1.1.................... moves to amend S.F. No. 4, the first engrossment, as amended by the
1.2delete everything amendment S0004DE1, as follows:
1.3Page 1, after line 11, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 2. [216B.246] NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FEE; ESCROW ACCOUNT.
1.5A nuclear powered electric generating plant constructed after the effective date
1.6of this act must remit the proceeds of the fee specified under United States Code,
1.7title 42, section 10222, to the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner shall
1.8place all revenues collected from the fee into an interest-bearing escrow account. The
1.9commissioner shall release the funds in the escrow account to the secretary of the federal
1.10Department of Energy upon a showing by the secretary that a federal repository for the
1.11long-term storage and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
1.12waste is operating and currently accepting such materials.
1.13This section is intended to enable the state of Minnesota to adopt or implement
1.14any appropriate relief granted by a court of competent jurisdiction for the United States
1.15Department of Energy breach of its obligations to dispose of commercial spent nuclear
1.16fuel not later than January 31, 1998.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.18Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.19Amend the title accordingly