Bill Text: IL SB0870 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0870 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0870-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0870 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
420 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353
Amends the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section on legislative findings.
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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 Facility Safety Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(420 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353)
Sec. 3. Legislative findings. The The General Assembly
finds:
(a) that Illinois has more operating nuclear power plants
than any state in the Nation;
(b) that Illinois has a commercial, away-from-reactor,
spent nuclear fuel storage facility;
(c) that on behalf of the People, the State of Illinois has
not only an interest in emergency preparedness to mitigate the
effects of accidents at nuclear facilities but also an interest
in furthering actions which reduce the likelihood and severity
of accidents at nuclear facilities;
(d) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of
accidents at nuclear facilities is in the interest of the
economic well-being of the People of the State of Illinois
because of the substantial costs of (1) repairing or replacing
nuclear facility equipment damaged or destroyed in an accident;
(2) purchasing replacement power in the event of a loss in

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generating capacity in an accident; (3) disposing of nuclear
facility equipment highly contaminated with radioactivity in
an accident; (4) decontaminating or replacing private property
damaged in an accident; (5) replacing agricultural products
contaminated with radioactivity in an accident; (6) disruption
to the economy caused by an accident; and (7) health care for
workers and private citizens injured in an accident; and
(e) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of
accidents at nuclear facilities in Illinois protects the health
and safety of workers at nuclear facilities and private
citizens who could be injured as a result of releases of
radiation from nuclear facilities.
(Source: P.A. 86-901.)