Senate Sponsors: RAUSCHENBERGER-BURZYNSKI-FAWELL-O'DANIEL-OBAMA AND REA. House Sponsors: WOOLARD-SLONE-NOVAK-PUGH Short description: AMEND IL ADMIN PROCEDURE ACT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a change to the responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to allow the Joint Committee to make suggestions relating to an agency's rules and rulemaking process. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-105 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-40 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-40 Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Increases to 60 days (now 45 days) the length of the first notice period. Requires an agency to provide a second notice to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and the general public (now, the agency must provide additional notice to the Joint Committee). Provides that the second notice period commences on the first day the second notice appears in the Illinois Register and expires 60 days thereafter. Allows for the extension of the second notice period by the agency and the Joint Committee. Allows the Joint Committee to revise the second notice for publication in the Illinois Register. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Further amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to prepare a second notice text of a rulemaking that includes the text as it was originally prepared with any modifications made by the agency during the first notice period. Requires the Joint Committee to submit the second notice text and a notice page prepared by the agency that indicates the changes made since the beginning of the first notice period for publication in the Illinois Register. Allows the agency and the Joint Committee to agree to extensions of the second notice period not exceeding an additional 60 days each (now, the agency and the Joint Committee may agree to one extension that does not exceed an additional 60 days). Makes technical changes. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that the changes concerning general rulemaking do not apply to rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board under the Section of the Environmental Protection Act concerning Clean Air Act rules. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 2. (Adopted in Senate only) Recommends that the House recede from H-am 1. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-45 5 ILCS 100/5-60 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-60 5 ILCS 100/5-80 from Ch. 127, par. 1005-80 5 ILCS 100/5-153 new Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Requires an agency to give 42 (now 45) days' notice of intended rulemaking. Provides that the second notice period expires 60 days (now 45 days) after the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules receives notice of the proposed rulemaking. Provides that the agency and the Joint Committee may agree to 45-day extensions of the second notice period. Provides that an emergency rule may be effective for a period of not longer than 180 (now 150) days. Requires statutory citations in rules to include the specific Section, subsection, paragraph, and subparagraph of the statute. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to develop a detailed plan for a centralized, integrated electronic database of official State agency rules and to submit the plan to the Governor, General Assembly, and Joint Committee no later than October 15, 1999. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status