102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3649

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Dave Severin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 100/1-33 new
5 ILCS 100/5-30  from Ch. 127, par. 1005-30
5 ILCS 100/5-60  from Ch. 127, par. 1005-60

    Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Requires an agency that proposes a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule that may have an impact on persons or entities in downstate Illinois to consider specified methods for reducing the impact of that rulemaking and provide an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process before or during the notice period utilizing specified techniques. Requires each agency to include in its regulatory agenda summary a statement of whether a rule will affect persons or entities in downstate Illinois. Defines "downstate Illinois". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5-30 and 5-60 and by adding
6Section 1-33 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 100/1-33 new)
8    Sec. 1-33. "Downstate Illinois" means all counties in this
9State other than the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall,
10Lake, McHenry, and Will. For the purposes of a specific rule,
11an agency may define a region as encompassing downstate
12Illinois if it finds that the rule affects persons or entities
13both within and without downstate Illinois and such definition
14is necessary to adapt the rule to address the needs and
15concerns of downstate Illinois.
 
16    (5 ILCS 100/5-30)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-30)
17    Sec. 5-30. Regulatory flexibility. When an agency proposes
18a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule that may have an
19impact on small businesses, not for profit corporations, or
20small municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
21Illinois, the agency shall do each of the following:
22        (a) The agency shall consider each of the following

 

 

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1    methods for reducing the impact of the rulemaking on small
2    businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
3    municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
4    Illinois. The agency shall reduce the impact by utilizing
5    one or more of the following methods if it finds that the
6    methods are legal and feasible in meeting the statutory
7    objectives that are the basis of the proposed rulemaking.
8            (1) Establish less stringent compliance or
9        reporting requirements in the rule for small
10        businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
11        municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
12        Illinois.
13            (2) Establish less stringent schedules or
14        deadlines in the rule for compliance or reporting
15        requirements for small businesses, not for profit
16        corporations, or small municipalities, or persons or
17        entities in downstate Illinois.
18            (3) Consolidate or simplify the rule's compliance
19        or reporting requirements for small businesses, not
20        for profit corporations, or small municipalities, or
21        persons or entities in downstate Illinois.
22            (4) Establish performance standards to replace
23        design or operational standards in the rule for small
24        businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
25        municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
26        Illinois.

 

 

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1            (5) Exempt small businesses, not for profit
2        corporations, or small municipalities, or persons or
3        entities in downstate Illinois from any or all
4        requirements of the rule.
5        (b) Before or during the notice period required under
6    subsection (b) of Section 5-40, the agency shall provide
7    an opportunity for small businesses, not for profit
8    corporations, or small municipalities, or persons or
9    entities in downstate Illinois to participate in the
10    rulemaking process. The agency shall utilize one or more
11    of the following techniques. These techniques are in
12    addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by this
13    Act or by any other Act.
14            (1) The inclusion in any advance notice of
15        possible rulemaking of a statement that the rule may
16        have an impact on small businesses, not for profit
17        corporations, or small municipalities, or persons or
18        entities in downstate Illinois.
19            (2) The publication of a notice of rulemaking in
20        publications likely to be obtained by small
21        businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
22        municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
23        Illinois.
24            (3) The direct notification of interested small
25        businesses, not for profit corporations, or small
26        municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate

 

 

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1        Illinois.
2            (4) The conduct of public hearings concerning the
3        impact of the rule on small businesses, not for profit
4        corporations, or small municipalities, or persons or
5        entities in downstate Illinois.
6            (5) The use of special hearing or comment
7        procedures to reduce the cost or complexity of
8        participation in the rulemaking by small businesses,
9        not for profit corporations, or small municipalities,
10        or persons or entities in downstate Illinois,
11        including the use of audio-visual technology to enable
12        downstate Illinois witnesses to submit comments by
13        electronic moving image to any hearing conducted in
14        Chicago by a rulemaking agency under this Act.
15        (c) Prior to the filing for publication in the
16    Illinois Register of any proposed rule or amendment that
17    may have an adverse impact on small businesses, each
18    agency must prepare an economic impact analysis which
19    shall be filed with the proposed rule and publicized in
20    the Illinois Register together with the proposed rule. The
21    economic impact analysis shall include the following:
22            (1) An identification of the types and estimate of
23        the number of the small businesses subject to the
24        proposed rule or amendment. The agency shall identify
25        the types of businesses subject to the proposed rule
26        using the following 2-digit codes from the North

 

 

