420 ILCS 5/4

(420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)

Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees.

Persons engaged within this State
in the production of electricity utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of
nuclear test and research reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost of establishing plans and
programs to deal with the possibility of nuclear accidents.  Except as provided
below, the fees shall be used to fund those Agency and local
government activities defined as necessary by the Director to implement and
maintain the plans and programs authorized by this Act.  Local governments
incurring expenses attributable to implementation and maintenance of the plans
and programs authorized by this Act may apply to the Agency for
compensation for those expenses, and upon approval by the Director of
applications
submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate local
governments from fees collected under this Section.  Compensation for local
governments shall include
$250,000 in any year through
fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995,
$300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter.
Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the successor) for compensation to local
governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency
Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per
State fiscal year.  Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in
a single State fiscal year,
the annual compensation amount made available to
local
governments under this Section, unexpended funds made available for local
government
compensation in the previous fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made available to local
governments for fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997.  The
Agency shall, by rule, determine the method for compensating local
governments under this Section. The
appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any year preceding
fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year
1996, $725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 and
thereafter. The fees shall consist of
the following:

(1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power

station in this State to be paid by the owners of the stations.

(2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear

power station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid before June 30, 1982.

(3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000

per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1982, and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000 per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1984, and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this State. After June 30, 1991, the  owners of nuclear power reactors in this State for which operating licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year 1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and 1997, $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year 2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455; for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal year 2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for State fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years, $1,903,182.

(3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that

notifies the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased operations during State fiscal year 1998 shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000 for State fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.

(4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per

nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or under construction, shall be paid by the owners of the station.

(5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site

for which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for the operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid by the owners of facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste for others in this State.

(6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility

in this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be paid by the operator of the facility. However, this charge shall not be required to be paid by any tax-supported institution.

(7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in

this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid by the owner of the facility.

(8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each

facility in this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be paid by the operator of the facility.  However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid by any tax-supported institution.

(9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each

facility in this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid by the owner of the facility.

(10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck

for each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive materials received at or departing from any nuclear power station or away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste storage facility, or other facility in this State to be paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each truck in the shipment.

(11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck

for each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway route controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each truck in the shipment. For truck shipments of less than 100 miles in Illinois that consist entirely of cobalt-60 or other medical isotopes or both, the $2,500 per truck fee shall be reduced to $1,500 for the first truck and $750 for each additional truck in the same shipment.

(12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through

1991, in addition to the annual fee provided for in subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this State.  Within 120 days after the end of the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the Agency shall determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for those fiscal years.

(Source: P.A. 97-195, eff. 7-25-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-728, eff. 1-1-15.)