Senate Bill No. 224

(By Senators McCabe, Foster, Wells and Kessler (Acting President))

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[Introduced January 20, 2011; referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to repeal §16-27A-1 and §16-27A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the ban on construction of nuclear power plants.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of article banning construction of nuclear power plants in West Virginia.

    §16-27A-1 and §16-27A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, are hereby repealed.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the ban on construction of nuclear power plants.