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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 608/20 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 20. Review of rules and regulations; reporting. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Small business" means a corporation or a concern, | ||||||
10 | including its affiliates, that is independently owned and | ||||||
11 | operated, not dominant in its field, and employs fewer than 50 | ||||||
12 | full-time employees or has gross annual sales of less than | ||||||
13 | $4,000,000. For purposes of a specific rule, an agency may | ||||||
14 | define small business to include employment of 50 or more | ||||||
15 | persons if it finds that such a definition is necessary to | ||||||
16 | adapt the rule to the needs and problems of small businesses | ||||||
17 | and organizations. | ||||||
18 | "State agencies" means all officers, boards, commissions, | ||||||
19 | and agencies of the executive branch, including all officers, | ||||||
20 | departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, | ||||||
21 | authorities, universities, and bodies politic and corporate | ||||||
22 | thereof; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of | ||||||
23 | the State government which are created by or pursuant to |
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1 | statute, other than units of local government and their | ||||||
2 | officers, school districts and boards of election | ||||||
3 | commissioners; all administrative units and corporate | ||||||
4 | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | ||||||
5 | order of the Governor. | ||||||
6 | (b) Each State agency shall scrutinize its rules, | ||||||
7 | administrative regulations, and permitting processes as they | ||||||
8 | pertain to small businesses in order to identify those rules, | ||||||
9 | regulations, and processes that are unreasonable, unduly | ||||||
10 | burdensome, duplicative, or onerous to small businesses. The | ||||||
11 | goal of this review is for each State agency to: | ||||||
12 | (1) recommend changes that will lessen the reporting | ||||||
13 | and paper work requirements on small businesses while still | ||||||
14 | achieving the intent of the underlying statute; | ||||||
15 | (2) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit | ||||||
16 | requirements; | ||||||
17 | (3) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit | ||||||
18 | requirements; | ||||||
19 | (4) simplify overly complex or lengthy application | ||||||
20 | procedures; and | ||||||
21 | (5) expedite time-consuming agency review and approval | ||||||
22 | procedures. | ||||||
23 | (c) Each State agency must conduct its initial review of | ||||||
24 | its rules, regulations, and permitting processes under | ||||||
25 | subsection (b) of this Section within one year of the effective | ||||||
26 | date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, and |
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1 | every 5 years thereafter. At the conclusion of each review, | ||||||
2 | each State agency must issue a report containing the results | ||||||
3 | from its review and any recommendations to the Office of | ||||||
4 | Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance, the Governor, and | ||||||
5 | the General Assembly.
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