93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5043

 

Introduced 02/05/04, by Charles G. Morrow III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
420 ILCS 5/2   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4302
420 ILCS 5/3   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4303
420 ILCS 5/4   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304
420 ILCS 5/5   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4305
420 ILCS 5/7   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4307
420 ILCS 5/8   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4308
420 ILCS 5/9   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4309
420 ILCS 5/10   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4310
420 ILCS 5/6 rep.

    Amends the Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Changes references in the Act from the "Department of Nuclear Safety" to the "Illinois Emergency Management Agency". Deletes a provision concerning certain fees. Repeals a Section concerning the requirement to prepare a budget. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning nuclear 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 Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 as
6 follows:
 
7     (420 ILCS 5/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4302)
8     Sec. 2. It is declared to be the policy of the General
9 Assembly to protect the people of the State of Illinois against
10 adverse health effects resulting from radiological accidents
11 and incidents by establishing a mechanism for emergency
12 preparedness to mitigate the effects of such accidents and
13 incidents. The General Assembly finds that it is appropriate
14 that the nuclear industry bear costs associated with preparing
15 and implementing plans to deal with the effects of nuclear
16 accidents and incidents. The fees assessed by this Act are
17 intended to cover the costs of the Nuclear Safety Preparedness
18 Program authorized by this Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98.)
 
20     (420 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4303)
21     Sec. 3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise clearly
22 requires, as used in this Act:
23     (1) "Agency Department" means the Illinois Emergency
24 Management Agency Department of Nuclear Safety of the State of
25 Illinois.
26     (2) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency
27 Management Agency Department of Nuclear Safety.
28     (3) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
29 partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or
30 private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of
31 this State, any other state or political subdivision or agency

 

 

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1 thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or
2 agency of the foregoing.
3     (4) "NRC" means the United States Nuclear Regulatory
4 Commission or any agency which succeeds to its functions in the
5 licensing of nuclear power reactors or facilities for storing
6 spent nuclear fuel.
7     (5) "High-level radioactive waste" means (1) the highly
8 radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent
9 nuclear fuel including liquid waste produced directly in
10 reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid
11 waste that contains fission products in sufficient
12 concentrations; and (2) the highly radioactive material that
13 the NRC has determined to be high-level radioactive waste
14 requiring permanent isolation.
15     (6) "Nuclear facilities" means nuclear power plants,
16 facilities housing nuclear test and research reactors,
17 facilities for the chemical conversion of uranium, and
18 facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level
19 radioactive waste.
20     (7) "Spent nuclear fuel" means fuel that has been withdrawn
21 from a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent
22 elements of which have not been separated by reprocessing.
23     (8) "Transuranic waste" means material contaminated with
24 elements that have an atomic number greater than 92, including
25 neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium, excluding
26 radioactive wastes shipped to a licensed low-level radioactive
27 waste disposal facility.
28     (9) "Highway route controlled quantity of radioactive
29 materials" means that quantity of radioactive materials
30 defined as a highway route controlled quantity under rules of
31 the United States Department of Transportation, or any
32 successor agency.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98.)
 
34     (420 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
35     Sec. 4. Nuclear preparedness accident plans; fees. Persons

 

 

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1 engaged within this State in the production of electricity
2 utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and
3 research 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 and incidents. Except as provided below,
8 the fees shall be used exclusively to fund those Agency
9 Departmental and local government activities defined as
10 necessary by the Director to implement and maintain the plans
11 and programs authorized by this Act. Local governments
12 incurring expenses attributable to implementation and
13 maintenance of the plans and programs authorized by this Act
14 may apply to the Agency Department for compensation for those
15 expenses, and upon approval by the Director of applications
16 submitted by local governments, the Agency Department shall
17 compensate local governments from fees collected under this
18 Section. Compensation for local governments shall include
19 $450,000 for fiscal year 2003 and $450,000 each fiscal year
20 thereafter. $250,000 in any year through fiscal year 1993,
21 $275,000 in fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in
22 fiscal year 1996, $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000 in
23 fiscal year 1998 and thereafter. Appropriations to the
24 Department of Nuclear Safety for compensation to local
25 governments from the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness
26 Fund provided for in this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per
27 State fiscal year. Expenditures for compensation to local
28 governments from these appropriations shall not exceed, in a
29 single State fiscal year, $450,000 and the annual compensation
30 amount made available to local governments under this Section,
31 unexpended funds made available for local government
32 compensation in the previous fiscal year, and funds recovered
33 under the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous
34 fiscal years. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
35 the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 1998 shall include
36 the additional $100,000 made available to local governments for

 

 

