GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1552*

Short Title:  Radiation/Emergency Response Fees.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Walker.
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Referred to:  Environment and Natural Resources.
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June 12, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL FEE PAID BY PERSONS LICENSED TO CONSTRUCT AND PERSONS WHO OPERATE NUCLEAR FACILITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 166A-6.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Every person, firm, corporation or municipality who is licensed to construct or who is operating a fixed nuclear facility for the production of electricity shall pay to the State of North Carolina for use of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources an annual fee of no more than eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) for each fixed nuclear facility which is located within this State or has a Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone of which any part is located within this State. This fee is to be used to assist in or partially defray such costs of planning and implementing emergency response activities as are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the operation of nuclear facilities. Said fee is to be paid no later than July 31 of each year. The amount of the fee for use by the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall be determined by such Department. The fee will be referred to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for collection."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.¨