1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to nuclear waste; requiring commissioner of commerce to collect and 
1.3 	hold in escrow fees paid by Minnesota ratepayers for permanent repository for 
1.4 	disposal of high-level radioactive waste;amending Laws 1997, chapter 201, 
1.5 	section 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 1997, chapter 201, section 1, is amended to read:
1.8 	Section 1. NUCLEAR WASTE ESCROW ACCOUNT.
 1.9 	Beginning July 1, 1997 2009, the public utilities commission may shall direct 
1.10 	persons in Minnesota that are generating or holding title to high-level radioactive waste 
1.11 	or spent nuclear fuel and that are subject to the fee specified under United States Code, 
1.12 	title 42, section 10222, to remit the proceeds of that fee to the commissioner of public 
1.13 	service commerce. The commissioner shall place all revenues collected from this fee into 
1.14 	an interest-bearing escrow account. The commissioner shall release the funds in the 
1.15 	escrow account to the secretary of the federal Department of Energy upon a showing by 
1.16 	the secretary that a federal repository for the long-term storage and permanent disposal of 
1.17 	spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste is operating and currently accepting 
1.18 	such materials.
1.19 	This section is intended to enable the state of Minnesota to adopt or implement 
1.20 	any appropriate relief granted by a court of competent jurisdiction for the United States 
1.21 	Department of Energy breach of its obligations to dispose of commercial spent nuclear 
1.22 	fuel not later than January 31, 1998.

1.23 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 1.24 	The revisor shall codify section 1 in the appropriate section of Minnesota Statutes.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
2.2 	enactment.