Texas Natural Resources Code Title 3, Chapter 116 - Compressed Natural Gas

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 116.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Compressed natural gas" or "CNG" means natural gas primarily consisting of methane in...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 116.002 - Exceptions
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) the production, transportation, storage, sale, or distribution of natural gas that is not included in the definition of...
• Texas Section 116.011 - Administration
  The commission shall administer and enforce this chapter and rules and standards adopted under this chapter relating to compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas....
• Texas Section 116.012 - Rules And Standards
  To protect the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, the commission shall adopt necessary rules and standards relating to the work of compression...
• Texas Section 116.013 - National Codes
  The commission may adopt by reference in its rules all or part of the published codes of nationally recognized societies as standards to be met...
• Texas Section 116.014 - Fees
  (a) Fees collected by the commission under Section 116.034 of this code for training, examinations, and seminars must be deposited in a special fund in...
• Texas Section 116.015 - Entry On Property; Inspection And Investigation
  (a) An employee, agent, or inspector of the commission may enter the premises of a licensee under this chapter or any building or other premises...

SUBCHAPTER C LICENSING AND REGISTRATION

• Texas Section 116.016 - Limitations On Rulemaking Authority
  (a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a licensee or registrant except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices....
• Texas Section 116.031 - License Requirement
  (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by commission rule, a person shall be required to obtain a license from the commission to engage...
• Texas Section 116.032 - License And Registration Fees
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing registration fees and license categories and license fees to be charged for application for and issuance and renewal...
• Texas Section 116.033 - Application And Renewal Procedures
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing procedures for submitting and processing applications for issuance and renewal of licenses and for registration. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 116.034 - Examination And Seminar Requirements
  (a) The commission may adopt rules providing training and seminar attendance requirements and shall adopt rules providing examination requirements for persons who are required or...
• Texas Section 116.0345 - License Or Registration By Endorsement
  The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license or registration for an applicant after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant...
• Texas Section 116.0346 - Provisional License Or Registration
  (a) The commission may issue a provisional license or registration to an applicant currently licensed or registered in another jurisdiction who seeks a license or...
• Texas Section 116.035 - Denial Of License
  The commission may deny issuance or renewal of a license or registration to any person who fails to qualify under the requirements of this chapter...
• Texas Section 116.036 - Insurance Requirement
  (a) All licensees must acquire and maintain appropriate workers' compensation or coverage for its employees under policies of work-related accident, disability, and health insurance, including...
• Texas Section 116.037 - Disciplinary Action
  (a) The commission shall notify a licensee or registrant in writing if it finds probable violation or noncompliance with this chapter or the rules adopted...

SUBCHAPTER D MOTOR VEHICLE REGULATION

• Texas Section 116.038 - Staggered Renewal Of Licenses
  The commission by rule may adopt a system under which license and registration fees required by Section 116.032 of this code expire on various dates...
• Texas Section 116.071 - Registration Rules
  The commission shall adopt rules relating to the registration of motor vehicles that are equipped with a CNG or LNG cargo tank and motor vehicles...
• Texas Section 116.072 - Registration
  (a) Each motor vehicle that is equipped with a CNG or LNG cargo tank and each motor vehicle used principally to transport CNG or LNG...
• Texas Section 116.073 - Safety Rules
  The commission shall adopt safety rules relating to the transportation of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas in this state. Added by Acts 1983,...
• Texas Section 116.074 - Cooperation Of The Department Of Public Safety
  The Department of Public Safety shall cooperate with the commission in administering and enforcing this chapter and rules of the commission relating to regulation of...

SUBCHAPTER E MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 116.075 - Application Of Other Laws
  This chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter do not modify, amend, or repeal any laws of this state relating to the regulation of...
• Texas Section 116.101 - Malodorants
  Compressed natural gas must be odorized as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 121, Utilities Code. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99,...
• Texas Section 116.102 - Testing Laboratories
  The commission shall adopt rules relating to testing of CNG and LNG equipment and to the qualifications required of the persons who are to perform...

SUBCHAPTER F ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 116.103 - Warning Tags
  (a) An employee, agent, or inspector of the commission may declare unsafe or dangerous for service any motor vehicle required to be registered under this...
• Texas Section 116.141 - Injunctive Relief
  (a) On request of the commission, the attorney general shall bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin a person from violating this...
• Texas Section 116.142 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person who knowingly violates this chapter or rules adopted by the commission under this chapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under this...
• Texas Section 116.143 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) If a person violates this chapter, a rule of the commission adopted under this chapter, or a term, condition, or provision of a license...
• Texas Section 116.144 - Penalty Assessment Procedure
  (a) A civil penalty under Section 116.145 of this code may be assessed only after the person charged with the violation has been given an...
• Texas Section 116.145 - Payment Of Penalty; Refund
  (a) On the issuance of notice or an order charging that a violation has occurred, the commission shall inform the person charged within 30 days...
• Texas Section 116.146 - Recovery Of Penalty
  Civil penalties owed under Sections 116.143 through 116.145 of this code may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016