Public Act 099-0789
 
SB2227 EnrolledLRB099 16394 AWJ 40727 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 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 prior to the
effective date of this Act 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
following: (1) The factual information specified in subsection
(b) of Section 4 for the catalog. ; The report may also include
the following: (1) (2) extent to which the enactment of the
mandate was requested, supported, encouraged or opposed by
local governments or their respective organization; (2) (3)
whether the mandate continues to meet a Statewide policy
objective or has achieved the initial policy intent in whole or
in part; (3) (4) amendments if any are required to make the
mandate more effective; (4) (5) whether the mandate should be
retained or rescinded; (5) (6) whether State financial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) (7) any
other information or recommendations which the Department
considers pertinent; and (7) any comments about the mandate
submitted by affected units of government.
    (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 "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. 84-1438.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.