101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5029

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Avery Bourne, Daniel Swanson, Tony McCombie, Norine K. Hammond, Michael T. Marron, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Downstate Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill, the purpose or effect of which is to have an impact upon downstate Illinois, shall have prepared for it prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory statement or note on the anticipated impact on downstate Illinois, which shall be known as a Downstate Impact Note. Provides requirements for the preparation and contents of Downstate Impact Notes. Provides that the fact that a Downstate Impact Note is prepared for any bill shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of the General Assembly of any official or authorized employee of any State board, commission, department, agency, or other entity who desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the bill. Provides confidentiality requirements concerning the subject matter of bills submitted for Note preparation. Defines "downstate Illinois". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning 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
5Downstate Impact Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Downstate Illinois" means all counties in this State other
8than the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake,
9McHenry, and Will.
 
10    Section 10. Applicability. Every bill, the purpose or
11effect of which is to have an impact, either positive or
12negative, upon downstate Illinois, shall have prepared for it
13prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief
14explanatory statement or note on the anticipated impact on
15downstate Illinois. These statements shall be known as
16Downstate Impact Notes.
 
17    Section 15. Preparation of the Note.
18    (a) Upon the request of the sponsor of a bill described in
19Section 10, the Office of Community Development of the
20Department Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall prepare a
21written Note setting forth the information required by Section

 

 

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110. The Note shall be designated a Downstate Impact Note and
2shall be furnished to the sponsor within 10 calendar days after
3the request. If, because of the complexity of the bill,
4additional time is required for the preparation of the Note,
5the Department may so notify the sponsor and request an
6extension of time not to exceed 5 additional days within which
7to furnish the Note. An extension may not, however, be beyond
8May 15 following the date of the request.
9    (b) Whenever the sponsor of any measure is of the opinion
10that no Downstate Impact Note is necessary, any member of
11either house may thereafter request that a Note be obtained,
12and in such case the matter shall be decided by majority vote
13of those present and voting in the house of which he or she is a
14member. If the sponsor believes that a Downstate Impact Note
15request has been filed in bad faith, the sponsor may ask for a
16vote to render one or more Note requests inapplicable.
17    (c) Whenever a bill is amended on the floor of either house
18in a manner as to bring it within the description of bills set
19forth in Section 10, a majority of that house may propose that
20no action be taken upon the amendment until the sponsor of the
21amendment presents a Downstate Impact Note to the members.
 
22    Section 20. Content of the Note.
23    (a) The Note shall be factual, brief, and concise and shall
24provide as reliable of a statement of the bill's anticipated
25impact as is possible under the circumstances. The Note shall

 

 

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1include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or
2reasonably foreseeable, the long-range effect of the bill. The
3Note must state whether the bill will have a disparate impact
4upon downstate Illinois relative to its impact upon the State
5as a whole, and take into consideration any additional impact
6that the bill may have upon downstate Illinois communities that
7are within 30 miles of the Illinois State line.
8    (b) No comment or opinion shall be included in the
9Downstate Impact Note with regard to the merits of the measure
10for which the Note is prepared; however, technical or
11mechanical defects may be noted. The Downstate Impact Note
12shall be signed by the Director of Commerce and Economic
13Opportunity or his or her designee.
 
14    Section 25. Right to a hearing. The fact that a Downstate
15Impact Note is prepared for any bill shall not preclude or
16restrict the appearance before any committee of the General
17Assembly of any official or authorized employee of any State
18board, commission, department, agency, or other entity who
19desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the bill.
 
20    Section 30. Confidentiality. The subject matter of bills
21submitted to the Office of Community Development shall be kept
22in strict confidence by the Department of Commerce and Economic
23Opportunity, and no information relating to the bill or its
24impact upon downstate Illinois shall be divulged by any

 

 

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1official or employee of the Department, except to the bill's
2sponsor or his or her designee, before the bill's introduction
3in the General Assembly.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.