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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Administrative Procedure
 2    Act.

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

 5        Section  5.  The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
 6    amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:

 7        (5 ILCS 100/5-40) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-40)
 8        Sec. 5-40.  General rulemaking.
 9        (a)  In all rulemaking to which Sections 5-45 and 5-50 do
10    not apply, each agency shall comply with this Section.
11        (b)  Each agency shall give at least 60 45  days'  notice
12    of  its  intended  action  to the general public.  This first
13    notice period shall commence on  the  first  day  the  notice
14    appears  in  the  Illinois  Register.  The first notice shall
15    include all the following:
16             (1)  The text of the proposed rule, the old and  new
17        materials  of  a  proposed  amendment, or the text of the
18        provision to be repealed.
19             (2)  The specific statutory citation upon which  the
20        proposed  rule,  the proposed amendment to a rule, or the
21        proposed repeal of a rule is based and  by  which  it  is
22        authorized.
23             (3)  A  complete  description  of  the  subjects and
24        issues involved.
25             (4)  For all proposed rules and proposed  amendments
26        to  rules,  an  initial  regulatory  flexibility analysis
27        containing a description of the types of small businesses
28        subject to the rule; a brief description of the  proposed
29        reporting, bookkeeping, and other procedures required for
30        compliance  with the rule; and a description of the types
31        of professional skills necessary for compliance.

 
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 1             (5)  The time, place, and manner in which interested
 2        persons may present their views and  comments  concerning
 3        the proposed rulemaking.
 4        During  the  first notice period, the agency shall accept
 5    from  any  interested  persons  data,  views,  arguments,  or
 6    comments. These may, in the  discretion  of  the  agency,  be
 7    submitted  either  orally  or in writing or both.  The notice
 8    published in the Illinois Register shall indicate the  manner
 9    selected by the agency for the submissions.  The agency shall
10    consider all submissions received.
11        The  agency  shall  hold a public hearing on the proposed
12    rulemaking during the first notice period if (i)  during  the
13    first  notice  period, the agency finds that a public hearing
14    would facilitate the submission of views  and  comments  that
15    might  not otherwise be submitted or (ii) the agency receives
16    a request for a public hearing,  within  the  first  14  days
17    after publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking in the
18    Illinois Register, from 25 interested persons, an association
19    representing  at  least 100 interested persons, the Governor,
20    the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules,  or  a  unit  of
21    local  government  that  may  be  affected.   At  the  public
22    hearing, the agency shall allow interested persons to present
23    views  and  comments  on  the  proposed rulemaking.  A public
24    hearing in response to a request for a  hearing  may  not  be
25    held less than 20 days after the publication of the notice of
26    proposed rulemaking in the Illinois Register unless notice of
27    the  public  hearing  is  included  in the notice of proposed
28    rulemaking. A public hearing on proposed rulemaking  may  not
29    be  held  less  than  5  days before submission of the notice
30    required under subsection (c) of this Section  to  the  Joint
31    Committee on Administrative Rules.  Each agency may prescribe
32    reasonable  rules  for  the  conduct  of  public  hearings on
33    proposed  rulemaking  to  prevent  undue  repetition  at  the
34    hearings.  The hearings  must  be  open  to  the  public  and
 
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 1    recorded  by  stenographic  or mechanical means. At least one
 2    agency representative shall be present during the hearing who
 3    is qualified to respond to general questions from the  public
 4    regarding the agency's proposal and the rulemaking process.
 5        (c)  Each agency shall provide a second additional notice
 6    of   the  proposed  rulemaking  to  the  Joint  Committee  on
 7    Administrative Rules and the general  public.  Based  on  the
 8    submission, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules shall
 9    prepare  a second notice text of the rulemaking that includes
10    the text as originally proposed with any  modifications  made
11    by  the  agency  during  the  first notice period,  and shall
12    submit it, along with a notice page prepared  by  the  agency
13    that  indicates  the  changes made since the beginning of the
14    first  notice  period,  for  publication  in   the   Illinois
15    Register.     The  second notice period shall commence on the
16    first day the second notice appears in the Illinois Register.
17     The period commencing on the day written notice is  received
18    by  the  Joint  Committee shall be known as the second notice
19    period and shall expire 60 45 days thereafter  unless  before
20    that  time  the agency and the Joint Committee have agreed to
21    extend the second notice period  beyond  60  45  days  for  a
22    period  not  to exceed an additional 60 45 days or unless the
23    agency has received a statement of objection from  the  Joint
24    Committee  or  notification  from the Joint Committee that no
25    objection will be issued. Before the expiration of the 60-day
26    extended notice period, the agency and  the  Joint  Committee
27    may   agree   to  subsequent  extensions  not  to  exceed  an
28    additional 60 days each. The  written  notice  to  the  Joint
29    Committee  shall  include  (i)  the text and location, of any
30    changes made to the  proposed  rulemaking  during  the  first
31    notice  period  in  a form prescribed by the Joint Committee;
32    (ii) for all proposed rules and proposed amendments to rules,
33    a final regulatory flexibility analysis containing a  summary
34    of  issues raised by small businesses during the first notice
 
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 1    period and a description of actions taken on any alternatives
 2    to the proposed rule suggested by small businesses during the
 3    first notice period,  including  reasons  for  rejecting  any
 4    alternatives not utilized; and (iii) if a written request has
 5    been made by the Joint Committee within 30 days after initial
 6    notice  appears in the Illinois Register under subsection (b)
 7    of this Section, an analysis of the  economic  and  budgetary
 8    effects of the proposed rulemaking. After commencement of the
 9    second  notice period, no substantive change may be made to a
10    proposed rulemaking unless it  is  made  in  response  to  an
11    objection  or  suggestion of the Joint Committee.  The agency
12    shall also send a copy of the  final  regulatory  flexibility
13    analysis  to  each small business that has presented views or
14    comments on the proposed rulemaking during the  first  notice
15    period  and  to  any  other  interested person who requests a
16    copy.  The agency may charge a reasonable fee  for  providing
17    the copies to cover postage and handling costs.
18        (d)  After  the  expiration  of the second notice period,
19    after notification from the Joint Committee that no objection
20    will be issued, or after  a  response  by  the  agency  to  a
21    statement  of  objections  issued  by  the  Joint  Committee,
22    whichever is applicable, the agency shall file, under Section
23    5-65  and  Section  5-70,    a  certified  copy of each rule,
24    modification, or repeal of any rule adopted by it.  The  copy
25    shall  be  published  in  the  Illinois  Register.  Each rule
26    hereafter adopted under this Section is effective upon filing
27    unless a later effective date is required by  statute  or  is
28    specified in the rulemaking.
29        (e)  No rule or modification or repeal of any rule may be
30    adopted,  or filed with the Secretary of State, more than one
31    year  after  the  date  the  first  notice  period  for   the
32    rulemaking under subsection (b) commenced.  Any period during
33    which  the  rulemaking  is  prohibited from being filed under
34    Section 5-115 shall not be  considered  in  calculating  this
 
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 1    one-year time period.
 2    (Source: P.A. 87-823; 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)

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