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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the surcharge for the disposal, and the remittance for |
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the storage, of certain waste at the Texas Low-Level Radioactive |
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Waste Disposal Compact waste disposal facility; decreasing the |
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amount of the surcharge and changing how the surcharge and |
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remittance are distributed. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 401.207(g) and (h), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(g) The commission shall assess a surcharge for the disposal |
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of nonparty compact waste at the compact waste disposal facility. |
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The surcharge is 15 [20] percent of the total contracted rate under |
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Section 401.2456 and must be assessed in addition to the total |
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contracted rate under that section. |
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(h) Two-thirds of a [A] surcharge collected under |
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Subsection (g) shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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environmental radiation and perpetual care account and the |
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remainder of the surcharge collected shall be remitted to the host |
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county in accordance with Sections 401.244(b) and (d). |
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SECTION 2. Section 401.271, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) A holder of a license or permit issued by the commission |
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under this chapter or Chapter 361 that authorizes the storage, |
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other than disposal, of a radioactive waste or elemental mercury |
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from other persons shall remit each quarter [to the commission for |
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deposit into the general revenue fund] an amount equal to 20 percent |
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of the license or permit holder's gross receipts received from the |
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storage of the substance for any period exceeding one year as |
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follows: |
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(1) 50 percent of the amount shall be remitted to the |
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comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund; |
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and |
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(2) the remainder of the amount shall be remitted to |
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the host county in accordance with Sections 401.244(b) and (d). |
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(d) Subsection (c) [This subsection] applies only to the |
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storage of radioactive waste or elemental mercury: |
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(1) [the substance] for any period exceeding one year; |
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and |
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(2) [. This subsection applies only to the storage of |
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radioactive waste or elemental mercury] at or adjacent to the |
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compact waste disposal facility. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a surcharge collected or remittance made on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A surcharge collected or remittance |
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made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect immediately before that date, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |