Full Text of HR0280 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois' 1.2 million small business owners, and | 3 | | the 2.5 million small business employees, deserve action from | 4 | | every State agency covered under the Business Assistance and | 5 | | Regulatory Reform Act, 20 ILCS 608, regarding the submission | 6 | | of a statutorily mandated 5-year review of their rules, | 7 | | regulations, and processes on small businesses to the Office | 8 | | of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance as indicated | 9 | | under 20 ILCS 608/20; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The only State agencies to submit a report in | 11 | | 2022 were the Capital Development Board, the Department of | 12 | | Central Management Services, the Department of Commerce and | 13 | | Economic Opportunity, the Department of Employment Security, | 14 | | the Department of Human Rights, the Department of Juvenile | 15 | | Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of | 16 | | Revenue, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the | 17 | | Human Rights Commission, the Illinois Environmental Protection | 18 | | Agency, the Illinois Lottery, the Illinois Workers' | 19 | | Compensation Commission, and the Office of the Illinois | 20 | | Attorney General; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, State agencies that did not submit a report in | 22 | | 2022 include the Banking Board of Illinois, the Business | 23 | | Enterprise Council for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities, the Cannabis Commission, the Climate Change | 2 | | Advisory Council, the Commission on Equity and Inclusion, the | 3 | | Elevator Safety Review Board, the Department of Agriculture, | 4 | | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the | 5 | | Department of Innovation and Technology, the Department of | 6 | | Insurance, the Department of Labor, the Department of Natural | 7 | | Resources, the Department of Public Health, the Enterprise | 8 | | Zone Board, the Future of Work Task Force, the Hispanic | 9 | | Employment Plan Advisory Council, the Illinois Finance | 10 | | Authority, the Illinois Gaming Board, the Illinois Institute | 11 | | for Entrepreneurship Education, the Labor Advisory Board, the | 12 | | Labor Relations Board, the Liquor Control Commission, the Main | 13 | | Street Advisory Council, the Pollution Control Board, the | 14 | | Procurement Policy Board, the Property Tax Appeal Board, the | 15 | | Illinois Racing Board, the Illinois State Toll Highway | 16 | | Authority, the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board, the | 17 | | Illinois Works Review Panel, and the Office of Illinois State | 18 | | Treasurer; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, These State agencies should have submitted their | 20 | | small business review reports especially after such an | 21 | | unprecedented event as the COVID-19 pandemic; after the | 22 | | pandemic caused the global economy to falter into a recession, | 23 | | leaving millions unemployed, with thousands never to return to | 24 | | the workforce, and supply chains unrecoverable, COVID-19's | 25 | | impact on small businesses across the State could be felt for |
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| 1 | | generations to come; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Furthermore, it is disappointing that the | 3 | | Pritzker administration has not publicly admonished its | 4 | | departments for not fulfilling their statutory mandates; the | 5 | | last 5-year report to be completed by every affected | 6 | | department was in 2017; while the COVID-19 pandemic was a | 7 | | hindrance on legislative and State activity in 2020, the most | 8 | | recent 5-year report was due in 2022, which was more than | 9 | | enough time for each department to submit a new report; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The effects of government on small business, from | 11 | | the federal government funds through the Coronavirus Aid, | 12 | | Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the American | 13 | | Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the emergency declarations putting | 14 | | curfews on businesses and designating which business were | 15 | | deemed "essential", have all affected State agencies' rules | 16 | | and regulations for small business, leaving the actions of | 17 | | these agencies to be "overtly unreasonable, unduly burdensome, | 18 | | duplicative, or onerous on small businesses" (20 ILCS 608/20 | 19 | | (b)); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Now that the pandemic has ended and the economy | 21 | | has normalized, it is time for these State agencies to adhere | 22 | | to the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act and be in | 23 | | accordance with its goal of the review for each State agency, |
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| 1 | | as listed under 20 ILCS 608/20 (b), to recommend changes that | 2 | | will lessen the reporting and paper work requirements on small | 3 | | businesses while still achieving the intent of the underlying | 4 | | statute, to eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit | 5 | | requirements, to consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit | 6 | | requirements, to simplify overly complex or lengthy | 7 | | application procedures, and to expedite time-consuming agency | 8 | | review and approval procedures; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In the Illinois House of Representatives, Rep. | 10 | | Lance Yednock has filed HB 3017, representing progress in the | 11 | | authority promised to the small business community from the | 12 | | State government that "the provisions of this Act shall not | 13 | | lessen or reduce such powers" of State government, but "shall | 14 | | modify the procedures followed in carrying out such powers" | 15 | | extended in the Act to ensure solidified cooperation between | 16 | | small business and State government; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we implore each of the non-submittal agencies to submit their | 20 | | 5-year small business regulatory review to be in compliance | 21 | | with the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act, 20 | 22 | | ILCS 608; and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That the goal of this resolution is to improve |
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| 1 | | the State's business climate by making it easier for small and | 2 | | mid-size businesses to deal with State requirements for doing | 3 | | business; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker.
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