By: Miller, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2203
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent
to printer.)
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.
(a) In this section, "radioactive substance" has the meaning
assigned by Section 401.003.
(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government
Code, or any other law requiring confidentiality, the department or
any other state agency that receives a required report of a release
of a radioactive substance into the environment shall immediately
provide notice to each political subdivision of this state into
which the substance was released. The notice must include the name,
quantity, and state of matter of the radioactive substance
released, if known.
(c) The information contained in the notice provided to a
political subdivision under Subsection (b) is confidential and not
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
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.
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