TITLE: Relating to notification to the county judge and county emergency responders of the transportation of certain radioactive waste in the county.

SUMMARY: Relating to notification to the county judge and county emergency responders of the transportation of certain radioactive waste in the county.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to notification to the county judge and county emergency responders of the transportation of certain radioactive waste in the county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 401.052, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require a transporter of radioactive material for which hazardous materials transportation placarding is required under 49 C.F.R. Part 172 to notify the county judge and the appropriate emergency responders of each county through which the material will pass. Notice under this subsection must be given not less than four days before the arrival of the waste in the county. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.