98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4502
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jil Tracy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
615 ILCS 5/40 new

     Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act.  Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall (1) for levee improvements provide notice of submissions, a detailed timeline, specific requirements, and any internal review procedures to the submitter within 90 days; (2) for rural construction along navigable waterways permit a water surface profile increase of 0.5 feet; (3) for urban construction permit a water surface profile increase of 0.1 feet; and (4) require a mitigation analysis only if water surface profile increases exceed an induced head study.  Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended by 
5adding Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/40 new)
7    Sec. 40. Department requirements. 
8    (a) For the purposes of this Section:
9    "Base condition" means the current pre-permit top of levee 
10elevation profile, cross-sections, and levee centerline 
11alignment. 
12    "Induced head" means:
13        (i) the change of the water surface profile; and
14        (ii) any change in water elevations upstream or 
15    downstream of the proposed improvement due to the change of 
16    a base condition in levee height to a proposed condition in 
17    levee height or encroachment.
18    "Proposed condition" means the change requested for State 
19and federal permits. 
20    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
21Department shall require the following:
22        (1) with respect to the Department's permit process for 
23    levee improvements, the Department shall provide notice of 
 
 
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1    submissions, a detailed timeline, specific requirements, 
2    and any internal review procedures for review to the 
3    submitter within 90 days;
4        (2) with respect to Department standards for 
5    construction in rural areas along navigable waterways, the 
6    Department shall permit a water surface profile increase of 
7    0.5 feet;
8        (3) with respect to Department standards for 
9    construction in urban areas, the Department shall permit a 
10    water surface profile increase of 0.1 feet; and
11        (4) with respect to mitigation analysis, a mitigation 
12    analysis shall only be performed if a water surface profile 
13    increase of 0.5 feet in rural areas, or of 0.1 in urban 
14    areas, exceeds an induced head study.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.