Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1975 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2023

                    88R13686 ANG-D
 By: Miles S.B. No. 1975


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the delegation of authority to issue permits for
 nuclear power reactor operators from the Nuclear Regulatory
 Commission to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
 of this Act, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in cooperation
 with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, shall petition
 the office of nuclear reactor regulation of the federal Nuclear
 Regulatory Commission to obtain by delegation the authority to
 issue permits for nuclear power reactor operators.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.