344 Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.

  Date of enactment: April 1, 2016
2015 Assembly Bill 384   Date of publication*: April 2, 2016

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 344

An Act to repeal 196.493; to amend 196.491 (3) (d) (intro.); and to create 1.12 (4) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 1.12 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

1.12 (4) (cm) Advanced nuclear energy using a reactor design or amended reactor design approved after December 31, 2010, by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Section 2 . 196.491 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

196.491 (3) (d) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (e) and s. 196.493 , the commission shall approve an application filed under par. (a) 1. for a certificate of public convenience and necessity only if the commission determines all of the following:

Section 3 . 196.493 of the statutes is repealed.