(420 ILCS 20/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-14)

Sec. 14. Waste management funds.

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund". All monies within the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund shall be invested by the State Treasurer in accordance with established investment practices. Interest earned by such investment shall be returned to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Agency shall deposit 80% of all receipts from the fees required under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 13 in the State Treasury to the credit of this Fund. Beginning July 1, 1997, and until December 31 of the year in which the Agency approves a proposed site under Section 10.3, the Agency shall deposit all fees collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 13 of this Act into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Agency is authorized to expend all moneys in the Fund in amounts it deems necessary for:

(1) hiring personnel and any other operating and contingent expenses necessary for the proper administration of this Act;

(2) contracting with any firm for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this Act;

(3) grants to the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission;

(4) hiring personnel, contracting with any person, and meeting any other expenses incurred by the Agency in fulfilling its responsibilities under the Radioactive Waste Compact Enforcement Act;

(5) activities under Sections 10, 10.2 and 10.3;

(6) payment of fees in lieu of taxes to a local government having within its boundaries a regional disposal facility;

(7) payment of grants to counties or municipalities under Section 12.1; and

(8) fulfillment of obligations under a community agreement under Section 12.1.

In spending monies pursuant to such appropriations, the Agency shall to the extent practicable avoid duplicating expenditures made by any firm pursuant to a contract awarded under this Section.

(b) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund". All monies within the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund shall be invested by the State Treasurer in accordance with established investment practices. Interest earned by such investment shall be returned to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund. The Agency shall deposit 20% of all receipts from the fees required under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 13 of this Act in the State Treasury to the credit of this Fund, except that, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 14 of this Act, there shall be no such deposit into this Fund between July 1, 1997 and December 31 of the year in which the Agency approves a proposed site pursuant to Section 10.3 of this Act. All deposits into this Fund shall be held by the State Treasurer separate and apart from all public money or funds of this State. Subject to appropriation, the Agency is authorized to expend any moneys in this Fund in amounts it deems necessary for:

(1) decommissioning and other procedures required for the proper closure of the regional disposal facility;

(2) monitoring, inspecting, and other procedures required for the proper closure, decommissioning, and post-closure care of the regional disposal facility;

(3) taking any remedial actions necessary to protect human health and the environment from releases or threatened releases of wastes from the regional disposal facility;

(4) the purchase of facility and third-party liability insurance necessary during the institutional control period of the regional disposal facility;

(5) mitigating the impacts of the suspension or interruption of the acceptance of waste for disposal;

(6) compensating any person suffering any damages or losses to a person or property caused by a release from the regional disposal facility as provided for in Section 15; and

(7) fulfillment of obligations under a community agreement under Section 12.1.

On or before March 1 of each year, the Agency shall deliver to the Governor, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, and each of the generators that have contributed during the preceding State fiscal year to the Fund a financial statement, certified and verified by the Director, which details all receipts and expenditures from the Fund during the preceding State fiscal year. The financial statements shall identify all sources of income to the Fund and all recipients of expenditures from the Fund, shall specify the amounts of all the income and expenditures, and shall indicate the amounts of all the income and expenditures, and shall indicate the purpose for all expenditures.

(c) (Blank).

(d) The Agency may accept for any of its purposes and functions any donations, grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from any state or the United States, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation. Any donation or grant of money received after January 1, 1986 shall be deposited in either the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund or the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund, in accordance with the purpose of the grant.

(Source: P.A. 100-146, eff. 1-1-18.)