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420 ILCS 35/6

(420 ILCS 35/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 230.6)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-569)

Sec. 6.

It is recognized by the General Assembly that any site used
for the concentration and storage of radioactive waste material will
represent a continuing and perpetual responsibility in the interests of
the public health, safety and general welfare, and that the same must
ultimately be reposed in a sovereign government without regard for the
existence or nonexistence of any particular agency, instrumentality,
department, division or officer thereof. In all instances lands,
buildings and grounds which are to be designated as sites for the
concentration and storage of radioactive waste materials shall be
acquired in fee simple absolute and dedicated in perpetuity to such
purpose. All rights, title and interest in, of and to any radioactive
waste materials accepted by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for
permanent storage at such facilities, shall upon acceptance become the
property of the State and shall be in all respects administered,
controlled, and disposed of, including transfer by sale, lease, loan or
otherwise, by the Agency in the name of the State.
All fees received pursuant to contracts entered into by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency 
shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be set apart in a
special fund to be known as the "Radioactive Waste Site Perpetual Care
Fund".  Monies deposited in the fund shall be expended by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency 
to monitor and maintain the site as required to protect the public
health and safety on a continuing and perpetual basis.
All payments received by the Department of Nuclear Safety (now the Illinois Emergency Management Agency) pursuant to the
settlement agreement entered May 25, 1988, in the matter of the People of
the State of Illinois, et al. v. Teledyne, Inc., et al. (No. 78 MR 25,
Circuit Court, Bureau County, Illinois) shall be held by the State
Treasurer separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of the State,
and shall be used only as provided in such settlement agreement.

(Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-569)
Sec. 6.

It is recognized by the General Assembly that any site used for the concentration and storage of radioactive waste material will represent a continuing and perpetual responsibility in the interests of the public health, safety and general welfare, and that the same must ultimately be reposed in a sovereign government without regard for the existence or nonexistence of any particular agency, instrumentality, department, division or officer thereof. In all instances lands, buildings and grounds which are to be designated as sites for the concentration and storage of radioactive waste materials shall be acquired in fee simple absolute and dedicated in perpetuity to such purpose. All rights, title and interest in, of and to any radioactive waste materials accepted by the Agency for permanent storage at such facilities, shall upon acceptance become the property of the State and shall be in all respects administered, controlled, and disposed of, including transfer by sale, lease, loan or otherwise, by the Agency in the name of the State. All fees received pursuant to contracts entered into by the Agency shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be set apart in a special fund to be known as the "Radioactive Waste Site Perpetual Care Fund". Monies deposited in the fund shall be expended by the Agency to monitor and maintain the site as required to protect the public health and safety on a continuing and perpetual basis. All payments received by the Department of Nuclear Safety (now the Agency) pursuant to the settlement agreement entered May 25, 1988, in the matter of the People of the State of Illinois, et al. v. Teledyne, Inc., et al. (No. 78 MR 25, Circuit Court, Bureau County, Illinois) shall be held by the State Treasurer separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of the State, and shall be used only as provided in such settlement agreement.

(Source: P.A. 103-569, eff. 6-1-24.)