Full Text of HB1552 102nd General Assembly
HB1552 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 |
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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 | 14 | | possibility of nuclear accidents. Except as provided
below, | 15 | | the fees shall be used to fund those Agency and local
| 16 | | government activities defined as necessary by the Director to | 17 | | implement and
maintain the plans and programs authorized by | 18 | | this Act. Local governments
incurring expenses attributable to | 19 | | implementation and maintenance of the plans
and programs | 20 | | authorized by this Act may apply to the Agency for
| 21 | | compensation for those expenses, and upon approval by the | 22 | | Director of
applications
submitted by local governments, the | 23 | | Agency shall compensate local
governments from fees collected |
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| 1 | | under this Section. Compensation for local
governments shall | 2 | | include
$250,000 in any year through
fiscal year 1993, | 3 | | $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995,
$300,000 in | 4 | | fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
| 5 | | in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter.
Appropriations to the | 6 | | Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the | 7 | | successor) for compensation to local
governments from the | 8 | | Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund provided for in | 9 | | this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per
State fiscal year. | 10 | | Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in
a | 11 | | single State fiscal year,
the annual compensation amount made | 12 | | available to
local
governments under this Section, unexpended | 13 | | funds made available for local
government
compensation in the | 14 | | previous fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois | 15 | | Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
| 16 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the | 17 | | expenditure limitation for
fiscal year 1998 shall include the | 18 | | additional $100,000 made available to local
governments for | 19 | | fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997. The
Agency | 20 | | shall, by rule, determine the method for compensating local
| 21 | | governments under this Section. The
appropriation shall not | 22 | | exceed $500,000 in any year preceding
fiscal year 1996; the | 23 | | appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year
1996, | 24 | | $725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 | 25 | | and
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
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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; | 4 | | 98-728, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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