NUCLEAR FACILITY: PHYSICAL FORCE S.B. 757:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 757 (as reported without amendment)
Committee: Energy and Technology
CONTENT
The bill would create a new act to authorize an officer providing security at a nuclear generating facility to do the following:
-- Use physical force, other than deadly force, to prevent or terminate an individual's trespass at the facility.
-- Use physical force, including deadly force, to prevent or terminate an individual from breaking and entering into the business premises of a nuclear generating or storage structure with the intent to commit a crime involving serious physical harm to any individual.
-- Use physical force, including deadly force, to deter a threat of radiological sabotage or theft or diversion of special nuclear material.
Notice of the authorization to use physical force, including deadly physical force, would have to be conspicuously posted at all entrances to the business premises of a nuclear generating or storage building or structure and at intervals along the perimeter in such a manner as to provide reasonable notice to people about to enter.
A security officer, the employer of an officer providing security at a nuclear generating facility, and the owner and the operator of the facility would be immune from civil liability for the conduct of a security officer that was lawful under the proposed act.
Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 3-5-14 Fiscal Analyst: John Maxwell
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.