Bill Text: IL HB3433 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Natural Resources shall design, implement, and evaluate not more than 3 demonstration projects that test natural flood risk reduction practices in flood-prone areas of the State, as determined by the Department, with certain requirements. Provides that the Department may require a county to submit to the Department a progress report with certain information. Provides that the Department shall submit to the General Assembly and to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security a report with certain information. Allows the Department to adopt rules.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB3433 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3433-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
| 5 | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-575 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 805/805-575 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 805-575. Flood Risk Reduction Pilot Project. Subject | ||||||
| 9 | to appropriation, the Department of Natural Resources shall | ||||||
| 10 | design, implement, and evaluate not more than 3 demonstration | ||||||
| 11 | projects that test natural flood risk reduction practices in | ||||||
| 12 | flood-prone areas of the State, as determined by the | ||||||
| 13 | Department. These demonstration projects shall provide for | ||||||
| 14 | engineering and design, materials, construction, | ||||||
| 15 | pre-construction and post-construction monitoring, and project | ||||||
| 16 | management. The Department may require a county to submit to | ||||||
| 17 | the Department a progress report summarizing the results to | ||||||
| 18 | date of the demonstration projects by a specified date | ||||||
| 19 | determined by the Department. After completion of the projects | ||||||
| 20 | under this Section, the Department shall submit to the General | ||||||
| 21 | Assembly and to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and | ||||||
| 22 | Office of Homeland Security a report summarizing the results | ||||||
| 23 | of the demonstration projects and recommendations for how | ||||||
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| 1 | existing State policies or funding could be adapted to create | ||||||
| 2 | incentives to protect and restore natural infrastructure and | ||||||
| 3 | reduce floods. The Department may adopt rules implementing | ||||||
| 4 | this Section. | ||||||