIONS TO MOTOR FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS.
60	60	(a) Gasoline or gasoline blended with ethanol sold or offered for
61	61	sale during periods when areas on either side of the 99-degree
62	62	longitude line have different volatility classes, as provided in
63	63	the ASTM Designation D4814 Schedule of U.S. Seasonal and Geographic
64	64	Volatility Classes, conforms with this chapter and commission rules
65	65	if it complies with the volatility class for either area.
66	66	(b) Gasoline sold or offered for sale that meets or exceeds
67	67	the Driveability Index prescribed by the ASTM Designation D4814
68	68	Vapor Pressure and Distillation Class Requirements for vapor
69	69	pressure/distillation classes AAA, AA, or A conforms with ASTM
70	70	standards, this chapter, and rules set by the commission.
71	71	(c) Gasoline blended with up to 15 volume percent ethanol is
72	72	granted a vapor pressure tolerance waiver of 1.0 pound per square
73	73	inch except for gasoline blends sold or offered for sale from May 1
74	74	through October 1 in counties of this state required to comply with
75	75	low emissions fuels.
76	76	(d) Seasonal specifications for vapor pressure may be
77	77	extended for a maximum period of 15 days to allow for the
78	78	distribution of old stocks. However, new stocks of a higher
79	79	volatility classification may not be offered for retail sale before
80	80	the effective date of the higher volatility classification.
81	81	(e) The vapor-to-liquid ratio specification is waived for
82	82	gasoline ethanol/blends.
83	83	SECTION 8. The following provisions of the Occupations Code
84	84	are repealed:
85	85	(1) Section 2310.202; and
86	86	(2) Section 2310.203(c-1).
87	87	SECTION 9. A violation committed before the effective date
88	88	of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense
89	89	or violation was committed, and the former law is continued in
90	90	effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense or
91	91	violation was committed before the effective date of this Act if any
92	92	element of the offense or violation was committed before that date.
93	93	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
94	94	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
95	95	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
96	96	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
97	97	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.