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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact |
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waste disposal facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 401.208(a), (c), and (e), Health and |
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Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) At least once every four years, the [The] commission |
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shall conduct a study on the available volume and curie capacity of |
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the compact waste disposal facility for the disposal of party state |
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compact waste and nonparty compact waste. |
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(c) The [Not later than December 1, 2016, the] commission |
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shall submit a final report of the results of the study to the |
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standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives |
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with jurisdiction over the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. |
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(e) The commission may conduct a study described by |
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Subsection (a) at any time [after December 1, 2012,] if the |
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commission determines that a study is necessary. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall submit the first report required under Section 401.208, |
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Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later than |
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December 1, 2020. |
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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 September 1, 2017. |