Bill Text: TX SB1592 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the radiation advisory board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB1592 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1592-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1592 | ||
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| relating to the composition of the radiation advisory board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 401.015(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The radiation advisory board is composed of the | ||
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| (1) one representative from industry who is trained in | ||
| nuclear physics, science, or nuclear engineering; | ||
| (2) one representative from labor; | ||
| (3) one representative from agriculture; | ||
| (4) one representative from the insurance industry; | ||
| (5) one individual who is engaged in the use and | ||
| application of nuclear physics in medicine and is certified by the | ||
| American Board of Radiology or licensed by the Texas Medical Board | ||
| under Chapter 602, Occupations Code; | ||
| (6) one hospital administrator; | ||
| (7) one individual licensed by the Texas Medical Board | ||
| who specializes in nuclear medicine; | ||
| (8) one individual licensed by the Texas Medical Board | ||
| who specializes in pathology; | ||
| (9) one individual licensed by the Texas Medical Board | ||
| who specializes in radiology; | ||
| (10) one representative from the nuclear utility | ||
| industry; | ||
| (11) one representative from the radioactive waste | ||
| industry; | ||
| (12) one representative from the petroleum industry; | ||
| (13) one health physicist certified by the American | ||
| Board of Health Physics; | ||
| (14) one individual licensed by the State Board of | ||
| Dental Examiners; | ||
| (15) one representative from the uranium mining | ||
| industry; [ |
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| (16) one individual licensed by the State Board of | ||
| Veterinary Medical Examiners; and | ||
| (17) three representatives of the public. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the governor shall appoint an individual licensed by | ||
| the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to the radiation | ||
| advisory board as required by Section 401.015, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1592 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1592 passed the House on | ||
| May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 29, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
