1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition and duties of the radiation advisory
1-3 board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 401.015(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The radiation advisory board is composed of the
1-8 following 18 members appointed by the governor:
1-9 (1) one representative from industry who is trained in
1-10 nuclear physics, science, or nuclear engineering;
1-11 (2) one representative from labor;
1-12 (3) one representative from agriculture;
1-13 (4) one representative from the insurance industry;
1-14 (5) one individual who is engaged in the use and
1-15 application of nuclear physics in medicine and is certified by the
1-16 American Board of Radiology or licensed by the Texas Board of
1-17 Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists;
1-18 (6) [one representative from public safety;]
1-19 [(7)] one hospital administrator;
1-20 (7) [(8)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
1-21 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in nuclear medicine;
1-22 (8) [(9)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
1-23 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in pathology;
1-24 (9) [(10)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
2-1 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in radiology;
2-2 (10) [(11)] one representative from the nuclear
2-3 utility industry;
2-4 (11) [(12)] one representative from the radioactive
2-5 waste [processing] industry;
2-6 (12) [(13)] one representative from the petroleum
2-7 [well-servicing] industry;
2-8 (13) [(14)] one health physicist certified by the
2-9 American Board of Health Physics;
2-10 (14) [(15)] one individual licensed by the State Board
2-11 of Dental Examiners;
2-12 (15) [(16)] one representative from the uranium mining
2-13 industry; and
2-14 (16) three [(17) two] representatives of the public.
2-15 SECTION 2. Sections 401.018(b) and (c), Health and Safety
2-16 Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-17 (b) The advisory board shall hold special meetings that may
2-18 be called by the advisory board chairman [commissioner] or by five
2-19 [three] advisory board members.
2-20 (c) Advisory board meetings may be held at any designated
2-21 place in the state determined by the advisory board chairman
2-22 [commissioner] to best serve the purpose for which the meeting is
2-23 called.
2-24 SECTION 3. Section 401.019, Health and Safety Code, is
2-25 amended to read as follows:
2-26 Sec. 401.019. ADVISORY BOARD DUTIES. The advisory board
2-27 shall:
3-1 (1) review and evaluate state radiation policies and
3-2 programs;
3-3 (2) make recommendations [to the department] and
3-4 furnish technical advice to the department, the commission, the
3-5 Railroad Commission of Texas, and other state agencies that may be
3-6 required on matters relating to development, use, and regulation of
3-7 sources of radiation; and
3-8 (3) review proposed [department] rules and guidelines
3-9 of any state agency relating to regulation of sources of radiation
3-10 and recommend changes in proposed or existing rules and guidelines
3-11 relating to those matters.
3-12 SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-13 (b) Promptly after the effective date of this Act, the
3-14 governor shall appoint a third public representative to the
3-15 radiation advisory board to serve an initial term equal to the
3-16 remainder of the term of the public safety representative who is
3-17 serving on the day preceding the effective date of this Act.
3-18 (c) The public safety representative who is serving on the
3-19 radiation advisory board on the day preceding the effective date of
3-20 this Act serves until the third public representative appointed by
3-21 the governor qualifies to serve on the board.
3-22 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 213 was passed by the House on April
3, 1997, by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 213 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor