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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by
5adding Section 95 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3310/95 new)
7    Sec. 95. Right of entry.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "disaster" and "incident"
9have the meanings given to those terms in Section 4 of the
10Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
11    (b) IEMA-OHS has the right to enter on public and private
12property in order to take environmental samples in response to
13a disaster or incident that causes, or threatens to cause,
14radioactive contamination consistent with the regulatory
15requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.