97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0910

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
420 ILCS 5/4  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304

    Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to fees.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4304)
7    Sec. 4. Nuclear accident plans; fees. Persons engaged
8within this State in the the production of electricity
9utilizing nuclear energy, the operation of nuclear test and
10research reactors, the chemical conversion of uranium, or the
11transportation, storage or possession of spent nuclear fuel or
12high-level radioactive waste shall pay fees to cover the cost
13of establishing plans and programs to deal with the possibility
14of nuclear accidents. Except as provided below, the fees shall
15be used exclusively to fund those Agency and local government
16activities defined as necessary by the Director to implement
17and maintain the plans and programs authorized by this Act.
18Local governments incurring expenses attributable to
19implementation and maintenance of the plans and programs
20authorized by this Act may apply to the Agency for compensation
21for those expenses, and upon approval by the Director of
22applications submitted by local governments, the Agency shall
23compensate local governments from fees collected under this

 

 

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1Section. Compensation for local governments shall include
2$250,000 in any year through fiscal year 1993, $275,000 in
3fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995, $300,000 in fiscal year
41996, $400,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $450,000 in fiscal year
51998 and thereafter. Appropriations to the Department of
6Nuclear Safety (of which the Agency is the successor) for
7compensation to local governments from the Nuclear Safety
8Emergency Preparedness Fund provided for in this Section shall
9not exceed $650,000 per State fiscal year. Expenditures from
10these appropriations shall not exceed, in a single State fiscal
11year, the annual compensation amount made available to local
12governments under this Section, unexpended funds made
13available for local government compensation in the previous
14fiscal year, and funds recovered under the Illinois Grant Funds
15Recovery Act during previous fiscal years. Notwithstanding any
16other provision of this Act, the expenditure limitation for
17fiscal year 1998 shall include the additional $100,000 made
18available to local governments for fiscal year 1997 under this
19amendatory Act of 1997. Any funds within these expenditure
20limitations, including the additional $100,000 made available
21for fiscal year 1997 under this amendatory Act of 1997, that
22remain unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 1997,
23and on June 30 of each succeeding year, shall be excluded from
24the calculations of credits under subparagraph (3) of this
25Section. The Agency shall, by rule, determine the method for
26compensating local governments under this Section. The

 

 

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1appropriation shall not exceed $500,000 in any year preceding
2fiscal year 1996; the appropriation shall not exceed $625,000
3in fiscal year 1996, $725,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $775,000
4in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter. The fees shall consist of
5the following:
6    (1) A one-time charge of $590,000 per nuclear power station
7in this State to be paid by the owners of the stations.
8    (2) An additional charge of $240,000 per nuclear power
9station for which a fee under subparagraph (1) was paid before
10June 30, 1982.
11    (3) Through June 30, 1982, an annual fee of $75,000 per
12year for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating
13license has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1982,
14and through June 30, 1984 an annual fee of $180,000 per year
15for each nuclear power reactor for which an operating license
16has been issued by the NRC, and after June 30, 1984, and
17through June 30, 1991, an annual fee of $400,000 for each
18nuclear power reactor for which an operating license has been
19issued by the NRC, to be paid by the owners of nuclear power
20reactors operating in this State. After June 30, 1991, the
21owners of nuclear power reactors in this State for which
22operating licenses have been issued by the NRC shall pay the
23following fees for each such nuclear power reactor: for State
24fiscal year 1992, $925,000; for State fiscal year 1993,
25$975,000; for State fiscal year 1994; $1,010,000; for State
26fiscal year 1995, $1,060,000; for State fiscal years 1996 and

 

 

