Texas Utilities Code § 121.502 Duty To Pressure Test

Sec. 121.502. DUTY TO PRESSURE TEST. (a) A person responsible for a school facility shall perform biennial pressure tests on the natural gas piping system in the school facility. The tests must be performed before the beginning of the school year.

(b) A person responsible for more than one school facility may perform the tests on a two-year cycle under which the person pressure tests the natural gas piping system in approximately one-half of the facilities each year.

(c) If the person responsible for one or more school facilities operates the facilities on a year-round calendar, the pressure test in each of those facilities must be conducted and reported not later than July 1 of the year in which the pressure test is performed.

(d) A natural gas piping pressure test performed under a municipal code satisfies the pressure testing requirements prescribed by this section.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.14(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 74, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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