Sec. 113.082. CATEGORIES OF LPG ACTIVITIES; FEES. (a) A prospective licensee in LPG may apply to the commission for a license to engage in any one or more of the following categories of LPG activities:
(1) container manufacturers/fabricators: the manufacture, fabrication, assembly, repair, installation, subframing, testing, and sale of LPG containers, including LPG motor or mobile fuel containers and systems, and the repair and installation of transport and transfer systems;
(2) transport outfitters: the subframing, testing, and sale of LPG transport containers, the testing of LPG storage containers, the installation, testing, and sale of LPG motor or mobile fuel containers and systems, and the installation and repair of transport systems, and motor or mobile fuel systems;
(3) carriers: the transportation of LPG by transport, including the loading and unloading of LPG, and the installation and repair of transport systems;
(4) general installers and repairmen: the sale, service, and installation of containers, excluding motor fuel containers, and the service, installation, and repair of piping, certain appliances as defined by rule, excluding recreational vehicle appliances and LPG systems, excluding motor fuel and recreational vehicle systems;
(5) retail and wholesale dealers: the storage, sale, transportation, and distribution of LPG at retail and wholesale, and all other activities included in this section except the manufacture, fabrication, assembly, repair, subframing, and testing of LPG containers, and except the sale and installation of LPG motor or mobile fuel systems that have an engine with a rating of more than 25 horsepower;
(6) cylinder filling: the operation of a cylinder-filling facility, including cylinder filling, the sale of LPG in cylinders, and the replacement of a cylinder valve;
(7) service station: the operation of an LPG service station filling ASME containers designed for motor and mobile fuel;
(8) cylinder dealers: the transportation and sale of LPG in cylinders;
(9) service station and cylinder filling: any service station and cylinder activity set out in Subdivisions (6) and (7);
(10) service station and cylinder facilities: the operation of a cylinder-filling facility, including cylinder filling and the sale, transportation, installation, and connection of LPG in cylinders, the replacement of cylinder valves, and the operation of an LPG service station as set out in Subdivision (7);
(11) distribution system: the sale and distribution of LPG through mains or pipes and the installation and repair of LPG systems;
(12) engine fuel: the sale and installation of LPG motor or mobile fuel containers, and the sale and installation of LPG motor or mobile fuel systems;
(13) recreational vehicle installers and repairmen: the sale, service, and installation of recreational vehicle containers, and the installation, repair, and service of recreational vehicle appliances, piping, and LPG systems, including recreational vehicle motor or mobile fuel systems and containers;
(14) manufactured housing installers and repairmen: the service and installation of containers that supply fuel to manufactured housing, and the installation, repair, and service of appliances and piping systems for manufactured housing;
(15) testing laboratory: the testing of an LP-gas container, LP-gas motor fuel systems or mobile fuel systems, transfer systems, and transport systems for the purpose of determining the safety of the container or systems for LP-gas service, including the necessary installation, disconnection, reconnecting, testing, and repair of LPG motor fuel systems or mobile fuel systems, transfer systems, and transport systems involved in the testing of containers; or
(16) portable cylinder exchange: the operation of a portable cylinder exchange service, where the sale of LP-gas is within a portable cylinder with an LP-gas capacity not to exceed 21 pounds; the portable cylinders are not filled on site, and no other LP-gas activity requiring a license is conducted.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish reasonable application and original license fees and renewal fees for each type of license listed in this section.
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2031, ch. 799, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1168, ch. 263, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 325, Sec. 2, eff. June 11, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 533, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 725, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 239, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1260, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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