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1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Urban |
5 | | Flooding Awareness Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, "urban |
7 | | flooding" means the inundation of property in a built |
8 | | environment, particularly in more densely populated areas, |
9 | | caused by rainfall overwhelming the capacity of drainage |
10 | | systems, such as storm sewers. "Urban flooding" does not |
11 | | include flooding in undeveloped or agricultural areas. "Urban |
12 | | flooding" includes (i) situations in which stormwater enters |
13 | | buildings through windows, doors, or other openings, (ii) water |
14 | | backup through sewer pipes, showers, toilets, sinks, and floor |
15 | | drains, (iii) seepage through walls and floors, and (iv) the |
16 | | accumulation of water on property or public rights-of-way. |
17 | | Section 10. Urban Flooding Study. By June 30, 2015, the |
18 | | Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the |
19 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois |
20 | | Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Housing |
21 | | Development Authority, the Department of Commerce and Economic |
22 | | Development, the Department of Insurance, the Federal |
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1 | | Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Water |
2 | | Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Illinois State |
3 | | Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other State, |
4 | | regional, and local storm water management agencies, thought |
5 | | leaders, and interested parties as the Director of Natural |
6 | | Resources deems appropriate, shall submit to the General |
7 | | Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews and evaluates |
8 | | the latest available information, research, laws, regulations, |
9 | | policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge, with |
10 | | recommendations based on the findings in relation to: |
11 | | (1) the prevalence and costs associated with urban flooding |
12 | | events across the State, and the trends in frequency and |
13 | | severity over the past two decades;
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14 | | (2) the apparent impact of global climate change on urban |
15 | | flooding;
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16 | | (3) the impacts of county stormwater programs on urban |
17 | | flooding over the past 2 decades, including a listing of |
18 | | projects and programs and the flood damages avoided;
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19 | | (4) an evaluation of policies, such as using the 100-year |
20 | | storm as the standard for designing urban stormwater detention |
21 | | infrastructure and the 10-year storm for the design of |
22 | | stormwater conveyance systems;
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23 | | (5) a review of technology to evaluate the risk of property |
24 | | damage from urban flooding and whether a property is in or |
25 | | adjacent to a 1% (100-year) floodplain or not, including LiDAR |
26 | | and geographic information systems;
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1 | | (6) strategies for minimizing damage to property from urban |
2 | | flooding, with a focus on rapid, low-cost approaches, such as |
3 | | non-structural and natural infrastructure, and methods for |
4 | | financing them;
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5 | | (7) the consistency of the criteria for State funding of |
6 | | flood control projects between the Department of Natural |
7 | | Resources, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and the |
8 | | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development;
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9 | | (8) strategies for increasing participation in the |
10 | | National Flood Insurance Program and Community Rating System; |
11 | | and
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12 | | (9) strategies and practices to increase the availability, |
13 | | affordability and effectiveness of flood insurance and |
14 | | basement back-up insurance.
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15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
16 | | becoming law.
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