Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 4/13/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6271

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6271 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 6 with the following:
 
4 "changing Section 405-335 and by adding Section 405-336 as
5 follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 405/405-335)
7     Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability
8 Portal (ITAP).
9     (a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective
10 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall
11 establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois
12 Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a
13 full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP
14 database with information received from all State agencies as
15 defined in this Section.
16     (b) For purposes of this Section:

 

 

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1     "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional
2 officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution,
3 executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and
4 Authorities under the Governor. "State agency" also includes
5 the General Assembly and the legislative support services
6 agencies.
7     "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file
8 with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and
9 services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of
10 professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value).
11     "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending
12 approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by
13 object of expenditure.
14     "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible
15 to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll.
16     "Recipients" means State agencies receiving
17 appropriations.
18     (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the
19 following:
20         (1) A database of all current State employees and
21     individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement
22     officers, sorted separately by:
23             (i) Name.
24             (ii) Employing State agency.
25             (iii) Employing State division.
26             (iv) Employment position title.

 

 

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1             (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
2         (2) A database of all current State expenditures,
3     sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and
4     Representative District.
5         (3) A database of all development assistance
6     reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for
7     Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit
8     category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
9         (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
10     State occupation and use tax certificates of registration
11     and all revocations and suspensions of State professional
12     licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location,
13     and certificate of registration number or license number,
14     as applicable. Professional license revocations and
15     suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a
16     failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
17         (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
18     separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency,
19     contract value, and goods or services provided.
20     (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be
21 published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available
22 to the Department in a format the Department can compile and
23 publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as
24 additional information becomes available in a format that can
25 be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.
26     (e) Each State agency shall cooperate with the Department

 

 

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1 in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation
2 of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.
3 (Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10.)".