A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the department of environment and natural resources to establish and collect certain fees under the radiation protection act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 104E‑9 reads as rewritten:
"§ 104E‑9.  Powers and functions of Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
(a)	The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is authorized:
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(8)	To establish annual fees for activities under this Chapter based on actual administrative costs to be applied to implementation of the provisions of this Chapter and to charge and collect fees from operators and users of low‑level radioactive waste facilities pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
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(12)	To recover all actual costs incurred by the Department in responding to and mitigating an emergency, as defined in G.S. 104E‑5(7).
(b)	The Division of Environmental Health of the Department shall develop a training program for tanning equipment operators that meets the training rules adopted by the Commission. If the training program is provided by the Department, the Department may charge each person trained a reasonable fee to recover the actual cost of the training program."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 104E‑19(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In order to meet the anticipated costs of administering the educational and training programs under G.S. 104E‑11(c); of enforcing and carrying out the inspection provisions in G.S. 104E‑7(a)(7) and G.S. 104E‑11(a); of administering the licensing  and registration provisions under G.S. 104E‑7(a)(2), 104E‑7(a)(4), 104E‑7(a)(6), and 104E‑10.3; and of reviewing submissions as provided under G.S. 104E‑9(a)(3); the Department is authorized to charge and collect reasonable fees as it may by rule establish."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.