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    AN ACT concerning economic development. 

 
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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 Small Business Advisory Act is amended by 
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changing
Section 10 as follows:


 
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    (20 ILCS 692/10)

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    Sec. 10. Small business advisory web pages site.


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    (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
Act, 
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each Agency must create  and  make  available  on  the
World
Wide 
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Web a small business advisory page.


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    (b) Each agency that (i) has adopted or is preparing  to

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adopt any rule affecting small businesses or (ii) is
designated 
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to administer legislation affecting  small businesses that
has 
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become law must prepare and post on its small business
advisory 
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web page a plain language explanation of the rule or  
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legislation.
The explanation must indicate the effective date 
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of the rule or
legislation.  The explanation must remain posted 
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for a minimum of 6
months after the effective date of the rule 
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or legislation. Agencies shall
consult with the Department and 
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small businesses in developing uniform
web page standards.


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    If a rule has been proposed but not adopted, an
explanation 
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of the rule must be posted as soon as possible in
order to 
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allow input and comment  from  affected  small
businesses. The 
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State agency must, in
addition to posting a plain language 
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explanation of the rule,
post notice of the time, date, and 
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place of any public hearings,
together with the names, 
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addresses, and telephone  numbers  of  the
agency rulemaking 
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contact; what must
be done by members of the public who wish to 
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provide testimony on
the
rulemaking; and the names and 
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Springfield and district office addresses and
telephone 
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numbers of the members of the Joint Committee.


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    (c) When each agency updates its small business advisory

 


 






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web page, it shall notify the Department.  The
Department, 
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through its First Stop Business Information Center,
shall serve 
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as a central clearinghouse notifying the small
business 
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community of each agency's rulemakings and changes in

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requirements.  Furthermore, the Department shall seek input 
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from
the small business community on the changes and inform the

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appropriate agency and where applicable, the Joint Committee,

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of the input.


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    The Department, as a part of its clearinghouse function,

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shall maintain a central small business advisory web page that

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shall serve as a coordinated point of access to all agencies'

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business advisory web pages.


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(Source: P.A. 93-318, eff. 1-1-04.)