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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 33

[SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene shall conduct a study by January 1,
1985 to determine the feasibility of carrying out the provisions
of this Act with respect to persons other than fire fighters.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect on July 1, 1985 [subject to (1) the approval of a
study to determine the feasibility of this Act by the Department
of Budget and Fiscal Planning; and (2) the availability of funds
to carry out the purposes of this Act].

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General
Assembly hereby ratifies and confirms that Section 1 of Chapter
246 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1984 is in effect.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, it shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1986.

CHAPTER 33

(Senate Bill 848)

AN ACT concerning

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact

FOR the purpose of repealing the Northeast Interstate Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Compact and enacting on the
part of this State a compact pursuant to State and Federal
law for the interstate management of low-level radioactive
waste to be called the "Appalachian States Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Compact"; defining certain terms;
providing for certain rights and obligations of the party
states; creating an Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Commission; providing for the membership of the
Commission; establishing procedures, a budgetary system and
initial funding of the Commission, establishing the powers
and duties of the Commission; providing for a host state
eligibility process for the development and operation of
regional facilities; providing for certain fees and
surcharges; providing for the closure of a regional facility
under certain circumstances; providing a list of initially
eligible states; providing for Congressional Review and
ratification; providing for withdrawal from the Compact;