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11997, $1,110,000; for State fiscal year 1998, $1,314,000; for
2State fiscal year 1999, $1,368,000; for State fiscal year 2000,
3$1,404,000; for State fiscal year 2001, $1,696,455; for State
4fiscal year 2002, $1,730,636; for State fiscal year 2003 and
5subsequent fiscal years, $1,757,727. Within 120 days after the
6end of the State fiscal year, the Agency shall determine, from
7the records of the Office of the Comptroller, the balance in
8the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund. When the
9balance in the fund, less any fees collected under this Section
10prior to their being due and payable for the succeeding fiscal
11year or years, exceeds $400,000 at the close of business on
12June 30, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, or exceeds
13$500,000 at the close of business on June 30, 1999 and June 30
14of each succeeding year, the excess shall be credited to the
15owners of nuclear power reactors who are assessed fees under
16this subparagraph. Credits shall be applied against the fees to
17be collected under this subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal
18year. Each owner shall receive as a credit that amount of the
19excess which corresponds proportionately to the amount the
20owner contributed to all fees collected under this subparagraph
21in the fiscal year that produced the excess.
22    (3.5) The owner of a nuclear power reactor that notifies
23the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the nuclear power
24reactor has permanently ceased operations during State fiscal
25year 1998 shall pay the following fees for each such nuclear
26power reactor: $1,368,000 for State fiscal year 1999 and

 

 

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1$1,404,000 for State fiscal year 2000.
2    (4) A capital expenditure surcharge of $1,400,000 per
3nuclear power station in this State, whether operating or under
4construction, shall be paid by the owners of the station.
5    (5) An annual fee of $25,000 per year for each site for
6which a valid operating license has been issued by NRC for the
7operation of an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel or
8high-level radioactive waste storage facility, to be paid by
9the owners of facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel
10or high-level radioactive waste for others in this State.
11    (6) A one-time charge of $280,000 for each facility in this
12State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be paid
13by the operator of the facility. However, this charge shall not
14be required to be paid by any tax-supported institution.
15    (7) A one-time charge of $50,000 for each facility in this
16State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid by the
17owner of the facility.
18    (8) An annual fee of $150,000 per year for each facility in
19this State housing a nuclear test and research reactor, to be
20paid by the operator of the facility. However, this annual fee
21shall not be required to be paid by any tax-supported
22institution.
23    (9) An annual fee of $15,000 per year for each facility in
24this State for the chemical conversion of uranium, to be paid
25by the owner of the facility.
26    (10) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for

 

 

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1each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000
2for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
3nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste,
4or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive materials
5received at or departing from any nuclear power station or
6away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive
7waste, transuranic waste storage facility, or other facility in
8this State to be paid by the shipper of the spent nuclear fuel,
9high level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or highway
10route controlled quantity of radioactive material. Truck
11shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are subject to
12a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each truck in
13the shipment. The amount of fees collected each fiscal year
14under this subparagraph shall be excluded from the calculation
15of credits under subparagraph (3) of this Section.
16    (11) A fee assessed at the rate of $2,500 per truck for
17each truck shipment and $4,500 for the first cask and $3,000
18for each additional cask for each rail shipment of spent
19nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste,
20or a highway route controlled quantity of radioactive materials
21traversing the State to be paid by the shipper of the spent
22nuclear fuel, high level radioactive waste, transuranic waste,
23or highway route controlled quantity of radioactive material.
24Truck shipments of greater than 250 miles in Illinois are
25subject to a surcharge of $25 per mile over 250 miles for each
26truck in the shipment. The amount of fees collected each fiscal

 

 

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1year under this subparagraph shall be excluded from the
2calculation of credits under subparagraph (3) of this Section.
3    (12) In each of the State fiscal years 1988 through 1991,
4in addition to the annual fee provided for in subparagraph (3),
5a fee of $400,000 for each nuclear power reactor for which an
6operating license has been issued by the NRC, to be paid by the
7owners of nuclear power reactors operating in this State.
8Within 120 days after the end of the State fiscal years ending
9June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991,
10the Agency shall determine the expenses of the Illinois Nuclear
11Safety Preparedness Program paid from funds appropriated for
12those fiscal years. When the aggregate of all fees, charges,
13and surcharges collected under this Section during any fiscal
14year exceeds the total expenditures under this Act from
15appropriations for that fiscal year, the excess shall be
16credited to the owners of nuclear power reactors who are
17assessed fees under this subparagraph, and the credits shall be
18applied against the fees to be collected under this
19subparagraph for the subsequent fiscal year. Each owner shall
20receive as a credit that amount of the excess that corresponds
21proportionately to the amount the owner contributed to all fees
22collected under this subparagraph in the fiscal year that
23produced the excess.
24(Source: P.A. 92-576, eff. 6-26-02; 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)