94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2642

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 75/2a   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3202a
430 ILCS 75/2b   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3202b

    Amends the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act to reflect the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's assumption of duties assigned to the Agency's predecessor, the Department of Nuclear Safety. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 2a and 2b as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 75/2a)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3202a)
7     Sec. 2a. Nuclear facilities. Notwithstanding any other
8 provision to the contrary, the Illinois Emergency Management
9 Agency Department of Nuclear Safety shall have sole
10 jurisdiction over all boilers and pressure vessels contained
11 within or upon or in connection with any nuclear facility
12 within this State. The Agency Department of Nuclear Safety
13 shall have the same authority and shall have and exercise the
14 same powers and duties in relation to those boilers and
15 pressure vessels under this Act as the Board or the State Fire
16 Marshal have and exercise in relation to all boilers and
17 pressure vessels in this State that are not included in this
18 Section. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
19 the Agency Department of Nuclear Safety shall establish by rule
20 the types and frequency of inspections of boilers and pressure
21 vessels contained within or upon or in connection with any
22 nuclear facility. The rules may provide that multiple boilers
23 and pressure vessels in a nuclear power system shall be covered
24 by a single inspection certificate. The Agency Department of
25 Nuclear Safety may enter into such agreements with the Board or
26 the State Fire Marshal as are necessary to carry out its duties
27 under this Act. The agreements may provide that the Agency
28 Department of Nuclear Safety shall accept and recognize Special
29 Inspector Commissions issued by the State Fire Marshal.
30 (Source: P.A. 86-901; 87-1169.)
 
31     (430 ILCS 75/2b)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3202b)

 

 

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1     Sec. 2b. In addition to its other powers, the Illinois
2 Emergency Management Agency Department of Nuclear Safety is
3 authorized to enter into agreements with the United States
4 Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the establishment of a
5 coordinated and comprehensive program to minimize the risks
6 posed by boilers, pressure vessels, and related components
7 contained within or upon or in connection with any nuclear
8 facility within this State. The program may provide for such
9 inspections of nuclear facilities within the State as may be
10 agreed upon and for inspections within and outside the State of
11 Illinois of boilers and pressure vessels to be installed in any
12 nuclear facility within this State.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.