97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5821

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-335

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) provisions, redefines a "State agency" to which the provisions apply to include the General Assembly and the legislative support services agencies.


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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.
17    (b) For purposes of this Section:
18    "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional
19officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution,
20executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and
21Authorities under the Governor. "State agency" also includes
22the General Assembly and the legislative support services
23agencies.

 

 

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

 

 

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1    Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit
2    category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
3        (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
4    State occupation and use tax certificates of registration
5    and all revocations and suspensions of State professional
6    licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location,
7    and certificate of registration number or license number,
8    as applicable. Professional license revocations and
9    suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a
10    failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
11        (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
12    separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency,
13    contract value, and goods or services provided.
14        (6) A database of all employees hired after the
15    effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted
16    searchably by each of the following at the time of
17    employment:
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            (vi) County of employment location.
24            (vii) Rutan status.
25            (viii) Status of position as subject to collective
26        bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt

 

 

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1        under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.
2            (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee,
3        intern, certified, or exempt from certification.
4            (x) Status as a military veteran.
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 shall cooperate with the Department
12in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation
13of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.
14(Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11.)