Sec. 113.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 76(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

(3) "Employee" means any individual who renders or performs any services or labor for compensation and includes individuals hired on a part-time or temporary basis or a full-time or permanent basis including an owner-employee.

(4) "Liquefied petroleum gas," "LPG," or "LP-gas" means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of hydrocarbons: propane, propylene, normal butane, isobutane, and butylenes.

(5) "Container" means any receptacle designed for the transportation or storage of LPG or any receptacle designed for the purpose of receiving injections of LPG for use or consumption by or through an LPG system.

(6) "Appliance" means any apparatus or fixture that uses or consumes LPG furnished or supplied by an LPG system to which it is connected or attached.

(7) "LPG system" means all piping, fittings, valves, and equipment, excluding containers and appliances, that connect one or more containers to one or more appliances that use or consume LPG.

(8) "Transport system" means any and all piping, fittings, valves, and equipment on a transport, excluding the container.

(9) "Transfer system" means all piping, fittings, valves, and equipment utilized in dispensing LPG between containers.

(10) "Transport" means any bobtail or semitrailer equipped with one or more containers.

(11) "Subframing" means the attachment of supporting structural members to the pads of a container but does not include welding directly to or on the container.

(12) "Representative" means the individual designated to the commission by a license applicant or licensee as the principal person in authority and, in the case of a licensee other than a category "P" licensee, actively supervising the conduct of the licensee's LPG activities.

(13) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or any other business entity, a state agency or institution, county, municipality, school district, or other governmental subdivision.

(14) "Registrant" means any person exempt from the licensing requirements, as established by rule pursuant to Section 113.081 of this code, who is required to register with the commission, any person qualified by examination by the commission, or any person who applies for registration with the commission.

(15) "Intermodal portable tank" means a portable tank built according to the United States Department of Transportation specifications and designed primarily for international intermodal use.

(16) "Intermodal container" means a freight container designed and constructed for interchangeable use in two or more modes of transport.

(17) "Mobile fuel system" means an LPG system, excluding the container, to supply LP-gas as a fuel to an auxiliary engine other than the engine to propel the vehicle or for other uses on the vehicle.

(18) "Mobile fuel container" means an LPG container mounted on a vehicle to store LPG as the fuel supply to an auxiliary engine other than the engine to propel the vehicle or for other uses on the vehicle.

(19) "Motor fuel system" means an LPG system, excluding the container, to supply LP-gas as a fuel to an engine used to propel the vehicle.

(20) "Motor fuel container" means an LPG container mounted on a vehicle to store LPG as the fuel supply to an engine used to propel the vehicle.

(21) "Portable cylinder" means a receptacle constructed to United States Department of Transportation specifications, designed to be moved readily, and used for the storage of LPG for connection to an appliance or an LPG system. The term does not include a cylinder designed for use on a forklift or similar equipment.

Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2031, ch. 799, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 325, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 725, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 611, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 76(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.