Full Text of HB0309 97th General Assembly
HB0309eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | 5 | | Initiative Sunshine Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Gubernatorial or legislative member initiative" means a | 8 | | grant from State funds to a specific unit of local government, | 9 | | specific school district, specific not-for-profit | 10 | | organization, or specific non-governmental entity for | 11 | | infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. Grants that | 12 | | are part of a statewide program and are based on generally | 13 | | applicable standards of eligibility are not gubernatorial or | 14 | | legislative member initiatives. | 15 | | "Infrastructure
improvements" include without limitation | 16 | | capital improvements, capital
projects, planning, | 17 | | construction, reconstruction, equipment, utilities,
vehicles, | 18 | | and all costs associated with economic development, community
| 19 | | programs, educational programs, public health, and public | 20 | | safety. | 21 | | "Initiative sponsor", with respect to each gubernatorial | 22 | | or legislative member initiative, includes the Governor and | 23 | | each member of the General Assembly designated in the grant |
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| 1 | | application as having requested or initiated the grant. | 2 | | "Initiative recipient" means an individual or entity that | 3 | | is designated to receive or receives a gubernatorial or | 4 | | legislative member initiative. | 5 | | "Recoverable grants" mean grant money to an initiative | 6 | | recipient that has been determined, in accordance with | 7 | | applicable State law and rule, to be refundable to the State. | 8 | | "Searchable database website" means a website that allows | 9 | | the public to (i) search the database by name of initiative | 10 | | recipient, initiative sponsor, funding agency, and location of | 11 | | performed and recoverable grants and (ii) download data | 12 | | included in item (i), including outcomes from searches. | 13 | | Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide | 14 | | full and complete disclosure to the public of the recipients of | 15 | | gubernatorial and legislative member initiatives. The database | 16 | | shall also serve as a warning to initiative recipients that the | 17 | | misuse of public funds will not be tolerated by the State. | 18 | | Section 15. Initiative recipient database. | 19 | | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, the Office of the | 20 | | Comptroller shall create and maintain a searchable database | 21 | | website containing information concerning initiative | 22 | | recipients. The database shall include for each initiative | 23 | | recipient: | 24 | | (1) the name of the initiative recipient and initiative |
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| 1 | | sponsor; | 2 | | (2) the amount of the gubernatorial or legislative | 3 | | member initiative; | 4 | | (3) the funding agency and the funding source; | 5 | | (4) the purpose of each initiative; | 6 | | (5) the location of the initiative recipient and the | 7 | | primary location of the performance of the initiative; | 8 | | (6) any recoverable grants; and | 9 | | (7) any other relevant information. | 10 | | (b) The database website shall also provide an opportunity | 11 | | for the public to provide input about the utility of the | 12 | | website and recommendations for improvements. | 13 | | (c) The database website shall not be considered in | 14 | | compliance with this Act if it relies upon links to other | 15 | | existing websites and databases, unless each of those sites has | 16 | | information from all agencies and each category of information | 17 | | required to be itemized can be searched electronically by field | 18 | | in a single search. | 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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