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90_HB0370

      5 ILCS 80/1               from Ch. 127, par. 1901
      5 ILCS 80/2               from Ch. 127, par. 1902
      5 ILCS 80/3               from Ch. 127, par. 1903
      5 ILCS 80/4               from Ch. 127, par. 1904
      5 ILCS 80/5               from Ch. 127, par. 1905
      5 ILCS 80/6               from Ch. 127, par. 1906
      5 ILCS 80/7               from Ch. 127, par. 1907
      5 ILCS 80/4.1 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.2 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.3 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.4 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.4A rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.5 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.6 rep.
      5 ILCS 80/4.8a rep.
      5 ILCS 80/13 rep.
          Amends the Regulatory Agency  Sunset  Act.   Changes  the
      title of the Act to the Regulatory Sunset Act.  Provides that
      the  Act shall provide for the termination or continuation of
      programs as well as regulatory agencies.    Repeals  obsolete
      Sections  that repealed certain regulatory Acts.  Repeals the
      Section that provides that no more than one regulatory agency
      may be continued in any one bill.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Regulatory  Agency  Sunset  Act  by
 2    changing  Sections  1,  2,  3,  4,  5, 6, and 7 and repealing
 3    Sections 4.1 through 4.8a and 13.
 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section  5.   The Regulatory Agency Sunset Act is amended
 7    by changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 as follows:
 8        (5 ILCS 80/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1901)
 9        Sec. 1.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as  the
10    "Regulatory Agency Sunset Act".
11    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
12        (5 ILCS 80/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 1902)
13        Sec. 2. Findings and intent.
14        (a)  The  General  Assembly  finds  that State government
15    actions have produced a substantial increase  in  numbers  of
16    agencies,  growth  of programs and proliferation of rules and
17    regulations and that  the  whole  process  developed  without
18    sufficient  legislative  oversight, regulatory accountability
19    or a system of checks and  balances.   The  General  Assembly
20    further   finds   that  by  establishing  a  system  for  the
21    termination or continuation of such agencies and programs, it
22    will be in a better position to evaluate  the  need  for  the
23    continued existence of present and future regulatory bodies.
24        (b)  It is the intent of the General Assembly:
25             (1)  That   no   profession,  occupation,  business,
26        industry  or  trade  shall  be  subject  to  the  State's
27        regulatory power unless the exercise  of  such  power  is
28        necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare
29        from  significant  and  discernible  harm or damage.  The
30        exercise of the State's police power shall be  done  only
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 1        to the extent necessary for that purpose.
 2             (2)  That the State shall not regulate a profession,
 3        occupation, industry, business or trade in a manner which
 4        will  unreasonably  and  adversely affect the competitive
 5        market.
 6             (3)  To provide systematic legislative review of the
 7        need for, and public benefits derived from, a program  or
 8        function  that  which licenses or otherwise regulates the
 9        initial entry into a  profession,  occupation,  business,
10        industry  or  trade by a periodic review and termination,
11        modification, or continuation of those such programs  and
12        functions.
13    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
14        (5 ILCS 80/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 1903)
15        Sec.  3.   Definitions.   As used in this Act, unless the
16    context clearly requires otherwise:,
17        "Regulatory agency" or "agency" means  any  arm,  branch,
18    department,   board,   committee   or   commission  of  State
19    government that licenses, supervises, exercises control over,
20    or issues rules regarding, or otherwise regulates any  trade,
21    occupation, business, industry or profession.
22        "Program" means a system to license or otherwise regulate
23    the  initial  entry  into a profession, occupation, business,
24    industry, or trade by  a  periodic  review  and  termination,
25    modification,  or continuation of the profession, occupation,
26    business, industry, or trade.
27    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
28        (5 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904)
29        Sec. 4. Repealers.   Each  Act  listed  in  the  Sections
30    following this Section and preceding Section 5 is repealed on
31    the  date  indicated,  unless  prior to that date the General
32    Assembly enacts legislation providing for the continuation of
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 1    the agency or program affected by the repealer.
