Rep. Charles G. Morrow III
Filed: 3/30/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5042
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5042 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Nuclear Safety Law of 2004. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Cross references. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
7 | Management Agency shall exercise, administer, and enforce all | ||||||
8 | rights, powers, and duties vested in Department of Nuclear | ||||||
9 | Safety by the following named Acts or Sections of those Acts: | ||||||
10 | (1) The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.
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11 | (2) The Radioactive Waste Storage Act. | ||||||
12 | (3) The Personnel Radiation Monitoring Act.
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13 | (4) The Laser System Act of 1997.
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14 | (5) The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
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15 | (6) The Radioactive Waste Compact Enforcement Act.
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16 | (7) Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management | ||||||
17 | Act.
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18 | (8) Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act.
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19 | (9) Radioactive Waste Tracking and Permitting Act.
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20 | (10) Radon Industry Licensing Act.
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21 | (11) Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act.
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22 | Section 10. Nuclear and radioactive materials disposal. | ||||||
23 | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall formulate a |
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1 | comprehensive plan regarding disposal of nuclear and | ||||||
2 | radioactive materials in this State. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
3 | Management Agency shall establish minimum standards for | ||||||
4 | disposal sites, shall evaluate and publicize potential effects | ||||||
5 | on the public health and safety, and shall report to the | ||||||
6 | Governor and General Assembly all violations of the adopted | ||||||
7 | standards. In carrying out this function, the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Emergency Management Agency shall work in cooperation with the | ||||||
9 | Radiation Protection Advisory Council and the Low-Level | ||||||
10 | Radioactive Waste Task Group. | ||||||
11 | Section 15. Radiation sources; radioactive waste disposal. | ||||||
12 | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency, instead of the | ||||||
13 | Department of Nuclear Safety, shall register, license, | ||||||
14 | inspect, and control radiation sources, shall purchase, lease, | ||||||
15 | accept, or acquire lands, buildings, and grounds where | ||||||
16 | radioactive wastes can be disposed, and shall supervise and | ||||||
17 | regulate the operation of the disposal sites. | ||||||
18 | Section 20. Nuclear waste sites. | ||||||
19 | (a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall conduct | ||||||
20 | a survey and prepare and publish a list of sites in the State | ||||||
21 | where nuclear waste has been deposited, treated, or stored.
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22 | (b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall monitor
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23 | nuclear waste processing, use, handling, storage, and disposal | ||||||
24 | practices
in the State, and shall determine existing and | ||||||
25 | expected rates of production of nuclear wastes.
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26 | (c) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall compile | ||||||
27 | and make available to the public an annual report identifying | ||||||
28 | the type and quantities of nuclear waste generated, stored, | ||||||
29 | treated, or disposed of within this State and containing the | ||||||
30 | other information required to be collected under this Section.
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31 | Section 25. Boiler and pressure vessel safety. The Illinois |
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1 | Emergency Management Agency shall exercise, administer, and | ||||||
2 | enforce all of the following rights, powers, and duties:
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3 | (1) Rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department | ||||||
4 | of Nuclear Safety by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety | ||||||
5 | Act prior to the abolishment of the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
6 | Safety, to the extent the rights, powers, and duties relate | ||||||
7 | to nuclear steam-generating facilities.
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8 | (2) Rights, powers, and duties relating to nuclear | ||||||
9 | steam-generating facilities vested in the Department of | ||||||
10 | Nuclear Safety by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act | ||||||
11 | prior to the abolishment of the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
12 | Safety, which include but are not limited to the | ||||||
13 | formulation of definitions, rules, and regulations for the | ||||||
14 | safe and proper construction, installation, repair, use, | ||||||
15 | and operation of nuclear steam-generating facilities, the | ||||||
16 | adoption of rules for already installed nuclear | ||||||
17 | steam-generating facilities, the adoption of rules for | ||||||
18 | accidents in nuclear steam-generating facilities, the | ||||||
19 | examination for or suspension of inspectors' licenses of | ||||||
20 | the facilities, and the hearing of appeals from decisions | ||||||
21 | relating to the facilities.
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(3) Rights, powers, and duties relating to nuclear | ||||||
23 | steam-generating facilities, vested in the State Fire | ||||||
24 | Marshal, the Chief Inspector, or the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
25 | Safety prior to its abolishment, by the Boiler and Pressure | ||||||
26 | Vessel Safety Act, which include but are not limited to the | ||||||
27 | employment of inspectors of nuclear steam-generating | ||||||
28 | facilities, issuance or suspension of their commissions, | ||||||
29 | prosecution of the Act or rules promulgated thereunder for | ||||||
30 | violations by nuclear steam-generating facilities, | ||||||
31 | maintenance of inspection records of all the facilities, | ||||||
32 | publication of rules relating to the facilities, having | ||||||
33 | free access to the facilities, issuance of inspection | ||||||
34 | certificates of the facilities, and the furnishing of bonds |
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1 | conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. | ||||||
2 | The Director of Illinois Emergency Management Agency may | ||||||
3 | designate a Chief Inspector, or other inspectors, as he or | ||||||
4 | she deems necessary to perform the functions transferred by | ||||||
5 | this Section.
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6 | The transfer of rights, powers, and duties specified in | ||||||
7 | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) is limited to the program | ||||||
8 | transferred by this Act and shall not be deemed to abolish or | ||||||
9 | diminish the exercise of those same rights, powers, and duties | ||||||
10 | by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Board of Boiler | ||||||
11 | and Pressure Vessel Rules, the State Fire Marshal, or the Chief | ||||||
12 | Inspector with respect to programs retained by the Office of | ||||||
13 | the State Fire Marshal.
