GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1778

Short Title:  Increase Fee for Emergency Planning.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Miller; and Hackney.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEE IMPOSED FOR NUCLEAR FACILITIES, WHICH FEES ARE APPLIED TO THE COSTS OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AND ARE FOR THE USE OF THE DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
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 Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, for the use of the Division of Radiation Protection of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, an annual fee of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) for each fixed nuclear facility that 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 shall be applied to the costs of planning and implementing emergency response activities as are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the operation of nuclear facilities. This fee is to be paid no later than July 31 of each year."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.