Full Text of HB0194 96th General Assembly
HB0194 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB0194
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Suzanne Bassi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Requires GOMB to establish a single updated searchable database website accessible by the public at no cost that includes information concerning each entity that receives Illinois funding. Requires GOMB to report to the General Assembly concerning the website. Effective immediately.
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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 | 5 |
| Act is amended by adding Section 9.3 as follows: | 6 |
| (20 ILCS 3005/9.3 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 9.3. Illinois Funding Accountability and Transparency | 8 |
| Law. | 9 |
| (a) In General: | 10 |
| (1) Website. Beginning July 1, 2010 and subject to | 11 |
| paragraphs (2) and (3), the Governor's Office of Management | 12 |
| and Budget (GOMB) shall ensure the existence and operation | 13 |
| of a single updated searchable database website accessible | 14 |
| by the public at no cost that includes for each entity | 15 |
| receiving Illinois funding: | 16 |
| (A) the name of the entity; | 17 |
| (B) the amount of any Illinois funds that the | 18 |
| entity has received in each of the last 10 fiscal | 19 |
| years; | 20 |
| (C) an itemized breakdown of each transaction, | 21 |
| including funding agency, program source, and a | 22 |
| description of the purpose of each funding action; | 23 |
| (D) the location of the entity and primary location |
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| of performance, including the city, state, and country | 2 |
| and, if in Illinois, the Representative District; | 3 |
| (E) a unique identifier for each such entity and | 4 |
| parent entity, should the entity be owned by another | 5 |
| entity; and | 6 |
| (F) any other relevant information. | 7 |
| (2) Initial data. Beginning July 1, 2010, the website | 8 |
| shall include data for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. | 9 |
| (3) Previous fiscal years. Not later than July 1, 2012, | 10 |
| information required by this Section shall be posted on the | 11 |
| website for fiscal years 2001 through 2008. | 12 |
| (b) Definitions. In this Section: | 13 |
| (1) Entity. The term "entity": | 14 |
| (A) includes: | 15 |
| (i) a corporation; | 16 |
| (ii) an association; | 17 |
| (iii) a partnership; | 18 |
| (iv) a limited liability company; | 19 |
| (v) a limited liability partnership; | 20 |
| (vi) any other legal business entity; | 21 |
| (vii) grantees, contractors, and, on and after | 22 |
| January 1, 2011, subgrantees and subcontractors; | 23 |
| and | 24 |
| (viii) any unit of local government, school | 25 |
| district, or other state or federal governmental | 26 |
| unit; but |
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| (B) does not include: | 2 |
| (i) an individual recipient of Illinois or | 3 |
| federal assistance; | 4 |
| (ii) a State employee; or | 5 |
| (iii) a grant or contract of such a nature that | 6 |
| its disclosure could reasonably be expected to | 7 |
| cause damage to homeland security. | 8 |
| (2) Illinois funding. The term "Illinois funding": | 9 |
| (A) means Illinois financial assistance and | 10 |
| expenditures, which include grants, contracts, | 11 |
| subgrants, subcontracts, loans, awards, and other | 12 |
| forms of financial assistance; but | 13 |
| (B) does not include credit card transactions or | 14 |
| minor purchases. | 15 |
| (3) Searchable database website. The term "searchable | 16 |
| database website" means a website that allows the public | 17 |
| to: | 18 |
| (A) search Illinois funding by name of entity, | 19 |
| parent entity, or type of industry, by geography, | 20 |
| including location of the entity and the primary | 21 |
| location of the performance, by amounts and types of | 22 |
| Illinois funding, by program sources, by type of | 23 |
| activity being performed, by time factors such as | 24 |
| fiscal years or multiple fiscal years, and by other | 25 |
| relevant information; and | 26 |
| (B) download data included in subparagraph (A), |
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| including outcomes from searches. | 2 |
| (c) Website. The database website established by this | 3 |
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| (1) shall not be considered in compliance if it relies | 5 |
| upon links to other existing websites and databases, unless | 6 |
| each of those sites has information from all agencies and | 7 |
| each category of information required to be itemized can be | 8 |
| searched electronically by field in a single search; | 9 |
| (2) shall provide an opportunity for the public to | 10 |
| provide input about the utility of the site and | 11 |
| recommendations for improvements; and | 12 |
| (3) shall be updated not later than 30 days after the | 13 |
| award of any assistance requiring a posting. | 14 |
| (d) GOMB responsibilities. The Director of GOMB shall | 15 |
| provide guidance to agency heads to ensure compliance with this | 16 |
| Section. | 17 |
| (e) Report. By March 1 of each year, the Director of GOMB | 18 |
| shall report to the General Assembly on implementation and | 19 |
| operation of the website, which shall include data about the | 20 |
| usage and public feedback on the utility of the site, including | 21 |
| recommendations for improvements. The annual report shall be | 22 |
| made publicly available on the website.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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