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Public Act 098-0728
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is |
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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(420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
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Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged |
within this State
in the production of electricity utilizing |
nuclear energy, the operation of
nuclear test and research |
reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
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transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or |
high-level
radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost |
of establishing plans and
programs to deal with the possibility |
of nuclear accidents. Except as provided
below, the fees shall |
be used to fund those Agency and local
government activities |
defined as necessary by the Director to implement and
maintain |
the plans and programs authorized by this Act. Local |
governments
incurring expenses attributable to implementation |
and maintenance of the plans
and programs authorized by this |
Act may apply to the Agency for
compensation for those |
expenses, and upon approval by the Director of
applications
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submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate |
local
governments from fees collected under this Section. |
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Compensation for local
governments shall include
$250,000 in |
any year through
fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 |
and fiscal year 1995,
$300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in |
fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
in fiscal year 1998 and |
thereafter.
Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety |
(of which the Agency is the successor) for compensation to |
local
governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency
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Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed |
$650,000 per
State fiscal year. Expenditures from these |
appropriations shall not exceed, in
a single State fiscal year,
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the annual compensation amount made available to
local
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governments under this Section, unexpended funds made |
available for local
government
compensation in the previous |
fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois Grant Funds |
Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any |
other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
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fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made |
available to local
governments for fiscal year 1997 under this |
amendatory Act of 1997. The
Agency shall, by rule, determine |
the method for compensating local
governments under this |
Section. The
appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any |
year preceding
fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not |
exceed $625,000 in fiscal year
1996, $725,000 in fiscal year |
1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 and
thereafter. The fees |
shall consist of
the following:
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(1)
A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power |
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station in this State to
be paid by the owners of the |
stations.
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(2)
An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power |
station for which
a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid |
before June 30, 1982.
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(3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per |
year for
each
nuclear power reactor for which an operating |
license has been issued by
the NRC, and after June 30, |
1982, and through June 30, 1984 an
annual fee of $180,000 |
per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
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operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after |
June 30, 1984,
and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of |
$400,000 for each nuclear power
reactor for which an |
operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be
paid by |
the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this |
State.
After June 30, 1991, the
owners of nuclear power |
reactors in this State for
which operating licenses have |
been issued by the NRC shall pay the
following fees for |
each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year
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1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for |
State fiscal year
1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year |
1995, $1,060,000; for State
fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
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$1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for |
State fiscal year
1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year |
2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year
2001, $1,696,455; |
for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal |
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year
2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for |
State fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years, |
$1,903,182.
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(3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that |
notifies the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission that the |
nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased
operations |
during State fiscal year 1998
shall pay the following fees |
for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000
for State |
fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
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(4)
A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per |
nuclear power
station in this State, whether operating or |
under construction, shall be
paid by the owners of the |
station.
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(5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for |
which
a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for |
the operation of an
away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or |
high-level radioactive
waste storage facility, to be paid |
by the owners
of facilities for the storage of spent |
nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste for others in |
this State.
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(6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in |
this State
housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to |
be paid by the operator of
the facility. However, this |
charge shall not be required to be paid by any
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tax-supported institution.
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(7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in |
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this State for
the chemical conversion of uranium, to be |
paid by the owner of the facility.
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(8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each |
facility in this State
housing a nuclear test and research |
reactor, to be paid by the operator of
the facility. |
However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid |
by any
tax-supported institution.
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(9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility |
in this State
for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be |
paid by the owner of the
facility.
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(10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
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each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and |
$3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of |
spent nuclear fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, |
transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity |
of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
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nuclear power station
or away-from-reactor spent nuclear |
fuel, high-level radioactive
waste, transuranic waste
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storage facility, or other facility in this State to be |
paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear
fuel, high level |
radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route |
controlled quantity of radioactive material.
Truck
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shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject |
to a surcharge of
$25 per mile over 250 miles for each |
truck in the shipment.
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(11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck
for |
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each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and |
$3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of |
spent nuclear
fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, |
transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity |
of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by
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the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level |
radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route |
controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck |
shipments of greater than 250 miles in
Illinois are subject |
to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
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truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less than 100 |
miles in
Illinois that consist entirely of cobalt-60 or |
other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500 per truck fee |
shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first truck and $750 for |
each additional truck in the same shipment.
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(12)
In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through |
1991, in addition
to the annual fee provided for in |
subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for
each nuclear power |
reactor for which an operating license has been issued
by |
the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors |
operating in
this State. Within 120 days after the end of |
the State fiscal years ending
June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, |
June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the
Agency shall |
determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear
Safety |
Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for |
those fiscal
years.
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