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1    AN ACT concerning safety.

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

 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 10/10 new)
7    Sec. 10. Municipal nuclear storage impact fees. 
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
9contrary, any municipality may establish and collect a nuclear 
10storage impact fee from the entity that operated a nuclear 
11facility within the boundaries of the municipality.  The nuclear 
12storage impact fee shall only be imposed on nuclear facilities 
13that ceased generating electricity on or before the effective 
14date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
15    (b)  The fee established under this Section shall be charged 
16to the entity that operated a nuclear facility within the 
17boundaries of the municipality immediately before the nuclear 
18facility ceased to generate electricity. The nuclear storage 
19impact fee can only be applied prospectively on or after the 
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General 
21Assembly and cannot be applied retroactively to the date that 
22the nuclear facility ceased operations.
23    (c)  In any calendar year, the nuclear storage impact fee 
 
 
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1shall not exceed 25% of the average annual amount of property 
2taxes paid to the municipality by the entity that operated the 
3nuclear facility during the last 5 years that the nuclear 
4facility was operational.
5    (d) The municipality shall conduct a public hearing before 
6imposing the nuclear storage impact fees permitted under this 
7Section. The hearing shall be held within the boundaries of the 
8municipality. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the 
9hearing shall be given at least 10 days before the date of the 
10hearing.
11    (e)  The revenue collected under this Section shall be used 
12to offset property taxes for owners of property within the 
13boundaries of the municipality.
14    (f) No sale, assignment, lease, or decommissioning 
15agreement that was executed after a nuclear facility ceased 
16generating electricity and before the effective date of this 
17amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall assign or 
18transfer the obligation to pay any nuclear storage impact fee 
19imposed pursuant to this Section.