Bill Text: IL SB2743 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Creates the Water Plan Task Force Act. Establishes the State Water Plan Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, or their designee, from various other State entities. Requires the Task Force to identify critical water issues, to develop and implement recommendations that address the critical water issues, and to reevaluate critical water issues and needs. Requires the Task Force to publish a State Water Plan not less than every 10 years. Provides that the Task Force shall develop and maintain a publicly available website or portal that summarizes projects of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than once per quarter each calendar year. Enumerates the authority granted to the Task Force.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0917 [SB2743 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2743-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Water
Plan Task Force Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Plan" means the State Water Plan.
"Task Force" means the State Water Plan Task Force.
Section 10. State Water Plan Task Force.
(a) There shall be established within State government and
universities an interagency task force which shall be known as
the State Water Plan Task Force. The Task Force shall be
chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the
Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors,
or their designee, from the following State entities:
(1) The Office of Resource Conservation of the
Department of Natural Resources.
(2) The Department of Public Health.
(3) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(4) The Department of Transportation.
(5) The Department of Agriculture.
(6) The Department of Transportation.

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(7) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
Office of Homeland Security.
(8) The Pollution Control Board
(9) The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
(10) The State Water Survey of the University of
Illinois.
(11) The Water Resource Center of the University of
Illinois.
(b) The Task Force shall coordinate with State agencies
and universities to develop a concise plan for addressing
water issues facing the State.
(c) The Task Force shall:
(1) identify critical water issues;
(2) develop recommendations to address critical water
topic issues;
(3) implement recommendations; and
(4) reevaluate critical water issues and needs.
(d) The Task Force shall publish a State Water Plan not
less than every 10 years. The Plan shall include:
(1) Identification of critical water topics needing
specific attention in this State based on stakeholder
input sought and provided during the plan development.
(2) Topic Lead as an individual from the Task Force
membership responsible for ensuring the development of the
Topic Lead's assigned critical topic section of the Plan.

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(3) Plan development shall include public outreach
phases to obtain feedback on the most critical water
issues faced by the State and how to address those issues.
(4) Recommendations related to the identified issues
for each critical topic, including, but not limited to:
(A) New State programs or modification to existing
programs.
(B) New or modified existing policy within a
program or agency.
(C) New or modified legislation.
(D) Requests for a study or research be completed.
(E) Proposals or designs of a construction
project.
(F) Funding requests for the above listed
recommendations.
(5) No more than 2 years shall be used to develop a new
Plan.
(6) The Task Force shall develop and maintain a
publicly available website or portal that summarizes
projects of the Task Force.
(e) The Task Force shall be responsible for developing
membership voting and operational rules.
(f) The Task Force shall meet not less than once per
quarter each calendar year to:
(1) Update the status of the Plan recommendations by
providing a implementation summary that will be published

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