SB 2819

Abstract

Creates the Illinois Fee Management and Transparency Act. Provides that State agencies may assess user charges or fees against identifiable recipients of special benefits that derive from State activities that are beyond the benefits that the general public receives so that the State can recover the cost of providing the benefit. Sets conditions for imposing user charges or fees. Creates exceptions. Provides that legislation to implement a user charge or fee must meet certain conditions. Requires each agency to file a Fee Imposition Report Form with the Comptroller that details user charges or fees imposed by the agency. Provides that each agency must review its user charges and fees every 2 years to determine whether they should be adjusted. Provides that the Auditor General must evaluate each agency user charge and fee at least every 5 years and determine whether those charges and fees should be adjusted. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Amends the State Comptroller Act to repeal a Section concerning Agency Fee Imposition Report Forms. Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act to repeal a Section concerning Agency Fee Imposition Report Forms. Effective immediately.