(20 ILCS 3966/15‑20)
Sec. 15‑20. Regulatory policy responsibilities of the Committee. In addition to those duties and responsibilities as directed by the Board, the Committee shall analyze, determine, and report to the Board, so that the Board may report to the Governor and executive agencies under the control of the Governor, the constitutional officers, and the General Assembly, overall methods of achieving greater small business impact of the regulatory process the following information:
(1) Identify specific ways in which existing |
| regulations and regulatory programs can be made more responsive and responsible to small business. | |
(2) Identify more effective ways of eliciting |
| participation from the private sector in efforts to simplify and clarify regulations so that they are not overly complex or burdensome. | |
(3) Provide suggestions for involving small business |
| owners and their representatives in the rulemaking process in a more meaningful way. | |
(4) Provide constructive suggestions for reducing |
| forms and paperwork particularly where they are duplicative, overly complicated, or otherwise burdensome for small business. | |
(5) Determine effective ways to communicate with |
| small business owners and to assist them in their understanding and implementation of complex regulations. | |
(6) Recommend non‑punitive methods of ensuring |
| compliance with regulatory objectives or requirements including pre‑inspection programs, advisory services, education and training, and industry self‑regulation. | |
(Source: P.A. 91‑476, eff. 8‑11‑99.) |
(20 ILCS 3966/15‑25)
Sec. 15‑25. Regulatory review responsibilities of the Business Regulatory Review Committee. At the direction and request of the Board, the Committee shall review and analyze regulations and make specific recommendations, from the perspective of cost and benefit, reasonableness and common sense, and permissiveness of community economic growth and development, on the following:
(1) Selected regulatory topics to provide guidance |
| to State agencies regarding the formulation of and revision to specific rules and regulations. | |
(2) Existing and proposed rules and regulations for |
| the purpose of determining whether the rule is excessively burdensome or imposes undue hardship on those subject to the regulation. | |
(3) Whether the public benefit derived from a rule |
| or a proposed rule exceeds the increased public and private cost of complying with the rule being imposed. | |
(4) Less restrictive, less costly, or less |
| burdensome means to achieve the same result. | |
(Source: P.A. 91‑476, eff. 8‑11‑99.) |
(20 ILCS 3966/15‑30)
Sec. 15‑30.
Advisory responsibilities of the Business Regulatory Review Committee. At the direction and request of the Board, the Committee shall provide the following advisory assistance:
(1) To advise the Office of the Governor regarding
| agency rulemaking and to offer recommendations that improve the State rulemaking process, which may include alternative standards that might be set for enforcement by regulatory agencies. | |
(2) To advise the General Assembly about whether the |
| State should adopt small business regulatory enforcement fairness legislation modeled after the equivalent federal legislation and regarding how Illinois laws compare with those of other states and how Illinois might implement reforms adopting the better or best practices of these other states. | |
(3) To advise the Department of Commerce and |
| Economic Opportunity with the operations of the First Stop, small business regulatory review, and similar department programs. | |
(4) To advise relevant State agencies on the |
| formulation of federally required State rules. | |
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.) |
(20 ILCS 3966/15‑20)
Sec. 15‑20. Regulatory policy responsibilities of the Committee. In addition to those duties and responsibilities as directed by the Board, the Committee shall analyze, determine, and report to the Board, so that the Board may report to the Governor and executive agencies under the control of the Governor, the constitutional officers, and the General Assembly, overall methods of achieving greater small business impact of the regulatory process the following information:
(1) Identify specific ways in which existing |
| regulations and regulatory programs can be made more responsive and responsible to small business. | |
(2) Identify more effective ways of eliciting |
| participation from the private sector in efforts to simplify and clarify regulations so that they are not overly complex or burdensome. | |
(3) Provide suggestions for involving small business |
| owners and their representatives in the rulemaking process in a more meaningful way. | |
(4) Provide constructive suggestions for reducing |
| forms and paperwork particularly where they are duplicative, overly complicated, or otherwise burdensome for small business. | |
(5) Determine effective ways to communicate with |
| small business owners and to assist them in their understanding and implementation of complex regulations. | |
(6) Recommend non‑punitive methods of ensuring |
| compliance with regulatory objectives or requirements including pre‑inspection programs, advisory services, education and training, and industry self‑regulation. | |
(Source: P.A. 91‑476, eff. 8‑11‑99.) |
(20 ILCS 3966/15‑25)
Sec. 15‑25. Regulatory review responsibilities of the Business Regulatory Review Committee. At the direction and request of the Board, the Committee shall review and analyze regulations and make specific recommendations, from the perspective of cost and benefit, reasonableness and common sense, and permissiveness of community economic growth and development, on the following:
(1) Selected regulatory topics to provide guidance |
| to State agencies regarding the formulation of and revision to specific rules and regulations. | |
(2) Existing and proposed rules and regulations for |
| the purpose of determining whether the rule is excessively burdensome or imposes undue hardship on those subject to the regulation. | |
(3) Whether the public benefit derived from a rule |
| or a proposed rule exceeds the increased public and private cost of complying with the rule being imposed. | |
(4) Less restrictive, less costly, or less |
| burdensome means to achieve the same result. | |
(Source: P.A. 91‑476, eff. 8‑11‑99.) |
(20 ILCS 3966/15‑30)
Sec. 15‑30.
Advisory responsibilities of the Business Regulatory Review Committee. At the direction and request of the Board, the Committee shall provide the following advisory assistance:
(1) To advise the Office of the Governor regarding
| agency rulemaking and to offer recommendations that improve the State rulemaking process, which may include alternative standards that might be set for enforcement by regulatory agencies. | |
(2) To advise the General Assembly about whether the |
| State should adopt small business regulatory enforcement fairness legislation modeled after the equivalent federal legislation and regarding how Illinois laws compare with those of other states and how Illinois might implement reforms adopting the better or best practices of these other states. | |
(3) To advise the Department of Commerce and |
| Economic Opportunity with the operations of the First Stop, small business regulatory review, and similar department programs. | |
(4) To advise relevant State agencies on the |
| formulation of federally required State rules. | |
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.) |