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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by adding Section 9.3 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 3005/9.3 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 9.3. Illinois Funding Accountability and Transparency | ||||||
8 | Law. | ||||||
9 | (a) In General: | ||||||
10 | (1) Website. Beginning July 1, 2008 and subject to | ||||||
11 | paragraphs (2) and (3), the Governor's Office of Management | ||||||
12 | and Budget (GOMB) shall ensure the existence and operation | ||||||
13 | of a single updated searchable database website accessible | ||||||
14 | by the public at no cost that includes for each entity | ||||||
15 | receiving Illinois funding: | ||||||
16 | (A) the name of the entity; | ||||||
17 | (B) the amount of any Illinois funds that the | ||||||
18 | entity has received in each of the last 10 fiscal | ||||||
19 | years; | ||||||
20 | (C) an itemized breakdown of each transaction, | ||||||
21 | including funding agency, program source, and a | ||||||
22 | description of the purpose of each funding action; | ||||||
23 | (D) the location of the entity and primary location |
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1 | of performance, including the city, state, and country | ||||||
2 | and, if in Illinois, the Representative District; | ||||||
3 | (E) a unique identifier for each such entity and | ||||||
4 | parent entity, should the entity be owned by another | ||||||
5 | entity; and | ||||||
6 | (F) any other relevant information. | ||||||
7 | (2) Initial data. Beginning July 1, 2008, the website | ||||||
8 | shall include data for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. | ||||||
9 | (3) Previous fiscal years. Not later than July 1, 2010, | ||||||
10 | information required by this Section shall be posted on the | ||||||
11 | website for fiscal years 1999 through 2006. | ||||||
12 | (b) Definitions. In this Section: | ||||||
13 | (1) Entity. The term "entity": | ||||||
14 | (A) includes: | ||||||
15 | (i) a corporation; | ||||||
16 | (ii) an association; | ||||||
17 | (iii) a partnership; | ||||||
18 | (iv) a limited liability company; | ||||||
19 | (v) a limited liability partnership; | ||||||
20 | (vi) any other legal business entity; | ||||||
21 | (vii) grantees, contractors, and, on and after | ||||||
22 | January 1, 2009, subgrantees and subcontractors; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (viii) any unit of local government, school | ||||||
25 | district, or other state or federal governmental | ||||||
26 | unit; but |
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1 | (B) does not include: | ||||||
2 | (i) an individual recipient of Illinois or | ||||||
3 | federal assistance; | ||||||
4 | (ii) a State employee; or | ||||||
5 | (iii) a grant or contract of such a nature that | ||||||
6 | its disclosure could reasonably be expected to | ||||||
7 | cause damage to homeland security. | ||||||
8 | (2) Illinois funding. The term "Illinois funding": | ||||||
9 | (A) means Illinois financial assistance and | ||||||
10 | expenditures, which include grants, contracts, | ||||||
11 | subgrants, subcontracts, loans, awards, and other | ||||||
12 | forms of financial assistance; but | ||||||
13 | (B) does not include credit card transactions or | ||||||
14 | minor purchases. | ||||||
15 | (3) Searchable database website. The term "searchable | ||||||
16 | database website" means a website that allows the public | ||||||
17 | to: | ||||||
18 | (A) search Illinois funding by name of entity, | ||||||
19 | parent entity, or type of industry, by geography, | ||||||
20 | including location of the entity and the primary | ||||||
21 | location of the performance, by amounts and types of | ||||||
22 | Illinois funding, by program sources, by type of | ||||||
23 | activity being performed, by time factors such as | ||||||
24 | fiscal years or multiple fiscal years, and by other | ||||||
25 | relevant information; and | ||||||
26 | (B) download data included in subparagraph (A), |
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1 | including outcomes from searches. | ||||||
2 | (c) Website. The database website established by this | ||||||
3 | Section: | ||||||
4 | (1) shall not be considered in compliance if it relies | ||||||
5 | upon links to other existing websites and databases, unless | ||||||
6 | each of those sites has information from all agencies and | ||||||
7 | each category of information required to be itemized can be | ||||||
8 | searched electronically by field in a single search; | ||||||
9 | (2) shall provide an opportunity for the public to | ||||||
10 | provide input about the utility of the site and | ||||||
11 | recommendations for improvements; and | ||||||
12 | (3) shall be updated not later than 30 days after the | ||||||
13 | award of any assistance requiring a posting. | ||||||
14 | (d) GOMB responsibilities. The Director of GOMB shall | ||||||
15 | provide guidance to agency heads to ensure compliance with this | ||||||
16 | Section. | ||||||
17 | (e) Report. By March 1 of each year, the Director of GOMB | ||||||
18 | shall report to the General Assembly on implementation and | ||||||
19 | operation of the website, which shall include data about the | ||||||
20 | usage and public feedback on the utility of the site, including | ||||||
21 | recommendations for improvements. The annual report shall be | ||||||
22 | made publicly available on the website.
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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