88R13686 ANG-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3836
 
 
 
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.