Texas § HS.401.271 - STATE FEE ON RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
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§ HS.401.271. STATE FEE ON RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
STATE FEE ON RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES. (a) A holder of a license issued by the commission under this chapter that authorizes the disposal of a radioactive substance from other persons shall remit each quarter an amount equal to 10 percent of the license holder's gross receipts received from disposal operations under a license issued under this chapter that occur after the effective date of the Act enacting this section as follows: (1) five percent shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund; and (2) five percent shall be remitted to the host county in accordance with Sections 401.244 (b) and (d). (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to compact waste or federal facility waste as defined by Section 401.2005 or industrial solid waste as defined by Section 361.003 . (c) A holder of a license or permit issued by the commission under this chapter or Chapter 361 that authorizes the storage, other than disposal, of a radioactive waste or elemental mercury from other persons shall remit each quarter to the commission for deposit into the general revenue fund an amount equal to 20 percent of the license or permit holder's gross receipts received from the storage of the substance for any period exceeding one year. This subsection applies only to the storage of the substance for any period exceeding one year. This subsection applies only to the storage of radioactive waste or elemental mercury at or adjacent to the compact waste disposal facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604 ), Sec. 22, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1244 (S.B. 1504 ), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
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