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1        American Industry Classification System (NAICS):
2                11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting.
3                21 Mining.
4                22 Utilities.
5                23 Construction.
6                31-33 Manufacturing.
7                42 Wholesale Trade.
8                44-45 Retail Trade.
9                48-49 Transportation and Warehousing.
10                51 Information.
11                52 Finance and Insurance.
12                53 Real Estate Rental and Leasing.
13                54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical
14            Services.
15                55 Management of Companies and Enterprises.
16                56 Administrative and Support and Waste
17            Management and Remediation Services.
18                61 Educational Services.
19                62 Health Care and Social Assistance.
20                71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.
21                72 Accommodation and Food Services.
22                81 Other Services (except Public
23            Administration).
24                92 Public Administration.
25            The agency shall also identify the impact of the
26        proposed rule by identifying as many of the following

 

 

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1        categories that the agency reasonably believes the
2        proposed rule will impact:
3                A. Hiring and additional staffing.
4                B. Regulatory requirements.
5                C. Purchasing.
6                D. Insurance changes.
7                E. Licensing fees.
8                F. Equipment and material needs.
9                G. Training requirements.
10                H. Recordkeeping.
11                I. Compensation and benefits.
12                J. Other potential impacted categories.
13            (2) The projected reporting, recordkeeping, and
14        other administrative costs required for compliance
15        with the proposed rule or amendment, including the
16        type of professional skills necessary for preparation
17        of the report or record.
18            (3) A statement of the probable positive or
19        negative economic effect on impacted small businesses.
20            (4) A description of any less intrusive or less
21        costly alternative methods of achieving the purpose of
22        the proposed rule or amendment. The alternatives must
23        be consistent with the stated objectives of the
24        applicable statutes and the proposed rulemaking.
25        The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
26    shall place notification of all proposed rules affecting

 

 

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1    small business on its website. The notification shall
2    include the information provided by the agency under this
3    subsection (c) together with the summary of the proposed
4    rule published by the Joint Committee on Administrative
5    Rules in the Flinn Report.
6        The Business Assistance Office shall prepare an impact
7    analysis of the rule or amendment describing its effect on
8    small businesses whenever the Office believes, in its
9    discretion, that an analysis is warranted or whenever
10    requested to do so by 25 interested persons, an
11    association representing at least 100 interested persons,
12    the Governor, a unit of local government, or the Joint
13    Committee on Administrative Rules. The impact analysis
14    shall be completed before or within the notice period as
15    described in subsection (b) of Section 5-40. Upon
16    completion of any analysis in accordance with this
17    subsection (c), the preparing agency or the Business
18    Assistance Office shall submit the analysis to the Joint
19    Committee on Administrative Rules, to any interested
20    person who requested the analysis, and, if the agency
21    prepared the analysis, to the Business Assistance Office.
22        For purposes of this subsection (c), "small business"
23    means a business with fewer than 50 full-time employees or
24    less than $4,000,000 in gross annual sales.
25        This subsection does not apply to rules and standards
26    described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c)

 

 

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1    of Section 1-5.
2(Source: P.A. 100-688, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
3    (5 ILCS 100/5-60)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-60)
4    Sec. 5-60. Regulatory agenda. An agency shall submit for
5publication in the Illinois Register by January 1 and July 1 of
6each year a regulatory agenda to elicit public comments
7concerning any rule that the agency is considering proposing
8but for which no notice of proposed rulemaking activity has
9been submitted to the Illinois Register. A regulatory agenda
10shall consist of summaries of those rules. Each summary shall,
11in less than 2,000 words, contain the following when
12practicable:
13        (1) A description of the rule.
14        (2) The statutory authority the agency is exercising.
15        (3) A schedule of the dates for any hearings,
16    meetings, or other opportunities for public participation
17    in the development of the rule.
18        (4) The date the agency anticipates submitting a
19    notice of proposed rulemaking activity, if known.
20        (5) The name, address, and telephone number of the
21    agency representative who is knowledgeable about the rule,
22    from whom any information may be obtained, and to whom
23    written comments may be submitted concerning the rule.
24        (6) A statement whether the rule will affect small
25    businesses, not for profit corporations, or small

 

 

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1    municipalities, or persons or entities in downstate
2    Illinois as defined in this Act.
3        (7) Any other information that may serve the public
4    interest.
5    Nothing in this Section shall preclude an agency from
6adopting a rule that has not been summarized in a regulatory
7agenda or from adopting a rule different than one summarized
8in a regulatory agenda if in the agency head's best judgment it
9is necessary. If an agency finds that a situation exists that
10requires adoption of a rule that was not summarized on either
11of the 2 most recent regulatory agendas, it shall state its
12reasons in writing together with the facts that form their
13basis upon filing the notice of proposed rulemaking with the
14Secretary of State under Section 5-40. Nothing in this Section
15shall require an agency to adopt a rule summarized in a
16regulatory agenda. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules
17necessary for the publication of a regulatory agenda,
18including but not limited to standard submission forms and
19deadlines.
20(Source: P.A. 87-823; 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.