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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 
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Act is amended  by adding Section 9.3 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 3005/9.3  new)
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    Sec. 9.3. Illinois Funding Accountability and Transparency 
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Law.
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    (a) In General:
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        (1) Website. Beginning July 1, 2010 and subject to 
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    paragraphs (2) and (3), the Governor's Office of Management 
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    and Budget (GOMB) shall ensure the existence and operation 
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    of a single updated searchable database website accessible 
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    by the public at no cost that includes for each entity 
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    receiving Illinois funding:
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            (A) the name of the entity;
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            (B) the amount of any Illinois funds that the 
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        entity has received in each of the last 10 fiscal 
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        years;
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            (C) an itemized breakdown of each transaction, 
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        including funding agency, program source, and a 
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        description of the purpose of each funding action;
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            (D) the location of the entity and primary location 
 


 






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        of performance, including the city, state, and country 
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        and, if in Illinois, the Representative District;
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            (E) a unique identifier for each such entity and 
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        parent entity, should the entity be owned by another 
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        entity; and
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            (F) any other relevant information.
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        (2) Initial data. Beginning July 1, 2010, the website 
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    shall include data for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
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        (3) Previous fiscal years. Not later than July 1, 2012, 
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    information required by this Section shall be posted on the 
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    website for fiscal years 2001 through 2008.
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    (b) Definitions. In this Section:
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        (1) Entity. The term "entity":
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            (A) includes:
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                (i) a corporation;
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                (ii) an association;
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                (iii) a partnership;
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                (iv) a limited liability company;
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                (v) a limited liability partnership;
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                (vi) any other legal business entity;
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                (vii) grantees, contractors, and, on and after 
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            January 1, 2011, subgrantees and subcontractors; 
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            and
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                (viii) any unit of local government, school 
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            district, or other state or federal governmental 
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            unit; but
 


 






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            (B) does not include:
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                (i) an individual recipient of Illinois or 
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            federal assistance;
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                (ii) a State employee; or
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                (iii) a grant or contract of such a nature that 
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            its disclosure could reasonably be expected to 
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            cause damage to homeland security.
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        (2) Illinois funding. The term "Illinois funding":
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            (A) means Illinois financial assistance and 
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        expenditures, which include grants, contracts, 
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        subgrants, subcontracts, loans, awards, and other 
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        forms of financial assistance; but
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            (B) does not include credit card transactions, 
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        minor purchases, or disbursements under Link card, 
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        WIC, or Medicaid programs.
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        (3) Searchable database website. The term "searchable 
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    database website" means a website that allows the public 
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    to:
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            (A) search Illinois funding by name of entity, 
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        parent entity, or type of industry, by geography, 
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        including location of the entity and the primary 
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        location of the performance, by amounts and types of 
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        Illinois funding, by program sources, by type of 
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        activity being performed, by time factors such as 
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        fiscal years or multiple fiscal years, and by other 
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        relevant information; and
 


 






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            (B) download data included in subparagraph (A), 
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        including outcomes from searches.
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    (c) Website. The database website established by this 
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Section:
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        (1) shall not be considered in compliance if it relies 
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    upon links to other existing websites and databases, unless 
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    each of those sites has information from all agencies and 
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    each category of information required to be itemized can be 
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    searched electronically by field in a single search;
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        (2) shall provide an opportunity for the public to 
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    provide input about the utility of the site and 
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    recommendations for improvements; and
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        (3) shall be updated not later than 30 days after the 
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    award of any assistance requiring a posting.
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    (d) GOMB  responsibilities. The Director of GOMB shall 
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provide guidance to agency heads to ensure compliance with this 
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Section.
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    (e) Report. By March 1 of each year, the Director of GOMB 
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shall report to the General Assembly on implementation and 
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operation of the website, which shall include data about the 
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usage and public feedback on the utility of the site, including 
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recommendations for improvements. The annual report shall be 
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made publicly available on the website.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.