Public Act 103-0917

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Public Act 103-0917

Public Act 0917 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 

 
Public Act 103-0917
 
SB2743 EnrolledLRB103 36156 MXP 66248 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Water 
Plan Task Force Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Plan" means the State Water Plan.
    "Task Force" means the State Water Plan Task Force.
 
    Section 10. State Water Plan Task Force.
    (a) There shall be established within State government and 
universities an interagency task force which shall be known as 
the State Water Plan Task Force. The Task Force shall be 
chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the 
Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, 
or their designee, from the following State entities:
        (1) The Office of Resource Conservation of the 
    Department of Natural Resources.
        (2) The Department of Public Health.
        (3) The Environmental Protection Agency.
        (4) The Department of Transportation.
        (5) The Department of Agriculture.
        (6) The Department of Transportation.
        (7) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and 
    Office of Homeland Security.
        (8) The Pollution Control Board
        (9) The Department of Commerce and Economic 
    Opportunity.
        (10) The State Water Survey of the University of 
    Illinois.
        (11) The Water Resource Center of the University of 
    Illinois.
    (b) The Task Force shall coordinate with State agencies 
and universities to develop a concise plan for addressing 
water issues facing the State.
    (c) The Task Force shall:
        (1) identify critical water issues;
        (2) develop recommendations to address critical water 
    topic issues;
        (3) implement recommendations; and
        (4) reevaluate critical water issues and needs.
    (d) The Task Force shall publish a State Water Plan not 
less than every 10 years. The Plan shall include:
        (1) Identification of critical water topics needing 
    specific attention in this State based on stakeholder 
    input sought and provided during the plan development.
        (2) Topic Lead as an individual from the Task Force 
    membership responsible for ensuring the development of the 
    Topic Lead's assigned critical topic section of the Plan.
        (3) Plan development shall include public outreach 
    phases to obtain feedback on the most critical water 
    issues faced by the State and how to address those issues.
        (4) Recommendations related to the identified issues 
    for each critical topic, including, but not limited to:
            (A) New State programs or modification to existing 
        programs.
            (B) New or modified existing policy within a 
        program or agency.
            (C) New or modified legislation.
            (D) Requests for a study or research be completed.
            (E) Proposals or designs of a construction 
        project.
            (F) Funding requests for the above listed 
        recommendations.
        (5) No more than 2 years shall be used to develop a new 
    Plan.
        (6) The Task Force shall develop and maintain a 
    publicly available website or portal that summarizes 
    projects of the Task Force.
    (e) The Task Force shall be responsible for developing 
membership voting and operational rules.
    (f) The Task Force shall meet not less than once per 
quarter each calendar year to:
        (1) Update the status of the Plan recommendations by 
    providing a implementation summary that will be published 
    to the official Task Force website or portal.
        (2) Review, evaluate, and publish an annual report 
    showing the implementation status for each of the Plan's 
    recommendations.
    (g) The Task Force shall have the authority to:
        (1) Create and use subtask forces or committees to 
    identifying critical issues and implementing 
    recommendations related to the Plan.
        (2) Publish special reports specific to critical 
    topics to add clarification and provide additional details 
    of action needed.
        (3) Review and evaluate State laws, rules, 
    regulations, and procedures that relate to water needs in 
    the state.
        (4) Recommend procedures for better coordination among 
    State water-related programs, with local programs and 
    stakeholder groups.
        (5) Recommend and prioritize the State's water related 
    research needs.
        (6) Review, coordinate, and evaluate water data 
    collection, analysis, and public sharing.
        (7) Allow member entities to request annual 
    appropriations to resource necessary staff participation 
    on the Task Force and resource Plan development.