Bill Amendment: IL SB0659 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: NEW BUSINESS PERMITTING PORTAL
Status: 2015-07-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0134 [SB0659 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0659-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: NEW BUSINESS PERMITTING PORTAL
Status: 2015-07-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0134 [SB0659 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0659-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 659
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 659 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
6 | amended by adding Section 605-1007 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-1007 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 605-1007. New business permitting portal. | ||||||
9 | (a) By July 1, 2017, the Department shall create and | ||||||
10 | maintain a website to help persons wishing to create new | ||||||
11 | businesses or relocate businesses to Illinois. The Department | ||||||
12 | shall consult with at least one organization representing small | ||||||
13 | businesses in this State while creating the website. | ||||||
14 | (b) The website shall include: | ||||||
15 | (1) an estimate of license and permitting fees for | ||||||
16 | different businesses; |
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1 | (2) State government application forms for business | ||||||
2 | licensing or registration; | ||||||
3 | (3) hyperlinks to websites of the responsible agency or | ||||||
4 | organization responsible for accepting the application; | ||||||
5 | and | ||||||
6 | (4) contact information for any local government | ||||||
7 | permitting agencies that may be relevant. | ||||||
8 | (c) The Department shall contact all agencies to obtain | ||||||
9 | business forms and other information for this website. Those | ||||||
10 | agencies shall respond to the Department before July 1, 2016. | ||||||
11 | (d) The website shall also include some mechanism for the | ||||||
12 | potential business owner to request more information from the | ||||||
13 | Department that may be helpful in starting the business, | ||||||
14 | including, but not limited to, State-based incentives that the | ||||||
15 | business owner may qualify for when starting or relocating a | ||||||
16 | business. | ||||||
17 | (e) The Department shall update the website at least once a | ||||||
18 | year before July 1. The Department shall request that other | ||||||
19 | State agencies report any changes in applicable application | ||||||
20 | forms to the Department by June 1 of every year after 2016. ".
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