By: Landgraf H.B. No. 2662
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact
waste disposal facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 401.208(a), (c), and (e), Health and
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) At least once every four years, the [The] commission
shall conduct a study on the available volume and curie capacity of
the compact waste disposal facility for the disposal of party state
compact waste and nonparty compact waste.
(c) The [Not later than December 1, 2016, the] commission
shall submit a final report of the results of the study to the
standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives
with jurisdiction over the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
(e) The commission may conduct a study described by
Subsection (a) at any time [after December 1, 2012,] if the
commission determines that a study is necessary.
SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall submit the first report required under Section 401.208,
Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later than
December 1, 2020.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.