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14 | Section 30. Powers vested in Environmental Protection | ||||||
15 | Agency. | ||||||
16 | (a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall | ||||||
17 | exercise, administer, and enforce all rights, powers, and | ||||||
18 | duties vested in the Environmental Protection Agency by | ||||||
19 | paragraphs a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, q, | ||||||
20 | and r of Section 4 and by Sections 30 through 45 of the | ||||||
21 | Environmental Protection Act, to the extent that these powers | ||||||
22 | relate to standards of the Pollution Control Board adopted | ||||||
23 | under Section 35 of this Act. The transfer of rights, powers, | ||||||
24 | and duties specified in this Section is limited to the programs | ||||||
25 | transferred by Public Act 81-1516 and this Act and shall not be | ||||||
26 | deemed to abolish or diminish the exercise of those same | ||||||
27 | rights, powers, and duties by the Environmental Protection | ||||||
28 | Agency with respect to programs retained by the Environmental | ||||||
29 | Protection Agency.
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30 | (b) Notwithstanding provisions in Sections 4 and 17.7 of | ||||||
31 | the Environmental Protection Act, the Environmental Protection | ||||||
32 | Agency is not required to perform analytical services for | ||||||
33 | community water supplies to determine compliance with |
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1 | contaminant levels for radionuclides as specified in State or | ||||||
2 | federal drinking water regulations.
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3 | (c) Community water supplies may request the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Emergency Management Agency to perform analytical services to | ||||||
5 | determine compliance with contaminant levels for radionuclides | ||||||
6 | as specified in State or federal drinking water regulations. | ||||||
7 | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency must adopt rules | ||||||
8 | establishing reasonable fees reflecting the direct and | ||||||
9 | indirect cost of testing community water supply samples. The | ||||||
10 | rules may require a community water supply to commit to | ||||||
11 | participation in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's | ||||||
12 | testing program. Neither the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
13 | Agency nor the Environmental Protection Agency is required to | ||||||
14 | perform analytical services to determine contaminant levels | ||||||
15 | for radionuclides from any community water supply that does not | ||||||
16 | participate in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's | ||||||
17 | testing program.
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18 | Community water supplies that choose not to participate in | ||||||
19 | the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's testing program or | ||||||
20 | do not pay
the fees established by the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
21 | Management Agency shall have the duty to analyze all drinking | ||||||
22 | water samples as required by State or federal safe drinking | ||||||
23 | water regulations to determine radionuclide contaminant | ||||||
24 | levels.
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25 | Section 35. Pollution Control Board regulations concerning | ||||||
26 | nuclear plants. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall | ||||||
27 | enforce the regulations promulgated by the Pollution Control | ||||||
28 | Board under Section 25b of the Environmental Protection Act. | ||||||
29 | Under these regulations the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
30 | Agency shall require that a person, corporation, or public | ||||||
31 | authority intending to construct a nuclear steam-generating | ||||||
32 | facility or a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant file with the | ||||||
33 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency an environmental |
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1 | feasibility report that incorporates the data provided in the | ||||||
2 | preliminary safety analysis required to be filed with the | ||||||
3 | United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | ||||||
4 | Section 40. Regulation of nuclear safety. The Illinois | ||||||
5 | Emergency Management Agency shall have primary responsibility | ||||||
6 | for the coordination and oversight of all State governmental | ||||||
7 | functions concerning the regulation of nuclear power, | ||||||
8 | including low level waste management, environmental | ||||||
9 | monitoring, and transportation of nuclear waste. Functions | ||||||
10 | performed by the Department of State Police and the Department | ||||||
11 | of Transportation in the area of nuclear safety, on the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this Act, may continue to be performed by | ||||||
13 | these agencies but under the direction of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Emergency Management Agency. All other governmental functions | ||||||
15 | regulating nuclear safety shall be coordinated by Illinois | ||||||
16 | Emergency Management Agency. | ||||||
17 | Section 45. Appointment of Assistant Director. The | ||||||
18 | Assistant Director shall be an officer appointed by the | ||||||
19 | Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and shall | ||||||
20 | serve for a term of 2 years beginning on the third Monday in | ||||||
21 | January of the odd-numbered year, and until a successor is | ||||||
22 | appointed and has qualified; except that the first Assistant | ||||||
23 | Director under this Act shall be the Director of the Department | ||||||
24 | of Nuclear Safety. The Assistant Director shall not hold any | ||||||
25 | other remunerative public office. The Assistant Director shall | ||||||
26 | receive an annual salary as set by the Governor from time to | ||||||
27 | time or the amount set by the Compensation Review Board, | ||||||
28 | whichever is higher. If set by the Governor, the Assistant | ||||||
29 | Director's annual salary may not exceed 85% of the Governor's | ||||||
30 | annual salary.
