2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260 Environmental Control
Section 260.735. Designation as host state, governor's duty--approval by general assembly required, exception.

260.735. 1. In the event Missouri is designated by the commission to be a host state for a regional low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, the director of the department of natural resources shall, within seven days, report to the governor, the legislature and the hazardous waste management commission with recommendations for further action.

2. If Missouri is designated as the host state for a regional disposal facility, the governor shall provide notification of withdrawal, pursuant to Article VIII(i) of the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, unless that designation is approved by the general assembly by a concurrent resolution; provided however, that if the general assembly, having had the opportunity to consider the issue of whether or not to remain in the compact, for a period of not less than sixty days within the ninety-day period immediately following such designation, fails to render a concurrent resolution approving such designation or a concurrent resolution calling for Missouri to withdraw from the compact, the governor need not provide such notification of withdrawal.

(L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 6 8, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)

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