Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 501.0245
Notice of Radioactive Substance Release


(a)

In this section, “radioactive substance” has the meaning assigned by Section 401.003 (Definitions).

(b)

Notwithstanding Subchapter H, Chapter 418 (Emergency Management), Government Code, or any other law requiring confidentiality, the department or any other state agency that receives a required report of a release of a radioactive substance into the environment shall immediately provide notice to each political subdivision of this state into which the substance was released. The notice must include the name, quantity, and state of matter of the radioactive substance released, if known.

(c)

The information contained in the notice provided to a political subdivision under Subsection (b) is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 (Public Information), Government Code.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 311 (H.B. 2203), Sec. 1, eff. May 31, 2019.

Source: Section 501.0245 — Notice of Radioactive Substance Release, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­501.­htm#501.­0245 (accessed May 4, 2024).

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 501.0245’s source at texas​.gov