100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2066

 

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Dale A. Righter

 

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's catalog of state mandates shall also include a statewide cost of compliance estimate.


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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 with, or within 3 months subsequent to
10the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in
11subsection (b) of Section 4, the Department shall submit to the
12Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on
13mandates enacted in the previous 2 years and remaining in
14effect at the time of submittal of the report. The Department
15may fulfill its responsibilities for compiling the report by
16entering into a contract for service.
17    Beginning with the 2017 catalog and every 10 years
18thereafter, concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to
19the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in
20subsection (b) of Section 4, the Department shall submit to the
21Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on all
22effective mandates at the time of submittal of the reports.
23    (b) The report shall include for each mandate the factual

 

 

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1information specified in subsection (b) of Section 4 for the
2catalog. The report may also include the following: (1) extent
3to which the enactment of the mandate was requested, supported,
4encouraged or opposed by local governments or their respective
5organization; (2) whether the mandate continues to meet a
6Statewide policy objective or has achieved the initial policy
7intent in whole or in part; (3) amendments if any are required
8to make the mandate more effective; (4) whether the mandate
9should be retained or rescinded; (5) whether State financial
10participation in helping meet the identifiable increased local
11costs arising from the mandate should be initiated, and if so,
12recommended ratios and phasing-in schedules; and (6) any other
13information or recommendations which the Department considers
14pertinent; and (7) any comments about the mandate submitted by
15affected units of government; and (8) a statewide cost of
16compliance estimate.
17    (c) The appropriate committee of each house of the General
18Assembly shall review the report and shall initiate such
19legislation or other action as it deems necessary.
20    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
21be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
22the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
23Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, the
24Secretary of the Senate, the members of the committees required
25to review the report under subsection (c) and the Legislative
26Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General

 

 

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1Assembly Organization Act "An Act to revise the law in relation
2to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as
3amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
4Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
5as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
6Library Act.
7(Source: P.A. 99-789, eff. 8-12-16; revised 10-25-16.)