Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 7131.301 - Regional Facility Siting Fund(a) Establishment.--There shall be established within the State Treasury an interest-bearing, nonlapsing, restricted account to be known as the Regional Facility Siting Fund.(b) Deposits.--All mandated and voluntary contributions under this act, together with actual interest earned on these contributions by the State Treasurer, shall be deposited into the fund. Separate accounting of contributions and actual interest earned thereon shall be continuously maintained for purposes of implementing sections 306 and 310.(c) Appropriation and purpose.--Moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated and, upon authorization of the Governor, may be expended by the department on a continuing basis solely for the following purposes: (1) Reimbursement of expenses incurred by the regional facility operator for regional facility site selection, regional facility design and land purchase activities, but not to include any profit.(2) Fees paid by the department to consultants for the purpose of assisting the department in the implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act.(3) Cost of the department for its expenses incurred in the implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act.(d) Disbursements.--Each disbursement from the fund shall be deemed to be made from both contributions, and actual interest earned thereon, in the same proportion as each bears to the fund's total balance at the time of such disbursement. 1990 , July 11, P.L. 436, No. 107, § 301, imd. effective.