86R5658 SCL-D
By: Miller H.B. No. 2203
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a radioactive substance release.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0245 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0245. NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RELEASE.
Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, or any
other law requiring confidentiality, a person who accidentally
releases a radioactive substance into the environment shall
immediately notify each political subdivision of this state into
which the substance was released.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.