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| | HB3433 Engrossed | | LRB104 11267 BDA 21351 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources |
| 5 | | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of |
| 6 | | Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-575 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 805/805-575 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 805-575. Flood Risk Reduction Pilot Project. Subject |
| 9 | | to appropriation, the Department of Natural Resources shall |
| 10 | | design, implement, and evaluate not more than 3 demonstration |
| 11 | | projects that test natural flood risk reduction practices in |
| 12 | | flood-prone areas of the State, as determined by the |
| 13 | | Department. These demonstration projects shall provide for |
| 14 | | engineering and design, materials, construction, |
| 15 | | pre-construction and post-construction monitoring, and project |
| 16 | | management. The Department may require a county to submit to |
| 17 | | the Department a progress report summarizing the results to |
| 18 | | date of the demonstration projects by a specified date |
| 19 | | determined by the Department. After completion of the projects |
| 20 | | under this Section, the Department shall submit to the General |
| 21 | | Assembly and to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and |
| 22 | | Office of Homeland Security a report summarizing the results |
| 23 | | of the demonstration projects and recommendations for how |