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This bill amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide a mechanism for extending the second notice period for rulemaking when an agency is unresponsive to suggestions from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). Specifically, if JCAR issues a "statement of unresponsiveness," meaning the agency failed to provide a substantive response within seven days to JCAR's suggestions regarding the propriety, legal adequacy, statutory authority, economic or budgetary effects, or public policy of the proposed rule, the second notice period will automatically be extended by up to an additional 45 days. If the agency still fails to provide a substantive response within seven days of receiving this statement of unresponsiveness, the rulemaking process will be considered withdrawn. Additionally, agencies must now certify in their written notice to JCAR that no internal procedures, policies, schedules, or other factors will prevent them from substantively engaging with JCAR's suggestions during this second notice period.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5130&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104