COMMITTEES - LEGISLATIVE

DESCRIPTION -

The Legislative Chair is responsible for monitoring legislation introduced at the state and national level and providing summaries of relevant legislation at the Board Meetings.  The Legislative Chair shall help compose letters to our state and congressional representatives to communicate the IAFSM positions on relevant topics.

CURRENT CHAIR -

Kay Whitlock, PE, D.WRE
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
kwitlock@cbbel.com

NEXT MEETING -

EVENTS -

• Upcoming
• Past

  MEMBERS CALL TO ACTION IAFSM opposes Senate Bill 2556 NOTE: This bill has been approved and went effective 7/29/2010. Several state legislators in Illinois are seeking to reduce the State’s protection standards for critical facilities.  To avoid this dangerous path, IAFSM is encouraging our members and floodplain managers to take two steps: Contact your own State Legislator.  Let them know how you feel about protecting vulnerable populations and hazardous waste facilities.  Feel free to send them the letter signed by our IAFSM Board Chair, which can be accessed here. Make sure your local floodplain ordinance includes a definition of critical facilities and the proper regulatory language to ensure critical facilities in your own community are not placed in harm’s way.  The Illinois Sierra Club Floodplain Task Force finds floodplain bill "mind-boggling".  Read their Letter to the Editor of the St. Clair Record here. Find your legislators using this legislator look up tool.

COMMITTEE RESOURCES -

• Web Links
  • Illinois General Assembly: http://www.ilga.gov
  • Find your legislators using this legislator look up tool.
    
    
• Documents