Sen. Karen McConnaughay

Filed: 4/2/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3270

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3270 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
7    Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged
8within this State in the production of electricity utilizing
9nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and research
10reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
11transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or
12high-level radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost
13of establishing plans and programs to deal with the possibility
14of nuclear accidents. Except as provided below, the fees shall
15be used to fund those Agency and local government activities
16defined as necessary by the Director to implement and maintain

 

 

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1the plans and programs authorized by this Act. Local
2governments incurring expenses attributable to implementation
3and maintenance of the plans and programs authorized by this
4Act may apply to the Agency for compensation for those
5expenses, and upon approval by the Director of applications
6submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate
7local governments from fees collected under this Section.
8Compensation for local governments shall include $250,000 in
9any year through fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994
10and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in
11fiscal year 1997, and $450,000 in fiscal year 1998 and
12thereafter. Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety
13(of which the Agency is the successor) for compensation to
14local governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency
15Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed
16$650,000 per State fiscal year. Expenditures from these
17appropriations shall not exceed, in a single State fiscal year,
18the annual compensation amount made available to local
19governments under this Section, unexpended funds made
20available for local government compensation in the previous
21fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois Grant Funds
22Recovery Act during previous fiscal years. Notwithstanding any
23other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
24fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made
25available to local governments for fiscal year 1997 under this
26amendatory Act of 1997. The Agency shall, by rule, determine

 

 

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1the method for compensating local governments under this
2Section. The appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any
3year preceding fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not
4exceed $625,000 in fiscal year 1996, $725,000 in fiscal year
51997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter. The fees
6shall consist of the following:
7        (1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power
8    station in this State to be paid by the owners of the
9    stations.
10        (2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
11    station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid
12    before June 30, 1982.
13        (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per
14    year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating
15    license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30,
16    1982, and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000
17    per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
18    operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after
19    June 30, 1984, and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of
20    $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an
21    operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by
22    the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this
23    State. After June 30, 1991, the owners of nuclear power
24    reactors in this State for which operating licenses have
25    been issued by the NRC shall pay the following fees for
26    each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year

 

 

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1    1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for
2    State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year
3    1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
4    $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
5    State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year
6    2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455;
7    for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal
8    year 2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for
9    State fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years,
10    $1,903,182.
11        (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that
12    notifies the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the
13    nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased operations
14    during State fiscal year 1998 shall pay the following fees
15    for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000 for State
16    fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
17        (4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
18    nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or
19    under construction, shall be paid by the owners of the
20    station.
21        (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
22    which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for
23    the operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
24    high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid
25    by the owners of facilities for the storage of spent
26    nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste for others in

 

 

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1    this State.
2        (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in
3    this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to
4    be paid by the operator of the facility. However, this
5    charge shall not be required to be paid by any
6    tax-supported institution.
7        (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in
8    this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
9    paid by the owner of the facility.
10        (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each
11    facility in this State housing a nuclear test and research
12    reactor, to be paid by the operator of the facility.
13    However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid
14    by any tax-supported institution.
15        (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility
16    in this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
17    paid by the owner of the facility.
18        (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
19    each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
20    $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
21    spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
22    transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
23    of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
24    nuclear power station or away-from-reactor spent nuclear
25    fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste
26    storage facility, or other facility in this State to be

 

 

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1    paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
2    radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
3    controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
4    shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject
5    to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
6    truck in the shipment.
7        (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
8    each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
9    $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
10    spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
11    transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
12    of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by
13    the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
14    radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
15    controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
16    shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject
17    to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
18    truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less than 100
19    miles in Illinois that consist entirely of cobalt-60 or
20    other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500 per truck fee
21    shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first truck and $750 for
22    each additional truck in the same shipment.
23        (12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through
24    1991, in addition to the annual fee provided for in
25    subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power
26    reactor for which an operating license has been issued by

 

 

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1    the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors
2    operating in this State. Within 120 days after the end of
3    the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989,
4    June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the Agency shall
5    determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear Safety
6    Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for
7    those fiscal years.
8(Source: P.A. 97-195, eff. 7-25-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)".