Public Act 0517 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5316 Enrolled LRB104 18369 BDA 31810 b

Public Act 104-0517

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by adding Section 95 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3310/95 new)

Sec. 95. Right of entry.

(a) As used in this Section, "disaster" and "incident" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

(b) IEMA-OHS has the right to enter on public and private property in order to take environmental samples in response to a disaster or incident that causes, or threatens to cause, radioactive contamination consistent with the regulatory requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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