Amend CSSB 1504 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in amended Section 401.248(b)(9), Health and Safety Code (page 14, line 4), strike "and".
(2) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in amended Section 401.248(b)(10), Health and Safety Code (page 14, line 5), between "law" and the period, insert:
; and
(11) for a state that becomes a party state after January 1, 2011, require the other state to accept for disposal or storage low-level radioactive waste generated in this state at any low-level radioactive waste disposal storage or disposal facility operated or authorized for operation in that state
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 401.251 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.251. ACCEPTANCE OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE BY OTHER STATES REQUIRED. (a) If a state operates or has authorized the operation of a low-level radioactive waste disposal or storage facility but does not accept waste generated in this state:
(1) that state may not become a party state to the compact; and
(2) the compact waste disposal facility license holder may not accept waste from a generator located in that state as nonparty compact waste, regardless of whether this state has previously accepted waste from that state.
(b) The limitations on the participation in the compact and the acceptance of waste under Subsection (a) do not apply to a state in which a storage or disposal facility is operated by the federal government.