Full Text of HB6675 095th General Assembly
HB6675 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB6675
Introduced , by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Local Initiative Sunshine Act. Defines "gubernatorial or legislative member initiatives". Provides that executive branch State agencies processing initiatives must establish and maintain a file for all applications. Specifies the information an agency must obtain during the application or review process. Provides that an agency that processes grants shall develop guidelines and monitoring procedures. Specifies the required guidelines and procedures. Provides for public disclosure of grant information.
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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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| Article 1 | 5 |
| Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 |
| Local Initiative Sunshine Act. If more than one new Act of the | 7 |
| 95th General Assembly is given the same short title, then all | 8 |
| of those Acts are intended to be codified as a single Act. | 9 |
| Section 1-5. Definitions. In this Act: | 10 |
| "Gubernatorial or legislative member initiative" means a | 11 |
| grant from State funds to a specific unit of local government, | 12 |
| specific school district, specific not-for-profit | 13 |
| organization, or specific non-governmental entity for | 14 |
| infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. Grants that | 15 |
| are part of a statewide program and are based on generally | 16 |
| applicable standards of eligibility are not gubernatorial or | 17 |
| legislative member initiatives, unless the grant has been | 18 |
| requested or initiated by the Governor or a member of the | 19 |
| Illinois General Assembly. | 20 |
| "Infrastructure
improvements" include without limitation | 21 |
| capital improvements, capital
projects, planning, | 22 |
| construction, reconstruction, equipment, utilities,
vehicles, |
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| and all costs associated with economic development, community
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| programs, educational programs, public health, and public | 3 |
| safety. | 4 |
| "Initiative sponsor", with respect to each gubernatorial | 5 |
| or legislative member initiative, include the Governor and each | 6 |
| member of the General Assembly designated in the grant | 7 |
| application as having requested or initiated the grant. | 8 |
| "Initiative recipient" means an individual or entity that | 9 |
| is designated to receive or receives a gubernatorial or | 10 |
| legislative member initiative. For purposes of disclosure | 11 |
| under Section 5-10, the term also includes (i) the immediate | 12 |
| family of an individual who is an initiative recipient; and | 13 |
| (ii) in the case of an entity that is an initiative recipient, | 14 |
| the term also includes board members, owners with an equity | 15 |
| interest of at least 7.5%, and managerial employees of the | 16 |
| entity, the immediate family of each, and its parent, | 17 |
| subsidiary, and affiliate entities. | 18 |
| Article 10 | 19 |
| Section 10-5. Initiative sponsors; identification. Each | 20 |
| application for a gubernatorial and legislative member | 21 |
| initiative must identify its initiative sponsors in writing. | 22 |
| Section 10-10. Initiative file. All executive branch State | 23 |
| agencies processing gubernatorial or legislative member |
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| initiatives shall establish and maintain a comprehensive file | 2 |
| for each initiative that includes all information submitted, | 3 |
| obtained, or reviewed in connection with the initiative. The | 4 |
| file shall include documentation of all communications by the | 5 |
| agency with any person regarding the initiative. The entire | 6 |
| file must be made available to the public through a State | 7 |
| website. | 8 |
| Section 10-15. Application review. | 9 |
| (a) Executive branch State agencies shall obtain | 10 |
| information from the initiative recipient demonstrating that | 11 |
| public funds will be used for a legitimate public purpose. The | 12 |
| application and review process shall include the | 13 |
| identification of the following: | 14 |
| (1) the public benefit from the program or service; | 15 |
| (2) the need for the program or service; | 16 |
| (3) the beneficiaries of the program or service; | 17 |
| (4) the number of individuals to benefit from the | 18 |
| program or service; | 19 |
| (5) a budget consisting of a comprehensive financial | 20 |
| plan for the expenditure of public funds including payment | 21 |
| of any compensation to any individuals hired to perform | 22 |
| services under the initiative; | 23 |
| (6) an explanation of the delivery of the program or | 24 |
| service; and | 25 |
| (7) the benchmarks and outcomes for the funding. |
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| (b) Executive branch State agencies shall obtain | 2 |
| information from the initiative recipient demonstrating that | 3 |
| the initiative recipient is qualified to provide the services | 4 |
| for which funding is requested. The application shall include: | 5 |
| (1) the applicant's qualifications and credentials; | 6 |
| (2) the applicant's prior experience; | 7 |
| (3) the applicant's financial information including, | 8 |
| but not limited to, tax arrearages, child support, and | 9 |
| educational loans; and | 10 |
| (4) the financial structure of the applicant | 11 |
| including, but not limited to, bank accounts and credit | 12 |
| history. | 13 |
| Section 10-20. Guidelines and monitoring procedures. | 14 |
| (a) Any executive branch State agency processing | 15 |
| gubernatorial or legislative member initiatives shall develop | 16 |
| program guidelines and monitoring procedures that include, at a | 17 |
| minimum: | 18 |
| (1) a required reporting of the expenditure of | 19 |
| initiative funds; and | 20 |
| (2) a review of grant performance. | 21 |
| (b) Subsequent to a grant award, and throughout the term of | 22 |
| the grant agreement, the agency shall include in the grant file | 23 |
| all information submitted, obtained, or reviewed in connection | 24 |
| with monitoring the grant recipient's compliance with the grant | 25 |
| agreement, including documentation of all communications with |
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| any person, and all of that information must be made available | 2 |
| to the public through a State website. | 3 |
| (c) Agencies shall develop procedures to ensure the timely | 4 |
| initiation of statutory procedures to recover misspent funds.
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