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31 | Section 50. Personnel transferred. Personnel previously |
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1 | assigned to the programs transferred from the Department of | ||||||
2 | Nuclear Safety are hereby transferred to the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
3 | Management Agency. The rights of the employees, the State, and | ||||||
4 | executive agencies under the Personnel Code, any collective | ||||||
5 | bargaining agreement, or any pension, retirement, or annuity | ||||||
6 | plan shall not be affected by this Act. | ||||||
7 | Section 55. Records and property transferred. All books, | ||||||
8 | records, papers, documents, property (real or personal), | ||||||
9 | unexpended appropriations, and pending business in any way | ||||||
10 | pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by | ||||||
11 | this Act shall be delivered and transferred to the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Emergency Management Agency. | ||||||
13 | Section 60. Data available to Department of Public Health. | ||||||
14 | All files, records, and data gathered by or under the direction | ||||||
15 | or authority of the Director under the Civil Administrative | ||||||
16 | Code of Illinois shall be made available to the Department of | ||||||
17 | Public Health under the Illinois Health and Hazardous | ||||||
18 | Substances Registry Act. | ||||||
19 | Section 65. Nuclear accident plan. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
20 | Management Agency shall have primary responsibility to | ||||||
21 | formulate a comprehensive emergency preparedness and response | ||||||
22 | plan for any nuclear accident. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
23 | Management Agency shall also train and maintain an emergency | ||||||
24 | response team. | ||||||
25 | Section 70. Nuclear and radioactive materials | ||||||
26 | transportation plan. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
27 | shall formulate a comprehensive plan regarding the | ||||||
28 | transportation of nuclear and radioactive materials in | ||||||
29 | Illinois. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall have | ||||||
30 | primary responsibility for all State governmental regulation |
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1 | of the transportation of nuclear and radioactive materials, | ||||||
2 | insofar as the regulation pertains to the public health and | ||||||
3 | safety. This responsibility shall include but not be limited to | ||||||
4 | the authority to oversee and coordinate regulatory functions | ||||||
5 | performed by the Department of Transportation, the Department | ||||||
6 | of State Police, and the Illinois Commerce Commission. | ||||||
7 | Section 75. Communication system. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
8 | Management Agency shall establish a reliable system for | ||||||
9 | communication between the public and the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
10 | Management Agency and for dissemination of information by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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12 | Section 80. No accreditation, certification, or | ||||||
13 | registration if in default on educational loan. The Illinois | ||||||
14 | Emergency Management Agency shall not issue or renew to any | ||||||
15 | individual any accreditation, certification, or registration | ||||||
16 | (but excluding registration under Section 24.7 of the Radiation | ||||||
17 | Protection Act of 1990) otherwise issued by the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Emergency Management Agency if the individual has defaulted on | ||||||
19 | an educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois Student | ||||||
20 | Assistance Commission; however, the Agency may issue or renew | ||||||
21 | an accreditation, certification, or registration if the | ||||||
22 | individual has established a satisfactory repayment record as | ||||||
23 | determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. | ||||||
24 | Additionally, any accreditation, certification, or | ||||||
25 | registration issued by the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
26 | Agency (but excluding registration under Section 24.7 of the | ||||||
27 | Radiation Protection Act of 1990) may be suspended or revoked | ||||||
28 | if the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, after the | ||||||
29 | opportunity for a hearing under the appropriate accreditation, | ||||||
30 | certification, or registration Act, finds that the holder has | ||||||
31 | failed to make satisfactory repayment to the Illinois Student | ||||||
32 | Assistance Commission for a delinquent or defaulted loan as |
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1 | determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. | ||||||
2 | Section 85. Saving clause. | ||||||
3 | (a) The rights, powers and duties transferred to the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency by this Act shall be | ||||||
5 | vested in and shall be exercised by the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
6 | Management Agency. Each act done in exercise of such rights, | ||||||
7 | powers, and duties shall have the same legal effect as if done | ||||||
8 | by the Department of Nuclear Safety, its divisions, officers, | ||||||
9 | or employees.
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10 | (b) Every person or corporation shall be subject to the | ||||||
11 | same obligations and duties and any penalties, civil or | ||||||
12 | criminal, arising therefrom, and shall have the same rights | ||||||
13 | arising from the exercise of such powers, duties, rights and | ||||||
14 | responsibilities as had been exercised by the Department of | ||||||
15 | Nuclear Safety, its divisions, officers or employees.
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16 | (c) Every officer of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
17 | Agency shall, for any offense, be subject to the same penalty | ||||||
18 | or penalties, civil or criminal, as are prescribed by existing | ||||||
19 | law for the same offense by any officer whose powers or duties | ||||||
20 | were transferred under this Act.
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21 | (d) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made | ||||||
22 | or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any | ||||||
23 | person to or upon the agencies and officers transferred by this | ||||||
24 | Act, the same shall be made, given, furnished, or served in the | ||||||
25 | same manner to or upon the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
26 | Agency.
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27 | (e) This Act shall not affect any act done, ratified, or | ||||||
28 | canceled or any right occurring or established or any action or | ||||||
29 | proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or | ||||||
30 | criminal cause regarding the
Department of Nuclear Safety | ||||||
31 | before this Act takes effect, but such actions or proceedings | ||||||
32 | may be prosecuted and continued by the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
33 | Management Agency.
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1 | (f) Any rules of the Department of Nuclear Safety that are | ||||||
2 | in full force on the effective date of this Act and that have | ||||||
3 | been duly adopted by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
4 | shall become the rules of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
5 | Agency. This Act shall not affect the legality of any such | ||||||
6 | rules in the Illinois Administrative Code. Any proposed rules | ||||||
7 | filed with the Secretary of State by the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
8 | Safety that are pending in the rulemaking process on the | ||||||
9 | effective date of this Act, shall be deemed to have been filed | ||||||
10 | by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. As soon as | ||||||
11 | practicable hereafter, the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
12 | Agency shall revise and clarify the rules transferred to it | ||||||
13 | under this Act to reflect the reorganization of rights, powers, | ||||||
14 | and duties effected by this Act using the procedures for | ||||||
15 | recodification of rules available under the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Administrative Procedure Act, except that existing title, | ||||||
17 | part, and section numbering for the affected rules may be | ||||||
18 | retained. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may propose | ||||||
19 | and adopt under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act such | ||||||
20 | other rules of the reorganized agencies that will now be | ||||||
21 | administered by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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22 | (g) If any provision of this Act or its application to any | ||||||
23 | person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of | ||||||
24 | competent jurisdiction, this invalidity does not effect any | ||||||
25 | other provision or application. To achieve this purpose, the | ||||||
26 | provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.
