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 1        AN  ACT to amend the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness
 2    Act by changing Section 4.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 7        (420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
 8        Sec. 4. Nuclear accident  plans;  fees.  Persons  engaged
 9    within  this State in the production of electricity utilizing
10    nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear  test  and  research
11    reactors,   the   chemical  conversion  of  uranium,  or  the
12    transportation, storage or possession of spent  nuclear  fuel
13    or  high-level  radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the
14    cost of establishing plans and  programs  to  deal  with  the
15    possibility  of nuclear accidents.  Except as provided below,
16    the fees shall be used exclusively to fund those Departmental
17    and local government activities defined as necessary  by  the
18    Director  to  implement  and  maintain the plans and programs
19    authorized by this Act.  Local governments incurring expenses
20    attributable to implementation and maintenance of  the  plans
21    and  programs  authorized  by  this  Act  may  apply  to  the
22    Department  for  compensation  for  those  expenses, and upon
23    approval by the Director of applications submitted  by  local
24    governments,    the   Department   shall   compensate   local
25    governments  from  fees   collected   under   this   Section.
26    Compensation  for local governments shall include $250,000 in
27    any year through fiscal year 1993, $275,000  in  fiscal  year
28    1994  and  fiscal  year  1995,  $300,000 in fiscal year 1996,
29    $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and  $450,000  in  fiscal  year
30    1998  and  thereafter.  Appropriations  to  the Department of
31    Nuclear Safety for compensation to local governments from the
 
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 1    Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund  provided  for  in
 2    this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per State fiscal year.
 3    Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in a
 4    single State fiscal year, the annual compensation amount made
 5    available to local governments under this Section, unexpended
 6    funds made available for local government compensation in the
 7    previous  fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois
 8    Grant  Funds  Recovery  Act  during  previous  fiscal  years.
 9    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this   Act,   the
10    expenditure limitation for fiscal year 1998 shall include the
11    additional  $100,000  made available to local governments for
12    fiscal year 1997 under this  amendatory  Act  of  1997.   Any
13    funds  within  these  expenditure  limitations, including the
14    additional $100,000 made available for fiscal year 1997 under
15    this amendatory Act of 1997, that remain  unexpended  at  the
16    close  of  business  on June 30, 1997, and on June 30 of each
17    succeeding year, shall be excluded from the  calculations  of
18    credits   under   subparagraph  (3)  of  this  Section.   The
19    Department  shall,  by  rule,  determine   the   method   for
20    compensating   local   governments  under  this  Section.  In
21    addition, a portion of the fees collected may be appropriated
22    to the Illinois Emergency Management  Agency  for  activities
23    associated with preparing and implementing plans to deal with
24    the effects of nuclear accidents. The appropriation shall not
25    exceed  $500,000  in any year preceding fiscal year 1996; the
26    appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year  1996,
27    $725,000  in  fiscal  year  1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year
28    1998 and thereafter. The fees shall consist of the following:
29        (1)  A one-time charge  of  $590,000  per  nuclear  power
30    station  in  this  State  to  be  paid  by  the owners of the
31    stations.
32        (2)  An additional charge of $240,000 per  nuclear  power
33    station  for  which  a  fee  under  subparagraph (1) was paid
34    before June 30, 1982.
 
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 1        (3)  Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000  per
 2    year  for  each  nuclear power reactor for which an operating
 3    license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30,  1982,
 4    and  through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000 per year
 5    for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license
 6    has been issued by the NRC, and  after  June  30,  1984,  and
 7    through  June  30,  1991,  an annual fee of $400,000 for each
 8    nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been
 9    issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear  power
10    reactors  operating  in  this State. After June 30, 1991, the
11    owners of nuclear power reactors  in  this  State  for  which
12    operating  licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the
13    following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State
14    fiscal year 1992,  $925,000;  for  State  fiscal  year  1993,
15    $975,000;  for  State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State
16    fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and
17    1997, $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
18    State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000;  for  State  fiscal  year
19    2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455; for
20    State  fiscal  year  2002,  $1,730,636; for State fiscal year
21    2003 and subsequent fiscal years, $1,757,727. Within 120 days
22    after the end of the State fiscal year, the Department  shall
23    determine, from the records of the Office of the Comptroller,
24    the  balance  in  the  Nuclear  Safety Emergency Preparedness
25    Fund.  When the balance in the fund, less any fees  collected
26    under  this  Section prior to their being due and payable for
27    the succeeding fiscal year or years, exceeds $400,000 at  the
28    close  of  business on June 30, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
29    and 1998, or exceeds $500,000 at the  close  of  business  on
30    June 30, 1999 and June 30 of each succeeding year, the excess
31    shall be credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who
32    are  assessed  fees under this subparagraph. Credits shall be
33    applied  against  the  fees  to  be  collected   under   this
34    subparagraph  for  the  subsequent  fiscal  year.  Each owner
 