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1 fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997. Any funds
2 within these expenditure limitations compensation to local
3 governments, including the additional $100,000 made available
4 for fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997, that
5 remain unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 1997,
6 and on June 30 of each State fiscal succeeding year, shall be
7 excluded from the calculations of credits under subparagraph
8 (3) of this Section. The Agency Department shall, by rule,
9 determine the method for compensating local governments under
10 this Section. In addition, a portion of the fees collected may
11 be appropriated to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for
12 activities associated with preparing and implementing plans to
13 deal with the effects of nuclear accidents. The appropriation
14 shall not exceed $500,000 in any year preceding fiscal year
15 1996; the appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal
16 year 1996, $725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal
17 year 1998 and thereafter. The fees shall consist of the
18 following:
19     (1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power station
20 in this State to be paid by the owners of the stations.
21     (2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
22 station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid before
23 June 30, 1982.
24     (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per
25 year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating
26 license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1982,
27 and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000 per year
28 for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license
29 has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1984, and
30 through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of $400,000 for each
31 nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been
32 issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power
33 reactors operating in this State. After June 30, 1991, the The
34 owners of nuclear power reactors in this State for which
35 operating licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the
36 following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State

 

 

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1 fiscal year 1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993,
2 $975,000; for State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State
3 fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and
4 1997, $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
5 State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year 2000,
6 $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455; for State
7 fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal year 2003 and
8 subsequent fiscal years, $1,757,727. Within 120 days after the
9 end of the State fiscal year, the Agency Department shall
10 determine, from the records of the Office of the Comptroller,
11 the balance in the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund.
12 When the balance in the fund, less any fees collected under
13 this Section prior to their being due and payable for the
14 succeeding fiscal year or years, exceeds $400,000 at the close
15 of business on June 30, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998,
16 or exceeds $500,000 at the close of business on June 30, 2003
17 1999 and June 30 of each succeeding year, the excess shall be
18 credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who are
19 assessed fees under this subparagraph. Credits shall be applied
20 against the fees to be collected under this subparagraph for
21 the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner shall receive as a
22 credit that amount of the excess which corresponds
23 proportionately to the amount the owner contributed to all fees
24 collected under this subparagraph in the fiscal year that
25 produced the excess.
26     (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that notifies
27 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the nuclear power
28 reactor has permanently ceased operations during State fiscal
29 year 1998 shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear
30 power reactor: $1,368,000 for State fiscal year 1999 and
31 $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
32     (4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
33 nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or under
34 construction, shall be paid by the owners of the station.
35     (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
36 which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for the

 

 

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1 operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
2 high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid by
3 the owners of facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel
4 or high-level radioactive waste for others in this State.
5     (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in this
6 State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be paid
7 by the operator of the facility. However, this charge shall not
8 be required to be paid by any tax-supported institution.
9     (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in this
10 State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid by the
11 owner of the facility.
12     (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each facility in
13 this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be
14 paid by the operator of the facility. However, this annual fee
15 shall not be required to be paid by any tax-supported
16 institution.
17     (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility in
18 this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid
19 by the owner of the facility.
20     (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
21 each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000
22 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
23 nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic
24 waste, or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive
25 materials received at or departing from any nuclear power
26 station or away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel, high-level
27 radioactive waste, or transuranic waste storage facility, or
28 other facility in this State to be paid by the shipper of the
29 spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, or
30 transuranic waste, or highway route controlled quantity of
31 radioactive material. Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles
32 in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250
33 miles for each truck in the shipment. The amount of fees
34 collected each fiscal year under this subparagraph shall be
35 excluded from the calculation of credits under subparagraph (3)
36 of this Section.

 

 

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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 $3,000
3 for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
4 nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic
5 waste, or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive
6 materials traversing the State to be paid by the shipper of the
7 spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, or
8 transuranic waste, or highway route controlled quantity of
9 radioactive material. Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles
10 in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250
11 miles for each truck in the shipment. The amount of fees
12 collected each fiscal year under this subparagraph shall be
13 excluded from the calculation of credits under subparagraph (3)
14 of this Section.
15     (12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through 1991,
16 in addition to the annual fee provided for in subparagraph (3),
17 a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an
18 operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by the
19 owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this State.
20 Within 120 days after the end of the State fiscal years ending
21 June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991,
22 the Department shall determine the expenses of the Illinois
23 Nuclear Safety Preparedness Program paid from funds
24 appropriated for those fiscal years. When the aggregate of all
25 fees, charges, and surcharges collected under this Section
26 during any fiscal year exceeds the total expenditures under
27 this Act from appropriations for that fiscal year, the excess
28 shall be credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who
29 are assessed fees under this subparagraph, and the credits
30 shall be applied against the fees to be collected under this
31 subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner shall
32 receive as a credit that amount of the excess that corresponds
33 proportionately to the amount the owner contributed to all fees
34 collected under this subparagraph in the fiscal year that
35 produced the excess.
36 (Source: P.A. 91-47, eff. 6-30-99; 91-857, eff. 6-22-00;

