Full Text of HB3087 99th General Assembly
HB3087 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3087 Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Local Records Act. Requires a unit of local government or school district with an annual budget of $1 million or more to maintain an Internet website and post to that website, for the current calendar or fiscal year, as the case may be, the following information: (1) contact information for elected and appointed officials; (2) notice of and materials prepared for regular and emergency meetings; (3) procedures for requesting information from the unit of local government or school district; (4) annual budget; (5) ordinances under which the unit of local government or school district operates; (6) procedures to apply for building permits and zoning variances; (7) financial reports and audits; (8) information concerning employee compensation; (9) contracts with lobbying firms; (10) taxes and fees imposed by the unit of local government or school district; (11) rules governing the award of contracts; (12) bids and contracts worth $25,000 or more; (13) campaign contributions made by a vendor; (14) a debt disclosure report; and (15) public notices. Sets forth requirements concerning a searchable expenditure and revenue database. Provides that any citizen who is a resident of the unit of local government or school district may bring a mandamus or injunction action to compel the unit of local government or school district to comply with the Internet posting requirements. Provides a posting in perpetuity clause. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Clarifies that the webmaster must compile and update the ITAP database with information from all units of local government and school districts. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Contains a severability clause. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | 5 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 405-335 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-335) | 8 | | Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability | 9 | | Portal (ITAP).
| 10 | | (a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective | 11 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall | 12 | | establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois | 13 | | Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a | 14 | | full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP | 15 | | database with information received from all State agencies as | 16 | | defined in this Section. Within 6 months of the effective date | 17 | | of this amendatory Act, ITAP shall have the capability to | 18 | | compile and update the ITAP database with information received | 19 | | from all school districts and units of local government | 20 | | including, but not limited to, counties, townships, library | 21 | | districts, and municipalities. Subject to appropriation, the | 22 | | full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP | 23 | | database with information received from all school districts |
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| 1 | | and units of local government including, but not limited to, | 2 | | counties, townships, library districts, and municipalities. | 3 | | (b) For purposes of this Section: | 4 | | "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional | 5 | | officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution, | 6 | | executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and | 7 | | Authorities under the Governor. | 8 | | "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file | 9 | | with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and | 10 | | services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of | 11 | | professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value). | 12 | | "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending | 13 | | approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by | 14 | | object of expenditure. | 15 | | "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible | 16 | | to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll. | 17 | | "Recipients" means State agencies receiving | 18 | | appropriations. | 19 | | (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the | 20 | | following: | 21 | | (1) A database of all current State employees and | 22 | | individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement | 23 | | officers, sorted separately by: | 24 | | (i) Name. | 25 | | (ii) Employing State agency. | 26 | | (iii) Employing State division. |
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| 1 | | (iv) Employment position title. | 2 | | (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | 3 | | (2) A database of all current State expenditures, | 4 | | sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and | 5 | | Representative District. | 6 | | (3) A database of all development assistance | 7 | | reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for | 8 | | Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit | 9 | | category, taxpayer, and Representative District. | 10 | | (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of | 11 | | State occupation and use tax certificates of registration | 12 | | and all revocations and suspensions of State professional | 13 | | licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location, | 14 | | and certificate of registration number or license number, | 15 | | as applicable. Professional license revocations and | 16 | | suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a | 17 | | failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support. | 18 | | (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted | 19 | | separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, | 20 | | contract value, and goods or services provided. | 21 | | (6) A database of all employees hired after the | 22 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted | 23 | | searchably by each of the following at the time of | 24 | | employment: | 25 | | (i) Name. | 26 | | (ii) Employing State agency. |
