Public Act 93-0313

HB1250 Enrolled                      LRB093 07687 AMC 07869 b

    AN ACT relating to facility planning areas.

    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
Facility Planning Area Rules Act.

    Section 5.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
    "Facility planning area" means  an  area  as  defined  in
paragraph 2.33 of the Illinois Water Quality Management Plan.
    "Resource  protection  plan"  is  any  plan  adopted by a
public agency that includes goals, policies, strategies,  and
procedures   for  preserving  key  farmland,  natural  areas,
cultural resources, or aquatic resources.

    Section 10.  Rules. Within one year of the  enactment  of
this  Act, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall
propose rules related to facilities planning that  take  into
account  the findings and recommendations of (1) its Facility
Planning Area  Stakeholder  Group  and  (2)  studies  of  the
facilities  planning  area  program, including those findings
and recommendations related  to:  nonpoint  source  pollution
management,   construction   site   runoff,   urban   runoff,
consistency  with  antidegradation  regulations, alternatives
analysis,  interagency  coordination,   alternative   dispute
resolution,  and consistency with local, county, and regional
land use plans and resource protection plans.

    Section 90.  Repealer.  This Act is repealed  on  January
1, 2007.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.