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27 | Section 905. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
28 | amended by changing Sections 5-15, 5-20, and 5-160 as follows:
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29 | (20 ILCS 5/5-15) (was 20 ILCS 5/3)
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30 | Sec. 5-15. Departments of State government. The | ||||||
31 | Departments of
State government are created as follows:
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32 | The Department on Aging.
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1 | The Department of Agriculture.
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2 | The Department of Central Management Services.
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3 | The Department of Children and Family Services.
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4 | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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5 | The Department of Corrections.
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6 | The Department of Employment Security.
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7 | The Emergency Management Agency.
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8 | The Department of Financial Institutions.
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9 | The Department of Human Rights.
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10 | The Department of Human Services.
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11 | The Department of Insurance.
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12 | The Department of Labor.
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13 | The Department of the Lottery.
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14 | The Department of Natural Resources.
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15 | The Department of Nuclear Safety.
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16 | The Department of Professional Regulation.
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17 | The Department of Public Aid.
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18 | The Department of Public Health.
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19 | The Department of Revenue.
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20 | The Department of State Police.
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21 | The Department of Transportation.
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22 | The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)
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24 | (20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)
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25 | Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments. Each department shall have | ||||||
26 | an
officer as its head who shall
be known as director or | ||||||
27 | secretary and who shall, subject to the
provisions of the Civil | ||||||
28 | Administrative Code of Illinois,
execute the powers and | ||||||
29 | discharge the duties
vested by law in his or her respective | ||||||
30 | department.
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31 | The following officers are hereby created:
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32 | Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
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33 | Director of Agriculture, for the Department of |
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1 | Agriculture.
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2 | Director of Central Management Services, for the | ||||||
3 | Department of Central
Management Services.
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4 | Director of Children and Family Services, for the | ||||||
5 | Department of Children and
Family Services.
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6 | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for
the | ||||||
7 | Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
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8 | Director of Corrections, for the Department of | ||||||
9 | Corrections.
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10 | Director of Emergency Management Agency, for the Emergency | ||||||
11 | Management Agency.
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12 | Director of Employment Security, for the Department of | ||||||
13 | Employment Security.
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14 | Director of Financial Institutions, for the Department of | ||||||
15 | Financial
Institutions.
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16 | Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human | ||||||
17 | Rights.
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18 | Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human | ||||||
19 | Services.
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20 | Director of Insurance, for the Department of Insurance.
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21 | Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
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22 | Director of the Lottery, for the Department of the Lottery.
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23 | Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of | ||||||
24 | Natural Resources.
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25 | Director of Nuclear Safety, for the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
26 | Safety.
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27 | Director of Professional Regulation, for the Department of | ||||||
28 | Professional
Regulation.
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29 | Director of Public Aid, for the Department of Public Aid.
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30 | Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public | ||||||
31 | Health.
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32 | Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
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33 | Director of State Police, for the Department of State | ||||||
34 | Police.
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1 | Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of | ||||||
2 | Transportation.
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3 | Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of | ||||||
4 | Veterans' Affairs.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)
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6 | (20 ILCS 5/5-160) (was 20 ILCS 5/5.13h)
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7 | Sec. 5-160. In the Emergency Management Agency
Department | ||||||
8 | of Nuclear Safety . Assistant
Director of the Emergency | ||||||
9 | Management Agency
of Nuclear Safety .
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10 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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11 | (20 ILCS 2005/Act rep.)
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12 | Section 910. The Department of Nuclear Safety Law of the
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13 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is repealed. | ||||||
14 | Section 915. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act | ||||||
15 | is amended by changing Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 as | ||||||
16 | follows:
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17 | (420 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4303)
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18 | Sec. 3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise clearly | ||||||
19 | requires, as used
in
this Act:
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20 | (1) " Agency
Department " means the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
21 | Management Agency
Department of Nuclear Safety
of the State of | ||||||
22 | Illinois.
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23 | (2) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
24 | Management Agency
Department of Nuclear Safety .
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25 | (3) "Person" means any individual, corporation, | ||||||
26 | partnership, firm,
association, trust, estate, public or | ||||||
27 | private institution, group,
agency, political subdivision of | ||||||
28 | this State, any other state or
political subdivision or agency | ||||||
29 | thereof, and any legal successor,
representative, agent, or | ||||||
30 | agency of the foregoing.
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1 | (4) "NRC" means the United States Nuclear Regulatory | ||||||
2 | Commission or
any agency which succeeds to its functions in the | ||||||
3 | licensing of nuclear
power reactors or facilities for storing | ||||||
4 | spent nuclear fuel.
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5 | (5) "High-level radioactive waste" means (1) the highly | ||||||
6 | radioactive
material resulting from the reprocessing of spent | ||||||
7 | nuclear fuel including
liquid waste produced directly in | ||||||
8 | reprocessing and any solid material
derived from such liquid | ||||||
9 | waste that contains fission products in sufficient
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10 | concentrations; and (2) the highly radioactive material that | ||||||
11 | the NRC has
determined to be high-level radioactive waste | ||||||
12 | requiring permanent isolation.
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13 | (6) "Nuclear facilities" means nuclear power plants, | ||||||
14 | facilities housing
nuclear test and research reactors, | ||||||
15 | facilities for the chemical conversion
of uranium, and | ||||||
16 | facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel or
high-level | ||||||
17 | radioactive waste.
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18 | (7) "Spent nuclear fuel" means fuel that has been withdrawn | ||||||
19 | from a
nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent | ||||||
20 | elements of which
have not been separated by reprocessing.
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21 | (8) "Transuranic waste" means material contaminated with | ||||||
22 | elements that
have an atomic number greater than 92, including | ||||||
23 | neptunium, plutonium,
americium, and curium, excluding | ||||||
24 | radioactive wastes shipped to a licensed
low-level radioactive | ||||||
25 | waste disposal facility.
