HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 274 FILED ON: 1/9/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3492
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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.