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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | ||||||
| 5 | Initiative Sunshine Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Gubernatorial or legislative member initiative" means a | ||||||
| 8 | grant from State funds to a specific unit of local government, | ||||||
| 9 | specific school district, specific not-for-profit | ||||||
| 10 | organization, or specific non-governmental entity for | ||||||
| 11 | infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. Grants that | ||||||
| 12 | are part of a statewide program and are based on generally | ||||||
| 13 | applicable standards of eligibility are not gubernatorial or | ||||||
| 14 | legislative member initiatives. | ||||||
| 15 | "Infrastructure
improvements" include without limitation | ||||||
| 16 | capital improvements, capital
projects, planning, | ||||||
| 17 | construction, reconstruction, equipment, utilities,
vehicles, | ||||||
| 18 | and all costs associated with economic development, community
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| 19 | programs, educational programs, public health, and public | ||||||
| 20 | safety. | ||||||
| 21 | "Initiative sponsor", with respect to each gubernatorial | ||||||
| 22 | or legislative member initiative, includes the Governor and | ||||||
| 23 | each member of the General Assembly designated in the grant | ||||||
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| 1 | application as having requested or initiated the grant. | ||||||
| 2 | "Initiative recipient" means an individual or entity that | ||||||
| 3 | is designated to receive or receives a gubernatorial or | ||||||
| 4 | legislative member initiative. | ||||||
| 5 | "Recoverable grants" mean grant money to an initiative | ||||||
| 6 | recipient that has been determined, in accordance with | ||||||
| 7 | applicable State law and rule, to be refundable to the State. | ||||||
| 8 | "Searchable database website" means a website that allows | ||||||
| 9 | the public to (i) search the database by name of initiative | ||||||
| 10 | recipient, initiative sponsor, funding agency, and location of | ||||||
| 11 | performed and recoverable grants and (ii) download data | ||||||
| 12 | included in item (i), including outcomes from searches. | ||||||
| 13 | Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide | ||||||
| 14 | full and complete disclosure to the public of the recipients of | ||||||
| 15 | gubernatorial and legislative member initiatives. The database | ||||||
| 16 | shall also serve as a warning to initiative recipients that the | ||||||
| 17 | misuse of public funds will not be tolerated by the State. | ||||||
| 18 | Section 15. Initiative recipient database. | ||||||
| 19 | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, the Office of the | ||||||
| 20 | Comptroller shall create and maintain a searchable database | ||||||
| 21 | website containing information concerning initiative | ||||||
| 22 | recipients. The database shall include for each initiative | ||||||
| 23 | recipient: | ||||||
| 24 | (1) the name of the initiative recipient and initiative | ||||||
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| 1 | sponsor; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) the amount of the gubernatorial or legislative | ||||||
| 3 | member initiative; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) the funding agency and the funding source; | ||||||
| 5 | (4) the purpose of each initiative; | ||||||
| 6 | (5) the location of the initiative recipient and the | ||||||
| 7 | primary location of the performance of the initiative; | ||||||
| 8 | (6) any recoverable grants; and | ||||||
| 9 | (7) any other relevant information. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) The database website shall also provide an opportunity | ||||||
| 11 | for the public to provide input about the utility of the | ||||||
| 12 | website and recommendations for improvements. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) The database website shall not be considered in | ||||||
| 14 | compliance with this Act if it relies upon links to other | ||||||
| 15 | existing websites and databases, unless each of those sites has | ||||||
| 16 | information from all agencies and each category of information | ||||||
| 17 | required to be itemized can be searched electronically by field | ||||||
| 18 | in a single search. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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