Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 113.131 · Subchapter E. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TESTING LABORATORIES
TRANSPORT TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each transport truck, trailer, or other motor vehicle equipped with an LPG cargo container and each truck used principally for transporting LPG in portable containers shall be registered with the commission.
(b) A licensee who has purchased, leased, or obtained other rights to use any unit described in Subsection (a) of this section shall register that unit in the name or names under which the licensee conducts business before the transportation of LPG by means of that unit.
(c) An ultimate consumer of LPG who has purchased, leased, or obtained other rights to use any unit described in Subsection (a) of this section shall register that unit in the person's name before the transportation of LPG by means of that unit on public roads or highways.
(d) The commission, by rule, shall establish reasonable, nonrefundable annual registration and transfer fees for each LP-gas cargo trailer, semitrailer, bobtail, and cylinder-delivery unit registered or transferred as follows:
(1) the annual registration fee established by the commission shall not be less than $100 nor more than $300.
(2) the annual transfer fee established by the commission shall not be less than $25 nor more than $100.
(e) Any unit registered pursuant to this section shall be covered by motor vehicle bodily injury and property damage liability insurance as prescribed by Section 113.097 of this code.
(f) Any delivery or transport driver shall meet the applicable examination and seminar requirements set out in Section 113.087 of this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2031, ch. 799, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 325, Sec. 9, eff. June 11, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 533, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 725, Sec. 11, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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