260.725. Advisory committee, appointment, qualifications, terms, duties.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

260.725. Advisory committee, appointment, qualifications, terms, duties.

Advisory committee, appointment, qualifications, terms, duties.

260.725. 1. There is hereby created within the departmentof natural resources the "Low-level Radioactive Waste CompactAdvisory Committee". The committee shall consist of onerepresentative of an institution of higher education, onerepresentative of the general public, one representative ofindustry, one representative of a medical field, one member ofthe Missouri house of representatives, one member of theMissouri senate and Missouri's member on the midwest low-levelradioactive waste compact commission. If Missouri isdesignated a host state for a regional disposal facility, theadvisory committee shall be expanded to include arepresentative from the host county. Each member shall beappointed by the governor with the advice and consent of thesenate, except that the member from the Missouri house ofrepresentatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the houseand the member from the Missouri senate shall be appointed bythe president pro tempore of the senate. Any representative ofa host county shall be nominated by the county court of thehost county and appointed by the governor. Each member shallserve for a term of four years with the first members'appointments staggered so that all members' terms do not expiresimultaneously.

2. The advisory committee shall:

(1) Act in an advisory capacity to Missouri's member onthe commission;

(2) Meet as necessary, but at least twice yearly, toreview activities of the commission and midwest interstatelow-level radioactive waste compact states; and

(3) Present recommendations in writing to the governor andthe general assembly as requested or as necessary to insureadequate exchange of information.