HB5630 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5630

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Lilian Jiménez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3310/40.2 new

Amends the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004. Directs the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to convene an advisory body, to be know as the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee, which shall consist of relevant stakeholders and members of the public, including, but not limited to, members of the environmental community, electric utilities, appropriately credentialed academics, energy economists, energy engineers, public interest organizations, consumer protection organizations, and others whose insights are relevant to the preparation of the small modular reactor study and small modular reactor rules to be adopted under the Act. Directs the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee to provide current, expert information germane to the topic, critique and fact-check the development of the draft modular reactor study and rules, provide meaningful point and counter-point analysis on the small modular reactor issue, and provide additional access and referrals to additional experts in fields relating to the preparation of the draft small modular reactor study. Specifies that members shall not be compensated for service on the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee but shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, not less than quarterly, for such items as travel to meetings, meals, copying expenses, and other related expenses. Provides for the repeal of the provision that creates the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee on July 1, 2027. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by adding Section 40.2 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3310/40.2 new)

Sec. 40.2. Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee.

(a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security shall convene an advisory body to be know as the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee, which shall consist of relevant stakeholders and members of the public, including, but not limited to, members of the environmental community, electric utilities, appropriately credentialed academics, energy economists, energy engineers, public interest organizations, consumer protection organizations, and others whose insights are relevant to the preparation of the small modular reactor study described in Section 90 of the Act and the development of small modular reactor rules to be adopted under Section 40 of the Act.

(b) The purpose of the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee shall be to assist in the preparation of the small modular reactor study described in Section 90 and the development of the small modular reactor rules to be adopted under Section 90 by providing current, expert information germane to the topic, critiquing and fact-checking the development of the draft study and rules, providing meaningful point and counter-point analysis on the issue, and providing additional access and referrals to additional experts in fields relating to the draft.

(c) Members of the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee shall:

(1) receive no financial compensation for their contributions;

(2) be reimbursed by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, not less than quarterly, for IEMA-OHS approved and related expenses, with documentation and receipts, for such items as travel to meetings, meals, copying expenses, and other related expenses;

(3) be listed by name and affiliation in the final draft and in the published version of the study described in Section 90;

(4) be allowed to provide dissenting opinions to the final draft, which shall be published in full and unedited into all drafts and versions of the study described in Section 90; and

(5) be discharged from further responsibilities and obligations upon completion and adoption of the study described in Section 90 and the rules to be adopted under this Act.

(d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.