87R7209 JAM-D     By: White H.B. No. 4380       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to examinations for applicants for or holders of licenses   or registrations to perform certain activities pertaining to   compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 113.087(a), (j), and (k), Natural   Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The satisfactory completion of the requirements of this   section is mandatory, and operations requiring an LP-gas license   may not commence, continue, or resume unless examination and   seminar requirements are fulfilled. The commission shall prepare,   administer, and grade or review an examination required by this   section or contract with a testing or proctoring service to   prepare, administer, and grade or review the examination.          (j)  If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or   proctoring service:                (1)  the commission shall notify the person of the   results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the   date the commission receives the results from the testing or   proctoring service; and                (2)  if notice of the examination results will be   delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the   commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay   before the 90th day.          (k)  The commission may require a testing or proctoring   service to notify a person of the results of the person's   examination.          SECTION 2.  Section 113.088(b), Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Before seminar attendance or examination of any person,   except as provided by [this subsection or] Subsection (c), the   commission shall receive a nonrefundable fee for each examination   or seminar registration. [If the examination is administered by a   testing service, the testing service may administer the examination   before the commission receives the fee. A testing service that   administers an examination shall collect a nonrefundable fee for   the examination before the examination is administered and shall   forward the fee to the commission not later than the fifth business   day after the date the testing service receives the fee.]          SECTION 3.  Sections 116.034(e) and (f), Natural Resources   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (e)  If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing or   proctoring service:                (1)  the commission shall notify the person of the   results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the   date the commission receives the results from the testing or   proctoring service; and                (2)  if notice of the examination results will be   delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the   commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay   before the 90th day.          (f)  The commission may require a testing or proctoring   service to notify a person of the results of the person's   examination.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.