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26 | (9) "Highway route controlled quantity of radioactive | ||||||
27 | materials" means that quantity of radioactive materials | ||||||
28 | defined as a highway route controlled quantity under rules of | ||||||
29 | the United States Department of Transportation, or any | ||||||
30 | successor agency.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98.)
| ||||||
32 | (420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
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33 | Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged |
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1 | within this State
in the production of electricity utilizing | ||||||
2 | nuclear energy, the operation of
nuclear test and research | ||||||
3 | reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
| ||||||
4 | transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or | ||||||
5 | high-level
radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost | ||||||
6 | of establishing plans and
programs to deal with the possibility | ||||||
7 | of nuclear accidents. Except as provided
below, the fees shall | ||||||
8 | be used exclusively to fund those Agency
Departmental and local
| ||||||
9 | government activities defined as necessary by the Director to | ||||||
10 | implement and
maintain the plans and programs authorized by | ||||||
11 | this Act. Local governments
incurring expenses attributable to | ||||||
12 | implementation and maintenance of the plans
and programs | ||||||
13 | authorized by this Act may apply to the Agency
Department for
| ||||||
14 | compensation for those expenses, and upon approval by the | ||||||
15 | Director of
applications
submitted by local governments, the | ||||||
16 | Agency
Department shall compensate local
governments from fees | ||||||
17 | collected under this Section. Compensation for local
| ||||||
18 | governments shall include $450,000 for fiscal year 2003 and | ||||||
19 | $450,000 each fiscal year thereafter.
$250,000 in any year | ||||||
20 | through
fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 and | ||||||
21 | fiscal year 1995,
$300,000 in fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in | ||||||
22 | fiscal year 1997, and $450,000
in fiscal year 1998 and | ||||||
23 | thereafter.
Appropriations to the Department of Nuclear Safety | ||||||
24 | for compensation to local
governments from the Nuclear Safety | ||||||
25 | Emergency
Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall | ||||||
26 | not exceed $650,000 per
State fiscal year. Expenditures for | ||||||
27 | compensation to local governments from these appropriations | ||||||
28 | shall not exceed, in
a single State fiscal year, $450,000 and
| ||||||
29 | the annual compensation amount made available to
local
| ||||||
30 | governments under this Section, unexpended funds made | ||||||
31 | available for local
government
compensation in the previous | ||||||
32 | fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois Grant Funds | ||||||
33 | Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any | ||||||
34 | other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
|
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| |||||||
1 | fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made | ||||||
2 | available to local
governments for fiscal year 1997 under this | ||||||
3 | amendatory Act of 1997. Any funds
within these expenditure | ||||||
4 | limitations compensation to local governments ,
including
the | ||||||
5 | additional $100,000 made
available for fiscal year 1997 under | ||||||
6 | this amendatory Act of 1997,
that remain unexpended at the | ||||||
7 | close of
business on June 30, 1997, and on June 30 of each | ||||||
8 | State fiscal
succeeding year,
shall be
excluded from the | ||||||
9 | calculations of credits under
subparagraph
(3) of this Section. | ||||||
10 | The
Agency
Department shall, by rule, determine the method for | ||||||
11 | compensating local
governments under this Section. In
| ||||||
12 | addition, a portion of the fees collected may be appropriated | ||||||
13 | to the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency for activities | ||||||
14 | associated with preparing and
implementing plans to deal with | ||||||
15 | the effects of nuclear accidents. The
appropriation shall not | ||||||
16 | exceed $500,000 in any year preceding
fiscal year 1996; the | ||||||
17 | appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year
1996, | ||||||
18 | $725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year 1998 | ||||||
19 | and
thereafter. The fees shall consist of
the following:
| ||||||
20 | (1) (Blank).
A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power | ||||||
21 | station in this State to
be paid by the owners of the stations.
| ||||||
22 | (2) (Blank).
An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear | ||||||
23 | power station for which
a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid | ||||||
24 | before June 30, 1982.
| ||||||
25 | (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per | ||||||
26 | year for
each
nuclear power reactor for which an operating | ||||||
27 | license has been issued by
the NRC, and after June 30, 1982, | ||||||
28 | and through June 30, 1984 an
annual fee of $180,000 per year | ||||||
29 | for each nuclear power reactor for which an
operating license | ||||||
30 | has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1984,
and | ||||||
31 | through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of $400,000 for each | ||||||
32 | nuclear power
reactor for which an operating license has been | ||||||
33 | issued by the NRC, to be
paid by the owners of nuclear power | ||||||
34 | reactors operating in this State.
After June 30, 1991, the
The
|
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| |||||||
1 | owners of nuclear power reactors in this State for
which | ||||||
2 | operating licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the
| ||||||
3 | following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State | ||||||
4 | fiscal year
1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, | ||||||
5 | $975,000; for State fiscal year
1994; $1,010,000; for State | ||||||
6 | fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State
fiscal years 1996 and | ||||||
7 | 1997,
$1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for | ||||||
8 | State fiscal year
1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year 2000, | ||||||
9 | $1,404,000; for State fiscal year
2001, $1,696,455; for State | ||||||
10 | fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal year
2003 and | ||||||
11 | subsequent fiscal years, $1,757,727. Within 120
days
after the | ||||||
12 | end of the State fiscal year, the Agency
Department shall | ||||||
13 | determine,
from the records of the Office of the Comptroller, | ||||||
14 | the balance in the
Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund. | ||||||
15 | When the balance in the fund,
less any fees collected under | ||||||
16 | this Section prior to their being due and
payable for the | ||||||
17 | succeeding fiscal year or years, exceeds $400,000 at the
close | ||||||
18 | of business on June 30, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998,
| ||||||
19 | or
exceeds $500,000 at the close of business on June 30, 2003
| ||||||
20 | 1999 and June 30 of
each succeeding year,
the excess shall be | ||||||
21 | credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who
are | ||||||
22 | assessed fees under this subparagraph. Credits shall be
applied
| ||||||
23 | against the fees to be collected under this subparagraph for | ||||||
24 | the subsequent
fiscal year. Each owner shall receive as a | ||||||
25 | credit that amount of the
excess which corresponds | ||||||
26 | proportionately to the amount the owner
contributed to all fees | ||||||
27 | collected under this subparagraph in the fiscal
year that | ||||||
28 | produced the excess.
