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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1997 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 may establish minimum requirements for new building design and construction to lessen the risks caused by new building design and construction to wildlife and sensitive habitats. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1997 | | LRB103 05248 AWJ 50266 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 5-1064.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1064.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1064.5. Wildlife and sensitive habitat risk in |
| 8 | | counties of less than 1,000,000 population. Notwithstanding |
| 9 | | any other provision of law, the county board of a county with a |
| 10 | | population of less than 1,000,000 may establish minimum |
| 11 | | requirements for new building design and construction to |
| 12 | | lessen the risks caused by new building design and |
| 13 | | construction to wildlife and sensitive habitats.
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| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 15 | | becoming law.
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