Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.249 · Subchapter F. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE FUND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The low-level radioactive waste fund is in the state treasury.
(b) The low-level radioactive waste fund is an interest-bearing fund. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, money collected by the commission, including fees collected under Section 401.229, any additional fees collected to recover costs of processing a license application, annual fees, and any other fees necessary to administer this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the low-level radioactive waste fund.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(74), eff. April 2, 2015.
(e) The commission may transfer money from the low-level radioactive waste fund to the environmental radiation and perpetual care account to make payments required by the commission under Section 401.303. The commission shall notify the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission of an action the commission takes under this subsection.
(f) The commission shall deposit in the fund the portion of the fee collected under Section 401.245 that is calculated in accordance with Section 401.246(a) to support the activities of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, as required by Section 4.04(4), Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact (Section 403.006 of this code). The fee shall be assessed for party state compact waste and nonparty compact waste.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 148, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 804, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 878, Sec. 20, eff. June 18, 1993; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 402.275 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1067, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1159 (S.B. 347), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(74), eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (S.B. 1330), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.229APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE.Printed as Section 401.229
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.245PARTY STATE COMPACT WASTE DISPOSAL FEES.Printed as Section 401.245
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.246WASTE DISPOSAL FEE CRITERIA.Printed as Section 401.246(a)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.303PAYMENT FOR MAINTENANCE, SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER CARE.Printed as Section 401.303
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 403.006TEXT OF COMPACT.Printed as Section 403.006
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