North Carolina HB 1778: Increase Fee for Emergency Planning.

Bill Text

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 
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AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEE IMPOSED FOR NUCLEAR FACILITIES, WHICH 2 
FEES  ARE  APPLIED  TO  THE  COSTS  OF  PLANNING  AND  IMPLEMENTING  3 
EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  ACTIVITIES  AND  ARE  FOR  THE  USE  OF  THE  4 
DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT 5 
AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 6 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7 
Section 1.  G.S. 166A-6.1(b) reads as rewritten: 8 
"(b)     Every     person,     firm, corporation or municipality who is licensed to construct or 9 
who is operating a fixed nuclear facility for the production of electricity shall pay to the 10 
Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, for the use of the Division of Radiation 11 
Protection Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, an annual 12 
fee  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars  ($18,000) thirty-six  thousand  dollars  ($36,000)  for  each  13 
fixed  nuclear  facility  which that is  located  within  this  State  or  has  a  Plume  Exposure  14 
Pathway  Emergency  Planning  Zone  of  which  any  part  is  located  within  this  State.  This  15 
fee  shall  be  applied  to  the  costs  of  planning  and  implementing  emergency  response  16 
activities  as  are  required  by  the  Federal  Emergency  Management  Agency  for  the  17 
operation  of  nuclear  facilities.  Said This fee  is  to  be  paid  no  later  than  July  31  of  each  18 
year." 19 
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000. 20