HB5382 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5382

Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli - Amy Grant - Patrick Windhorst

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-405 new

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study to determine the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating the permitting activities of the State with respect to for-profit firms and entities. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to consider either creating a new State agency to issue permits to for-profit firms or entities or creating an online database maintained by the Department on the Department's website that would allow a person to specify a type of business or a type of license and the website would direct the person toward a list of required licenses and specify the State agency that issues each of the required licenses. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2021. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-405 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-405 new)

Sec. 2105-405. Study of permitting activities. The Department, in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Office of the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study to determine the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating the permitting activities of the State with respect to for-profit firms and entities. The Department shall consider either creating a new State agency to issue permits to for-profit firms or entities or creating an online database maintained by the Department on the Department's website that would allow a person to specify a type of business or a type of license and the website would direct the person toward a list of required licenses and specify the State agency that issues each of the required licenses.

The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2021.

This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.