 

 

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1 92-576, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
2     (420 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4305)
3     Sec. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
4 within 30 days after the beginning of each State fiscal year,
5 each person who possessed a valid operating license issued by
6 the NRC for a nuclear power reactor or a spent fuel storage
7 facility during any portion of the previous fiscal year shall
8 pay to the Agency Department the fees imposed by Section 4 of
9 this Act. The one-time facility charge assessed pursuant to
10 subparagraph (1) of Section 4 shall be paid to the Agency
11 Department not less than 2 years prior to scheduled
12 commencement of commercial operation. The additional facility
13 charge assessed pursuant to subparagraph (2) of Section 4 shall
14 be paid to the Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the
15 Agency is the successor) within 90 days of June 30, 1982. Fees
16 assessed pursuant to subparagraph (3) of Section 4 for State
17 fiscal year 1992 shall be payable as follows: $400,000 due on
18 August 1, 1991, and $525,000 due on January 1, 1992. Fees
19 assessed pursuant to subparagraph (3) of Section 4 for State
20 fiscal year 1993 and subsequent fiscal years shall be due and
21 payable in two equal payments on July 1 and January 1 during
22 the fiscal year in which the fee is due. Fees assessed pursuant
23 to subparagraph (4) of Section 4 shall be paid in six payments,
24 the first, in the amount of $400,000, shall be due and payable
25 30 days after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of
26 1984. Subsequent payments shall be in the amount of $200,000
27 each, and shall be due and payable annually on August 1, 1985
28 through August 1, 1989, inclusive. Fees assessed under the
29 provisions of subparagraphs (6) and (7) of Section 4 of this
30 Act shall be paid on or before January 1, 1990. Fees assessed
31 under the provisions of subparagraphs (8) and (9) of Section 4
32 of this Act shall be paid on or before January 1st of each
33 year, beginning January 1, 1990. Fees assessed under the
34 provisions of subparagraphs (10) and (11) of Section 4 of this
35 Act shall be paid to the Agency Department within 60 days after

 

 

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1 completion of such shipments within this State. Fees assessed
2 pursuant to subparagraph (12) of Section 4 shall be paid to the
3 Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the
4 successor) by each person who possessed a valid operating
5 license issued by the NRC for a nuclear power reactor during
6 any portion of the previous State fiscal year as follows: the
7 fee due in fiscal year 1988 shall be paid on January 15, 1988,
8 the fee due in fiscal year 1989 shall be paid on December 1,
9 1988, and subsequent fees shall be paid annually on December 1,
10 1989 through December 1, 1990.
11     (b) Fees assessed pursuant to paragraph (3.5) of Section 4
12 for State fiscal years 1999 and 2000 shall be due and payable
13 in 2 equal payments on July 1 and January 1 during the fiscal
14 year in which the fee is due. The fee due on July 1, 1998 shall
15 be payable on that date, or within 10 days after the effective
16 date of this amendatory Act of 1998, whichever is later.
17     (c) Any person who fails to pay a fee assessed under
18 Section 4 of this Act within 90 days after the fee is payable
19 is liable in a civil action for an amount not to exceed 4 times
20 the amount assessed and not paid. The action shall be brought
21 by the Attorney General at the request of the Agency
22 Department. If the action involves a fixed facility in
23 Illinois, the action shall be brought in the Circuit Court of
24 the county in which the facility is located. If the action does
25 not involve a fixed facility in Illinois, the action shall be
26 brought in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98; 91-47, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
28     (420 ILCS 5/7)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4307)
29     Sec. 7. All monies received by the Agency Department under
30 this Act shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be
31 set apart in a special fund to be known as the "Nuclear Safety
32 Emergency Preparedness Fund". All monies within the Nuclear
33 Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund shall be invested by the
34 State Treasurer in accordance with established investment
35 practices. Interest earned by such investment shall be returned

 

 

