Sec. 401.383. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR CERTAIN ACTS RELATED TO LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly receives, processes, concentrates, stores, transports, or disposes of low-level radioactive waste without a license issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, unless it is shown at the trial of the person that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in which event the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000 or more than $100,000, confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 10.003, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle D - Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
Chapter 401 - Radioactive Materials and Other Sources of Radiation
Section 401.381. General Civil Penalties
Section 401.382. General Criminal Penalty
Section 401.383. Criminal Penalty for Certain Acts Related to Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Section 401.384. Administrative Penalty
Section 401.385. Preliminary Report of Violation
Section 401.386. Notice of Preliminary Report
Section 401.387. Consent to Penalty
Section 401.388. Hearing and Decision
Section 401.389. Disposition of Penalty; Judicial Review
Section 401.390. Remitting Penalty Payments; Releasing Bonds