NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 839

HOUSE BILL 1431

 

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new G.S. 20-143.2 is hereby added to General Statutes Chapter 20 to read as follows:

"§ 20-143.2.  Transportation of spent nuclear fuel. — (a) No person, firm or corporation shall transport upon the highways of this State any spent nuclear fuel unless such person, firm, or corporation notifies the State Highway Patrol in advance of transporting the spent nuclear fuel.

(b)        The provisions of this section shall apply whether or not the fuel is for delivery in North Carolina and whether or not the shipment originated in North Carolina.

(c)        The Radiation Protection Commission is authorized to adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

(d)        Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each unauthorized shipment shall constitute a separate offense."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1977.