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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 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by adding Section 5-45.55 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.55 new)
7    Sec. 5-45.55. Emergency rulemaking; the Department of
8Natural Resources. To provide for the expeditious and timely
9implementation of Section 13 of the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams
10Act, emergency rules implementing Section 13 of the Rivers,
11Lakes, and Streams Act may be adopted in accordance with
12Section 5-45 by the Department of Natural Resources. The
13adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
14this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
15interest, safety, and welfare.
16    This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
17of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
18    Section 10. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
19by changing Section 30 and by adding Section 18k as follows:
 
20    (615 ILCS 5/18k new)
21    Sec. 18k. National Flood Insurance Program State agency

 

 

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1requirements.
2    (a) As used in this Section:
3    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
4    "Development" and "developed" mean any man-made change to
5real estate, including, but not limited to:
6        (1) demolition, construction, reconstruction, repair,
7    placement of a building, or any structural alteration to a
8    building;
9        (2) substantial improvement of an existing building;
10        (3) installation of a manufactured home on a site,
11    preparing a site for a manufactured home, or installing a
12    travel trailer on a site for more than 180 days per year;
13        (4) installation of utilities, construction of roads,
14    bridges, culverts, or similar projects;
15        (5) redevelopment of a site, or clearing of land as an
16    adjunct of construction or construction or erection of
17    levees, dams, walls, or fences;
18        (6) drilling, mining, filling, dredging, grading,
19    excavation, paving, or other alterations of the ground
20    surface;
21        (7) storage of materials, including the placement of
22    gas or liquid storage tanks, and channel modifications or
23    any other activity that might change the direction,
24    height, or velocity of flood or surface waters.
25    "Development" and "developed" do not include resurfacing
26of pavement when there is no increase in elevation;

 

 

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1construction of farm fencing; or gardening, plowing, and
2similar practices that do not involve filling, grading, or
3construction of levees.
4    "Special flood hazard area" means an area having special
5flood, mudflow or flood-related erosion hazards and shown on a
6Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard Boundary Map
7or Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zone A, AO, A1-A-30, AE, A99,
8AH, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, AR/A1-A30, V1-V30, VE or V.
9    "State agencies" means any department, commission, board,
10or agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor, any board,
11commission, agency, or authority which has a majority of its
12members appointed by the Governor, and the Governor's Office.
13    (b) The Department shall ensure that State agencies comply
14with National Flood Insurance Program requirements set forth
15in this Section.
16    (c) All State agencies shall obtain a special flood hazard
17area development permit before undertaking development
18activity on State-owned property that is located in a special
19flood hazard area. The Department shall adopt an
20administrative rule setting forth a State special flood hazard
21area development program to ensure the following via the
22issuance of permits prior to any State agency development
23within a special flood hazard area:
24        (1) Review of all proposed new development in a
25    special flood hazard area to ensure compliance with the
26    standards set forth in the administrative rule.

 

 

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1        (2) Monitoring and inspecting developments currently
2    under construction in a special flood hazard area to
3    ensure compliance with the standards set forth in the
4    administrative rule.
5        (3) Correction, to the extent reasonably practical in
6    the sole determination of the Department, of all previous
7    development in a special flood hazard area found not to be
8    in compliance with the standards set forth in the
9    administrative rule.
10        (4) The standards set forth in the administrative rule
11    shall, at a minimum, be as stringent as the federal
12    regulations adopted by the Federal Emergency Management
13    Agency to implement the National Flood Insurance Act (42
14    U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) that are published in 44 CFR 59
15    through 60.
16    (d) State agencies that administer grants or loans for
17financing a development within a special flood hazard area
18shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that
19participants in their programs are informed of the existence
20and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or
21local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such
22areas.
23    (e) State agencies that are responsible for regulating or
24permitting a development within a special flood hazard area
25shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that
26participants in their programs are informed of the existence

 

 

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1and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or
2local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such
3areas.
4    (f) State agencies that are engaged in planning programs
5or promoting a program for the development shall cooperate
6with the Department to ensure that participants in their
7programs are informed of the existence and location of special
8flood hazard areas and of any State or local floodplain
9requirements in effect in such areas.
10    (g) The Department shall provide available special flood
11hazard area information to assist State agencies in complying
12with the requirements established by this Section. The
13Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
14State agency to outline procedures and processes to review
15proposed development activity on State-owned property located
16in a special flood hazard area. Such a memorandum of
17understanding may allow for alternative approvals for the
18issuance of permits. If the Department enters into a
19memorandum of understanding with a State agency to allow an
20alternative permit process any permits or work completed under
21those alternatives is subject to audit and review by the
22Department.
 
23    (615 ILCS 5/30)  (from Ch. 19, par. 78.1)
24    Sec. 30. The Department of Natural Resources may make such
25reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to

 

 

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1administer this Act.
2    The Department may adopt emergency rules in accordance
3with Sections 5-45 and 5-45.55 of the Illinois Administrative
4Procedure Act. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
5Sections 5-45 and 5-45.55 of the Illinois Administrative
6Procedure Act and this paragraph is deemed to be necessary for
7the public interest, safety, and welfare.
8(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)