16 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.134 - Connecting Container to Piping

(a) LP-gas piping shall be installed only by a licensee authorized to perform such installation, a registrant authorized by § 9.13 of this title (relating to General Installers and Repairman Exemption), or an individual exempted from licensing as authorized by Texas Natural Resources Code, § 113.081.

(b) A licensee shall not connect an LP-gas container or cylinder to a piping installation made by a person who is not licensed to make such installation, except that connection may be made to piping installed by an individual on that individual's single family residential home.

(c) A licensee may connect to piping installed by an unlicensed person provided the licensee has verified that the piping is free of leaks and has been installed according to the rules in this chapter, and filed with AFS a completed LPG Form 22, identifying the unlicensed person who installed the LP-gas piping.

(d) A licensee is not required to submit LPG Form 22 pursuant to subsection (c) of this section only if the piping system is currently in service and no new piping is installed, the system is in good working order, and the installer cannot be determined.

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16 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.134

The provisions of this §9.134 adopted to be effective February 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 947; amended to be effective September 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 4810; amended to be effective February 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 122; amended to be effective December 24, 2012, 37 TexReg 9913; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 01, January 3, 2020, TexReg 143, eff. 1/6/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 28, July 15, 2022, TexReg 4133, eff. 7/18/2022