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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.266

TRANSFER OF LAND REQUIRED

Known as the Texas Radiation Control Act

The act spans §§ 401–401 (189 sections).

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The commission by rule or order may require that before a license covering land used for the disposal of by-product material is terminated, the land, including any affected interests in the land, must be transferred to the federal government or to the state unless:

(1) the federal commission determines before the license terminates that the transfer of title to the land and the by-product material is unnecessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare or to minimize danger to life or property; or

(2) the land is held in trust by the federal government for an Indian tribe, is owned by an Indian tribe subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the federal government, is owned by the federal government, or is owned by the state.

(b) By-product material transferred to the state under this section shall be transferred without cost to the state.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.