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.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by
5adding Section 40.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3310/40.2 new)
7    Sec. 40.2. Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee.
8    (a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
9Homeland Security shall convene an advisory body to be know as
10the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee, which shall
11consist of relevant stakeholders and members of the public,
12including, but not limited to, members of the environmental
13community, electric utilities, appropriately credentialed
14academics, energy economists, energy engineers, public
15interest organizations, consumer protection organizations, and
16others whose insights are relevant to the preparation of the
17small modular reactor study described in Section 90 of the Act
18and the development of small modular reactor rules to be
19adopted under Section 40 of the Act.
20    (b) The purpose of the Small Modular Reactor Advisory
21Committee shall be to assist in the preparation of the small
22modular reactor study described in Section 90 and the
23development of the small modular reactor rules to be adopted

 

 

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1under Section 90 by providing current, expert information
2germane to the topic, critiquing and fact-checking the
3development of the draft study and rules, providing meaningful
4point and counter-point analysis on the issue, and providing
5additional access and referrals to additional experts in
6fields relating to the draft.
7    (c) Members of the Small Modular Reactor Advisory
8Committee shall:
9        (1) receive no financial compensation for their
10    contributions;
11        (2) be reimbursed by the Illinois Emergency Management
12    Agency and Office of Homeland Security, not less than
13    quarterly, for IEMA-OHS approved and related expenses,
14    with documentation and receipts, for such items as travel
15    to meetings, meals, copying expenses, and other related
16    expenses;
17        (3) be listed by name and affiliation in the final
18    draft and in the published version of the study described
19    in Section 90;
20        (4) be allowed to provide dissenting opinions to the
21    final draft, which shall be published in full and unedited
22    into all drafts and versions of the study described in
23    Section 90; and
24        (5) be discharged from further responsibilities and
25    obligations upon completion and adoption of the study
26    described in Section 90 and the rules to be adopted under

 

 

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1    this Act.
2    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.