H.B. No. 2203
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2203 was passed by the House on April
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2203 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor