Sec. 401.011.  RADIATION CONTROL AGENCY.  (a)  The department is the Texas Radiation Control Agency.  The department has jurisdiction over activities and substances regulated under this chapter except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapters E, F, G, and K.
(b)  The commission has jurisdiction to regulate and license:
(1)  the disposal of radioactive substances;
(2)  the processing or storage of low-level radioactive waste or naturally occurring radioactive material waste received from other persons, except oil and gas NORM;
(3)  the recovery or processing of source material in accordance with Subchapter G;
(4)  the processing of by-product material as defined by Section 401.003(3)(B); and
(5)  sites for the disposal of:
(A)  low-level radioactive waste;
(B)  by-product material; or
(C)  naturally occurring radioactive material waste.
(c)  The department and commission each shall exercise its respective powers and duties under this chapter for the protection of the occupational health and safety and the environment.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.209, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1338, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.