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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-1062.1 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1062.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1062.1)
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| Sec. 5-1062.1. Stormwater management planning councils in |
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| Cook County.
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| (a) Stormwater management in Cook County shall be conducted |
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| as provided in Section 7h of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation |
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| District Act. As used in this Section, "District" means the |
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| Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
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| The purpose of this Section is to create planning councils, |
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| organized by watershed, to contribute to the stormwater |
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| management process by advising the Metropolitan Water |
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| Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and representing the |
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| needs and interests of the members of the public and the local |
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| governments included within their respective watersheds.
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| (b) Stormwater management planning councils shall be |
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| formed for each of the following
established watersheds of the |
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| Chicago Metropolitan Area: North Branch
Chicago River, Lower |
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| Des Plaines Tributaries, Cal-Sag Channel, Little Calumet
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| River, Poplar Creek, and Upper Salt Creek. In addition a |
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| stormwater management
planning council shall be established |
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| for the combined sewer areas of Cook
County. Additional |
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| stormwater management planning councils may be formed by
the |
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| District for other watersheds within Cook
County. Membership on |
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| the watershed councils shall consist of the chief
elected |
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| official, or his or her designee, from each
municipality and |
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| township within the watershed and the Cook County Board
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| President, or his or her designee, if unincorporated area is |
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| included in the
watershed. A municipality or township shall be |