TITLE: Relating to designation of alternative routes for the transportation of certain radioactive waste.

SUMMARY: Relating to designation of alternative routes for the transportation of certain radioactive waste.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to designation of alternative routes for the transportation of certain radioactive waste. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 401.0521 to read as follows: Sec. 401.0521. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. The department in consultation with the Texas Department of Transportation shall, for each municipality with a population of 600,000 or more, designate, in accordance with federal law, alternative preferred routes around the municipality for the transportation of radioactive material for which hazardous materials transportation placarding is required under 49 C.F.R. Part 172. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.