Bill Text: TX SB290 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB290 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB290-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 290 | |
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| relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary | ||
| LP-gas installations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 113, | ||
| Natural Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER M. REQUIRED NOTICES [ |
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| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 113.401, Natural | ||
| Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 113.401. CONSUMER SAFETY NOTIFICATION [ |
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| SECTION 3. Subchapter M, Chapter 113, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 113.402 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 113.402. NOTICE FOR CERTAIN STATIONARY LP-GAS | ||
| INSTALLATIONS. (a) For a proposed installation or modification of | ||
| a stationary LP-gas installation with an aggregate water capacity | ||
| of 10,000 gallons or more, the commission shall require the | ||
| applicant to mail notice containing the information required by the | ||
| commission by registered or certified mail, return receipt | ||
| requested, or by any other form of mail that provides proof of | ||
| delivery, to all owners of real property situated within 500 feet of | ||
| the proposed container location. | ||
| (b) The applicant shall maintain a record of the proof of | ||
| delivery for a period of time as determined by the commission. | ||
| SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an application for the installation or modification of a | ||
| stationary LP-gas installation that is filed with the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| application for the installation or modification of a stationary | ||
| LP-gas installation that is filed before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
