Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
Filed: 3/15/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3036 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3036 as follows:

 
3on page 1, in line 5, by replacing "Section 30" with "Sections 
430 and 75"; and
 
5on page 3, immediately below 1, by inserting the following:
 
6    "Section 5. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended  by 
7changing Section 75 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 3310/75)

9    Sec. 75. State nuclear power policy. The Illinois Emergency 
10Management Agency, in cooperation with the Department of 
11Natural Resources, shall study (i) the impact and cost of 
12nuclear power and compare these to the impact and cost of 
13alternative sources of energy, (ii) the potential effects on 
14the public health and safety of all radioactive emissions from 
 
 
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1nuclear power plants, and (ii) (iii) all other factors that 
2bear on the use of nuclear power or on nuclear safety. The 
3Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall formulate a general 
4nuclear policy for the State based on the findings of the 
5study. The policy shall include
but not be limited to the 
6feasibility of continued use of nuclear power, effects of the 
7use of nuclear power on the public health and safety, minimum 
8acceptable standards for the location of any future nuclear 
9power plants, and rules and regulations for the reporting by 
10public utilities of radioactive emissions from power plants. 
11The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall establish a 
12reliable system for communication between the public and the 
13Illinois Emergency Management Agency and for dissemination of 
14information by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The 
15Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall publicize the 
16findings of all studies and make the publications reasonably 
17available to the public.


18(Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)"; and

 
19on page 3, by deleting lines 2 through 4.