§ 20-21-402. Administration by Department of Health
(a) The Department of Health shall carry out a Nuclear Planning and Response Program designed to protect the lives and property of persons of this state from radiation hazards and other hazards which may result from the establishment and operation of nuclear electrical generating facilities in this state. (b) The program shall include: (1) Continuous […]
§ 20-21-403. Operating funds
(a) (1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall annually determine the approximate amount of funds which will be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Nuclear Planning and Response Program. This amount shall not be in excess of the total amounts appropriated for the program by the General Assembly for the particular […]
§ 20-21-404. Fees
(a) There is levied and there shall be collected annually from each utility in this state which operates one (1) or more nuclear generating facilities a fee in such amount as shall be determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State in the manner prescribed in this subchapter. (b) The fees so levied against […]
§ 20-21-405. Arkansas Nuclear Planning and Response Fund
All funds collected by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State pursuant to this subchapter shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues, and the full amount thereof shall be credited to the Arkansas Nuclear Planning and Response Fund. The fund shall be used exclusively for the operation and maintenance of the Nuclear […]
§ 20-21-501. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Chief executive officer” means the county judge of each county in this state; (2) “Cooperative agreement” means the written instrument which sets forth the conditions to be met by each county in order to qualify for grant funds authorized by this subchapter; (3) “Division of Health” means the Nuclear […]
§ 20-21-502. Administration
(a) The Department of Health shall serve as the administering and disbursing agency for a program of issuing grants to those local governments located in such close proximity to nuclear-powered electricity generating facilities in this state that federal regulations or state rules require those local governments to maintain nuclear disaster response procedures and precautions. (b) […]
§ 20-21-503. Cooperative agreements
(a) (1) Before the award of a grant to a county for the purposes described in this subchapter, the Department of Health shall draw up a proposal for a cooperative agreement between the State of Arkansas and the eligible counties in this state. (2) The proposal shall set forth the activities to be conducted by […]
§ 20-21-504. Disbursal of funds
In disbursing funds to eligible counties which have satisfactorily fulfilled the requirements of the cooperative agreement as set out in § 20-21-503, the Department of Health shall remit a maximum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to each of the eligible counties to be payable during the second month of each quarter of the state fiscal […]
§ 20-21-505. Reporting requirements
The chief executive officer of the county shall be responsible for submitting the following progress reports: (1) Quarterly Fiscal Report. Within thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter, a report detailing the expenditure of grant moneys shall be submitted to the Nuclear Planning and Response Program of the Division of Radiation Control […]
§ 20-21-601. Public policy
It is the policy of the State of Arkansas to provide a coordinated effort to enhance the capability of the individual state and local agencies to carry out their statutory response requirements in the event of a nuclear power plant accident at Arkansas Nuclear One, Units One and Two.