HB1555 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1555

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross - Ron Sandack

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 405/405-335

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) shall include information on the employees and individual consultants, expenditures, grant funds received, contracts of all units of local government with taxing powers, and unfunded obligations of the State. Defines "unit of local government". Provides that ITAP shall include information on the funding ratio and the rate of return on investment for local pension funds and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 405-335 as follows:

(20 ILCS 405/405-335)

Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP).

(a) The Department, within 12 months after January 1, 2010 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP database with information received from all State agencies as defined in this Section. Subject to appropriation, the full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP database with information received from all counties, townships, and municipalities.

(a-5) The Department, within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall compile and update the ITAP database with information received from each unit of local government according to subsection (c-5) of this Section.

(b) For purposes of this Section:

"State agency" means the offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and Authorities under the Governor.

"Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value).

"Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by object of expenditure.

"Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll.

"Recipients" means State agencies receiving appropriations.

"Unit of local government" or "local government" includes, without limitation, counties, townships, municipalities, community college districts, school districts, special purpose districts, and any other unit of government with the power to levy taxes. "Unit of local government" or "local government" does not include a State agency as defined in this subsection.

(c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the following:

(1) A database of all current State employees and individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement officers, sorted separately by:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing State agency.

(iii) Employing State division.

(iv) Employment position title.

(v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(2) A database of all current State expenditures, sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and Representative District.

(3) A database of all development assistance reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit category, taxpayer, and Representative District.

(4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of State occupation and use tax certificates of registration and all revocations and suspensions of State professional licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location, and certificate of registration number or license number, as applicable. Professional license revocations and suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.

(5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, contract value, and goods or services provided.

(6) A database of all employees hired after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted searchably by each of the following at the time of employment:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing State agency.

(iii) Employing State division.

(iv) Employment position title.

(v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(vi) County of employment location.

(vii) Rutan status.

(viii) Status of position as subject to collective bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.

(ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee, intern, certified, or exempt from certification.

(x) Status as a military veteran.

(7) (Blank). A searchable database of all current county, township, and municipal employees sorted separately by:

(i) Employing unit of local government.

(ii) Employment position title.

(iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(8) (Blank). A searchable database of all county, township, and municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted separately by each of the following at the time of employment:

(i) Employing unit of local government.

(ii) Employment position title.

(iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(c-5) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the following for each unit of local government:

(1) A database of all current local government employees and individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement officers, sorted separately by:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing unit of local government.

(iii) Employment position title.

(iv) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

This database shall incorporate all information previously reported under items (7) and (8) of subsection (c) of this Section.

(2) A database of all current local government expenditures, sorted separately by unit of local government, category, and recipient.

(3) A database of all grant funds received from any State agency, sorted separately by unit of local government, State agency, and type and purpose of grant.

(4) A database of all current local government contracts, sorted separately by contractor name, awarding officer or unit of local government, contract value, and goods or services provided.

(5) A database of all employees hired after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted searchably by each of the following at the time of employment:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing unit of local government.

(iii) Employment position title.

(iv) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(6) A database of all unfunded contractual obligations, including (i) employee pensions and (ii) employee and retiree health care costs.

(7) A database with information on each unit of local government's enumerated pension plan including the total invested capital, the plan's ratio of funding to liabilities, and the rate of return on that plan's investments. The database shall also include the total invested capital and the rate of return on investments for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, together with the names of each unit of local government participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The Department shall by rule specify the level of detail that shall be made available on ITAP under this item.

(d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be published by subsections subsection (c) and (c-5) of this Section that is available to the Department in a format the Department can compile and publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as additional information becomes available in a format that can be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.

(e) Each State agency, county, township, and municipality, or other unit of local government shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.

(f) Each county, township, or municipality, or other unit of local government submitting information to be displayed on the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.

(Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11; 97-744, eff. 1-1-13.)

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