Sen. Bill Cunningham
Filed: 5/21/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2667

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2667 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is 
5amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/5-15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-15)
7    Sec. 5-15. Required rules. 
8    (a) Each agency shall maintain as rules the following:
9        (1) (Blank). A current description of the agency's 
10    organization with necessary charts depicting that 
11    organization.
12        (2) The current procedures by which the public can 
13    obtain information or make submissions or requests on 
14    subjects, programs, and activities of the agency. Requests 
15    for copies of agency rules shall not be deemed Freedom of 
16    Information Act requests unless so labeled by the 
 
 
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1    requestor.
2        (3) Tables of contents, indices, reference tables, and 
3    other materials to aid users in finding and using the 
4    agency's collection of rules currently in force.
5        (4) A current description of the agency's rulemaking 
6    procedures with necessary flow charts depicting those 
7    procedures.
8        (5) Any rules adopted under this Section in accordance 
9    with Sections 5-75 and 10-20 of this Act.
10    (b) The rules required to be filed by this Section that 
11contain statements concerning only the internal management of 
12an agency and not affecting private rights or procedures 
13available to persons or entities outside the agency may be 
14adopted, amended, or repealed and filed as provided in this 
15Section instead of any other provisions or requirements of 
16this Act.
17    The rules required by this Section may be adopted, 
18amended, or repealed by filing a certified copy with the 
19Secretary of State under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 
205-65 and may become effective immediately.
21    (c) Before filing a certified copy with the Secretary of 
22State as described in subsection (b) of this Section, an 
23agency shall give at least 14 days' notice of its intended 
24action to the general public. The notice period shall commence 
25on the first day the notice appears in the Illinois Register. 
26The notice shall include the information in paragraphs (1), 
 
 
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1(2), (3), and (5) of subsection (b) of Section 5-40, a 
2statement of how the proposed rule made under this Section 
3satisfies the criteria established by subsections (a) and (b), 
4how to submit comments, and any other information that the 
5Secretary of State may, by rule, require in the interest of 
6informing the public.
7    During the notice period, the agency shall accept comments 
8from any interested persons. The agency shall accept 
9submissions in writing, including submissions by email or by 
10other publicly accessible electronic means through its 
11website. At the discretion of the agency, submissions may be 
12submitted orally. The agency shall consider all submissions 
13received.
14    After the notice period, the agency may make modifications 
15to the proposed rule in response to any comment received and 
16file a certified copy with the Secretary of State under 
17subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5-65. The notice of 
18adoption of required rules shall also include a description of 
19any modifications from the initially published proposal and 
20may include an immediate effective date.
21    The Secretary of State shall refuse the filing of a 
22certified copy that does not comply with this subsection. 
23(Source: P.A. 90-155, eff. 7-23-97.)".