 2    (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 3        (5 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1905)
 4        Sec. 5.  Study and report.   The  Bureau  of  the  Budget
 5    shall  study  the  performance  of each regulatory agency and
 6    program scheduled for termination under this Act  and  report
 7    annually to the Governor the results of such study, including
 8    in  the report recommendations with respect to those agencies
 9    and programs the Bureau of the Budget  determines  should  be
10    terminated  or  continued  by  the State.  The Governor shall
11    review the report of the Bureau of the  Budget  and  in  each
12    even-numbered   year  make  recommendations  to  the  General
13    Assembly on the termination  or  continuation  of  regulatory
14    agencies  and programs.  The Governor's recommendations shall
15    be made a part of the State budget submitted to  the  General
16    Assembly in even-numbered years.
17    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
18        (5 ILCS 80/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1906)
19        Sec.  6.  Factors to be studied.  In conducting the study
20    required under Section 5, the  Bureau  of  the  Budget  shall
21    consider,  but  is  not  limited  to  consideration  of,  the
22    following factors in determining whether an agency or program
23    should be recommended for termination or continuation:
24             (1)  The  extent  to which the agency or program has
25        permitted qualified applicants to serve the public;
26             (2)  The  extent  to  which  the  trade,   business,
27        profession,  occupation  or  industry  being regulated is
28        being administered in a nondiscriminatory manner both  in
29        terms of employment and the rendering of services;
30             (3)  The  extent  to  which the regulatory agency or
31        program has operated in  the  public  interest,  and  the
32        extent  to  which  its  operation  has  been  impeded  or
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 1        enhanced  by existing statutes, procedures, and practices
 2        of any other department  of  State  government,  and  any
 3        other  circumstances,  including budgetary, resource, and
 4        personnel matters;
 5             (4)  The extent to  which  the  agency  running  the
 6        program  has recommended statutory changes to the General
 7        Assembly that which would benefit the public  as  opposed
 8        to the persons it regulates;
 9             (5)  The  extent  to which the agency or program has
10        required  the  persons  it  regulates  to  report  to  it
11        concerning the impact  of  rules  and  decisions  of  the
12        agency  or  the  impact  of  the  program  on  the public
13        regarding  improved  service,  economy  of  service,  and
14        availability of service;
15             (6)  The extent to which persons  regulated  by  the
16        agency  or under the program have been required to assess
17        problems in their industry that which affect the public;
18             (7)  The extent to which the agency or  program  has
19        encouraged  participation  by  the  public  in making its
20        rules and decisions as opposed to participation solely by
21        the persons it regulates and the  extent  to  which  such
22        rules   and   decisions  are  consistent  with  statutory
23        authority;
24             (8)  The  efficiency  with   which   formal   public
25        complaints  filed with the regulatory agency or under the
26        program concerning persons  subject  to  regulation  have
27        been  processed  to completion, by the executive director
28        of the regulatory agencies or programs, by  the  Attorney
29        General  and  by any other applicable department of State
30        government; and
31             (9)  The extent to which changes  are  necessary  in
32        the  enabling laws of the agency or program to adequately
33        comply with the factors listed in this Section.
34    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
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 1        (5 ILCS 80/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 1907)
 2        Sec. 7. Additional criteria.  In determining  whether  to
 3    recommend  to  the  General  Assembly  under  Section  5  the
 4    continuation  of  a  regulatory  agency  or  program  or  any
 5    function  thereof,  the  Governor  shall  also  consider  the
 6    following criteria:
 7        (1)  whether    the    absence    of   regulation   would
 8    significantly harm or endanger the public health,  safety  or
 9    welfare;
10        (2)  whether  there  is a reasonable relationship between
11    the exercise of the State's police power and  the  protection
12    of the public health, safety or welfare;
13        (3)  whether  there is another less restrictive method of
14    regulation  available  which  could  adequately  protect  the
15    public;
16        (4)  whether the regulation has the effect of directly or
17    indirectly increasing the costs  of  any  goods  or  services
18    involved, and if so, to what degree;
19        (5)  whether  the increase in cost is more harmful to the
20    public than the harm which could result from the  absence  of
21    regulation; and
22        (6)  whether  all  facets  of  the regulatory process are
23    designed solely for the purpose of, and have as their primary
24    affect, the protection of the public.
25    (Source: P.A. 81-999.)
26        (5 ILCS 80/4.1 rep.)
27        (5 ILCS 80/4.2 rep.)
28        (5 ILCS 80/4.3 rep.)
29        (5 ILCS 80/4.4 rep.)
30        (5 ILCS 80/4.4A rep.)
31        (5 ILCS 80/4.5 rep.)
32        (5 ILCS 80/4.6 rep.)
33        (5 ILCS 80/4.8a rep.)
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 1        (5 ILCS 80/13 rep.)
 2        Section 10.  The Regulatory Agency Sunset Act is  amended
 3    by  repealing  Sections  4.1,  4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4A, 4.5, 4.6,
 4    4.8a, and 13.

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