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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the storage of radioactive waste or elemental mercury |
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for any period exceeding one year; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.244, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A holder of a license or permit issued by the |
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commission under this chapter or Chapter 361 that authorizes the |
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storage, other than disposal, of a radioactive waste or elemental |
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mercury from other persons shall remit each quarter to the |
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commissioners court of the host county five percent of the license |
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or permit holder's gross receipts received from the storage of a |
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radioactive waste or elemental mercury for any period exceeding one |
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year. This subsection applies only to the storage of the substance |
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for any period exceeding one year. This subsection applies only to |
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the storage of radioactive waste or elemental mercury at or |
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adjacent to the compact waste disposal facility. |
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SECTION 2. Sec. 401.271(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A holder of a license issued by the commission under |
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this chapter that authorizes the disposal of a radioactive |
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substance from other persons shall remit each quarter an amount |
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equal to 10 percent of the license holder's gross receipts received |
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from disposal operations under a license issued under this chapter |
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that occur after the effective date of the Act enacting this section |
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as follows: |
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(1) five percent shall be remitted to the comptroller |
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for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund; and |
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(2) five percent shall be remitted to the host county |
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in accordance with Section [Sections] 401.244[(b) and (d)]. |
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SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |