101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0157

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Implementation of Legislation Reporting Act. Provides that any State agency required to provide benefits or services under the provisions of a covered Public Act shall prepare an Implementation Report relating to that covered Public Act, and file the Report with the General Assembly. Requires the Implementation Report to also be published on the General Assembly's Internet website. Defines terms. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Implementation of Legislation Reporting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "State agency" means any department, board, commission, or
8agency in the executive branch of State government created by
9the Illinois Constitution or statute.
10    "Covered Public Act" means a Public Act which becomes
11effective on or after July 1, 2019 that requires a State agency
12to provide a benefit or service to one or more persons which
13benefit or service the State agency was not required to provide
14prior to the effective date of the covered Public Act.
15    "Implementation Report" means a report that sets out the
16following information:
17        (1) the Public Act that is the subject of the report,
18    and the effective date of that Public Act;
19        (2) the name of the State agency which prepared the
20    report and date of report;
21        (3) whether the covered Public Act has been fully
22    implemented; and
23        (4) if the covered Public Act has not been fully

 

 

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1    implemented:
2            (A) the status and degree of implementation, as of
3        the date of the report;
4            (B) the approximate date on which the State agency
5        believes that full implantation will be achieved; and
6            (C) a description of any and all obstacles which
7        delay implementation.
 
8    Section 10. Implementation Report.
9    (a) Any State agency required to provide benefits or
10services under the provisions of a covered Public Act shall
11prepare an Implementation Report relating to that covered
12Public Act, and file the Report with the General Assembly. The
13Report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of
14the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in
15electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the
16Secretary shall direct.
17    (b) The Implementation Report shall also be published on
18the General Assembly's Internet website.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.