1-1 By: Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 213
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 1997;
1-3 April 10, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
1-4 and Human Services; May 7, 1997, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 7, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the composition and duties of the radiation advisory
1-9 board.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 401.015(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The radiation advisory board is composed of the
1-14 following 18 members appointed by the governor:
1-15 (1) one representative from industry who is trained in
1-16 nuclear physics, science, or nuclear engineering;
1-17 (2) one representative from labor;
1-18 (3) one representative from agriculture;
1-19 (4) one representative from the insurance industry;
1-20 (5) one individual who is engaged in the use and
1-21 application of nuclear physics in medicine and is certified by the
1-22 American Board of Radiology or licensed by the Texas Board of
1-23 Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists;
1-24 (6) [one representative from public safety;]
1-25 [(7)] one hospital administrator;
1-26 (7) [(8)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
1-27 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in nuclear medicine;
1-28 (8) [(9)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
1-29 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in pathology;
1-30 (9) [(10)] one individual licensed by the Texas State
1-31 Board of Medical Examiners who specializes in radiology;
1-32 (10) [(11)] one representative from the nuclear
1-33 utility industry;
1-34 (11) [(12)] one representative from the radioactive
1-35 waste [processing] industry;
1-36 (12) [(13)] one representative from the petroleum
1-37 [well-servicing] industry;
1-38 (13) [(14)] one health physicist certified by the
1-39 American Board of Health Physics;
1-40 (14) [(15)] one individual licensed by the State Board
1-41 of Dental Examiners;
1-42 (15) [(16)] one representative from the uranium mining
1-43 industry; and
1-44 (16) three [(17) two] representatives of the public.
1-45 SECTION 2. Sections 401.018(b) and (c), Health and Safety
1-46 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-47 (b) The advisory board shall hold special meetings that may
1-48 be called by the advisory board chairman [commissioner] or by five
1-49 [three] advisory board members.
1-50 (c) Advisory board meetings may be held at any designated
1-51 place in the state determined by the advisory board chairman
1-52 [commissioner] to best serve the purpose for which the meeting is
1-53 called.
1-54 SECTION 3. Section 401.019, Health and Safety Code, is
1-55 amended to read as follows:
1-56 Sec. 401.019. ADVISORY BOARD DUTIES. The advisory board
1-57 shall:
1-58 (1) review and evaluate state radiation policies and
1-59 programs;
1-60 (2) make recommendations [to the department] and
1-61 furnish technical advice to the department, the commission, the
1-62 Railroad Commission of Texas, and other state agencies that may be
1-63 required on matters relating to development, use, and regulation of
1-64 sources of radiation; and
2-1 (3) review proposed [department] rules and guidelines
2-2 of any state agency relating to regulation of sources of radiation
2-3 and recommend changes in proposed or existing rules and guidelines
2-4 relating to those matters.
2-5 SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-6 (b) Promptly after the effective date of this Act, the
2-7 governor shall appoint a third public representative to the
2-8 radiation advisory board to serve an initial term equal to the
2-9 remainder of the term of the public safety representative who is
2-10 serving on the day preceding the effective date of this Act.
2-11 (c) The public safety representative who is serving on the
2-12 radiation advisory board on the day preceding the effective date of
2-13 this Act serves until the third public representative appointed by
2-14 the governor qualifies to serve on the board.
2-15 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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