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| 1 | 1 | 86R5658 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1885 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice of a radioactive substance release. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0245 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 501.0245. NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RELEASE. | |
| 12 | 12 | Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, or any | |
| 13 | 13 | other law requiring confidentiality, a person who accidentally | |
| 14 | 14 | releases a radioactive substance into the environment shall | |
| 15 | 15 | immediately notify each political subdivision of this state into | |
| 16 | 16 | which the substance was released. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |