Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1678 amends the Health and Safety Code to create the radiation and perpetual care account to replace the radiation and perpetual care fund in the general revenue fund. The bill authorizes, rather than requires, low-level radioactive waste shipment fees deposited to the credit of the account to be at or below $10 per cubic foot of shipped waste and requires the fees to be collected by the Texas Department of Health rather than the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority, which was abolished. The bill also requires the Texas Department of Health or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to deposit into the account a surety bond or other security paid by a radioactive materials license holder.