2005 Minnesota Statutes - 12.14 — Assessment for Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.

     12.14 Assessment for Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. 


    A person in the business of owning or operating a nuclear 
 power plant or dry cask storage facility located in Minnesota, 
 shall pay quarterly assessments to cover the cost of nuclear 
 power plant emergency response programs necessary to deal with 
 incidents resulting from either facility.  An assessment of up 
 to one quarter of the projected annual cost must be paid to the 
 state director on July 1 of each year.  An assessment must be 
 billed by the state director based on actual costs for each 
 quarter of the fiscal year starting with the first quarter 
 ending September 30.  The July 1 assessment must be deducted 
 from the final quarterly billing for the fiscal year.  The 
 assessment collected must be credited to the nuclear safety 
 preparedness account in the special revenue fund. 


    HIST: 1980 c 611 s 5; 1981 c 357 s 24; 1983 c 293 s 28; 
 1Sp1985 c 10 s 37; 1987 c 358 s 38; 1989 c 269 s 36; 1991 c 233 
 s 37; 1996 c 344 s 8