98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5982

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-335
20 ILCS 405/405-335

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal shall provide direct access to a database of all current State grants, sorted by grantee name, awarding agency, grant value, and the purpose for which the grant is awarded. Effective July 1, 2014.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6changing Section 405-335 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 405/405-335)
8    Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability
9Portal (ITAP).
10    (a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective
11date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall
12establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois
13Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a
14full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP
15database with information received from all State agencies as
16defined in this Section. Subject to appropriation, the
17full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP
18database with information received from all counties,
19townships, library districts, and municipalities.
20    (b) For purposes of this Section:
21    "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional
22officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution,
23executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and

 

 

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

 

 

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1    reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for
2    Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit
3    category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
4        (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
5    State occupation and use tax certificates of registration
6    and all revocations and suspensions of State professional
7    licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location,
8    and certificate of registration number or license number,
9    as applicable. Professional license revocations and
10    suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a
11    failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
12        (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
13    separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency,
14    contract value, and goods or services provided.
15        (6) A database of all employees hired after the
16    effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted
17    searchably by each of the following at the time of
18    employment:
19            (i) Name.
20            (ii) Employing State agency.
21            (iii) Employing State division.
22            (iv) Employment position title.
23            (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
24            (vi) County of employment location.
25            (vii) Rutan status.
26            (viii) Status of position as subject to collective

 

 

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1        bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt
2        under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.
3            (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee,
4        intern, certified, or exempt from certification.
5            (x) Status as a military veteran.
6        (7) A searchable database of all current county,
7    township, library district, and municipal employees sorted
8    separately by:
9            (i) Employing unit of local government.
10            (ii) Employment position title.
11            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
12        (8) A searchable database of all county, township, and
13    municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of
14    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted
15    separately by each of the following at the time of
16    employment:
17            (i) Employing unit of local government.
18            (ii) Employment position title.
19            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
20        (9) A searchable database of all library district
21    employees hired on or after August 9, 2013 (the effective
22    date of Public Act 98-246) this amendatory Act of the 98th
23    General Assembly, sorted separately by each of the
24    following at the time of employment:
25            (i) Employing unit of local government.
26            (ii) Employment position title.

 

 

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1            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
2        (9) A database of all current State grants, sorted
3    separately by grantee name, awarding agency, grant value,
4    and the purpose for which the grant is awarded.
5    (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be
6published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available
7to the Department in a format the Department can compile and
8publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as
9additional information becomes available in a format that can
10be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.
11    (e) Each State agency, county, township, library district,
12and municipality shall cooperate with the Department in
13furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of
14this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.
15    (f) Each county, township, library district, or
16municipality submitting information to be displayed on the
17Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) is
18responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.
19    (g) The Department, within 6 months after January 1, 2014
20(the effective date of Public Act 98-283) this amendatory Act
21of the 98th General Assembly, shall distribute a spreadsheet or
22otherwise make data entry available to each State agency to
23facilitate the collection of data on the State's annual
24workforce characteristics, workforce compensation, and
25employee mobility. The Department shall determine the data to
26be collected by each State agency. Each State agency shall

 

 

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1cooperate with the Department in furnishing the data necessary
2for the implementation of this subsection within the timeframe
3specified by the Department. The Department shall publish the
4data received from each State agency on the ITAP or another
5open data site annually.
6(Source: P.A. 97-744, eff. 1-1-13; 98-246, eff. 8-9-13; 98-283,
7eff. 1-1-14; revised 9-4-13.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
92014.