| ||||||
29 | (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that notifies | ||||||
30 | the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission that the nuclear power | ||||||
31 | reactor has permanently ceased
operations during State fiscal | ||||||
32 | year 1998
shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear | ||||||
33 | power reactor: $1,368,000
for State fiscal year 1999 and | ||||||
34 | $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
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| |||||||
1 | (4) (Blank).
A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 | ||||||
2 | per nuclear power
station in this State, whether operating or | ||||||
3 | under construction, shall be
paid by the owners of the station.
| ||||||
4 | (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for | ||||||
5 | which
a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for the | ||||||
6 | operation of an
away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or | ||||||
7 | high-level radioactive
waste storage facility, to be paid by | ||||||
8 | the owners
of facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel | ||||||
9 | or high-level
radioactive waste for others in this State.
| ||||||
10 | (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in this | ||||||
11 | State
housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be paid | ||||||
12 | by the operator of
the facility. However, this charge shall not | ||||||
13 | be required to be paid by any
tax-supported institution.
| ||||||
14 | (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in this | ||||||
15 | State for
the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid by the | ||||||
16 | owner of the facility.
| ||||||
17 | (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each facility in | ||||||
18 | this State
housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be | ||||||
19 | paid by the operator of
the facility. However, this annual fee | ||||||
20 | shall not be required to be paid by any
tax-supported | ||||||
21 | institution.
| ||||||
22 | (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility in | ||||||
23 | this State
for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid | ||||||
24 | by the owner of the
facility.
| ||||||
25 | (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
| ||||||
26 | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000 | ||||||
27 | for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of spent | ||||||
28 | nuclear fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, or transuranic | ||||||
29 | waste , or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive | ||||||
30 | materials received at or departing from any
nuclear power | ||||||
31 | station
or away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel, high-level | ||||||
32 | radioactive
waste, or transuranic waste
storage facility , or | ||||||
33 | other facility in this State to be paid by the shipper of the | ||||||
34 | spent nuclear
fuel, high level radioactive waste, or
|
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| |||||||
1 | transuranic waste , or highway route controlled quantity of | ||||||
2 | radioactive material .
Truck
shipments of greater than 250 miles | ||||||
3 | in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of
$25 per mile over 250 | ||||||
4 | miles for each truck in the shipment. The amount
of fees
| ||||||
5 | collected each fiscal year under this subparagraph shall be | ||||||
6 | excluded from the
calculation of credits under subparagraph (3) | ||||||
7 | of this Section.
| ||||||
8 | (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck
for | ||||||
9 | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000 | ||||||
10 | for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of spent | ||||||
11 | nuclear
fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, or transuranic | ||||||
12 | waste , or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive | ||||||
13 | materials traversing the State to be paid by
the shipper of the | ||||||
14 | spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, or
| ||||||
15 | transuranic waste , or highway route controlled quantity of | ||||||
16 | radioactive material . Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles | ||||||
17 | in
Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 | ||||||
18 | miles for each
truck in the shipment. The
amount of fees | ||||||
19 | collected each fiscal year under this
subparagraph shall be | ||||||
20 | excluded from the calculation of credits under
subparagraph (3) | ||||||
21 | of this Section.
| ||||||
22 | (12) (Blank).
In each of the State fiscal years 1988 | ||||||
23 | through 1991, in addition
to the annual fee provided for in | ||||||
24 | subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for
each nuclear power | ||||||
25 | reactor for which an operating license has been issued
by the | ||||||
26 | NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors | ||||||
27 | operating in
this State. Within 120 days after the end of the | ||||||
28 | State fiscal years ending
June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, June | ||||||
29 | 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the
Department shall determine the | ||||||
30 | expenses of the Illinois Nuclear
Safety Preparedness Program | ||||||
31 | paid from funds appropriated for those fiscal
years. When the | ||||||
32 | aggregate of all fees, charges, and surcharges collected
under | ||||||
33 | this Section during any fiscal year exceeds the total | ||||||
34 | expenditures
under this Act from appropriations for that fiscal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | year, the excess shall
be credited to the owners of nuclear | ||||||
2 | power reactors who are assessed fees
under this subparagraph, | ||||||
3 | and the credits shall be applied against the fees
to be | ||||||
4 | collected under this subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal | ||||||
5 | year.
Each owner shall receive as a credit that amount of the | ||||||
6 | excess that
corresponds proportionately to the amount the owner | ||||||
7 | contributed to all fees
collected under this subparagraph in | ||||||
8 | the fiscal year that produced the excess.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 91-47, eff.
