Illinois § 7

§ 7.

Review of existing mandates. (a) Beginning with the 2019 catalog and every other year 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 mandates enacted in the previous 2 years 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 factual information specified in subsection (b) of Section 4 for the catalog. The report may also include the following: (1) extent to which the enactment of the mandate was requested, supported, encouraged or opposed by local governments or their respective organization; (2) whether the mandate continues to meet a Statewide policy objective or has achieved the initial policy intent in whole or in part; (3) amendments if any are required to make the mandate more effective; (4) whether the mandate should be retained or rescinded; (5) whether State financial participation in helping meet the identifiable increased local costs arising from the mandate should be initiated, and if so,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; (6) any other information or recommendations which the Department considers pertinent; (7) any comments about the mandate submitted by affected units of government; and (8) a statewide cost of compliance estimate. (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 as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, 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. 99-789, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-242, eff. 1-1-18; 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)