NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

EXTRA SESSION 1986

 

 

CHAPTER 1

HOUSE BILL 3

 

 

AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA A HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY SITE.

 

Whereas, the United States Department of Energy has recently designated two areas in North Carolina as potential high-level radioactive waste repository sites; and

Whereas, it is necessary to ascertain the will of the people of North Carolina whether they want the federal government to locate a high-level radioactive waste repository site in North Carolina; and

Whereas, it is expedient that action be taken in a timely manner so as to be available for consideration by the Department of Energy as part of North Carolina's response to the Draft Report prior to the issuance of its Final Area Recommendation Report in July, 1986; and

Whereas, a referendum will provide a way to educate the citizenry as to the magnitude of this repository; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State of North Carolina at a statewide election to be held May 6, 1986, a referendum to determine the will of the people of North Carolina whether the United States Department of Energy should locate a high-level radioactive waste repository site in North Carolina. The referendum shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, and the form of the ballot shall be:

 

" [  ]            FOR the location within the State of North Carolina of a high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel disposal site.

  [  ]            AGAINST the location within the State of North Carolina of a high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel disposal site."

 

Sec. 2. The result of the referendum shall be canvassed and certified by the State Board of Elections to the Secretary of State of North Carolina in the manner and at the time provided by Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. The Secretary of State shall certify the result of the referendum to the President of the United States, to each member of the United States Congress, and to the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of February, 1986.