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45.850 Appropriations for capital construction, operating budget, regulating,
and monitoring of nuclear waste disposal site.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Appropriations for the capital construction and for the operating budget of a
nuclear waste disposal site owned by the Commonwealth shall be set forth as
a major program cost in the executive budget document for the Energy and
Environment Cabinet.
Appropriations for the regulating and monitoring of a nuclear waste disposal
site owned by the Commonwealth shall be set forth as a major program cost in
the executive budget document for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Monitoring and water sampling and analyses shall be maintained and budgeted
for at a level to provide frequent and continuing evidence of the safety of the
site.
Operating costs associated with the daily maintenance of the site in excess of
allocations budgeted to the Energy and Environment Cabinet, regulating and
monitoring costs associated with normal surveillance of the site in excess of
allocations budgeted to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and costs
associated with an emergency at the site so declared by the Governor shall be
deemed necessary governmental expenses.
In the event a request for funds is made pursuant to subsection (3) of this
section, a copy of the request and the justification for additional funds shall be
forwarded to the office of the Legislative Research Commission and to the
Governor at the time the request is made but no later than fifteen (15) days
prior to the actual expenditure of additional funds. The Legislative Research
Commission or its designated subcommittee may request further explanation of
the need for additional funds.
Subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall apply only to sites located in the
Commonwealth prior to July 15, 1980.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 37, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 106, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 85, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 17, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980.
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