Full Text of SB3134 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning flood control.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Flood Control Act of 1945 is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 8.5 as follows: | 6 | | (615 ILCS 15/8.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 8.5. Flood Control Commission. | 8 | | (a) The Flood Control Commission is created to study and | 9 | | develop an integrated floodplain management coalition of | 10 | | communities in the Fox River Watershed to serve as an example | 11 | | and catalyst to other watershed communities in the DuPage, | 12 | | Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will County region to jointly leverage | 13 | | community resources and collaborate on flood preparedness, | 14 | | flood protection, flood response, flood recovery, future flood | 15 | | damage reduction, and necessary floodplain management | 16 | | education to mitigate future flooding events, prevent property | 17 | | damage and threats to public health, and save taxpayer money. | 18 | | (b) The Commission shall be chaired by the Director of | 19 | | Natural Resources or his or her designee and consist of the | 20 | | following members: | 21 | | (1) 5 members appointed by the President of the Senate; | 22 | | (2) 5 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 23 | | Senate; |
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| 1 | | (3) 5 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 2 | | Representatives; | 3 | | (4) 5 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 4 | | House of Representatives; | 5 | | (5) one member appointed by the chairman of the county | 6 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board from | 7 | | the DuPage County Stormwater Management Planning | 8 | | Committee; | 9 | | (6) one member appointed by the chairman of the county | 10 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board from | 11 | | the Kane County Stormwater Management Planning Committee; | 12 | | (7) one member appointed by the chairman of the county | 13 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board from | 14 | | the Lake County Stormwater Management Planning Committee; | 15 | | (8) one member appointed by the chairman of the county | 16 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board from | 17 | | the McHenry County Stormwater Management Planning | 18 | | Committee; | 19 | | (9) one member appointed by the county executive of the | 20 | | county board with the advice and consent of the county | 21 | | board from the Will County Stormwater Management Planning | 22 | | Committee; | 23 | | (10) one member appointed by the chairman of the county | 24 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board from | 25 | | a municipality in each of the following counties: (i) | 26 | | DuPage County; (ii) Kane County; (iii) Lake County; and |
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| 1 | | (iv) McHenry County; | 2 | | (11) one member appointed by the county executive with | 3 | | the advice and consent of the county board from a | 4 | | municipality in Will County; | 5 | | (12) the Governor or his or her designee; and | 6 | | (13) the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management | 7 | | Agency or his or her designee. | 8 | | (c) The Commission shall catalog current shortfalls in | 9 | | existing flood control practices in the Fox River Watershed. | 10 | | The Commission shall make suggestions for the improvement of | 11 | | such practices, including, but not limited to, the development | 12 | | of an example integrated floodplain management coalition of | 13 | | communities in the Fox River Watershed. | 14 | | (d) The Commission shall conduct a survey and submit a | 15 | | report of the survey to the General Assembly by December 31, | 16 | | 2019. The report shall include, but is not limited to, the | 17 | | following information: | 18 | | (1) the extent and character of the areas affected; | 19 | | (2) current shortfalls in existing flood control | 20 | | practices in the Fox River Watershed; | 21 | | (3) the basic structure of an integrated floodplain | 22 | | management coalition of communities in the Fox River | 23 | | Watershed to jointly leverage community resources and | 24 | | collaborate on flood preparedness, flood protection, flood | 25 | | response, flood recovery, future flood damage reduction, | 26 | | and necessary floodplain management education; |
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| 1 | | (4) a recommended strategy and schedule for | 2 | | implementing the coalition of communities in the Fox River | 3 | | Watershed; | 4 | | (5) an explanation of how such a coalition could | 5 | | advance future flood damage reduction measures in the | 6 | | watershed; improve flood preparedness, flood protection, | 7 | | flood response, and flood recovery; and advocate necessary | 8 | | floodplain management education in the region; | 9 | | (6) an explanation of how such a coalition could save | 10 | | taxpayer dollars; and | 11 | | (7) a statement of special or local benefit that will | 12 | | accrue to communities participating in the coalition and a | 13 | | statement of general or statewide benefits, with | 14 | | recommendations as to what local cooperation, | 15 | | participation, and cost sharing shall be required, if any, | 16 | | on account of the special or local benefit. | 17 | | The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the | 18 | | Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the | 19 | | Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk | 20 | | and the Secretary shall direct. | 21 | | (e) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning shall | 22 | | provide information to the Commission upon request. | 23 | | (f) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide | 24 | | administrative support to the Commission. | 25 | | (g) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2021.
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