Full Text of HR0014 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, During the 96th General Assembly, House | 3 | | Resolution 163 created a task force to study local government | 4 | | development standards and processes and their effect on | 5 | | watersheds, wetlands, and floodplains; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The task force must also study the effect of local | 7 | | government development standards and processes on floodways | 8 | | and all other natural areas, especially those areas with | 9 | | water-related issues; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The goal of the task force is to improve | 11 | | management practices concerning local government development | 12 | | standards, with a focus on all of the following:
| 13 | | (1) local government development practices and the | 14 | | short-term and long-term impact on natural areas, other | 15 | | affected or potentially affected lands, and subsequent | 16 | | property owners; | 17 | | (2) effects and impacts of mass grading, compensatory | 18 | | storage, drainage, runoff, bank stabilization, diversion | 19 | | of flood waters, development practices on pervious | 20 | | surfaces, deforestation, and elimination of prairie and | 21 | | wetlands; | 22 | | (3) local government zoning authority practices and | 23 | | their impact on private developers; |
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| 1 | | (4) local government solicitation of and adherence to | 2 | | recommendations and findings of county, state, and federal | 3 | | agencies that regulate land, water, forest, or any other | 4 | | natural resource; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The task force was required to report its findings | 6 | | and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before | 7 | | January 1, 2010; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The task force needs additional time to complete | 9 | | its work; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | the task force created by House Resolution 163 of the 96th | 13 | | General Assembly shall report its finding and recommendations | 14 | | to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2012; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That with this reporting extension, the task | 17 | | force shall operate pursuant to this resolution and House | 18 | | Resolution 163 of the 96th General Assembly.
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