Full Text of HB0003 095th General Assembly
HB0003eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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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| 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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| (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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| including outcomes from searches. | 2 |
| (c) Website. The database website established by this | 3 |
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| (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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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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