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 1    shall receive as a credit that amount  of  the  excess  which
 2    corresponds   proportionately   to   the   amount  the  owner
 3    contributed to all fees collected under this subparagraph  in
 4    the fiscal year that produced the excess.
 5        (3.5)  The owner of a nuclear power reactor that notifies
 6    the  Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission  that  the nuclear power
 7    reactor has permanently ceased operations during State fiscal
 8    year 1998 shall pay the following fees for each such  nuclear
 9    power  reactor:  $1,368,000  for  State  fiscal year 1999 and
10    $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
11        (4)  A capital expenditure surcharge  of  $1,400,000  per
12    nuclear  power  station  in  this State, whether operating or
13    under construction, shall  be  paid  by  the  owners  of  the
14    station.
15        (5)  An  annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
16    which a valid operating license has been issued  by  NRC  for
17    the  operation  of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
18    high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid  by
19    the  owners  of  facilities  for the storage of spent nuclear
20    fuel or high-level  radioactive  waste  for  others  in  this
21    State.
22        (6)  A  one-time  charge of $280,000 for each facility in
23    this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be
24    paid by the operator of the facility.  However,  this  charge
25    shall  not  be  required  to  be  paid  by  any tax-supported
26    institution.
27        (7)  A one-time charge of $50,000 for  each  facility  in
28    this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid
29    by the owner of the facility.
30        (8)  An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each facility
31    in this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to
32    be  paid  by  the  operator  of  the facility.  However, this
33    annual  fee  shall  not  be  required  to  be  paid  by   any
34    tax-supported institution.
 
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 1        (9)  An  annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility
 2    in this State for the chemical conversion of uranium,  to  be
 3    paid by the owner of the facility.
 4        (10)  A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck cask
 5    for  each  truck  shipment  and $4,500 for the first cask and
 6    $3,000 for each additional cask for  each  rail  shipment  of
 7    spent   nuclear   fuel,   high-level  radioactive  waste,  or
 8    transuranic waste received at or departing from  any  nuclear
 9    power   station  or  away-from-reactor  spent  nuclear  fuel,
10    high-level radioactive waste, or  transuranic  waste  storage
11    facility in this State to be paid by the shipper of the spent
12    nuclear  fuel,  high  level radioactive waste, or transuranic
13    waste.  Single cask truck shipments of greater than 250 miles
14    in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per  mile  over
15    250  miles  for the first truck in each shipment.  The amount
16    of fees collected each fiscal year  under  this  subparagraph
17    shall  be  excluded  from  the  calculation  of credits under
18    subparagraph (3) of this Section.
19        (11)  A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck cask
20    for each truck shipment and $4,500 for  the  first  cask  and
21    $3,000  for  each  additional  cask for each rail shipment of
22    spent  nuclear  fuel,  high-level   radioactive   waste,   or
23    transuranic  waste  traversing  the  State  to be paid by the
24    shipper of the spent nuclear  fuel,  high  level  radioactive
25    waste,  or  transuranic waste. Single cask truck shipments of
26    greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject to a surcharge
27    of $25 per mile over 250 miles for the first  truck  in  each
28    shipment.   The  amount  of  fees  collected each fiscal year
29    under  this  subparagraph  shall   be   excluded   from   the
30    calculation   of  credits  under  subparagraph  (3)  of  this
31    Section.
32        (12)  In each of the  State  fiscal  years  1988  through
33    1991,   in  addition  to  the  annual  fee  provided  for  in
34    subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for  each  nuclear  power
 
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 1    reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the
 2    NRC,  to  be  paid  by  the  owners of nuclear power reactors
 3    operating in this State.  Within 120 days after  the  end  of
 4    the  State  fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989,
 5    June 30, 1990,  and  June  30,  1991,  the  Department  shall
 6    determine   the  expenses  of  the  Illinois  Nuclear  Safety
 7    Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated  for  those
 8    fiscal  years.   When the aggregate of all fees, charges, and
 9    surcharges collected under this  Section  during  any  fiscal
10    year  exceeds  the  total  expenditures  under  this Act from
11    appropriations for that fiscal  year,  the  excess  shall  be
12    credited  to  the  owners  of  nuclear power reactors who are
13    assessed fees under this subparagraph, and the credits  shall
14    be  applied  against  the  fees  to  be  collected under this
15    subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner shall
16    receive  as  a  credit  that  amount  of  the   excess   that
17    corresponds   proportionately   to   the   amount  the  owner
18    contributed to all fees collected under this subparagraph  in
19    the fiscal year that produced the excess.
20    (Source:  P.A.  90-34,  eff.  6-27-97;  90-601, eff. 6-26-98;
21    91-47, eff. 6-30-99.)

22        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
23    becoming law.

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