Bill Text: IL HB5382 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study to determine the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating the permitting activities of the State with respect to for-profit firms and entities. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to consider either creating a new State agency to issue permits to for-profit firms or entities or creating an online database maintained by the Department on the Department's website that would allow a person to specify a type of business or a type of license and the website would direct the person toward a list of required licenses and specify the State agency that issues each of the required licenses. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2021. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5382 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5382-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5382 Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli - Amy Grant - Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2105/2105-405 new
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study to determine the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating the permitting activities of the State with respect to for-profit firms and entities. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to consider either creating a new State agency to issue permits to for-profit firms or entities or creating an online database maintained by the Department on the Department's website that would allow a person to specify a type of business or a type of license and the website would direct the person toward a list of required licenses and specify the State agency that issues each of the required licenses. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2021. Effective immediately.
LRB101 18743 SPS 68198 b
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A BILL FOR
HB5382 LRB101 18743 SPS 68198 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2105-405 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-405 new)
Sec. 2105-405. Study of permitting activities. The
Department, in consultation with the Department of Revenue and
the Office of the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study to
determine the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating
the permitting activities of the State with respect to
for-profit firms and entities. The Department shall consider
either creating a new State agency to issue permits to
for-profit firms or entities or creating an online database
maintained by the Department on the Department's website that
would allow a person to specify a type of business or a type of
license and the website would direct the person toward a list
of required licenses and specify the State agency that issues
each of the required licenses.
The Department shall report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by
February 1, 2021.

HB5382 - 2 - LRB101 18743 SPS 68198 b
This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.