86R5658 SCL-D
 
  By: Miller H.B. No. 2203
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice of a radioactive substance release.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0245 to read as follows:
         Sec. 501.0245.  NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RELEASE.
  Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, or any
  other law requiring confidentiality, a person who accidentally
  releases a radioactive substance into the environment shall
  immediately notify each political subdivision of this state into
  which the substance was released.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.