GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 515*

Short Title:  S.E. Compact Commissioner/Host County. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Conder and Plyler.
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Referred to:  Environment and Natural Resources.
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April 9, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION FROM NORTH CAROLINA RESIDE IN A COUNTY IN WHICH THE REGIONAL DISPOSAL FACILITY IS SITED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 104F-2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 104F-2. Appointment of members to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission.
(a)	The Governor shall appoint two members to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission as established by Article IV of the compact. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor may appoint an alternate for each member who may serve at and for such time as each regular member shall designate and who shall have the same power and authority as the regular member when so serving. Each member and alternate shall possess technical or professional qualifications based on training and experience in the management or regulation of low-level radioactive waste sufficient to assure informed judgments when acting as a member of the Commission.
(b)	Of the two members of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission appointed by the Governor pursuant to this section, one member shall be a resident of a county in which the low-level radioactive waste disposal facility established pursuant to this Chapter and Chapter 104G of the General Statutes is located.  A facility shall be considered to be located in a county upon the designation, pursuant to G.S. 104G-9(g), of a site within that county as the preferred site, or as a part of a preferred site which is located in more than one county.  The Governor shall make the initial appointment under this subsection within 30 days after the designation of a preferred site."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.