Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 5/19/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3222

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3222 on page 1,
3immediately below line 21, by inserting the following:
 
4    "(5 ILCS 100/5-40)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-40)
5    Sec. 5-40. General rulemaking.
6    (a) In all rulemaking to which Sections 5-45 and 5-50 do
7not apply, each agency shall comply with this Section.
8    (b) Each agency shall give at least 45 days' notice of its
9intended action to the general public. This first notice period
10shall commence on the first day the notice appears in the
11Illinois Register. The first notice shall include all the
12following:
13        (1) The text of the proposed rule, the old and new
14    materials of a proposed amendment, or the text of the
15    provision to be repealed.
16        (2) The specific statutory citation upon which the
17    proposed rule, the proposed amendment to a rule, or the

 

 

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1    proposed repeal of a rule is based and by which it is
2    authorized.
3        (3) A complete description of the subjects and issues
4    involved.
5        (3.5) A descriptive title or other description of any
6    published study or research report used in developing the
7    rule, the identity of the person who performed such study,
8    and a description of where the public may obtain a copy of
9    any such study or research report. If the study was
10    performed by an agency or by a person or entity that
11    contracted with the agency for the performance of the
12    study, the agency shall also make copies of the underlying
13    data available to members of the public upon request if the
14    data are not protected from disclosure under the Freedom of
15    Information Act.
16        (4) For all proposed rules and proposed amendments to
17    rules, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis
18    containing a description of the types of small businesses
19    subject to the rule; a brief description of the proposed
20    reporting, bookkeeping, and other procedures required for
21    compliance with the rule; and a description of the types of
22    professional skills necessary for compliance.
23        (5) The time, place, and manner in which interested
24    persons may present their views and comments concerning the
25    proposed rulemaking.
26    During the first notice period, the agency shall accept

 

 

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1from any interested persons data, views, arguments, or
2comments. These may, in the discretion of the agency, be
3submitted either orally or in writing or both. The notice
4published in the Illinois Register shall indicate the manner
5selected by the agency for the submissions. The agency shall
6consider all submissions received.
7    The agency shall hold a public hearing on the proposed
8rulemaking during the first notice period if (i) during the
9first notice period, the agency finds that a public hearing
10would facilitate the submission of views and comments that
11might not otherwise be submitted or (ii) the agency receives a
12request for a public hearing, within the first 14 days after
13publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking in the
14Illinois Register, from 25 interested persons, an association
15representing at least 100 interested persons, the Governor, the
16Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or a unit of local
17government that may be affected. At the public hearing, the
18agency shall allow interested persons to present views and
19comments on the proposed rulemaking. A public hearing in
20response to a request for a hearing may not be held less than
2120 days after the publication of the notice of proposed
22rulemaking in the Illinois Register unless notice of the public
23hearing is included in the notice of proposed rulemaking. A
24public hearing on proposed rulemaking may not be held less than
255 days before submission of the notice required under
26subsection (c) of this Section to the Joint Committee on

 

 

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1Administrative Rules. Each agency may prescribe reasonable
2rules for the conduct of public hearings on proposed rulemaking
3to prevent undue repetition at the hearings. The hearings must
4be open to the public and recorded by stenographic or
5mechanical means. At least one agency representative shall be
6present during the hearing who is qualified to respond to
7general questions from the public regarding the agency's
8proposal and the rulemaking process.
9    (b-5) When a Public Act includes a deadline for the
10adoption of rules, if an agency fails to provide first notice
11of its intended action before the deadline established in the
12Public Act under which the agency is making the rule or rules
13in question, then the Secretary, Director, or other chief
14executive officer of that agency shall appear, or in the case
15of a constitutional officer, that constitutional officer, or
16his or her designee, shall appear on behalf of the agency
17before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules on second
18notice to explain that agency's failure to comply with the
19deadline. When an agency is required to implement a Public Act
20that does not provide a deadline by which the agency is
21required to adopt rules, and the agency fails to give first
22notice of its intended rulemaking within one year from the
23effective date of the Public Act to be implemented, the
24Secretary, Director, or other chief executive officer of that
25agency shall appear, or in the case of a constitutional
26officer, that constitutional officer, or his or her designee,

 

 

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1shall appear on behalf of the agency before the Joint Committee
2on Administrative Rules on second notice to explain that
3agency's failure to provide first notice within one year from
4that effective date.
5    (c) Each agency shall provide additional notice of the
6proposed rulemaking to the Joint Committee on Administrative
7Rules. The period commencing on the day written notice is
8received by the Joint Committee shall be known as the second
9notice period and shall expire 45 days thereafter unless before
10that time the agency and the Joint Committee have agreed to
11extend the second notice period beyond 45 days for a period not
12to exceed an additional 45 days or unless the agency has
13received a statement of objection from the Joint Committee or
14notification from the Joint Committee that no objection will be
15issued. The written notice to the Joint Committee shall include
16(i) the text and location of any changes made to the proposed
17rulemaking during the first notice period in a form prescribed
18by the Joint Committee; (ii) for all proposed rules and
19proposed amendments to rules, a final regulatory flexibility
20analysis containing a summary of issues raised by small
21businesses during the first notice period and a description of
22actions taken on any alternatives to the proposed rule
23suggested by small businesses during the first notice period,
24including reasons for rejecting any alternatives not utilized;
25and (iii) if a written request has been made by the Joint
26Committee within 30 days after initial notice appears in the

 

 

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1Illinois Register under subsection (b) of this Section, an
2analysis of the economic and budgetary effects of the proposed
3rulemaking. After commencement of the second notice period, no
4substantive change may be made to a proposed rulemaking unless
5it is made in response to an objection or suggestion of the
6Joint Committee. The agency shall also send a copy of the final
7regulatory flexibility analysis to each small business that has
8presented views or comments on the proposed rulemaking during
9the first notice period and to any other interested person who
10requests a copy. The agency may charge a reasonable fee for
11providing the copies to cover postage and handling costs.
12    (d) After the expiration of the second notice period, after
13notification from the Joint Committee that no objection will be
14issued, or after a response by the agency to a statement of
15objections issued by the Joint Committee, whichever is
16applicable, the agency shall file, under Section 5-65, a
17certified copy of each rule, modification, or repeal of any
18rule adopted by it. The copy shall be published in the Illinois
19Register. Each rule hereafter adopted under this Section is
20effective upon filing unless a later effective date is required
21by statute or is specified in the rulemaking.
22    (e) No rule or modification or repeal of any rule may be
23adopted, or filed with the Secretary of State, more than one
24year after the date the first notice period for the rulemaking
25under subsection (b) commenced. Any period during which the
26rulemaking is prohibited from being filed under Section 5-115

 

 

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1shall not be considered in calculating this one-year time
2period.
3(Source: P.A. 92-330, eff. 1-1-02.)".