Bill Text: TX HB4738 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding the feasibility of integrating into the electric grid facilities that use nuclear energy to generate electricity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4738 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4738-Introduced.html

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88R10261 CXP-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 4738

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study regarding the feasibility of integrating into
the electric grid facilities that use nuclear energy to generate
electricity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. STUDY. The chancellor of The University of Texas
System shall designate a department or entity at the university to
conduct a study regarding the feasibility of integrating into the
electric grid additional facilities that use nuclear energy to
generate electricity, including a comparison of the costs and
benefits of nuclear fusion reactors and nuclear fission reactors.
SECTION 2. REPORT. The department or entity at The
University of Texas System designated by the chancellor of the
university system to conduct the study under Section 1 of this Act
shall prepare a report with the conclusions of the study and submit
the report to the legislature not later than September 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2023.