§ 120-70.33. Powers and duties. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 120‑70.33.  Powers andduties.

The Joint Select Committeeshall have the following powers and duties:

(1)        To studyalternatives available to the State for dealing with low‑levelradioactive waste and the ramifications of each of those alternatives;

(2)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2001‑474, s. 12, effective November 29, 2001.

(3)        To evaluate actionsof the Radiation Protection Commission, the radiation protection programsadministered by the Division of Environmental Health of the Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources, and of any other board, commission,department, or agency of the State or local government as such actions relateto low‑level radioactive waste management;

(4)        Repealed by SessionLaws 2001‑474, s. 12, effective November 29, 2001.

(5)        To review andevaluate changes in federal law and regulations, relevant court decisions, andchanges in technology affecting low‑level radioactive waste management;

(6)        To review existingand proposed State law and rules affecting low‑level radioactive wastemanagement and to determine whether any modification of law or rules is in thepublic interest;

(7)        To make reports andrecommendations, including draft legislation, to the General Assembly from timeto time as to any matter relating to the powers and duties set out in thissection; and

(8)        To undertake suchadditional studies as it deems appropriate or as may from time to time berequested by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, either house of the General Assembly, the LegislativeResearch Commission, the Joint Legislative Commission on GovernmentalOperations, the Environmental Review Commission, or the Joint LegislativeUtility Review Committee, and to make such reports and recommendations to theGeneral Assembly regarding such studies as it deems appropriate. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c.1100, s. 3.1; 1991, c. 342, s. 5; c. 739, s. 4; 1993, c. 501, s. 11; 1997‑443,s. 11A.119(a); 2001‑474, s. 12; 2002‑70, s. 4.)