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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 5. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform
5Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 608/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Review of rules and regulations; reporting.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9    "Small business" means a corporation or a concern,
10including its affiliates, that is independently owned and
11operated, not dominant in its field, and employs fewer than 50
12full-time employees or has gross annual sales of less than
13$4,000,000. For purposes of a specific rule, an agency may
14define small business to include employment of 50 or more
15persons if it finds that such a definition is necessary to
16adapt the rule to the needs and problems of small businesses
17and organizations.
18    "State agencies" means all officers, boards, commissions,
19and agencies of the executive branch, including all officers,
20departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions,
21authorities, universities, and bodies politic and corporate
22thereof; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of
23the State government which are created by or pursuant to

 

 

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1statute, other than units of local government and their
2officers, school districts and boards of election
3commissioners; all administrative units and corporate
4outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive
5order of the Governor.
6    (b) Each State agency shall scrutinize its rules,
7administrative regulations, and permitting processes as they
8pertain to small businesses in order to identify those rules,
9regulations, and processes that are unreasonable, unduly
10burdensome, duplicative, or onerous to small businesses. The
11goal of this review is for each State agency to:
12        (1) recommend changes that will lessen the reporting
13    and paper work requirements on small businesses while still
14    achieving the intent of the underlying statute;
15        (2) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit
16    requirements;
17        (3) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit
18    requirements;
19        (4) simplify overly complex or lengthy application
20    procedures; and
21        (5) expedite time-consuming agency review and approval
22    procedures.
23    (c) Each State agency must conduct its initial review of
24its rules, regulations, and permitting processes under
25subsection (b) of this Section within one year of the effective
26date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, and

 

 

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1every 5 years thereafter. At the conclusion of each review,
2each State agency must issue a report containing the results
3from its review and any recommendations to the Office of
4Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance, the Governor, and
5the General Assembly.