Public Act 100-0242
 
SB2066 EnrolledLRB100 10011 AWJ 20183 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by changing
Section 7 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 2207)
    Sec. 7. Review of existing mandates.
    (a) Beginning with the 2019 catalog and every other year
thereafter, concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to
the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in
subsection (b) of Section 4, the Department shall submit to the
Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on
mandates enacted in the previous 2 years and remaining in
effect at the time of submittal of the report. The Department
may fulfill its responsibilities for compiling the report by
entering into a contract for service.
    Beginning with the 2017 catalog and every 10 years
thereafter, concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to
the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in
subsection (b) of Section 4, the Department shall submit to the
Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on all
effective mandates at the time of submittal of the reports.
    (b) The report shall include for each mandate the factual
information specified in subsection (b) of Section 4 for the
catalog. The report may also include the following: (1) extent
to which the enactment of the mandate was requested, supported,
encouraged or opposed by local governments or their respective
organization; (2) whether the mandate continues to meet a
Statewide policy objective or has achieved the initial policy
intent in whole or in part; (3) amendments if any are required
to make the mandate more effective; (4) whether the mandate
should be retained or rescinded; (5) whether State financial
participation in helping meet the identifiable increased local
costs arising from the mandate should be initiated, and if so,
recommended ratios and phasing-in schedules; and (6) any other
information or recommendations which the Department considers
pertinent; and (7) any comments about the mandate submitted by
affected units of government; and (8) a statewide cost of
compliance estimate.
    (c) The appropriate committee of each house of the General
Assembly shall review the report and shall initiate such
legislation or other action as it deems necessary.
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, the
Secretary of the Senate, the members of the committees required
to review the report under subsection (c) and the Legislative
Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General
Assembly Organization Act "An Act to revise the law in relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as
amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-789, eff. 8-12-16; revised 10-25-16.)