6-30-99; 91-857, eff. 6-22-00; | ||||||
10 | 92-576, eff. 6-26-02.)
| ||||||
11 | (420 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4305)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | ||||||
13 | within 30 days
after the beginning of each State fiscal year, | ||||||
14 | each
person who possessed a valid operating license issued by | ||||||
15 | the NRC for a nuclear
power reactor or a spent fuel storage | ||||||
16 | facility during any portion of the
previous fiscal year shall | ||||||
17 | pay to the Agency
Department the fees imposed by Section
4 of | ||||||
18 | this Act. The one-time facility charge assessed pursuant to | ||||||
19 | subparagraph
(1) of Section 4 shall be paid to the Department | ||||||
20 | not less than 2 years prior
to scheduled commencement of | ||||||
21 | commercial operation. The additional facility
charge assessed | ||||||
22 | pursuant to subparagraph (2) of Section 4 shall be paid
to the | ||||||
23 | Department within 90 days of June 30, 1982.
Fees assessed | ||||||
24 | pursuant to subparagraph (3) of Section 4 for State fiscal
year | ||||||
25 | 1992 shall be payable as follows: $400,000 due on August 1, | ||||||
26 | 1991, and
$525,000 due on January 1, 1992. Fees assessed | ||||||
27 | pursuant to subparagraph
(3) of Section 4 for State fiscal year | ||||||
28 | 1993 and subsequent fiscal years
shall be due and payable in | ||||||
29 | two equal payments on July 1 and January 1
during the fiscal | ||||||
30 | year in which the fee is due.
Fees assessed pursuant to | ||||||
31 | subparagraph (4) of Section 4 shall be paid in
six payments, | ||||||
32 | the first, in the amount of $400,000, shall be due and
payable | ||||||
33 | 30 days after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of |
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| |||||||
1 | 1984.
Subsequent payments shall be in the amount of $200,000 | ||||||
2 | each, and shall be
due and payable annually on August 1, 1985 | ||||||
3 | through August 1, 1989, inclusive.
Fees assessed under the | ||||||
4 | provisions of subparagraphs (6) and (7) of
Section 4 of this | ||||||
5 | Act shall be paid on or before January 1, 1990. Fees
assessed | ||||||
6 | under the provisions of subparagraphs (8) and (9) of Section 4 | ||||||
7 | of
this Act shall be paid on or before January 1st of each | ||||||
8 | year, beginning
January 1, 1990. Fees assessed under the | ||||||
9 | provisions of subparagraphs (10) and
(11) of Section 4 of this | ||||||
10 | Act shall be paid to the Agency
Department within 60 days
after
| ||||||
11 | completion of such shipments within this State. Fees assessed | ||||||
12 | pursuant to
subparagraph (12) of Section 4 shall be paid to the | ||||||
13 | Department by each
person who possessed a valid operating | ||||||
14 | license issued by the NRC for a
nuclear power reactor during | ||||||
15 | any portion of the previous State fiscal year
as follows: the | ||||||
16 | fee due in fiscal year 1988 shall be paid on January 15,
1988, | ||||||
17 | the fee due in fiscal year 1989 shall be paid on December 1, | ||||||
18 | 1988,
and subsequent fees shall be paid annually on December 1, | ||||||
19 | 1989 through
December 1, 1990.
| ||||||
20 | (b) Fees assessed pursuant to paragraph (3.5) of Section 4 | ||||||
21 | for State
fiscal years 1999 and 2000 shall be due and payable | ||||||
22 | in 2 equal payments on
July 1 and January 1 during the fiscal | ||||||
23 | year in which the fee is due.
The fee due on July 1, 1998 shall | ||||||
24 | be
payable on that date, or within 10 days after the effective | ||||||
25 | date of this
amendatory Act of 1998, whichever is later.
| ||||||
26 | (c) Any person who fails to pay a fee assessed under | ||||||
27 | Section 4 of this Act
within
90
days after the fee is payable | ||||||
28 | is liable in a civil action for an amount
not to exceed 4 times | ||||||
29 | the amount assessed and not paid. The action shall be
brought | ||||||
30 | by the Attorney General at the request of the Agency
| ||||||
31 | Department . If the action
involves a fixed facility in | ||||||
32 | Illinois, the action shall be brought in the
Circuit Court of | ||||||
33 | the county in which the facility is located. If the action
does | ||||||
34 | not involve a fixed facility in Illinois, the action shall be |
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| |||||||
1 | brought in
the Circuit Court of Sangamon County.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98; 91-47, eff. 6-30-99.)
| ||||||
3 | (420 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4306)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 6. The Agency
Department shall prepare a budget | ||||||
5 | showing the cost (including
capital expenditures) to be | ||||||
6 | incurred in administering this Act during the
fiscal year in | ||||||
7 | question. Such budget shall be prepared only after consultation
| ||||||
8 | with those liable for the fees imposed by this Act as to the | ||||||
9 | costs necessary
to enable the Agency
Department to perform its | ||||||
10 | responsibilities under this Act.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 81-577.)
| ||||||
12 | (420 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4307)
| ||||||
13 | Sec. 7. All monies received by the Agency
Department under | ||||||
14 | this Act shall be
deposited in the State Treasury and shall be | ||||||
15 | set apart in a special fund to
be known as the "Nuclear Safety | ||||||
16 | Emergency Preparedness Fund". All monies
within the Nuclear | ||||||
17 | Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund shall be invested by
the | ||||||
18 | State Treasurer in accordance with established investment | ||||||
19 | practices.
