SB0544sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Melinda Bush

Filed: 3/26/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 544

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 544 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

(420 ILCS 10/10 new)

Sec. 10. Local government nuclear storage impact fees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any unit of local government may establish and collect a nuclear storage impact fee. The fee shall be charged to the entity within the boundaries of the unit of local government that operated a nuclear facility immediately before the end of that facility's operating life. The nuclear storage impact fee can be applied retroactively to the date that the nuclear facility ceased operations.

The unit of local government shall conduct a public hearing before imposing the nuclear storage impact fee. The hearing shall be held within the boundaries of the unit of local government. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.".