(20 ILCS 3966/Art. 15 heading)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-1) Sec. 15-1. Short Title. This Article may be cited as the Illinois Business Regulatory Review Act. (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds that small businesses and their growth are critical to the economic health of the State. Small businesses, more so than larger firms, often need assistance to negotiate through complex government forms, rules, and regulations. The current overall business climate of the State would be made more attractive and competitive and would otherwise benefit from reductions in unnecessarily burdensome rules and regulations. A formal method to generate private sector analysis, input, and guidance on methods of regulatory review for the Governor and executive agencies, the constitutional officers, and the General Assembly is needed for this purpose. (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Illinois Economic Development Board responsibilities. In addition to its duties under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Economic Development Board Act, the Illinois Economic Development Board shall form a Business Regulatory Committee to generate private sector analysis, input, and guidance on methods of regulatory assistance and review. (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-15) Sec. 15-15. Economic Development Board Regulatory Committee membership. Membership, composition, bylaws, and methods of operation of the Committee shall be determined by the Board. At the determination of the Board, individual small business owners and operators; national, State, and regional organizations representative of small firms; and representatives of existing State or regional councils of business may be designated as members of this Business Regulatory Committee. (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)

(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 3966/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Support for Committee. The Committee shall be provided staff support services by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Office of the Governor, and various regulatory agencies. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-105) Sec. 15-105. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-110) Sec. 15-110. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-115) Sec. 15-115. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 3966/15-120) Sec. 15-120. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99; text omitted.)