SJR 60

Abstract

Directs the Department of Natural Resources to maintain existing regulations in Part 3700 of Title 17 of the Illinois Administrative Code that preserve the Department's authority to regulate levees to protective standards. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to conduct a study of the State's floodplains and determine meaningful trends in how floodplain use impacts public safety, marginalized and poor communities, farm economics, fish and wildlife populations, natural resources, and water quality and to make recommendations to the General Assembly as to how Illinois can better integrate floodplain programs to promote development and restoration activities that protect public safety, especially for our most vulnerable citizens, enhance the quality of the natural environment of Illinois, and support flood-compatible economies.