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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Small Business Advisory Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 692/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10. Small business advisory web pages site.
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| 8 | (a) Within 6 months after the
the effective date of this
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| 9 | Act, each Agency must create and make available on the World
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| 10 | Wide Web a small business advisory page. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) Each agency that (i) has adopted or is preparing to
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| 12 | adopt any rule affecting small businesses or (ii) is
designated | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | to administer legislation affecting small businesses that
has | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | become law must prepare and post on its small business
advisory | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | page a plain language explanation of the rule or legislation.
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| 16 | The explanation must indicate the effective date of the rule or
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| 17 | legislation. The explanation must remain posted for a minimum | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | of 6
months after the effective date of the rule or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | legislation. Agencies shall
consult with the Department and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | small businesses in developing uniform
web page standards.
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| 21 | If a rule has been proposed but not adopted, an
explanation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | of the rule must be posted as soon as possible in
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| 23 | allow input and comment from affected small
businesses. The | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | State agency must, in
addition to posting a plain language | ||||||
| 2 | explanation of the rule,
post notice of the time, date, and | ||||||
| 3 | place of any public hearings,
together with the names, | ||||||
| 4 | addresses, and telephone numbers of the
agency rulemaking | ||||||
| 5 | contact; what must
be done by members of the public who wish to | ||||||
| 6 | provide testimony on the
rulemaking; and the names and | ||||||
| 7 | Springfield and district office addresses and
telephone | ||||||
| 8 | numbers of the members of the Joint Committee.
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| 9 | (c) When each agency updates its small business advisory
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| 10 | web page, it shall notify the Department. The
Department, | ||||||
| 11 | through its First Stop Business Information Center,
shall serve | ||||||
| 12 | as a central clearinghouse notifying the small
business | ||||||
| 13 | community of each agency's rulemakings and changes in
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| 14 | requirements. Furthermore, the Department shall seek input | ||||||
| 15 | from
the small business community on the changes and inform the
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| 16 | appropriate agency and where applicable, the Joint Committee,
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| 17 | of the input.
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| 18 | The Department, as a part of its clearinghouse function,
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| 19 | shall maintain a central small business advisory web page that
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| 20 | shall serve as a coordinated point of access to all agencies'
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| 21 | business advisory web pages.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 93-318, eff. 1-1-04.)
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