The Joint Committee shall have the following responsibilities under this Act:
         (a) The Joint Committee shall conduct a systematic
    
and continuing study of the rules and rulemaking process of all State agencies, including those agencies not covered in Section 1-25, for the purpose of improving the rulemaking process, reducing the number and bulk of rules, removing redundancies and unnecessary repetitions, and correcting grammatical, typographical, and similar errors not affecting the construction or meaning of the rules. The Joint Committee shall make recommendations to the appropriate affected agency.
        (b) The Joint Committee shall review the statutory
    
authority on which any administrative rule is based.
        (c) The Joint Committee shall maintain a review
    
program to study the impact of legislative changes, court rulings, and administrative action on agency rules and rulemaking.
        (d) The Joint Committee shall suggest rulemaking by
    
an agency whenever the Joint Committee, in the course of its review of the agency’s rules under this Act, determines that the agency’s rules are incomplete, inconsistent, or otherwise deficient.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 100/5-105

  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14