Interest earned by such investment shall be returned | ||||||
20 | to the Nuclear Safety
Emergency Preparedness Fund. Monies | ||||||
21 | deposited in this fund shall be
expended by the Director only | ||||||
22 | to support the activities of the Illinois
Nuclear Safety | ||||||
23 | Preparedness Program, including activities of the Illinois
| ||||||
24 | State Police and the Illinois Commerce Commission under Section | ||||||
25 | 8(a)(9).
| ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 92-576, eff. 6-26-02.)
| ||||||
27 | (420 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4308)
| ||||||
28 | Sec. 8. (a) The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness | ||||||
29 | Program shall
consist of an assessment of the potential nuclear | ||||||
30 | accidents, their
radiological consequences, and the necessary | ||||||
31 | protective actions required to
mitigate the effects of such |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | accidents. It shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to:
| ||||||
2 | (1) Development of a remote effluent monitoring system | ||||||
3 | capable of
reliably detecting and quantifying accidental | ||||||
4 | radioactive releases from
nuclear power plants to the | ||||||
5 | environment;
| ||||||
6 | (2) Development of an environmental monitoring program | ||||||
7 | for nuclear
facilities other than nuclear power plants;
| ||||||
8 | (3) Development of procedures for radiological | ||||||
9 | assessment and radiation
exposure control for areas | ||||||
10 | surrounding each nuclear facility in Illinois;
| ||||||
11 | (4) Radiological training of state and local emergency
| ||||||
12 | response personnel in accordance with the Agency's
| ||||||
13 | Department's responsibilities
under the program;
| ||||||
14 | (5) Participation in the development of accident | ||||||
15 | scenarios
and in the exercising of fixed facility nuclear | ||||||
16 | emergency response plans;
| ||||||
17 | (6) Development of mitigative emergency planning | ||||||
18 | standards including,
but not limited to, standards | ||||||
19 | pertaining to evacuations, re-entry into
evacuated areas, | ||||||
20 | contaminated foodstuffs and contaminated water supplies;
| ||||||
21 | (7) Provision of specialized response equipment | ||||||
22 | necessary to accomplish
this task;
| ||||||
23 | (8) Implementation of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel | ||||||
24 | Safety program
at nuclear steam-generating facilities as | ||||||
25 | mandated by
Section
2005-35 of the Department of Nuclear | ||||||
26 | Safety Law , or its successor statute
(20 ILCS
| ||||||
27 | 2005/2005-35) ;
| ||||||
28 | (9) Development and implementation of a plan for | ||||||
29 | inspecting and
escorting all shipments of spent nuclear | ||||||
30 | fuel, high-level
radioactive
waste, and transuranic waste , | ||||||
31 | and highway route controlled quantities of radioactive | ||||||
32 | materials in Illinois; and
| ||||||
33 | (10) Implementation of the program under the Illinois | ||||||
34 | Nuclear Facility
Safety Act.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (b) The Agency
Department may incorporate data collected by | ||||||
2 | the operator of a
nuclear facility into the Agency's
| ||||||
3 | Department's remote monitoring system.
| ||||||
4 | (c) The owners of each nuclear power reactor in Illinois | ||||||
5 | shall provide
the Agency
Department all system status signals | ||||||
6 | which initiate Emergency Action
Level Declarations, actuate | ||||||
7 | accident mitigation and provide mitigation
verification as | ||||||
8 | directed by the Agency
Department . The Agency
Department shall | ||||||
9 | designate
by rule those system status signals that must be | ||||||
10 | provided. Signals
providing indication of operating power | ||||||
11 | level shall also be provided.
The owners of the nuclear power | ||||||
12 | reactors shall, at their expense, ensure
that valid signals | ||||||
13 | will be provided continuously 24 hours a day.
| ||||||
14 | All such signals shall be provided in a manner and at a | ||||||
15 | frequency
specified by the Agency
Department for incorporation | ||||||
16 | into and augmentation of the
remote effluent monitoring system | ||||||
17 | specified in subsection (a) (1) of this
Section. Provision | ||||||
18 | shall be made for assuring that such system status and
power | ||||||
19 | level signals shall be available to the Agency
Department
| ||||||
20 | during reactor
operation as well as throughout accidents and | ||||||
21 | subsequent
recovery operations.
| ||||||
22 | For nuclear reactors with operating licenses issued by the | ||||||
23 | Nuclear
Regulatory Commission prior to the effective date of | ||||||
24 | this amendatory Act,
such system status and power level signals | ||||||
25 | shall be provided to the
Department of Nuclear Safety (of which | ||||||
26 | the Agency is the successor) by March 1, 1985. For reactors | ||||||
27 | without such a license on the
effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
28 | Act, such signals shall be provided to
the Department prior to | ||||||
29 | commencing initial fuel load for such reactor.
Nuclear reactors | ||||||
30 | receiving their operating license after the effective date
of | ||||||
31 | this amendatory Act, but before July 1, 1985, shall provide | ||||||
32 | such system
status and power level signals to the Department of | ||||||
33 | Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the successor) by | ||||||
34 | September 1, 1985.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
2 | (420 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4309)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 9. Any equipment purchased by the Agency
Department to | ||||||
4 | be installed on
the premises of a nuclear facility pursuant to | ||||||
5 | the provisions of
subsections (1), (2) and (7) of Section 8 of | ||||||
6 | this Act shall be installed by
the owner of such nuclear | ||||||
7 | facility in accordance with criteria and
standards established | ||||||
8 | by the Director of the Agency
Department , including criteria
| ||||||
9 | for location, supporting utilities, and methods of | ||||||
10 | installation. Such
installation shall be at no cost to the | ||||||
11 | Agency
Department . The owner of the
nuclear facility shall | ||||||
12 | also, at its expense, pay for modifications of its
facility as | ||||||
13 | requested by the Department to accommodate the Agency's
| ||||||
14 | Department's
equipment including updated equipment, and to | ||||||
15 | accommodate changes in the
Agency's
Department's criteria and | ||||||
16 | standards.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
| ||||||
18 | (420 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4310)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 10. The Agency
Department may accept and administer | ||||||
20 | according to
law, loans, grants, or other funds or gifts from | ||||||
21 | the Federal
Government and from other sources, public and | ||||||
22 | private, for
carrying out its functions under this Act.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 83-1342.)
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24 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.".
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