HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 274        FILED ON: 1/9/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3492

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Josh S. Cutler and Kathleen R. LaNatra

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to community radiological emergency response funds.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/9/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/16/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/26/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/26/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/29/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 274        FILED ON: 1/9/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3492

By Representatives Cutler of Duxbury and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3492) of Josh S. Cutler, Kathleen R. LaNatra and others relative to radiological emergency response funds under the control of the Department of Public Health.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1147 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to community radiological emergency response funds.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 5K of Chapter 111 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

The licensee of each existing and proposed nuclear power plant in the Commonwealth, shall fully fund offsite radiological emergency response expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or a municipality post closure until all the reactor's spent fuel is removed from the spent fuel pool and placed in dry casks. No monies from any Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be used to satisfy this obligation.