Bill Status of SB0544  99th General Assembly

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Short Description:  SAFETY-TECH

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Melinda Bush

House Sponsors
(Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.)

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

415 ILCS 5/9.2

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sulfur dioxide emission standards.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2

	Deletes reference to:
	415 ILCS 5/9.2

	Adds reference to:
	420 ILCS 10/10 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act. Provides that any municipality may establish and collect a nuclear storage impact fee from the entity that operated a nuclear facility within the boundaries of the municipality. Provides that the nuclear storage impact fee shall only be imposed on nuclear facilities that ceased generating electricity on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that the fee shall be charged to the entity that operated a nuclear facility within the boundaries of the municipality immediately before the nuclear facility ceased to generate electricity. Provides that the nuclear storage impact fee can only be applied prospectively. Provides that in any calendar year, the nuclear storage impact fee shall not exceed 25% of the average annual amount of property taxes paid to the municipality by the entity that operated the nuclear facility during the last 5 years that the nuclear facility was operational. Provides that the municipality shall conduct a public hearing before imposing the nuclear storage impact fees. Provides that the revenue collected from the fees shall be used to offset property taxes for owners of property within the boundaries of the municipality. Provides that no sale, assignment, lease, or decommissioning agreement that was executed after a nuclear facility ceased generating electricity and before the effective date of this amendatory Act shall assign or transfer the obligation to pay any nuclear storage impact fee imposed.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/28/2015	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
1/28/2015	Senate	First Reading
1/28/2015	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/18/2015	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/26/2015	Senate	Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000
3/26/2015	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
3/26/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush
3/26/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/27/2015	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Melinda Bush
4/8/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
4/16/2015	Senate	Second Reading
4/16/2015	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
4/22/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush
4/22/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
4/22/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
4/23/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment and Conservation
4/23/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 008-004-000
4/23/2015	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
4/23/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Bush
4/23/2015	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
4/23/2015	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 036-020-000
4/23/2015	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
4/24/2015	House	Arrived in House
4/24/2015	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
4/24/2015	House	First Reading
4/24/2015	House	Referred to Rules Committee
5/4/2015	House	Assigned to Energy Committee
5/8/2015	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
5/15/2015	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/10/2017	Senate	Session Sine Die