98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1442

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Business Mandate Note Act. Provides that every bill and proposed rule the purpose or effect of which is to directly increase the cost of doing business in the State shall have prepared for it a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of certain anticipated impacts. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall prepare the business mandate note. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Business Mandate Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Agency" has the meaning established in Section 1-20 of the
8Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
9    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
10Opportunity.
11    "Rule" has the meaning established in Section 1-70 of the
12Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
 
13    Section 10. Applicability.
14    (a) Every bill, except those making a direct appropriation,
15the purpose or effect of which is to directly increase the cost
16of doing business in the State shall have prepared for it,
17before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief
18explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable
19estimate of the anticipated impact.
20    (b) Every proposed rule of an agency, the purpose or effect
21of which is to directly increase the cost of doing business in
22the State shall have prepared for it, before approval by the

 

 

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1Joint Committee on Administrative Rules pursuant to the
2Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, a brief explanatory
3statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the
4anticipated impact.
5    (c) These statements or notes shall be known as business
6mandate notes.
 
7    Section 15. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill, or the
8agency proposing a rule, to which Section 10 applies, shall
9present a copy of the bill or proposed rule, with the request
10for a business mandate note, to the Department. The business
11mandate note shall be prepared by the Department and submitted
12to the sponsor of the bill or the agency within 5 calendar
13days, except that whenever, because of the complexity of the
14measure, additional time is required for the preparation of the
15business mandate note, the Department may inform the sponsor of
16the bill or the agency, and the sponsor or agency may approve
17an extension of the time within which the note is to be
18submitted, not to extend, however, beyond June 15, following
19the date of the request. The Department may seek assistance
20from a statewide organization representing the business
21community in the preparation of a business mandate note. If, in
22the opinion of the Department, there is insufficient
23information to prepare a reliable estimate of the anticipated
24impact, a statement to that effect can be filed and shall meet
25the requirements of this Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Vote on necessity of business mandate note.
2Whenever the sponsor of a bill is of the opinion that no
3business mandate note is required, any member of either house
4may request that a note be obtained, and in that case the
5applicability of this Act shall be decided by a majority of
6those present and voting in the house of which the sponsor is a
7member.
 
8    Section 25. Requisites and contents. The note shall be
9factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall
10provide a reliable estimate in dollars and, in addition, it
11shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or
12reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure.
13If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no
14dollar estimate is possible, the note shall contain a statement
15to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no dollar
16estimate can be given. A brief summary or work sheet of
17computations used in arriving at business mandate note figures
18shall be included.
 
19    Section 30. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical
20defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the
21business mandate note with regard to the merits of the measure
22for which the business mandate note is prepared; however,
23technical or mechanical defects may be noted.
 

 

 

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1    Section 35. Appearance of State officials and employees in
2support or opposition of measure. The fact that a business
3mandate note is prepared for a bill or proposed rule shall not
4preclude or restrict the appearance before a committee of the
5General Assembly, or before the Joint Committee on
6Administrative Rules, of any official or authorized employee of
7the Department who desires to be heard in support of or in
8opposition to the measure.
 
9    Section 40. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of
10fiscal effect of proposed amendment. Whenever a committee of
11either house reports a bill with an amendment that will
12substantially affect the figures stated in the business mandate
13note attached to the measure at the time of its referral to the
14committee, there shall be included with the report of the
15committee a statement of the effect of the change proposed by
16the amendment reported if desired by a majority of the
17committee. Whenever a bill is amended on the floor of either
18house to substantially affect the figures as stated in the
19business mandate note attached to the bill before the
20amendment, a majority of the members of that house may propose
21that no action shall be taken on the amendment until the
22sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a statement of
23the business impact of the proposed amendment.
 

 

 

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1    Section 50. Relation to Illinois Administrative Procedure
2Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to conflict with
3the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.