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Full Text of SB2628  103rd General Assembly

SB2628sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 2/20/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2628

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2628 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5by adding Section 18k as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/18k new)
7    Sec. 18k. National Flood Insurance Program State agency
8requirements.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
11    "Development" and "developed" mean any man-made change to
12real estate, including, but not limited to:
13        (1) demolition, construction, reconstruction, repair,
14    placement of a building, or any structural alteration to a
15    building;
16        (2) substantial improvement of an existing building;

 

 

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1        (3) installation of a manufactured home on a site,
2    preparing a site for a manufactured home, or installing a
3    travel trailer on a site for more than 180 days per year;
4        (4) installation of utilities, construction of roads,
5    bridges, culverts, or similar projects;
6        (5) redevelopment of a site, or clearing of land as an
7    adjunct of construction or construction or erection of
8    levees, dams, walls, or fences;
9        (6) drilling, mining, filling, dredging, grading,
10    excavation, paving, or other alterations of the ground
11    surface;
12        (7) storage of materials, including the placement of
13    gas or liquid storage tanks, and channel modifications or
14    any other activity that might change the direction,
15    height, or velocity of flood or surface waters.
16    "Development" and "developed" do not include resurfacing
17of pavement when there is no increase in elevation;
18construction of farm fencing; or gardening, plowing, and
19similar practices that do not involve filling, grading, or
20construction of levees.
21    "Special flood hazard area" means an area having special
22flood, mudflow or flood-related erosion hazards and shown on a
23Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard Boundary Map
24or Floor Insurance Rate Map as Zone A, AO, A1-A-30, AE, A99,
25AH, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, AR/A1-A30, V1-V30, VE or V.
26    "State agencies" means any department, commission, board,

 

 

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1or agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor, any board,
2commission, agency, or authority which has a majority of its
3members appointed by the Governor, and the Governor's Office.
4    (b) The Department shall ensure that State agencies comply
5with National Flood Insurance Program requirements set forth
6in this Section.
7    (c) All State agencies shall obtain a special flood hazard
8area development permit before undertaking development
9activity on State-owned property that is located in a special
10flood hazard area. The Department shall adopt an
11administrative rule setting forth a State special flood hazard
12area development program to ensure the following via the
13issuance of permits prior to any State agency development
14within a special flood hazard area:
15        (1) Review of all proposed new development in a
16    special flood hazard area to ensure compliance with the
17    standards set forth in the administrative rule.
18        (2) Monitoring and inspecting developments currently
19    under construction in a special flood hazard area to
20    ensure compliance with the standards set forth in the
21    administrative rule.
22        (3) Correction, to the extent reasonably practical in
23    the sole determination of the Department, of all previous
24    development in a special flood hazard area found not to be
25    in compliance with the standards set forth in the
26    administrative rule.

 

 

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1        (4) The standards set forth in the administrative rule
2    shall, at a minimum, be as stringent as the federal
3    regulations adopted by the Federal Emergency Management
4    Agency to implement the National Flood Insurance Act (42
5    U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) that are published in 44 CFR 59
6    through 60.
7    (d) State agencies that administer grants or loans for
8financing a development within a special flood hazard area
9shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that
10participants in their programs are informed of the existence
11and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or
12local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such
13areas.
14    (e) State agencies that are responsible for regulating or
15permitting a development within a special flood hazard area
16shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that
17participants in their programs are informed of the existence
18and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or
19local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such
20areas.
21    (f) State agencies that are engaged in planning programs
22or promoting a program for the development shall cooperate
23with the Department to ensure that participants in their
24programs are informed of the existence and location of special
25flood hazard areas and of any State or local floodplain
26requirements in effect in such areas.

 

 

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1    (g) The Department shall provide available special flood
2hazard area information to assist State agencies in complying
3with the requirements established by this Section. The
4Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
5State agency to outline procedures and processes to review
6proposed development activity on State-owned property located
7in a special flood hazard area. Such a memorandum of
8understanding may allow for alternative approvals for the
9issuance of permits. If the Department enters into a
10memorandum of understanding with a State agency to allow an
11alternative permit process any permits or work completed under
12those alternatives is subject to audit and review by the
13Department.".