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90_SB0692
30 ILCS 805/8a new
Amends the State Mandates Act. Provides that before
action in either chamber on legislation that could constitute
final action on that legislation in that chamber, a committee
hearing considering a mandate exemption or exclusion shall be
held on each bill that, as introduced, contains an exemption
or exclusion, and on each amendment, conference committee
report, joint action motion, or amendatory veto motion that
would add an exemption or exclusion. Requires that notice of
the hearing be posted publicly and that the text of the
legislation be made available to the public at least 6 days
before the hearing. Requires that a fiscal note shall be
filed at least 2 days before the hearing identifying the
additional costs imposed by the mandate and whether all or a
part of the additional costs will be funded by a new revenue
source and, if not, then what existing funds now used for
other purposes will need to be used to fund the mandate.
Requires a legislative finding in the language of the
legislation that the mandates exemption or exclusion is
necessary and a statement explaining the reason for exempting
or excluding the legislation from the Act.
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LRB9001211KDks
1 AN ACT to amend the State Mandates Act by adding Section
2 8a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
6 Section 8a as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 805/8a new)
8 Sec. 8a. Procedural requirements; mandate exemptions.
9 Each bill, amendment, conference committee report, joint
10 action motion, and amendatory veto motion that contains an
11 express exclusion or exemption from the applicability of this
12 Act is subject to the following requirements:
13 (1) Before any action by either chamber on
14 legislation that could constitute final action on that
15 legislation in that chamber, a committee hearing
16 considering a mandate exclusion or exemption shall be
17 held on each bill that, as introduced, contains an
18 exclusion or exemption or each amendment, conference
19 committee report, joint action motion, or amendatory veto
20 motion that would add an exclusion or exemption to the
21 legislation. At least 6 days before the committee
22 hearing, notice of the hearing shall be posted publicly
23 and the text of the legislation shall be made available
24 to the public.
25 (2) At least 2 days before consideration of the
26 legislation by the committee, a fiscal note shall be
27 filed. The fiscal note shall identify the additional
28 costs imposed by the mandate and whether all or a part of
29 the additional costs will be funded by a new revenue
30 source and, if not, then what existing funds now used for
31 other purposes will need to be used to fund the mandate.
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1 (3) Each bill that, as introduced, contains a
2 mandate exclusion or exemption and each amendment,
3 conference committee report, joint action motion, and
4 amendatory veto motion that would add a mandate exclusion
5 or exemption shall contain (i) a legislative finding that
6 exemption or exclusion from the Act is necessary and (ii)
7 a statement explaining the reasons for exempting or
8 excluding the legislation from the Act.