4905.802 Crediting of fees collected for shipment of nuclear materials. - Ohio Statutes

4905.802 Crediting of fees collected for shipment of nuclear materials.

(A)(1) All fees collected under section 4905.801 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the radioactive waste transportation fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to it.

(2) Money in the radioactive waste transportation fund shall be used only for the following purposes related to the shipment of material that is subject to division (A)(1) of section 4163.07 of the Revised Code as determined by the public utilities commission:

(a) State and local expenses, including inspections, escorts, security, emergency management services, and accident response;

(b) Planning, coordination, education, and training of emergency response providers, law enforcement agencies, and other appropriate state or local entities;

(c) Purchase and maintenance of monitoring, medical, safety, or emergency response equipment and supplies;

(d) Administrative costs of the commission and other state or local entities;

(e) Other similar expenses determined by the commission to be appropriate.

(B)(1) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 4905.801 and 4905.802 of the Revised Code.

(2) In administering section 4905.801 of the Revised Code, the commission shall work with any department or agency of federal, state, or local government that also regulates the shipment of material that is subject to division (A)(1) of section 4163.07 of the Revised Code.

(3) Subject to division (C) of section 4163.07 of the Revised Code, the commission, consistent with national security requirements, may notify any law enforcement agency or other state or local entity affected by the shipment that the commission considers necessary for public safety.

(4) Not later than December 31, 2010, the commission shall prepare and submit to both houses of the general assembly a report on the fees received by the commission under section 4905.801 of the Revised Code and on expenditures made from the radioactive waste transportation fund.

Added by 128th General Assembly ch. 1, HB 2, § 101.01, eff. 7/1/2009.