Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-885

ENV 885

Radiological Emergency Response Funds

Mr. O'Connor and Ms. L'Italien moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2E, by adding the following section:-

"SECTION  XX. 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."