Section 6503 - Legislative approval(a) The Committee shall report to the General Assembly its recommendation to approve or not to approve the petition for the facility together with such additional information and comment it deems appropriate.(b) Any bill or joint resolution approving a facility under section 6501 of this title shall include findings that the proposed facility:(1) will promote the general welfare and will not have an undue adverse effect on health, safety, aesthetics, historic sites, air and water purity, the natural environment, and the economy; and(2) will not unduly interfere with the orderly development of the region with due consideration having been given to the recommendations of the municipal and regional planning commissions and the municipal legislative bodies.(c) Unless the proposed facility is approved by the General Assembly, no State officer, agency, or department shall undertake to approve or license the proposed facility or undertake to cause or obtain the approval or licensing from any other state or federal governmental agency or board. The appropriate State officers and agencies shall use every proper and available legal means to prevent siting and licensing of such facility until the approval of the General Assembly is obtained.(d) No temporary storage facility that is a part of a nuclear fission plant approved by the General Assembly pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(e) shall be required to obtain the additional approval required by this section.Added 1977, No. 77, § 1, eff. 4/26/1977; amended 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.