Public Act 098-0589
 
SB2381 EnrolledLRB098 10592 JWD 40854 b


  
    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Grant 
Information Collection Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, 
unless the context otherwise requires:
    "Grant funds" means any public funds dispensed by a grantor 
agency to any person or entity for obligation, expenditure, or 
use by that person or entity for a specific purpose or purposes 
and any funds disbursed by the State Comptroller pursuant to an 
appropriation made by the General Assembly to a named entity or 
person. Funds disbursed in accordance with a fee for service 
purchase of care contract are not grant funds for purposes of 
this Act.
    Neither the method by which funds are dispensed, whether by 
contract, agreement, grant subsidy, letter of credit, or any 
other method, nor the purpose for which the funds are used can 
change the character of funds which otherwise would be 
considered grant funds as defined in this Section.
    "Grantee" means the person or entity which may use grant 
funds.
    "Grantor agency" means a State agency that dispenses grant 
funds.
    "State agency" means State-supported universities and 
colleges and any department, office, commission, board, or 
authority within the Executive Department, other than   the 
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Attorney 
General, the Office of the Secretary of State, the Office of 
the Comptroller, or the Office of the Treasurer.
 
    Section 10. Grant information collection. The Chief 
Information Officer of the State, as designated by the 
Governor, shall coordinate with each State agency to develop, 
with any existing or newly available resources and technology, 
appropriate systems to accurately report data containing 
financial information.  These systems shall include a module 
that is specific to the management and administration of grant 
funds. 
    Each grantor agency that is authorized to award grant funds 
to an entity other than the State of Illinois shall coordinate 
with the Chief Information Officer of the State to provide for  
the publication, at data.illinois.gov or any other publicly 
accessible website designated by the Chief Information 
Officer, of data sets containing information regarding awards 
of grant funds that the grantor agency has made during the 
previous fiscal year.  Data sets shall be published on at least 
a  quarterly basis and shall include, at a minimum, the 
following:
        (1)      the name of the grantor agency;
        (2)      the name and postal zip  code of the grantee;
        (3) a short description of the purpose of the  award of 
    grant funds;
        (4) the amount of each award of grant funds;
        (5)      the date of each award of grant funds; and
        (6)      the duration of each award of grant funds.
    In addition, each grantor agency  shall make best efforts, 
with available resources and technology, to make available in 
the data sets any other data  that is relevant to its award of  
grant funds.
    Data not subject to the requirements of this Section 
include data to which a State agency may deny access pursuant 
to any provision of a federal, State, or local law, rule, or 
regulation.