Bill Text: IL HR0163 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Creates a task force to study local government development standards and processes and their effect on watershed, wetlands, and floodplains.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-04-22 - Resolution Adopted as Amended 115-000-000 [HR0163 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0163-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 163
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | there is created a task force to study local government | ||||||
| 5 | development standards and processes and their effect on | ||||||
| 6 | watershed, wetlands, and floodplains. The task force shall | ||||||
| 7 | consist of the following members: 4 members of the House of | ||||||
| 8 | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, one of | ||||||
| 9 | whom shall be appointed to serve as co-chairperson; 4 members | ||||||
| 10 | of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 11 | Leader of the House, one of whom shall be appointed to serve as | ||||||
| 12 | co-chairperson; and at least one representative appointed by | ||||||
| 13 | the majority of the members of the task force from each of the | ||||||
| 14 | following: a statewide organization representing municipal | ||||||
| 15 | interests, a land conservation entity, and a property | ||||||
| 16 | development entity; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That the goal of the task force is to secure | ||||||
| 18 | improved management practices in local government development | ||||||
| 19 | standards, with a focus on all of the following:
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| 20 | (1) Local government development practices and the | ||||||
| 21 | short-term and long-term impact on lands affected and | ||||||
| 22 | subsequent property owners. | ||||||
| 23 | (2) Topics of mass grading, compensatory storage, | ||||||
| 24 | drainage, runoff, bank stabilization, diversion of flood | ||||||
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| 1 | waters, enormous impacts on pervious surfaces, | ||||||
| 2 | deforestation, and elimination of prairie and wetlands. | ||||||
| 3 | (3) Local government zoning authority practices and | ||||||
| 4 | their interaction with private developers; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Natural Resources shall | ||||||
| 7 | provide administrative support for the task force; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall report its findings and | ||||||
| 10 | recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January 1, | ||||||
| 11 | 2010.
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