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the Index

Department, rather than JCAR,

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Illinois

Register for

publica~ion,and

as your agency’s

disk,

rather than the Illinois

Administrative

Code database,

is

being

used

in

that

production,

several

procedures

regarding

the

technical

clean-up

and

amendment of your rulemakings will be affected.

First, JCAR

will no longer be able to rectify Code format and other technical problems with your

rulemakings prior to their first publication.

Please be especially careful that the background text

that comes from your database is

an

accurate depiction of the rule as

currently on

file and

that

you show all changes through

strikes

and underlining as required by statute.

We will no

longer

be able to catch those problems for you prior to publication.

Any errors in the published version

will need

to

be

corrected later in the

rulemaking process, using either

the First Notice Changes

document or through the JCAR Agreementdocument (Second Notice Changes).

Second, JCAR will be creating the line-numbered First Notice version of the rulemaking text,

on

which

your First Notice Changes are drafted, from the version of your rulemaking published

in.

the Illinois

Register.

We will be

able to

differ from that

publication only

in such things

as line

spacing, paragraph alignment,

etc., which will be made consistent with the IAC database.

If any

differences

occur

between

the

hardcopy

materials

you

filed

with

the

SOS

and

the

version

published

in

the Register,

our First

Notice version

will

reflect the

Register.

Otherwise,

there

would be

no paper trail for the public to follow in tracking

changes in the rulemaking throughout

its adoption process.

You will

be

receiving from

JCAR

a clean First Notice version ofthe rulemaking to use in your

amendment drafting and

a mark-up that

shows things JCAR has noted, during

its preparation of

the

First Notice version,

that

need

to

be

corrected.

These will include

correction of errors that

were

created

in the preparation of the Register;

corrections that

need to

be made

in the agency-

generated

rulemaking

text/format

because

of

inconsistency

with

current

rule

text

on

file;

rulemaking

and

rule

format

requirements,

etc.;

and

J.CAR

suggested

changes

for

consistency

among agencies, clarity, understandability, etc.

As

usual,

JCAR

staff

will

be

talking

to

you

throughout

the

rulemaking

process

about

any

substantive

concerns we

may have with the rulemaking and

any additional technical corrections

we would suggest based on later,

more in depth review of your rulemaking.

If,

when

you

file

your

rulemaking

with

the

SOS

for

adoption,

you

do

not

choose

to

file

the

hardcopy

and

electronic

file provided to

you

by

JCAR,

you

again need

to

be

very

careful

that

your background

text

accurately

reflects

existing

rule

on

file

and

all

changes

are

shown

by

underlining

and

striking

in your Register version.

Any errors in

these materials will have to

be

rectified

through

Expedited

Correction

or

a

new

rulemaking.

If

you

are

unsure

about

the

background text

you

have

in

your word

processing

system,

you

can

get

a

Word

copy of the

JCAR database on

which you can draft your rulemaking by

calling Terra Lamb at

5-2254.

If you

have

any

questions about the

attached mark-up or if JCAR staff can be of any

assistance,

please feel free to

contact us.

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