NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/9/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1053
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Kraft-Tharp, Becker K., Buckner, Esgar,
      Fields, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Lee, Lontine, Melton, Mitsch Bush,
      Moreno, Pettersen, Rosenthal, Ryden, Salazar, Tyler, Williams, Winter,
      Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Hill, Crowder, Todd.
      
      
      Concerning the regulation of retail hydrogen fuel systems for
           vehicles.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-20-102, add (4) as
      follows:
      
           8-20-102.  Duties of director of division of oil and public safety
      - rules. (4) (a)  On or before January 1, 2017, the director of the
      division of oil and public safety shall promulgate rules
      concerning retail hydrogen fuel systems for vehicles. The rules
      must set forth standards relating to:
      
           (I)  Inspections;
      
           (II)  Specifications;
      
           (III)  Shipment notification;
      
           (IV)  Record keeping;
      
           (V)  Labeling of containers;
      
           (VI)  Use of meters or mechanical devices for measurement;
      
           (VII)  Submittal of installation plans; and
      
           (VIII)  Minimum standards for the design, construction,
      location, installation, and operation of retail hydrogen fuel
      systems for vehicles.
      
           (b)  The director of the division of oil and public safety may
      collect reasonable fees, which the director shall establish by
      rule in the amounts necessary to offset the direct and indirect
      costs, including the costs for salaries and operating expenses,
      incurred by the division in administering this article.
      
           (c)  The division shall begin enforcing the rules required by
      this subsection (4) on July 1, 2017. The director may modify the
      rules at his or her discretion.
      
           (d)  Each rule required by this subsection (4) must be
      reasonably necessary for the protection of the health, welfare,
      and safety of the public and persons using hydrogen fuel, and the
      rules must substantially conform with the generally accepted
      standards of safety concerning hydrogen fuel. The director shall
      adopt the rules in compliance with section 24-4-103, C.R.S.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-20-201, amend (2)
      as follows:
      
           8-20-201.  Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context
      otherwise requires:
      
           (2)  "Fuel products" means all gasoline; aviation gasoline; aviation
      turbine fuel; diesel; jet fuel; fuel oil; biodiesel; biodiesel blends; kerosene;
      all alcohol blended fuels; liquefied petroleum gas; gas or gaseous
      compounds, including hydrogen; natural gas, including compressed
      natural gas and liquefied natural gas; and all other volatile, flammable, or
      combustible liquids, that are produced, compounded, and offered for sale
      or used for the purpose of generating heat, light, or power in internal
      combustion engines or fuel cells, for cleaning, or for any other similar
      usage.
      
           SECTION 3.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 8-20-231 as
      follows:
      
           8-20-231.  Minimum standards - publications. (1) (a)  The design,
      construction, location, installation, and operation of liquid fuel systems,
      fuel products, and equipment and the handling of liquid fuels shall and
      fuel products must conform to the minimum standards as prescribed by
      the applicable sections of the current edition of the national fire code
      published by the National Fire Protection Association, as revised by the
      Association from time to time.
      
           (b)  The minimum standards as prescribed shall must also apply to
      marine and pipeline terminals, natural gasoline plants, refineries, tank
      farms, underground storage facilities, aboveground storage facilities, and
      chemical plants utilizing liquid fuels; except that the gallon limitations in
      such minimum standards shall do not apply to:
      
           (I)  Aboveground storage facilities associated with mining;
      
           (II)  Oil and gas production facilities;
      
           (III)  Asphalt or concrete production;
      
           (IV)  Construction projects; and or
      
           (V)  Activities related thereto to aboveground storage facilities
      associated with mining, oil and gas production facilities, asphalt
      or concrete production, or construction projects.
      
           (2)  The director of the division of oil and public safety shall
      maintain copies of the codes shall be kept and maintained in the office of
      the director of the division of oil and public safety his or her office at all
      times for public examination. by any interested person.
      
           SECTION 4.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                            Effie Ameen
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO