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1 | | AN ACT concerning flood control.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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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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