Rep. Mike Fortner

Filed: 3/23/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5191

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5191, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
6 amended by changing Section 5-30 as follows:
 
7     (5 ILCS 100/5-30)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-30)
8     Sec. 5-30. Regulatory flexibility. When an agency proposes
9 a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule that may have an
10 impact on small businesses, not for profit corporations, or
11 small municipalities, the agency shall do each of the
12 following:
13     (a) The agency shall consider each of the following methods
14 for reducing the impact of the rulemaking on small businesses,
15 not for profit corporations, or small municipalities. The
16 agency shall reduce the impact by utilizing one or more of the

 

 

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1 following methods if it finds that the methods are legal and
2 feasible in meeting the statutory objectives that are the basis
3 of the proposed rulemaking.
4         (1) Establish less stringent compliance or reporting
5     requirements in the rule for small businesses, not for
6     profit corporations, or small municipalities.
7         (2) Establish less stringent schedules or deadlines in
8     the rule for compliance or reporting requirements for small
9     businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
10     municipalities.
11         (3) Consolidate or simplify the rule's compliance or
12     reporting requirements for small businesses, not for
13     profit corporations, or small municipalities.
14         (4) Establish performance standards to replace design
15     or operational standards in the rule for small businesses,
16     not for profit corporations, or small municipalities.
17         (5) Exempt small businesses, not for profit
18     corporations, or small municipalities from any or all
19     requirements of the rule.
20     (b) Before or during the notice period required under
21 subsection (b) of Section 5-40, the agency shall provide an
22 opportunity for small businesses, not for profit corporations,
23 or small municipalities to participate in the rulemaking
24 process. The agency shall utilize one or more of the following
25 techniques. These techniques are in addition to other
26 rulemaking requirements imposed by this Act or by any other

 

 

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1 Act.
2         (1) The inclusion in any advance notice of possible
3     rulemaking of a statement that the rule may have an impact
4     on small businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
5     municipalities.
6         (2) The publication of a notice of rulemaking in
7     publications likely to be obtained by small businesses, not
8     for profit corporations, or small municipalities.
9         (3) The direct notification of interested small
10     businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
11     municipalities.
12         (4) The conduct of public hearings concerning the
13     impact of the rule on small businesses, not for profit
14     corporations, or small municipalities.
15         (5) The use of special hearing or comment procedures to
16     reduce the cost or complexity of participation in the
17     rulemaking by small businesses, not for profit
18     corporations, or small municipalities.
19     (c) Prior to the filing of any proposed rule or amendment
20 that may have an adverse impact on small businesses, each
21 agency must prepare, or must request that the Business
22 Assistance Office of the Department of Commerce and Economic
23 Opportunity prepare and that Office must prepare, an economic
24 impact analysis that includes the following:
25         (1) an identification and estimate of the number of the
26     small businesses subject to the proposed rule or amendment;

 

 

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1         (2) the projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other
2     administrative costs required for compliance with the
3     proposed rule or amendment, including the type of
4     professional skills necessary for preparation of the
5     report or record;
6         (3) a statement of the probable effect on impacted
7     small businesses; and
8         (4) a description of any less intrusive or less costly
9     alternative methods of achieving the purpose of the
10     proposed rule or amendment.
11     Before the notice period required under subsection (b) of
12 Section 5-40, the Secretary of State shall provide to the
13 Business Assistance Office of the Department of Commerce and
14 Economic Opportunity a copy of any proposed rules or amendments
15 accepted for publication. The Business Assistance Office shall
16 prepare an impact analysis of the rule describing the rule's
17 effect on small businesses whenever the Office believes, in its
18 discretion, that an analysis is warranted or whenever requested
19 to do so by 25 interested persons, an association representing
20 at least 100 interested persons, the Governor, a unit of local
21 government, or the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The
22 impact analysis shall be completed before within the notice
23 period as described in subsection (b) of Section 5-40. Upon
24 completion of the analysis the agency Business Assistance
25 Office shall submit this analysis to the Joint Committee on
26 Administrative Rules, any interested person who requested the

 

 

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1 analysis, and, if the agency prepared the analysis, to the
2 Business Assistance Office agency proposing the rule. The
3 impact analysis shall contain the following:
4     This subsection does not apply to (i) rules promulgated in
5 accordance with the emergency rulemaking provisions of this
6 Article and (ii) rules and standards described in paragraphs
7 (1) through (5) of subsection (c) of Section 1-5.
8         (1) A summary of the projected reporting,
9     recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the
10     proposed rule.
11         (2) A description of the types and an estimate of the
12     number of small businesses to which the proposed rule will
13     apply.
14         (3) An estimate of the economic impact that the
15     regulation will have on the various types of small
16     businesses affected by the rulemaking.
17         (4) A description or listing of alternatives to the
18     proposed rule that would minimize the economic impact of
19     the rule. The alternatives must be consistent with the
20     stated objectives of the applicable statutes and
21     regulations.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)".