92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0880
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Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD.

House Sponsors:
PERSICO

Short description: 
CIV ADMIN CODE-NUCLEAR SAFETY                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Makes  changes      
   in  the  Department  of Nuclear Safety Law in a Section concerning the      
   powers vested in the Environmental Protection Agency.   Provides  that      
   the  Environmental  Protection  Agency  is  not  required  to  perform      
   analytical   services   for  community  water  supplies  to  determine      
   compliance with containment levels for radionuclides.   Provides  that      
   community water supply operators may request the Department of Nuclear      
   Safety  to  perform  analytical  services to determine compliance with      
   contaminant levels  of  radionuclides.   Requires  the  Department  of      
   Nuclear  Safety to adopt rules establishing fees for testing the water      
   supplies. Provides that community water supply operators  that  choose      
   not  to  participate in the Department's testing programs must perform      
   their own analysis of all drinking  water  to  determine  radionuclide      
   contaminant  levels.   Requires  that  all  fees  collected under this      
   Section be deposited in the Radiation  Protection  Fund.   Amends  the      
   State  Mandates  Act  to require implementation without reimbursement.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that rules adopted by the Department of  Nuclear  Safety      
   concerning  the fees charged for the testing of community water supply      
   samples shall reasonably reflect the direct and indirect cost  of  the      
   testing.                                                                    
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Nuclear Safety)                           
          The Department currently incurs approximately $600,000 in            
          unreimbursed annual costs for performing the types of tests          
          that are called for in SB 880. Lacking a dedicated source of         
          funds, costs for this testing are paid from the Nuclear Safety       
          Emergency Preparedness Fund. The Department will be able to          
          recover its costs incurred for performing radionuclide testing       
          of drinking water samples for public water systems through           
          implementation of a new fee. These costs will be borne by            
          public water systems, rather than the entities that pay fees         
          into the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund.                 
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0036

   Last action date: JUN-28-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   1


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