Bill Text: IL SB0551 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0551 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0551-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0551 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
420 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304
Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to fees.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged
within this State in the the production of electricity
utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and
research reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or
high-level radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost
of establishing plans and programs to deal with the possibility
of nuclear accidents. Except as provided below, the fees shall
be used to fund those Agency and local government activities
defined as necessary by the Director to implement and maintain
the plans and programs authorized by this Act. Local
governments incurring expenses attributable to implementation
and maintenance of the plans and programs authorized by this
Act may apply to the Agency for compensation for those
expenses, and upon approval by the Director of applications
submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate
local governments from fees collected under this Section.

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Compensation for local governments shall include $250,000 in
any year through fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994
and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in
fiscal year 1997, and $450,000 in fiscal year 1998 and
thereafter. Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety
(of which the Agency is the successor) for compensation to
local governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed
$650,000 per State fiscal year. Expenditures from these
appropriations shall not exceed, in a single State fiscal year,
the annual compensation amount made available to local
governments under this Section, unexpended funds made
available for local government compensation in the previous
fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois Grant Funds
Recovery Act during previous fiscal years. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made
available to local governments for fiscal year 1997 under this
amendatory Act of 1997. The Agency shall, by rule, determine
the method for compensating local governments under this
Section. The appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any
year preceding fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not
exceed $625,000 in fiscal year 1996, $725,000 in fiscal year
1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter. The fees
shall consist of the following:
(1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power

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station in this State to be paid by the owners of the
stations.
(2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid
before June 30, 1982.
(3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per
year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating
license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30,
1982, and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000
per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after
June 30, 1984, and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of
$400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an
operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by
the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this
State. After June 30, 1991, the owners of nuclear power
reactors in this State for which operating licenses have
been issued by the NRC shall pay the following fees for
each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year
1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for
State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year
1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
$1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year
2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455;
for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal

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year 2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for
State fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years,
$1,903,182.
(3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that
notifies the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the
nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased operations
during State fiscal year 1998 shall pay the following fees
for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000 for State
fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
(4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or
under construction, shall be paid by the owners of the
station.
(5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for
the operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid
by the owners of facilities for the storage of spent
nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste for others in
this State.
(6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in
this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to
be paid by the operator of the facility. However, this
charge shall not be required to be paid by any
tax-supported institution.
(7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in

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this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
paid by the owner of the facility.
(8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each
facility in this State housing a nuclear test and research
reactor, to be paid by the operator of the facility.
However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid
by any tax-supported institution.
(9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility
in this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
paid by the owner of the facility.
(10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
$3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
nuclear power station or away-from-reactor spent nuclear
fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste
storage facility, or other facility in this State to be
paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject
to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
truck in the shipment.
(11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for

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each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
$3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by
the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject
to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less than 100
miles in Illinois that consist entirely of cobalt-60 or
other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500 per truck fee
shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first truck and $750 for
each additional truck in the same shipment.
(12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through
1991, in addition to the annual fee provided for in
subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power
reactor for which an operating license has been issued by
the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors
operating in this State. Within 120 days after the end of
the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989,
June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the Agency shall
determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear Safety
Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for
those fiscal years.

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(Source: P.A. 97-195, eff. 7-25-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12;
98-728, eff. 1-1-15.)