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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of a radioactive substance release. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0245 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.0245. NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RELEASE. |
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(a) In this section, "radioactive substance" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 401.003. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government |
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Code, or any other law requiring confidentiality, the department or |
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any other state agency that receives a required report of a release |
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of a radioactive substance into the environment shall immediately |
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provide notice to each political subdivision of this state into |
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which the substance was released. The notice must include the name, |
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quantity, and state of matter of the radioactive substance |
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released, if known. |
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(c) The information contained in the notice provided to a |
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political subdivision under Subsection (b) is confidential and not |
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subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |