10-3-1304. Radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account -- purpose -- disbursement. (1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund to be known as the radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account administered by the disaster and emergency services division of the department of military affairs.
     (2) The money deposited into this account by the department of transportation pursuant to 10-3-1307 may be used only for the following purposes:
     (a) to reimburse the highway patrol for expenses incurred in monitoring or providing escorts for motor carriers transporting high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste through the state;
     (b) to provide funding for training local emergency response personnel in handling radioactive waste accidents, spills, and other related emergencies; and
     (c) to reimburse local emergency response entities for costs incurred in the event that an accident, spill, or other related emergency occurs.
     (3) Prior to rulemaking provided for under 10-3-1309(3), the disaster and emergency services division of the department of military affairs shall coordinate with the public service commission and the department of transportation to provide to an appropriate legislative interim committee prior to the 59th legislature a plan that prioritizes prospective disbursement of money in the account described in subsection (1).

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 560, L. 2003.