87R5161 TYPED By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2062 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the establishment of a Motor Fuels Metering and Quality Advisory Board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2310 of the Occupations Code is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER B. MOTOR FUEL METERING AND QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD. Sec. 2310.220. Board; Membership. (a) The Motor Fuel Metering and Quality Advisory Board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, as follows: (1) two members who are dealers, or their representatives: (A) one member with 500 or fewer registered devices; (B) one member with more than 1,000 registered devices; (2) one member who represents a service company licensed by the department; (3) one member who represents a wholesaler, distributor, or jobber; (4) one member who represents a supplier; (5) one member who represents a liquid petroleum gas dealer; (6) one member who represents a financial institution, as defined by 277.001(3), Financial Code, or credit card issuer; and (6) one member who represents a law enforcement agency. (b) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. Sec. 2310.221. Terms; Vacancy. (a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring on the same date each odd-numbered year. (b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term. Sec. 2310.222. Presiding Officer. The presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall designate one member of the advisory board as presiding officer to serve in that capacity for a one-year term. Sec. 2310.223. Board Duties. The board may advise the commission and department on: (1) the adoption of appropriate standards for the installation, maintenance, calibration, alteration, operation, testing, and inspection of motor fuel dispensers, devices, and fuel; (2) education and curricula for applicants and licensees; (2) the content of examinations; (3) proposed rules and standards on technical issues related to motor fuel metering and quality and payment card skimmers; and (4) other issues affecting motor fuel metering and quality. (b) The advisory board shall meet at the call of the executive director or the presiding officer of the commission. SECTION 2. No later than December 1, 2021, the commission shall appoint members to the Motor Fuel Metering and Quality Advisory Board. SECTION 3. 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, the Act takes effect September 1, 2021.