Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 4/15/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2381




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2381 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Grant 
5Information Collection Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, 
7unless the context otherwise requires:
8    "Grant funds" means any public funds dispensed by a grantor 
9agency to any person or entity for obligation, expenditure, or 
10use by that person or entity for a specific purpose or purposes 
11and any funds disbursed by the State Comptroller pursuant to an 
12appropriation made by the General Assembly to a named entity or 
13person. Funds disbursed in accordance with a fee for service 
14purchase of care contract are not grant funds for purposes of 
15this Act.
16    Neither the method by which funds are dispensed whether by 
 
 
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1contract, agreement, grant subsidy, letter of credit, or any 
2other method nor the purpose for which the funds are used can 
3change the character of funds which otherwise would be 
4considered grant funds as defined in this Section.
5    "Grantee" means the person or entity which may use grant 
6funds.
7    "Grantor agency" means a State agency that dispenses grant 
8funds.
9    "State agency" means State-supported universities and 
10colleges and any department, office, commission, board, or 
11authority within the Executive Department, other than   the 
12Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Attorney 
13General, the Office of the Secretary of State, the Office of 
14the Comptroller, or the Office of the Treasurer.
 
15    Section 10. Grant information collection. The Chief 
16Information Officer of the State, as designated by the 
17Governor, shall coordinate with each State agency to develop, 
18with any existing or newly available resources and technology, 
19appropriate systems to accurately report data containing 
20financial information.  These systems shall include a module 
21that is specific to the management and administration of grant 
22funds. 
23    Each grantor agency that is authorized to award grant funds 
24to an entity other than the State of Illinois shall coordinate 
25with the Chief Information Officer of the State to provide for  
 
 
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1the publication, at data.illinois.gov or any other publicly 
2accessible website designated by the Chief Information 
3Officer, of data sets containing information regarding awards 
4of grant funds that the grantor agency has made during the 
5previous fiscal year.  Data sets shall be published on at least 
6a  quarterly basis and shall include, at a minimum, the 
7following:
8        (1)      the name of the grantor agency;
9        (2)      the name and postal zip  code of the grantee;
10        (3) a short description of the purpose of the  award of 
11    grant funds;
12        (4) the amount of each award of grant funds;
13        (5)      the date of each award of grant funds; and
14        (6)      the duration of each award of grant funds.
15    In addition, each grantor agency  shall make best efforts, 
16with available resources and technology, to make available in 
17the data sets any other data  that is relevant to its award of  
18grant funds.
19    Data not subject to the requirements of this Section 
20include data to which a State agency may deny access pursuant 
21to any provision of a federal, state, or local law, rule, or 
22regulation.".