Rep. David S. Olsen

Filed: 2/27/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 301

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 301 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/5-40)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-40)
7    Sec. 5-40. General rulemaking.
8    (a) In all rulemaking to which Sections 5-45 and 5-50 do
9not apply, each agency shall comply with this Section.
10    (b) Each agency shall give at least 45 days' notice of its
11intended action to the general public. This first notice period
12shall commence on the first day the notice appears in the
13Illinois Register. The first notice shall include all the
14following:
15        (1) The text of the proposed rule, the old and new
16    materials of a proposed amendment, or the text of the

 

 

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1    provision to be repealed.
2        (2) The specific statutory citation upon which the
3    proposed rule, the proposed amendment to a rule, or the
4    proposed repeal of a rule is based and by which it is
5    authorized.
6        (3) A complete description of the subjects and issues
7    involved.
8        (3.5) A descriptive title or other description of any
9    published study or research report used in developing the
10    rule, the identity of the person who performed such study,
11    and a description of where the public may obtain a copy of
12    any such study or research report. If the study was
13    performed by an agency or by a person or entity that
14    contracted with the agency for the performance of the
15    study, the agency shall also make copies of the underlying
16    data available to members of the public upon request if the
17    data are not protected from disclosure under the Freedom of
18    Information Act.
19        (4) For all proposed rules and proposed amendments to
20    rules, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis
21    containing a description of the types of small businesses
22    subject to the rule; a brief description of the proposed
23    reporting, bookkeeping, and other procedures required for
24    compliance with the rule; and a description of the types of
25    professional skills necessary for compliance.
26        (5) The time, place, and manner in which interested

 

 

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1    persons may present their views and comments concerning the
2    proposed rulemaking.
3    During the first notice period, the agency shall accept
4from any interested persons data, views, arguments, or
5comments. These may, in the discretion of the agency, be
6submitted either orally or in writing or both. The notice
7published in the Illinois Register shall indicate the manner
8selected by the agency for the submissions. The agency shall
9consider all submissions received.
10    The agency shall hold a public hearing on the proposed
11rulemaking during the first notice period if (i) during the
12first notice period, the agency finds that a public hearing
13would facilitate the submission of views and comments that
14might not otherwise be submitted or (ii) the agency receives a
15request for a public hearing, within the first 14 days after
16publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking in the
17Illinois Register, from 25 interested persons, an association
18representing at least 100 interested persons, the Governor, the
19Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or a unit of local
20government that may be affected. If an agency finds that a
21public hearing would facilitate the submission of views and
22comments that might not otherwise be submitted, and decides to
23hold a public hearing, the agency shall, in addition to the
24required publication in the Illinois Register, post a link to
25the information required under paragraphs (1) through (5) of
26this subsection (b) on its Internet website. If an agency

 

 

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1decides not to initiate a public hearing, it shall post the
2requirements to request a public hearing under this subsection
3(b) on its Internet website, as well as a link to the
4information required under paragraphs (1) through (5) of this
5subsection (b). At the public hearing, the agency shall allow
6interested persons to present views and comments on the
7proposed rulemaking. A public hearing in response to a request
8for a hearing may not be held less than 20 days after the
9publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking in the
10Illinois Register unless notice of the public hearing is
11included in the notice of proposed rulemaking. A public hearing
12on proposed rulemaking may not be held less than 5 days before
13submission of the notice required under subsection (c) of this
14Section to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Each
15agency may prescribe reasonable rules for the conduct of public
16hearings on proposed rulemaking to prevent undue repetition at
17the hearings. The hearings must be open to the public and
18recorded by stenographic or mechanical means. At least one
19agency representative shall be present during the hearing who
20is qualified to respond to general questions from the public
21regarding the agency's proposal and the rulemaking process.
22    (c) Each agency shall provide additional notice of the
23proposed rulemaking to the Joint Committee on Administrative
24Rules. The period commencing on the day written notice is
25received by the Joint Committee shall be known as the second
26notice period and shall expire 45 days thereafter unless before

 

 

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1that time the agency and the Joint Committee have agreed to
2extend the second notice period beyond 45 days for a period not
3to exceed an additional 45 days or unless the agency has
4received a statement of objection from the Joint Committee or
5notification from the Joint Committee that no objection will be
6issued. The written notice to the Joint Committee shall include
7(i) the text and location of any changes made to the proposed
8rulemaking during the first notice period in a form prescribed
9by the Joint Committee; (ii) for all proposed rules and
10proposed amendments to rules, a final regulatory flexibility
11analysis containing a summary of issues raised by small
12businesses during the first notice period and a description of
13actions taken on any alternatives to the proposed rule
14suggested by small businesses during the first notice period,
15including reasons for rejecting any alternatives not utilized;
16and (iii) if a written request has been made by the Joint
17Committee within 30 days after initial notice appears in the
18Illinois Register under subsection (b) of this Section, an
19analysis of the economic and budgetary effects of the proposed
20rulemaking. After commencement of the second notice period, no
21substantive change may be made to a proposed rulemaking unless
22it is made in response to an objection or suggestion of the
23Joint Committee. The agency shall also send a copy of the final
24regulatory flexibility analysis to each small business that has
25presented views or comments on the proposed rulemaking during
26the first notice period and to any other interested person who

 

 

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1requests a copy. The agency may charge a reasonable fee for
2providing the copies to cover postage and handling costs.
3    (d) After the expiration of the second notice period, after
4notification from the Joint Committee that no objection will be
5issued, or after a response by the agency to a statement of
6objections issued by the Joint Committee, whichever is
7applicable, the agency shall file, under Section 5-65, a
8certified copy of each rule, modification, or repeal of any
9rule adopted by it. The copy shall be published in the Illinois
10Register. Each rule hereafter adopted under this Section is
11effective upon filing unless a later effective date is required
12by statute or is specified in the rulemaking.
13    (e) No rule or modification or repeal of any rule may be
14adopted, or filed with the Secretary of State, more than one
15year after the date the first notice period for the rulemaking
16under subsection (b) commenced. Any period during which the
17rulemaking is prohibited from being filed under Section 5-115
18shall not be considered in calculating this one-year time
19period.
20(Source: P.A. 92-330, eff. 1-1-02.)".