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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1828
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1828 as follows:
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6 Section 5-1062.1 as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/5-1062.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1062.1)
8 Sec. 5-1062.1. Stormwater management in Cook County.
9 (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management
10 and mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater
11 drainage in Cook County., and This Section applies only to
12 Cook County. In addition, this Section is intended to
13 improve stormwater and floodplain management in Cook County
14 by the following:
15 (1) Setting minimum standards for floodplain and
16 stormwater management.
17 (2) Preparing plans for the management of
18 floodplains and stormwater runoff, including the
19 management of natural and man-made drainage ways.
20 (b) The purpose of this Section shall be achieved by the
21 following:
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1 (1) Creating 6 stormwater management planning
2 councils formed according to the established watersheds
3 of the Chicago Metropolitan Area: North Branch Chicago
4 River, Lower Des Plaines Tributaries, Cal-Sag Channel,
5 Little Calumet River, Poplar Creek, and Upper Salt Creek.
6 In addition a stormwater management planning council
7 shall be established for the combined sewer areas of Cook
8 County. Additional stormwater management planning
9 councils may be formed by the Stormwater Management
10 Planning Committee for other watersheds within Cook
11 County. Membership on the watershed councils shall
12 consist of the chief elected official, or his or her
13 designee, from each municipality and township within the
14 watershed and the Cook County Board President, or his or
15 her designee, if unincorporated area is included in the
16 watershed. A municipality or township shall be a member
17 of more than one watershed council if the corporate
18 boundaries of that municipality, or township entered into
19 more than one watershed, or if the municipality or
20 township is served in part by separate sewers and
21 combined sewers. Subcommittees of the stormwater
22 management planning councils may be established to assist
23 the stormwater management planning councils in preparing
24 and implementing a stormwater management plan. The
25 councils may adopt bylaws to govern the functioning of
26 the stormwater management councils and subcommittees.
27 (2) Creating, by intergovernmental agreement, a
28 county-wide Stormwater Management Planning Committee with
29 its membership consisting of the Chairman of each of the
30 watershed management councils, the Cook County Board
31 President or his designee, and the Northeastern Illinois
32 Planning Commission President or his designee.
33 (3) The principal duties of the watershed planning
34 councils shall be to develop a stormwater management plan
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1 for the watershed area and to recommend the plan for
2 adoption to the units of local government in the
3 watershed area. The councils shall meet at least
4 quarterly and shall hold at least one public hearing
5 during the preparation of the plan. Adoption of the
6 watershed plan shall be by each municipality in the
7 watershed and by vote of the County Board.
8 (4) The principal duty of the county-wide
9 Stormwater Management Committee shall be to coordinate
10 the 6 watershed plans as developed and to coordinate the
11 planning process with the adjoining counties to ensure
12 that recommended stormwater projects will have no
13 significant adverse impact on the levels or flows of
14 stormwater in the inter-county watershed or on the
15 capacity of existing and planned stormwater retention
16 facilities. The committee shall identify in an annual
17 published report steps taken by the committee to
18 coordinate the development of plan recommendations with
19 adjoining counties. The committee shall also publish a
20 coordinated stormwater document of all activity in the
21 Cook County area and agreed upon stormwater planning
22 standards.
23 (5) The stormwater management planning committee
24 shall submit the coordinated watershed plans to the
25 Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural
26 Resources and to the Northeastern Illinois Planning
27 Commission for review and recommendation. The Office and
28 the Commission, in reviewing the plan, shall consider
29 those factors as impact on the level or flows in the
30 rivers and streams and the cumulative effects of
31 stormwater discharges on flood levels. The review
32 comments and recommendations shall be submitted to the
33 watershed councils for consideration.
34 (6) The stormwater management planning committee
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1 may recommend rules and regulations to the watershed
2 councils governing the location, width, course, and
3 release rates of all stormwater runoff channels, streams,
4 and basins in the county.
5 (7) The Northwest Municipal Conference, the South
6 Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, and the West
7 Central Municipal Conference shall be responsible for the
8 coordination of this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 88-649, eff. 9-16-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".