| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2203 |
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| 1 | + | By: Miller, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2203 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported |
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| 5 | + | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent |
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| 6 | + | to printer.) |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to notice of a radioactive substance release. |
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| 6 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety |
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| 8 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0245 to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 15 | | Sec. 501.0245. NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RELEASE. |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a) In this section, "radioactive substance" has the meaning |
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| 11 | 17 | | assigned by Section 401.003. |
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| 12 | 18 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government |
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| 13 | 19 | | Code, or any other law requiring confidentiality, the department or |
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| 14 | 20 | | any other state agency that receives a required report of a release |
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| 15 | 21 | | of a radioactive substance into the environment shall immediately |
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| 16 | 22 | | provide notice to each political subdivision of this state into |
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| 17 | 23 | | which the substance was released. The notice must include the name, |
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| 18 | 24 | | quantity, and state of matter of the radioactive substance |
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| 19 | 25 | | released, if known. |
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| 20 | 26 | | (c) The information contained in the notice provided to a |
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| 21 | 27 | | political subdivision under Subsection (b) is confidential and not |
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| 22 | 28 | | subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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| 23 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 28 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2203 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | | - | 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 32 | | - | voting. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2203 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 36 | | - | 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Date |
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| 41 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Governor |
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| 34 | + | * * * * * |
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