GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 622

SENATE BILL 307

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTE PROVIDING AN ANNUAL FEE FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR EACH FIXED NUCLEAR FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO INCLUDE SUCH FEE FOR ANY FACILITY WITH A PLUME EXPOSURE PATHWAY EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE WHICH EXTENDS INTO THIS STATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 166A-6.1(a), as the same is found in Part 11 of Volume 3D of the General Statutes, 1982 Replacement, is amended by rewriting lines 5 through 9 to read "($30,000) for each fixed nuclear facility which 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 is to be used to assist in or partially defray such costs of planning and implementing emergency response activities as are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the operation of nuclear facilities.  Said fee is to be paid no later than July 31 of each year.  This minimum fee may be."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 166A-6.1, as the same is found in Part II of Volume 3D of the General Statutes, 1982 Replacement, is amended by inserting a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(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 State of North Carolina for use of the Department of Human Resources an annual fee of no more than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for each fixed nuclear facility which 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 is to be used to assist in or partially defray such costs of planning and implementing emergency response activities as are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the operation of nuclear facilities. Said fee is to be paid no later than July 31 of each year. The amount of the fee for use by the Department of Human Resources shall be determined by such Department. The fee will be referred to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for collection."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 166A-6.1(b), as the same is found in Part 11 to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, 1982 Replacement, is rewritten to read as follows:

"(c)      Licensees or operators of fixed nuclear facilities are required to pay the fees required by this section for the first year on or before November 1, 1981, and for succeeding years on or before July 31 of each year. In the event that any funds collected for the purposes set forth herein are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, such funds shall be brought forward to the next fiscal year thereby proportionally reducing the fee to be assessed each fixed nuclear facility in such next fiscal year."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1983.