102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1552

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
420 ILCS 5/4  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304

    Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to fees.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Safety Preparedness Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
7    Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged
8within this State in the the production of electricity
9utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and
10research reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
11transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or
12high-level radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost
13of establishing plans and programs to deal with the
14possibility of nuclear accidents. Except as provided below,
15the fees shall be used to fund those Agency and local
16government activities defined as necessary by the Director to
17implement and maintain the plans and programs authorized by
18this Act. Local governments incurring expenses attributable to
19implementation and maintenance of the plans and programs
20authorized by this Act may apply to the Agency for
21compensation for those expenses, and upon approval by the
22Director of applications submitted by local governments, the
23Agency shall compensate local governments from fees collected

 

 

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1under this Section. Compensation for local governments shall
2include $250,000 in any year through fiscal year 1993,
3$275,000 in fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in
4fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
5in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter. Appropriations to the
6Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the
7successor) for compensation to local governments from the
8Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund provided for in
9this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per State fiscal year.
10Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in a
11single State fiscal year, the annual compensation amount made
12available to local governments under this Section, unexpended
13funds made available for local government compensation in the
14previous fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois
15Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
16Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
17expenditure limitation for fiscal year 1998 shall include the
18additional $100,000 made available to local governments for
19fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997. The Agency
20shall, by rule, determine the method for compensating local
21governments under this Section. The appropriation shall not
22exceed $500,000 in any year preceding fiscal year 1996; the
23appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year 1996,
24$725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998
25and thereafter. The fees shall consist of the following:
26        (1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power

 

 

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1    station in this State to be paid by the owners of the
2    stations.
3        (2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
4    station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid
5    before June 30, 1982.
6        (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000
7    per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
8    operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after
9    June 30, 1982, and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of
10    $180,000 per year for each nuclear power reactor for which
11    an operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after
12    June 30, 1984, and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of
13    $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an
14    operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by
15    the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this
16    State. After June 30, 1991, the owners of nuclear power
17    reactors in this State for which operating licenses have
18    been issued by the NRC shall pay the following fees for
19    each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year
20    1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for
21    State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year
22    1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
23    $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
24    State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year
25    2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455;
26    for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal

 

 

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1    year 2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for
2    State fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years,
3    $1,903,182.
4        (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that
5    notifies the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the
6    nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased operations
7    during State fiscal year 1998 shall pay the following fees
8    for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000 for State
9    fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year
10    2000.
11        (4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
12    nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or
13    under construction, shall be paid by the owners of the
14    station.
15        (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
16    which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for
17    the operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel
18    or high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be
19    paid by the owners of facilities for the storage of spent
20    nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste for others in
21    this State.
22        (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in
23    this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to
24    be paid by the operator of the facility. However, this
25    charge shall not be required to be paid by any
26    tax-supported institution.

 

 

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1        (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in
2    this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
3    paid by the owner of the facility.
4        (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each
5    facility in this State housing a nuclear test and research
6    reactor, to be paid by the operator of the facility.
7    However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid
8    by any tax-supported institution.
9        (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each
10    facility in this State for the chemical conversion of
11    uranium, to be paid by the owner of the facility.
12        (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
13    each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
14    $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
15    spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
16    transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
17    of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
18    nuclear power station or away-from-reactor spent nuclear
19    fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste
20    storage facility, or other facility in this State to be
21    paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
22    radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
23    controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
24    shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are
25    subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for
26    each truck in the shipment.

 

 

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1        (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
2    each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and
3    $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of
4    spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste,
5    transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity
6    of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid
7    by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level
8    radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route
9    controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
10    shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are
11    subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for
12    each truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less
13    than 100 miles in Illinois that consist entirely of
14    cobalt-60 or other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500
15    per truck fee shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first
16    truck and $750 for each additional truck in the same
17    shipment.
18        (12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through
19    1991, in addition to the annual fee provided for in
20    subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power
21    reactor for which an operating license has been issued by
22    the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors
23    operating in this State. Within 120 days after the end of
24    the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30,
25    1989, June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the Agency shall
26    determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear Safety

 

 

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1    Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for
2    those fiscal years.
3(Source: P.A. 97-195, eff. 7-25-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12;
498-728, eff. 1-1-15.)