2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .894   Conditions for relinquishing of ownership of low-level nuclear waste disposal site -- Commonwealth policy as to sites or facilities -- Contracts or agreements with federal government.

211.894 Conditions for relinquishing of ownership of low-level nuclear waste disposal site -- Commonwealth policy as to sites or facilities -- Contracts or agreements with federal government. (1) The Governor, the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the secretary of the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet or any other state agency shall not enter into a contract or an agreement of any kind with the federal government relinquishing ownership of a low-level nuclear waste disposal site located in the Commonwealth without prior approval of a majority of the members of the Kentucky House of Representatives and a majority of the members of the Kentucky Senate. (2) It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to retain final authority for approving or disapproving the locating, opening, closing, or reopening of a nuclear waste disposal site or facility within its borders. (3) The Governor or appropriate state agencies may enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government relating to nuclear waste disposal sites located in the Commonwealth on July 15, 1980, that do not violate the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 388, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 328, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005) 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.