96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1495

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 692/10

    Amends the Small Business Advisory Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the small business advisory web pages site.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Small Business Advisory Act is amended by
5 changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 692/10)
7     Sec. 10. Small business advisory web pages site.
8     (a) Within 6 months after the the effective date of this
9 Act, each Agency must create and make available on the World
10 Wide Web a small business advisory page.
11     (b) Each agency that (i) has adopted or is preparing to
12 adopt any rule affecting small businesses or (ii) is designated
13 to administer legislation affecting small businesses that has
14 become law must prepare and post on its small business advisory
15 page a plain language explanation of the rule or legislation.
16 The explanation must indicate the effective date of the rule or
17 legislation. The explanation must remain posted for a minimum
18 of 6 months after the effective date of the rule or
19 legislation. Agencies shall consult with the Department and
20 small businesses in developing uniform web page standards.
21     If a rule has been proposed but not adopted, an explanation
22 of the rule must be posted as soon as possible in order to
23 allow input and comment from affected small businesses. The

 

 

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1 State agency must, in addition to posting a plain language
2 explanation of the rule, post notice of the time, date, and
3 place of any public hearings, together with the names,
4 addresses, and telephone numbers of the agency rulemaking
5 contact; what must be done by members of the public who wish to
6 provide testimony on the rulemaking; and the names and
7 Springfield and district office addresses and telephone
8 numbers of the members of the Joint Committee.
9     (c) When each agency updates its small business advisory
10 web page, it shall notify the Department. The Department,
11 through its First Stop Business Information Center, shall serve
12 as a central clearinghouse notifying the small business
13 community of each agency's rulemakings and changes in
14 requirements. Furthermore, the Department shall seek input
15 from the small business community on the changes and inform the
16 appropriate agency and where applicable, the Joint Committee,
17 of the input.
18     The Department, as a part of its clearinghouse function,
19 shall maintain a central small business advisory web page that
20 shall serve as a coordinated point of access to all agencies'
21 business advisory web pages.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-318, eff. 1-1-04.)