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| Public Act 099-0370 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform | ||||
Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 608/20 new) | ||||
Sec. 20. Review of rules and regulations; reporting. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section: | ||||
"Small business" means a corporation or a concern, | ||||
including its affiliates, that is independently owned and | ||||
operated, not dominant in its field, and employs fewer than 50 | ||||
full-time employees or has gross annual sales of less than | ||||
$4,000,000. For purposes of a specific rule, an agency may | ||||
define small business to include employment of 50 or more | ||||
persons if it finds that such a definition is necessary to | ||||
adapt the rule to the needs and problems of small businesses | ||||
and organizations. | ||||
"State agencies" means all officers, boards, commissions, | ||||
and agencies of the executive branch, including all officers, | ||||
departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, | ||||
authorities, universities, and bodies politic and corporate | ||||
thereof; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of | ||||
the State government which are created by or pursuant to | ||||
statute, other than units of local government and their | ||
officers, school districts and boards of election | ||
commissioners; all administrative units and corporate | ||
outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | ||
order of the Governor. | ||
(b) Each State agency shall scrutinize its rules, | ||
administrative regulations, and permitting processes as they | ||
pertain to small businesses in order to identify those rules, | ||
regulations, and processes that are unreasonable, unduly | ||
burdensome, duplicative, or onerous to small businesses. The | ||
goal of this review is for each State agency to: | ||
(1) recommend changes that will lessen the reporting | ||
and paper work requirements on small businesses while still | ||
achieving the intent of the underlying statute; | ||
(2) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit | ||
requirements; | ||
(3) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit | ||
requirements; | ||
(4) simplify overly complex or lengthy application | ||
procedures; and | ||
(5) expedite time-consuming agency review and approval | ||
procedures. | ||
(c) Each State agency must conduct its initial review of | ||
its rules, regulations, and permitting processes under | ||
subsection (b) of this Section within one year of the effective | ||
date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, and | ||
every 5 years thereafter. At the conclusion of each review, | ||
each State agency must issue a report containing the results | ||
from its review and any recommendations to the Office of | ||
Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance, the Governor, and | ||
the General Assembly.
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