GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1129

Short Title:  Reimbursement for Low-Level Facility.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Miner, Hackney (Cosponsors); Blue, Hensley, Hightower, H. Hunter, Insko, Luebke, and Mosley.

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Referred to:  Commerce, if favorable, Finance.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED PRIOR TO AND INCLUDING THIS BIENNIUM TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE THE NORTH CAROLINA LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND FOR THE COSTS TO THE AUTHORITY AND STATE AGENCIES TO SELECT A SITE FOR, AND TO LICENSE, A LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY AS A CONDITION TO THE AUTHORITY RECEIVING STATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) Any funds appropriated to or for the North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority for the 1997-98 fiscal year or for the 1998-99 fiscal year shall be placed in a reserve. 
(b)	The Office of State Budget and Management shall not distribute the funds in the reserve under subsection (a) of this section until either the Authority or the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission, or both, credit funds to the General Fund in the amount equal to the total funds that the General Assembly has appropriated to the Authority or to any State agencies for all fiscal years prior to and including the 1998-99 fiscal year for the purpose of establishing or operating the Authority or for the purpose of selecting a site for, or to license, a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility pursuant to Chapter 104G of the General Statutes.  
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.