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90_SB1120eng

      55 ILCS 5/5-1062.2 new
          Amends the Counties Code.  Allows the county board  of  a
      county  served  by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
      to authorize a 9-member stormwater  management  committee  to
      develop,  implement,  and administer an urban stormwater plan
      for watersheds in the county.  Allows the committee to  enter
      into  contracts and retain personnel.  Requires the committee
      to submit the stormwater management plan to the Department of
      Natural Resources for review and non-binding recommendations.
      Requires the committee to hold at least one public hearing on
      the preliminary plan  in  each  affected  watershed  and  the
      county  seat.  Allows the county board to establish rates and
      charges for furnishing services.  States that service  charge
      fees  shall not be collected until the question of whether to
      collect the fees has  been  submitted  to  the  electors  and
      approved  by  a majority of the voters.  Allows the county to
      issue revenue bonds.  Preempts home rule powers.
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SB1120 Engrossed                               LRB9003548DNmb
 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Counties  Code  by  adding  Section
 2    5-1062.2.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended  by  adding
 6    Section 5-1062.2 as follows:
 7        (55 ILCS 5/5-1062.2 new)
 8        Sec.   5-1062.2.  Stormwater   management;   southwestern
 9    Illinois.

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