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1 to the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund. Monies
2 deposited in this fund shall be expended by the Director only
3 to support the activities of the Illinois Nuclear Safety
4 Preparedness Program, including activities of the Illinois
5 State Police and the Illinois Commerce Commission under Section
6 8(a)(9).
7 (Source: P.A. 92-576, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
8     (420 ILCS 5/8)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4308)
9     Sec. 8. (a) The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness
10 Program shall consist of an assessment of the potential nuclear
11 accidents and incidents, their radiological consequences, and
12 the necessary protective actions required to mitigate the
13 effects of such accidents. It shall include, but not
14 necessarily be limited to:
15         (1) Development of a remote effluent monitoring system
16     capable of reliably detecting and quantifying accidental
17     radioactive releases from nuclear power plants to the
18     environment;
19         (2) Development of an environmental monitoring program
20     for nuclear facilities other than nuclear power plants;
21         (3) Development of procedures for radiological
22     assessment and radiation exposure control for areas
23     surrounding each nuclear facility in Illinois;
24         (4) Radiological training of state and local emergency
25     response personnel in accordance with the Agency's
26     Department's responsibilities under the program;
27         (5) Participation in the development of accident
28     scenarios and in the exercising of fixed facility nuclear
29     emergency response plans;
30         (6) Development of mitigative emergency planning
31     standards including, but not limited to, standards
32     pertaining to evacuations, re-entry into evacuated areas,
33     contaminated foodstuffs and contaminated water supplies;
34         (7) Provision of specialized response equipment
35     necessary to accomplish this task;

 

 

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1         (8) Implementation of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel
2     Safety program at nuclear steam-generating facilities as
3     mandated by Section 2005-35 of the Department of Nuclear
4     Safety Law, or its successor statute (20 ILCS
5     2005/2005-35);
6         (9) Development and implementation of a plan for
7     inspecting and escorting all shipments of spent nuclear
8     fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and transuranic waste,
9     and highway route controlled quantities of radioactive
10     materials in Illinois; and
11         (10) Implementation of the program under the Illinois
12     Nuclear Facility Safety Act.
13     (b) The Agency Department may incorporate data collected by
14 the operator of a nuclear facility into the Agency's
15 Department's remote monitoring system.
16     (c) The owners of each nuclear power reactor in Illinois
17 shall provide the Agency Department all system status signals
18 which could initiate Emergency Action Level Declarations,
19 actuate accident mitigation and provide mitigation
20 verification as directed by the Agency Department. The Agency
21 Department shall designate by rule those system status signals
22 that must be provided. Signals providing indication of
23 operating power level shall also be provided. The owners of the
24 nuclear power reactors shall, at their expense, ensure that
25 valid signals will be provided continuously 24 hours a day.
26     All such signals shall be provided in a manner and at a
27 frequency specified by the Agency Department for incorporation
28 into and augmentation of the remote effluent monitoring system
29 specified in subsection (a) (1) of this Section. Provision
30 shall be made for assuring that such system status and power
31 level signals shall be available to the Agency Department
32 during reactor operation as well as throughout accidents and
33 subsequent recovery operations.
34     For nuclear reactors with operating licenses issued by the
35 Nuclear Regulatory Commission prior to the effective date of
36 this amendatory Act, such system status and power level signals

 

 

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1 shall be provided to the Department of Nuclear Safety (of which
2 the Agency is the successor) by March 1, 1985. For reactors
3 without such a license on the effective date of this amendatory
4 Act, such signals shall be provided to the Department prior to
5 commencing initial fuel load for such reactor. Nuclear reactors
6 receiving their operating license after the effective date of
7 this amendatory Act, but before July 1, 1985, shall provide
8 such system status and power level signals to the Department of
9 Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the successor) by
10 September 1, 1985.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
12     (420 ILCS 5/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4309)
13     Sec. 9. Any equipment purchased by the Agency Department to
14 be installed on the premises of a nuclear facility pursuant to
15 the provisions of subsections (1), (2) and (7) of Section 8 of
16 this Act shall be installed by the owner of such nuclear
17 facility in accordance with criteria and standards established
18 by the Director of the Agency Department, including criteria
19 for location, supporting utilities, and methods of
20 installation. Such installation shall be at no cost to the
21 Agency Department. The owner of the nuclear facility shall
22 also, at its expense, pay for modifications of its facility as
23 requested by the Department to accommodate the Agency's
24 Department's equipment including updated equipment, and to
25 accommodate changes in the Agency's Department's criteria and
26 standards.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
 
28     (420 ILCS 5/10)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4310)
29     Sec. 10. The Agency Department may accept and administer
30 according to law, loans, grants, or other funds or gifts from
31 the Federal Government and from other sources, public and
32 private, for carrying out its functions under this Act.
33 (Source: P.A. 83-1342.)
 

 

 

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1     (420 ILCS 5/6 rep.)
2     Section 10. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is
3 amended by repealing Section 6.
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.