Bill Amendment: IL SB0544 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SAFETY-TECH

Status: 2015-05-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB0544 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0544-Senate_Amendment_002.html

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Sen. Melinda Bush

Filed: 4/22/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 544
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 544 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is
amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
(420 ILCS 10/10 new)
Sec. 10. Municipal nuclear storage impact fees.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, any municipality may establish and collect a nuclear
storage impact fee from the entity that operated a nuclear
facility within the boundaries of the municipality. The nuclear
storage impact fee shall only be imposed on nuclear facilities
that ceased generating electricity on or before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
(b) The fee established under this Section shall be charged
to the entity that operated a nuclear facility within the

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boundaries of the municipality immediately before the nuclear
facility ceased to generate electricity. The nuclear storage
impact fee can only be applied prospectively on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
Assembly and cannot be applied retroactively to the date that
the nuclear facility ceased operations.
(c) In any calendar year, the nuclear storage impact fee
shall not exceed 25% of the average annual amount of property
taxes paid to the municipality by the entity that operated the
nuclear facility during the last 5 years that the nuclear
facility was operational.
(d) The municipality shall conduct a public hearing before
imposing the nuclear storage impact fees permitted under this
Section. The hearing shall be held within the boundaries of the
municipality. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the
hearing shall be given at least 10 days before the date of the
hearing.
(e) The revenue collected under this Section shall be used
to offset property taxes for owners of property within the
boundaries of the municipality.
(f) No sale, assignment, lease, or decommissioning
agreement that was executed after a nuclear facility ceased
generating electricity and before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall assign or
transfer the obligation to pay any nuclear storage impact fee
imposed pursuant to this Section.".