HB1031 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1031

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

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 ITAP shall include a database of pension contributions made on behalf of members of the General Assembly Retirement System and the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois and annuity payments for annuitants under those retirement systems. Provides that information on the ITAP database shall be downloadable in Excel or Comma Separated Value format. Provides that the website shall accommodate online comments and questions from the public concerning State expenditures. Provides that the website must contain contact information listing individuals and officials who are able to answer questions about information on the website. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

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 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.

(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.

(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) 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) 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.

(9) A database listing the following information for each current participant of the General Assembly Retirement System, each current member of the State Employees' Retirement System, and each annuitant under either of those systems:

(i) in the case of members and participants, the total amount of employer contributions made to the General Assembly Retirement System or the State Employees' Retirement System on behalf of that member or participant during the current State fiscal year, including employee contributions that are picked up by the employer;

(ii) in the case of members and participants, the total amount of employer contributions made to the General Assembly Retirement System or the State Employees' Retirement System on behalf of that member or participant during all State fiscal years, including employee contributions that are picked up by the employer; and

(iii) in the case of annuitants, the total amount paid to the annuitant as an annuity under the General Assembly Retirement System or the State Employees' Retirement System during the current State fiscal year.

(d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be published by subsection (c) 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.

(d-5) Information on the ITAP database shall be downloadable in Excel or Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.

(d-10) The website shall accommodate online comments and questions from the public concerning State expenditures. The website must contain contact information listing individuals and officials who are able to answer questions about information on the website.

(e) Each State agency, county, township, and municipality 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 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.