6/5/09-SB100 died in committee. However, the provisions are included in HB683, which has advanced from the General Assembly to the governor’s desk.

4/15/09-A bill in the House Special Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Transportation Funding Committee would require all shipments of radioactive waste traveling in and through the state to be assessed fees. The Senate already approved it.
Currently, Missouri doesn’t charge fees for the transport of radioactive waste products.
Sponsored by Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, SB100 would have shippers who fail to pay fees or notify the Department of Natural Resources about shipments face penalties up to 10 times the amount of the original assessed fee.
Revenues from the fees would be deposited into the state’s Environmental Radiation Monitoring Fund.
The measure calls for exempting from the fees and notification requirements radioactive waste being shipped by or for the federal government for military or national defense purposes.
The provisions in the bill would sunset after six years.
For bill status, call 573-751-4633.

3/31/09-The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would require all shipments of radioactive waste traveling in and through the state to be assessed fees. It now moves to the House.
Currently, Missouri doesn’t charge fees for the transport of radioactive waste products.
Sponsored by Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, SB100 would have shippers who fail to pay fees or notify the Department of Natural Resources about shipments face penalties up to 10 times the amount of the original assessed fee.
Revenues from the fees would be deposited into the state’s Environmental Radiation Monitoring Fund.
The measure calls for exempting from the fees and notification requirements radioactive waste being shipped by or for the federal government for military or national defense purposes.
The provisions in the bill would sunset after six years.
The bill is awaiting assignment to committee in the House. For bill status, call 573-751-4633.

1/27/09-A bill in the Senate Transportation Committee would require all shipments of radioactive waste traveling in and through the state to be assessed fees. Shippers who fail to pay fees or notify the Department of Natural Resources about shipments would face penalties up to 10 times the amount of the original assessed fee.
Sponsored by Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, SB100 would deposit revenues from the fees into the state’s Environmental Radiation Monitoring Fund.
The bill calls for exempting from the fees and notification requirements radioactive waste being shipped by or for the federal government for military or national defense purposes.
The provisions in the bill would sunset after six years.
For bill status, call 573-751-4633.

12/16/08-Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, has prefiled a bill for consideration during the session that begins Jan. 7 that would require all shipments of radioactive waste traveling in and through the state to be assessed fees. Shippers who fail to pay fees or notify the Department of Natural Resources about shipments would face penalties up to 10 times the amount of the original assessed fee.
Revenues from the fees would be deposited into the state’s Environmental Radiation Monitoring Fund.
SB100 calls for exempting from the fees and notification requirements radioactive waste being shipped by or for the federal government for military or national defense purposes.
The provisions in the bill would sunset after six years.
For bill status, call 573-751-4633.