Public Act 0789 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2227 Enrolled LRB099 16394 AWJ 40727 b

Public Act 099-0789

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 2207)

Sec. 7. Review of Existing Mandates.

(a) Beginning with the 2019 catalog and every other year thereafter, concurrently Concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 4 the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on mandates enacted in the previous 2 years prior to the effective date of this Act and remaining in effect at the time of submittal of the report. The Department may fulfill its responsibilities for compiling the report by entering into a contract for service.

Beginning with the 2017 catalog and every 10 years thereafter, concurrently with, or within 3 months subsequent to the publication of a catalog of State mandates as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 4, the Department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a review and report on all effective mandates at the time of submittal of the reports.

(b) The report shall include for each mandate the following: (1) The factual information specified in subsection (b) of Section 4 for the catalog. ; The report may also include the following: (1) (2) extent to which the enactment of the mandate was requested, supported, encouraged or opposed by local governments or their respective organization; (2) (3) whether the mandate continues to meet a Statewide policy objective or has achieved the initial policy intent in whole or in part; (3) (4) amendments if any are required to make the mandate more effective; (4) (5) whether the mandate should be retained or rescinded; (5) (6) whether State financial participation in helping meet the identifiable increased local costs arising from the mandate should be initiated, and if so, recommended ratios and phasing-in schedules; and (6) (7) any other information or recommendations which the Department considers pertinent; and (7) any comments about the mandate submitted by affected units of government.

(c) The appropriate committee of each house of the General Assembly shall review the report and shall initiate such legislation or other action as it deems necessary.

The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, the Secretary of the Senate, the members of the committees required to review the report under subsection (c) and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/12/2016