99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2227

 

Introduced 1/13/2016, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 805/7  from Ch. 85, par. 2207

    Amends the State Mandates Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall submit a bi-yearly review and report on mandates (beginning in 2019) detailing the nature and scope of each existing State mandate enacted the previous two years and another review and report every 10 years (beginning in 2017) on all effective mandates. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by changing
5Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 805/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 2207)
7    Sec. 7. Review of Existing Mandates.
8    (a) Beginning with the 2019 catalog and every other year
9thereafter, concurrently Concurrently with, or within 3 months
10subsequent to the publication of a catalog of State mandates as
11prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 4 the Department shall
12submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a review and
13report on mandates enacted in the previous two years prior to
14the effective date of this Act and remaining in effect at the
15time of submittal of the report.
16    Beginning with the 2017 catalog and every 10 years
17thereafter, concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to
18the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in
19subsection (b) of Section 4 the Department shall submit to the
20Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on all
21effective mandates at the time of submittal of the reports.
22    (b) The report shall include for each mandate the
23following: (1) The factual information specified in subsection

 

 

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1(b) of Section 4 for the catalog; (2) extent to which the
2enactment of the mandate was requested, supported, encouraged
3or opposed by local governments or their respective
4organization; (3) whether the mandate continues to meet a
5Statewide policy objective or has achieved the initial policy
6intent in whole or in part; (4) amendments if any are required
7to make the mandate more effective; (5) whether the mandate
8should be retained or rescinded; (6) whether State financial
9participation in helping meet the identifiable increased local
10costs arising from the mandate should be initiated, and if so,
11recommended ratios and phasing-in schedules; and (7) any other
12information or recommendations which the Department considers
13pertinent.
14    (c) The appropriate committee of each house of the General
15Assembly shall review the report and shall initiate such
16legislation or other action as it deems necessary.
17    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
18be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
19the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
20Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, the
21Secretary of the Senate, the members of the committees required
22to review the report under subsection (c) and the Legislative
23Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise
24the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February
2525, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with
26the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General

 

 

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1Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the
2State Library Act.
3(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.