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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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NATURAL RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 3. OIL AND GAS |
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Subtitle D. REGULATION OF SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS |
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Chapter 113. LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS |
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Subchapter D. LICENSING |
Sec. 113.081. LICENSE REQUIREMENT
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(a) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, no person may engage in any of the following activities unless that person has obtained a license from the commission authorizing that activity:
(1) container activities: the manufacture, assembly, repair, testing, sale, installation, or subframing of containers for use in this state, except that no license is required for the sale of a new container of 96 pounds water capacity or less;
(2) systems activities: the installation, service, and repair of systems for use in this state, including the laying or connecting of pipes and fittings connecting with or to systems or serving a system and appliances to be used with liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel;
(3) appliance activities: the service, installation, and repair of appliances used or to be used in this state in connection with systems using liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel, except that no license shall be required for installation or connection of manufactured unvented appliances to LPG systems by means of LPG appliance connectors, or where only duct or electrical work is performed to or on an LP-gas appliance; or
(4) product activities: the sale, transportation, dispensation, or storage of liquefied petroleum gas in this state, except that no license shall be required to sell LPG where the vendor never obtains possessory rights to the product sold or where the product is transported or stored by the ultimate consumer for personal consumption only.
(b) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a person who is not engaged in business as provided in Section 113.082 of this code. A person, except a political subdivision, is considered to be engaged in business as provided in Section 113.082 of this code if such person installs or services an LPG motor or mobile fuel system on a motor vehicle used in the transportation of the general public. The provisions of Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section do not apply to intermodal containers or intermodal portable tanks constructed in accordance with United States Department of Transportation specifications.
(c) A mobile home park operator will not be deemed to be a person engaged in business as provided in Section 113.082 of this code if such mobile home park operator obtains no possessory rights to LP-gas products, and utilizes only LP-gas licensees in the installation and maintenance of the LP-gas containers and system. For purposes of this subsection, the term "mobile home park operator" means an individual or business entity owning or operating a place, divided into sites, at which the primary business is the rental or leasing of the sites to persons for use in occupying mobile homes as dwellings. "Mobile home" has the meaning set out in Chapter 1201, Occupations Code.
(d) The commission by rule may exempt from Section 113.082(a)(4) of this code journeymen or master plumbers licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
(e) The commission by rule may exempt from Section 113.082(a)(4) of this code a person licensed under Chapter 1302, Occupations Code.
(f) No license is required by an original manufacturer of a new motor vehicle powered by LPG or subcontractor of such a manufacturer who produces a new LPG-powered vehicle for the manufacturer.
(g) The commission by rule may establish reasonable conditions for licensing and exemptions from license requirements for a state agency or institution, county, municipality, school district, or other governmental subdivision.