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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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Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, or any |
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other law requiring confidentiality, a person who accidentally |
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releases a radioactive substance into the environment shall |
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immediately notify each political subdivision of this state into |
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which the substance was released. |
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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. |