| (a) Requirements and application for a new certificate.
(1) In addition to NFPA 52 §§4.1 and 4.2
and 59A §14.9, no person shall perform work, directly supervise
LNG activities, or be employed in any capacity requiring contact with
LNG unless that individual:
(A) is a certificate holder who is in compliance with
renewal requirements in subsection (g) of this section and is employed
by a licensee; or
(B) is a trainee who complies with subsection (f) of
this section.
(2) Any person transporting LNG on a public roadway
must be properly certified, even if the unit is operated by an ultimate
consumer.
(b) Rules examination.
(1) An individual who passes the applicable rules examination
with a score of at least 75% will become a certificate holder. AFS
will send a certificate to the licensee listed on LNG Form 2016. If
a licensee is not listed on the form, AFS will send the certificate
to individual's personal address.
(A) Successful completion of any required examination
shall be credited to the individual.
(B) An individual who has been issued a certificate
shall make the certificate readily available and shall present it
to any Commission employee or agent who requests proof of certification.
(2) An applicant for examination shall bring to the
exam site:
(A) a completed LNG Form 2016; and
(B) payment of the applicable fee specified in paragraph
(3)(B) of this subsection.
(3) An individual who files LNG Form 2016 and pays
the applicable nonrefundable examination fee may take the rules examination.
(A) Dates and locations of available Commission LNG
examinations may be obtained on the Commission's web site. Examinations
may be administered:
(i) at the Commission's AFS Training Center in Austin;
(ii) at other designated times and locations around
the state; and
(iii) through an online testing or proctoring service.
(B) Individuals or companies may request in writing
that examinations be given in their area. AFS shall schedule examinations
at its discretion.
(C) Exam fees.
(i) The nonrefundable management-level rules examination
fee is $70.
(ii) The nonrefundable employee-level rules examination
fee is $40.
(iii) The nonrefundable examination fees shall be paid
each time an individual takes an examination.
(iv) A military service member, military veteran, or
military spouse shall be exempt from the examination fee pursuant
to §14.2015 of this title (relating to Military Fee Exemption).
An individual who receives a military fee exemption is not exempt
from renewal fees specified in subsection (g) of this section.
(v) Beginning February 7, 2023, individuals who register
for an examination to be administered by a testing or proctoring service
shall pay any fee required by the testing or proctoring service in
addition to paying the examination fee to the Commission.
(D) Time limits.
(i) An applicant shall complete the examination within
the time limits specified in this subparagraph.
(I) The employee-level LNG Delivery Truck Driver examination
and the management-level Category 35 Retail and Wholesale Dealers
examination shall be limited to three hours; and
(II) all other examinations shall be limited to two
hours.
(ii) The examination proctor shall be the official
timekeeper.
(iii) An examinee shall submit the examination and
the answer sheet to the examination proctor before or at the end of
the established time limit for an examination.
(iv) The examination proctor shall mark any answer
sheet that was not completed within the time limit.
(E) Each individual who performs LNG activities as
an employee of an ultimate consumer or a state agency, county, municipality,
school district, or other governmental subdivision shall be properly
supervised by his or her employer. Any such individual who is not
certified by the Commission to perform LNG activities shall be properly
trained by a competent person in the safe performance of such LNG
activities.
(c) The following examinations are offered by the Commission.
(1) Employee‑level examinations:
(A) The Delivery Truck Driver examination qualifies
an individual to operate a transport, load and unload LNG and connect
and disconnect transfer hoses, and to perform all activities related
to stationary LNG systems, including LNG containers, piping and equipment.
(B) The Service and Installation Technician examination
qualifies an individual to perform all CNG activities related to stationary
LNG systems, including LNG containers, piping and equipment. The Service
and Installation examination does not authorize an individual to fill
containers or operate an LNG transport.
(C) The Transport Truck Driver examination qualifies
an individual to operate an LNG transport, to load and unload LNG,
and connect and disconnect transfer hoses. The Transport Driver examination
does not authorize an individual to install or repair transport systems.
(D) The Engine Fuel examination qualifies an individual
to install LNG motor fuel containers and LNG motor fuel systems, and
replace container valves on motorized vehicles licensed to operate
on public roadways. The Engine Fuel examination does not authorize
an individual to fill LNG motor fuel containers.
(E) The Motor/Mobile Fuel Filler examination qualifies
an individual to inspect and fill motor or mobile fuel containers
on vehicles, including recreational vehicles, cars, trucks, and buses.
The Motor/Mobile Fuel Dispensing examination does not authorize an
individual to fill stationary LNG containers.
(2) Management‑level examinations:
(A) Category 15 examination qualifies an individual
to assemble, repair, install, test, and sell LNG containers, including
LNG motor or mobile fuel containers and systems, and to repair transport
and transfer systems for use in Texas.
(B) Category 20 examination qualifies an individual
to subframe, test, and sell LNG transport containers, test LNG storage
containers, install, test, and sell LNG motor or mobile fuel containers
and systems, and install and repair transport systems and motor or
mobile fuel systems for use in Texas.
(C) Category 25 examination qualifies an individual
to transport LNG by transport, including the loading and unloading
of LNG.
(D) Category 30 examination qualifies an individual
to sell, repair, service, and install stationary containers and LNG
systems.
(E) Category 35 examination qualifies an individual
to store, sell, transport, and distribute LNG and all other activities
included in this section except manufacture, fabrication, assembly,
repair, subframing, and testing of LNG containers.
(F) Category 40 examination qualifies an individual
to store, sell, and dispense LNG into motor‑ and mobile fuel
containers.
(G) Category 45 qualifies an individual to sell and
install LNG motor or mobile fuel containers, and sell, repair, and
install LNG motor or mobile fuel systems.
(H) Category 50 qualifies an individual to test LNG
containers, LNG motor fuel systems or mobile fuel systems, transfer
systems, and transport systems for the purpose of determining the
safety of the containers or systems for LNG service, including the
necessary installation, disconnection, reconnection, testing, and
repair of LNG motor fuel systems or mobile fuel systems, transfer
systems and transport systems involved in the testing of containers.
(d) Within 15 calendar days of the date an individual
takes an examination, AFS shall notify the individual of the results
of the examination.
(1) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing
or proctoring service, AFS shall notify the individual of the examination
results within 14 days of the date AFS receives the results from the
testing or proctoring service.
(2) If the notice of the examination results will be
delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, AFS shall
notify the individual of the reason for the delay before the 90th
day. AFS may require a testing or proctoring service to notify an
individual of the individual's examination results.
(e) Failure of any examination shall immediately disqualify
the individual from performing any LNG related activities covered
by the examination which is failed, except for activities covered
by a separate examination which the individual has passed.
(1) Any individual who fails an examination administered
by the Commission, at the Austin location, may retake the same examination
one additional time during a business day.
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