Full Text of SB0551 99th General Assembly
SB0551 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0551 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 420 ILCS 5/4 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304 |
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Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section relating to fees.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is | 5 | | amended 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 | 8 | | within this State
in the
the production of electricity | 9 | | utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of
nuclear test and | 10 | | research reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
| 11 | | transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or | 12 | | high-level
radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost | 13 | | of establishing plans and
programs to deal with the possibility | 14 | | of nuclear accidents. Except as provided
below, the fees shall | 15 | | be used to fund those Agency and local
government activities | 16 | | defined as necessary by the Director to implement and
maintain | 17 | | the plans and programs authorized by this Act. Local | 18 | | governments
incurring expenses attributable to implementation | 19 | | and maintenance of the plans
and programs authorized by this | 20 | | Act may apply to the Agency for
compensation for those | 21 | | expenses, and upon approval by the Director of
applications
| 22 | | submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate | 23 | | local
governments from fees collected under this Section. |
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| 1 | | Compensation for local
governments shall include
$250,000 in | 2 | | any year through
fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 | 3 | | and fiscal year 1995,
$300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in | 4 | | fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
in fiscal year 1998 and | 5 | | thereafter.
Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety | 6 | | (of which the Agency is the successor) for compensation to | 7 | | local
governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency
| 8 | | Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed | 9 | | $650,000 per
State fiscal year. Expenditures from these | 10 | | appropriations shall not exceed, in
a single State fiscal year,
| 11 | | the annual compensation amount made available to
local
| 12 | | governments under this Section, unexpended funds made | 13 | | available for local
government
compensation in the previous | 14 | | fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois Grant Funds | 15 | | Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any | 16 | | other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
| 17 | | fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made | 18 | | available to local
governments for fiscal year 1997 under this | 19 | | amendatory Act of 1997. The
Agency shall, by rule, determine | 20 | | the method for compensating local
governments under this | 21 | | Section. The
appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any | 22 | | year preceding
fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not | 23 | | exceed $625,000 in fiscal year
1996, $725,000 in fiscal year | 24 | | 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 and
thereafter. The fees | 25 | | 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 per | 7 | | year for
each
nuclear power reactor for which an operating | 8 | | license has been issued by
the NRC, and after June 30, | 9 | | 1982, and through June 30, 1984 an
annual fee of $180,000 | 10 | | per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
| 11 | | 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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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 2000.
| 10 | | (4)
A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per | 11 | | nuclear power
station in this State, whether operating or | 12 | | under construction, shall be
paid by the owners of the | 13 | | station.
| 14 | | (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for | 15 | | which
a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for | 16 | | the operation of an
away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or | 17 | | high-level radioactive
waste storage facility, to be paid | 18 | | by the owners
of facilities for the storage of spent | 19 | | nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste for others in | 20 | | this State.
| 21 | | (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in | 22 | | this State
housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to | 23 | | be paid by the operator of
the facility. However, this | 24 | | charge shall not be required to be paid by any
| 25 | | tax-supported institution.
| 26 | | (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in |
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the chemical conversion of uranium, to be | 2 | | paid by the owner of the facility.
| 3 | | (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each | 4 | | facility in this State
housing a nuclear test and research | 5 | | reactor, to be paid by the operator of
the facility. | 6 | | However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid | 7 | | by any
tax-supported institution.
| 8 | | (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility | 9 | | in this State
for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be | 10 | | paid by the owner of the
facility.
| 11 | | (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
| 12 | | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and | 13 | | $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of | 14 | | spent nuclear fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, | 15 | | transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity | 16 | | of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
| 17 | | nuclear power station
or away-from-reactor spent nuclear | 18 | | fuel, high-level radioactive
waste, transuranic waste
| 19 | | storage facility, or other facility in this State to be | 20 | | paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear
fuel, high level | 21 | | radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route | 22 | | controlled quantity of radioactive material.
Truck
| 23 | | shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject | 24 | | to a surcharge of
$25 per mile over 250 miles for each | 25 | | truck in the shipment.
| 26 | | (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck
for |
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| 1 | | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and | 2 | | $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of | 3 | | spent nuclear
fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, | 4 | | transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity | 5 | | of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by
| 6 | | the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level | 7 | | radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route | 8 | | controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck | 9 | | shipments of greater than 250 miles in
Illinois are subject | 10 | | to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
| 11 | | truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less than 100 | 12 | | miles in
Illinois that consist entirely of cobalt-60 or | 13 | | other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500 per truck fee | 14 | | shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first truck and $750 for | 15 | | each additional truck in the same shipment.
| 16 | | (12)
In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through | 17 | | 1991, in addition
to the annual fee provided for in | 18 | | subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for
each nuclear power | 19 | | reactor for which an operating license has been issued
by | 20 | | the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors | 21 | | operating in
this State. Within 120 days after the end of | 22 | | the State fiscal years ending
June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, | 23 | | June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the
Agency shall | 24 | | determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear
Safety | 25 | | Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for | 26 | | those fiscal
years.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-195, eff. 7-25-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; | 2 | | 98-728, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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