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Public Act 92-0576
HB5720 Enrolled LRB9211776LBpr
AN ACT concerning nuclear safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act
is amended by changing Sections 4 and 7 as follows:
(420 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged
within this State in the production of electricity utilizing
nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and research
reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel
or high-level radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the
cost of establishing plans and programs to deal with the
possibility of nuclear accidents. Except as provided below,
the fees shall be used exclusively to fund those Departmental
and local government activities defined as necessary by the
Director to implement and maintain the plans and programs
authorized by this Act. Local governments incurring expenses
attributable to implementation and maintenance of the plans
and programs authorized by this Act may apply to the
Department for compensation for those expenses, and upon
approval by the Director of applications submitted by local
governments, the Department shall compensate local
governments from fees collected under this Section.
Compensation for local governments shall include $250,000 in
any year through fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in fiscal year
1994 and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in fiscal year 1996,
$400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000 in fiscal year
1998 and thereafter. Appropriations to the Department of
Nuclear Safety for compensation to local governments from the
Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund provided for in
this Section shall not exceed $650,000 per State fiscal year.
Expenditures from these appropriations shall not exceed, in a
single State fiscal year, the annual compensation amount made
available to local governments under this Section, unexpended
funds made available for local government compensation in the
previous fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois
Grant Funds Recovery Act during previous fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
expenditure limitation for fiscal year 1998 shall include the
additional $100,000 made available to local governments for
fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997. Any
funds within these expenditure limitations, including the
additional $100,000 made available for fiscal year 1997 under
this amendatory Act of 1997, that remain unexpended at the
close of business on June 30, 1997, and on June 30 of each
succeeding year, shall be excluded from the calculations of
credits under subparagraph (3) of this Section. The
Department shall, by rule, determine the method for
compensating local governments under this Section. In
addition, a portion of the fees collected may be appropriated
to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for activities
associated with preparing and implementing plans to deal with
the effects of nuclear accidents. The appropriation shall not
exceed $500,000 in any year preceding fiscal year 1996; the
appropriation shall not exceed $625,000 in fiscal year 1996,
$725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000 in fiscal year
1998 and thereafter. The fees shall consist of the following:
(1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power
station in this State to be paid by the owners of the
stations.
(2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid
before June 30, 1982.
(3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per
year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating
license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1982,
and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000 per year
for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license
has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1984, and
through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of $400,000 for each
nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been
issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power
reactors operating in this State. After June 30, 1991, the
owners of nuclear power reactors in this State for which
operating licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the
following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State
fiscal year 1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993,
$975,000; for State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State
fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and
1997, $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year
2000, $1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455; for
State fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal year
2003 and subsequent fiscal years, $1,757,727. Within 120 days
after the end of the State fiscal year, the Department shall
determine, from the records of the Office of the Comptroller,
the balance in the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness
Fund. When the balance in the fund, less any fees collected
under this Section prior to their being due and payable for
the succeeding fiscal year or years, exceeds $400,000 at the
close of business on June 30, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
and 1998, or exceeds $500,000 at the close of business on
June 30, 1999 and June 30 of each succeeding year, the excess
shall be credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who
are assessed fees under this subparagraph. Credits shall be
applied against the fees to be collected under this
subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner
shall receive as a credit that amount of the excess which
corresponds proportionately to the amount the owner
contributed to all fees collected under this subparagraph in
the fiscal year that produced the excess.
(3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that notifies
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the nuclear power
reactor has permanently ceased operations during State fiscal
year 1998 shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear
power reactor: $1,368,000 for State fiscal year 1999 and
$1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
(4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or
under construction, shall be paid by the owners of the
station.
(5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for
the operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid by
the owners of facilities for the storage of spent nuclear
fuel or high-level radioactive waste for others in this
State.
(6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in
this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be
paid by the operator of the facility. However, this charge
shall not be required to be paid by any tax-supported
institution.
(7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in
this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid
by the owner of the facility.
(8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each facility
in this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to
be paid by the operator of the facility. However, this
annual fee shall not be required to be paid by any
tax-supported institution.
(9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility
in this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be
paid by the owner of the facility.
(10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000
for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic
waste received at or departing from any nuclear power station
or away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel, high-level
radioactive waste, or transuranic waste storage facility in
this State to be paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear
fuel, high level radioactive waste, or transuranic waste.
Single cask Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles in
Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250
miles for each truck in the shipment the first truck in each
shipment. The amount of fees collected each fiscal year
under this subparagraph shall be excluded from the
calculation of credits under subparagraph (3) of this
Section.
(11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000
for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic
waste traversing the State to be paid by the shipper of the
spent nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, or
transuranic waste. Single cask Truck shipments of greater
than 250 miles in Illinois are subject to a surcharge of $25
per mile over 250 miles for each truck in the shipment the
first truck in each shipment. The amount of fees collected
each fiscal year under this subparagraph shall be excluded
from the calculation of credits under subparagraph (3) of
this Section.
(12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through
1991, in addition to the annual fee provided for in
subparagraph (3), a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power
reactor for which an operating license has been issued by the
NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power reactors
operating in this State. Within 120 days after the end of
the State fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989,
June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991, the Department shall
determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear Safety
Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for those
fiscal years. When the aggregate of all fees, charges, and
surcharges collected under this Section during any fiscal
year exceeds the total expenditures under this Act from
appropriations for that fiscal year, the excess shall be
credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who are
assessed fees under this subparagraph, and the credits shall
be applied against the fees to be collected under this
subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner shall
receive as a credit that amount of the excess that
corresponds proportionately to the amount the owner
contributed to all fees collected under this subparagraph in
the fiscal year that produced the excess.
(Source: P.A. 90-34, eff. 6-27-97; 90-601, eff. 6-26-98;
91-47, eff. 6-30-99; 91-857, eff. 6-22-00.)
(420 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4307)
Sec. 7. All monies received by the Department under this
Act shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be set
apart in a special fund to be known as the "Nuclear Safety
Emergency Preparedness Fund". All monies within the Nuclear
Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund shall be invested by the
State Treasurer in accordance with established investment
practices. Interest earned by such investment shall be
returned to the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund.
Monies deposited in this fund shall be expended by the
Director only to support the activities of the Illinois
Nuclear Safety Preparedness Program, including activities of
the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Commerce
Commission under Section 8(a)(9). as provided under rules of
the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90-601, eff. 6-26-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly April 24, 2002.
Approved June 26, 2002.
Effective June 26, 2002.
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