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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3289 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 420 ILCS 5/4 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304 |
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Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes changes to the compensation rates for local governments in a provision concerning nuclear accident plans. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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6 | | (420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
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7 | | Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged |
8 | | within this State
in the production of electricity utilizing |
9 | | nuclear energy, the operation of
nuclear test and research |
10 | | reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
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11 | | transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or |
12 | | high-level
radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost |
13 | | of establishing plans and
programs to deal with the possibility |
14 | | of nuclear accidents. Except as provided
below, the fees shall |
15 | | be used to fund those Agency and local
government activities |
16 | | defined as necessary by the Director to implement and
maintain |
17 | | the plans and programs authorized by this Act. Local |
18 | | governments
incurring expenses attributable to implementation |
19 | | and maintenance of the plans
and programs authorized by this |
20 | | Act may apply to the Agency for
compensation for those |
21 | | expenses, and upon approval by the Director of
applications
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22 | | submitted by local governments, the Agency shall compensate |
23 | | local
governments from fees collected under this Section. |
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1 | | Compensation for local
governments shall include $450,000
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2 | | $250,000 in any year through
fiscal year 2014 1993 , $1,100,000 |
3 | | $275,000 in fiscal year 2015 1994 and fiscal year 2016 1995 ,
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4 | | $1,200,000 $300,000 in fiscal year 2017 and 1996 , $400,000 in |
5 | | fiscal year 2018 1997 , and $1,400,000 $450,000
in fiscal year |
6 | | 2019 1998 and thereafter.
Appropriations to the Department of |
7 | | Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the successor) for |
8 | | compensation to local
governments from the Nuclear Safety |
9 | | Emergency
Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall |
10 | | not exceed $1,700,000 $650,000 per
State fiscal year. |
11 | | Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in
a |
12 | | single State fiscal year,
the annual compensation amount made |
13 | | available to
local
governments under this Section, unexpended |
14 | | funds made available for local
government
compensation in the |
15 | | previous fiscal year, and funds recovered under
the Illinois |
16 | | Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
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17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the |
18 | | expenditure limitation for
fiscal year 1998 shall include the |
19 | | additional $100,000 made available to local
governments for |
20 | | fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997. The
Agency |
21 | | shall, by rule, determine the method for compensating local
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22 | | governments under this Section. The
appropriation shall not |
23 | | exceed $775,000 $500,000 in any year preceding
fiscal year 2015 |
24 | | 1996 ; the appropriation shall not exceed $1,500,000 $625,000 in |
25 | | fiscal year 2015
1996 , $1,700,000 $725,000 in fiscal year 2016 |
26 | | 1997 , and $1,900,000 $775,000 in fiscal year 2017 1998 and
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1 | | thereafter. The fees shall consist of
the following:
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2 | | (1)
A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power |
3 | | station in this State to
be paid by the owners of the |
4 | | stations.
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5 | | (2)
An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power |
6 | | station for which
a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid |
7 | | before June 30, 1982.
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8 | | (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per |
9 | | year for
each
nuclear power reactor for which an operating |
10 | | license has been issued by
the NRC, and after June 30, |
11 | | 1982, and through June 30, 1984 an
annual fee of $180,000 |
12 | | per year for each nuclear power reactor for which an
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13 | | operating license has been issued by the NRC, and after |
14 | | June 30, 1984,
and through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of |
15 | | $400,000 for each nuclear power
reactor for which an |
16 | | operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be
paid by |
17 | | the owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this |
18 | | State.
After June 30, 1991, the
owners of nuclear power |
19 | | reactors in this State for
which operating licenses have |
20 | | been issued by the NRC shall pay the
following fees for |
21 | | each such nuclear power reactor: for State fiscal year
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22 | | 1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993, $975,000; for |
23 | | State fiscal year
1994; $1,010,000; for State fiscal year |
24 | | 1995, $1,060,000; for State
fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
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25 | | $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for |
26 | | State fiscal year
1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year |
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1 | | 2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year
2001, $1,696,455; |
2 | | for State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal |
3 | | year
2003 through State fiscal year 2011, $1,757,727; for |
4 | | State fiscal year 2012 through State fiscal year 2014 and |
5 | | subsequent fiscal years , $1,903,182 ; for State fiscal year |
6 | | 2015 and State fiscal year 2016, $1,962,273; for State |
7 | | fiscal year 2017 and State fiscal year 2018, $1,971,364; |
8 | | for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal years, |
9 | | $1,989,546 .
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10 | | (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that |
11 | | notifies the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission that the |
12 | | nuclear power reactor has permanently ceased
operations |
13 | | during State fiscal year 1998
shall pay the following fees |
14 | | for each such nuclear power reactor: $1,368,000
for State |
15 | | fiscal year 1999 and $1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
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16 | | (4)
A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per |
17 | | nuclear power
station in this State, whether operating or |
18 | | under construction, shall be
paid by the owners of the |
19 | | station.
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20 | | (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for |
21 | | which
a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for |
22 | | the operation of an
away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or |
23 | | high-level radioactive
waste storage facility, to be paid |
24 | | by the owners
of facilities for the storage of spent |
25 | | nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste for others in |
26 | | this State.
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1 | | (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in |
2 | | this State
housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to |
3 | | be paid by the operator of
the facility. However, this |
4 | | charge shall not be required to be paid by any
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5 | | tax-supported institution.
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6 | | (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in |
7 | | this State for
the chemical conversion of uranium, to be |
8 | | paid by the owner of the facility.
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9 | | (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each |
10 | | facility in this State
housing a nuclear test and research |
11 | | reactor, to be paid by the operator of
the facility. |
12 | | However, this annual fee shall not be required to be paid |
13 | | by any
tax-supported institution.
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14 | | (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility |
15 | | in this State
for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be |
16 | | paid by the owner of the
facility.
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17 | | (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
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18 | | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and |
19 | | $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of |
20 | | spent nuclear fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, |
21 | | transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity |
22 | | of radioactive materials received at or departing from any
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23 | | nuclear power station
or away-from-reactor spent nuclear |
24 | | fuel, high-level radioactive
waste, transuranic waste
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25 | | storage facility, or other facility in this State to be |
26 | | paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear
fuel, high level |
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1 | | radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route |
2 | | controlled quantity of radioactive material.
Truck
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3 | | shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject |
4 | | to a surcharge of
$25 per mile over 250 miles for each |
5 | | truck in the shipment.
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6 | | (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck
for |
7 | | each truck shipment
and $4,500 for the first cask and |
8 | | $3,000 for each additional cask for each rail
shipment of |
9 | | spent nuclear
fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, |
10 | | transuranic waste, or a highway route controlled quantity |
11 | | of radioactive materials traversing the State to be paid by
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12 | | the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel, high level |
13 | | radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, or highway route |
14 | | controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck |
15 | | shipments of greater than 250 miles in
Illinois are subject |
16 | | to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
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17 | | truck in the shipment.
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18 | | (12)
In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through |
19 | | 1991, in addition
to the annual fee provided for in |
20 | | subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for
each nuclear power |
21 | | reactor for which an operating license has been issued
by |
22 | | the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors |
23 | | operating in
this State. Within 120 days after the end of |
24 | | the State fiscal years ending
June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, |
25 | | June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the
Agency shall |
26 | | determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear
Safety |