Full Text of SB2966 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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;
| 14 | | (2) the apparent impact of global climate change on urban | 15 | | flooding;
| 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;
| 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;
| 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;
| 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;
| 9 | | (8) strategies for increasing participation in the | 10 | | National Flood Insurance Program and Community Rating System; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | (9) strategies and practices to increase the availability, | 13 | | affordability and effectiveness of flood insurance and | 14 | | basement back-up insurance.
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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