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| 1 | | (iii) Employing State division. | 2 | | (iv) Employment position title. | 3 | | (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | 4 | | (vi) County of employment location. | 5 | | (vii) Rutan status. | 6 | | (viii) Status of position as subject to collective | 7 | | bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt | 8 | | under Section 4d of the Personnel Code. | 9 | | (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee, | 10 | | intern, certified, or exempt from certification. | 11 | | (x) Status as a military veteran. | 12 | | (7) A searchable database of all current county, | 13 | | township, library district, and municipal employees sorted | 14 | | separately by: | 15 | | (i) Employing unit of local government. | 16 | | (ii) Employment position title. | 17 | | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | 18 | | (8) A searchable database of all county, township, and | 19 | | municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of | 20 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted | 21 | | separately by each of the following at the time of | 22 | | employment: | 23 | | (i) Employing unit of local government. | 24 | | (ii) Employment position title. | 25 | | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | 26 | | (9) A searchable database of all library district |
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| 1 | | employees hired on or after August 9, 2013 (the effective | 2 | | date of Public Act 98-246), sorted separately by each of | 3 | | the following at the time of employment: | 4 | | (i) Employing unit of local government. | 5 | | (ii) Employment position title. | 6 | | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | 7 | | (10) A link to a website maintained by the Department | 8 | | that contains a list of contact information for each State | 9 | | agency, including a telephone number and a link to the | 10 | | Agency's website. Each State agency shall be responsible
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| 12 | | information. | 13 | | (11) Information provided to ITAP pursuant to Section | 14 | | 25 of the Local Records Act. | 15 | | (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be | 16 | | published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available | 17 | | to the Department in a format the Department can compile and | 18 | | publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as | 19 | | additional information becomes available in a format that can | 20 | | be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department. | 21 | | (e) Each State agency, county, township, library district, | 22 | | and municipality shall cooperate with the Department in | 23 | | furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of | 24 | | this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department. | 25 | | (f) Each county, township, library district, or | 26 | | municipality submitting information to be displayed on the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) is | 2 | | responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. | 3 | | (g) The Department, within 6 months after January 1, 2014 | 4 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-283), shall distribute a | 5 | | spreadsheet or otherwise make data entry available to each | 6 | | State agency to facilitate the collection of data on the | 7 | | State's annual workforce characteristics, workforce | 8 | | compensation, and employee mobility. The Department shall | 9 | | determine the data to be collected by each State agency. Each | 10 | | State agency shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing | 11 | | the data necessary for the implementation of this subsection | 12 | | within the timeframe specified by the Department. The | 13 | | Department shall publish the data received from each State | 14 | | agency on the ITAP or another open data site annually. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-744, eff. 1-1-13; 98-246, eff. 8-9-13; 98-283, | 16 | | eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1084, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 17 | | Section 10. The Local Records Act is amended by adding | 18 | | Section 25 as follows: | 19 | | (50 ILCS 205/25 new) | 20 | | Sec. 25. Internet posting requirements for units of local | 21 | | government and school districts with a budget of $1 million or | 22 | | more. | 23 | | (a) A unit of local government or school district with a | 24 | | budget of $1 million or more shall maintain an Internet website |
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| 1 | | and post to its website for the current calendar or fiscal | 2 | | year, as the case may be, the following information: | 3 | | (1) The contact information, including the phone | 4 | | number and e-mail address, for all elected and appointed | 5 | | officials, the Freedom of Information Officer, the chief | 6 | | administrator, and the head administrator for each | 7 | | department. | 8 | | (2) The agenda, board packets, and any other prepared | 9 | | materials of all regular meetings shall be posted at least | 10 | | 72 hours before a meeting. The agenda, board packets, and | 11 | | any other prepared materials of all special or emergency | 12 | | meetings shall be posted at least 24 hours before a | 13 | | meeting. The posting shall indicate if the agendas are in | 14 | | draft form. The minutes from any regular or special meeting | 15 | | shall be posted within 72 hours of approval. | 16 | | (3) In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, | 17 | | the procedure for requesting information from the unit of | 18 | | local government or school district. | 19 | | (4) The annual budget and appropriation ordinances. | 20 | | (5) The ordinances under which the unit of local | 21 | | government or school district operates as of the effective | 22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly | 23 | | and all ordinances thereafter adopted. | 24 | | (6) The procedures required to apply for building | 25 | | permits and zoning variances. | 26 | | (7) Any budget, financial audit, audit schedule, or |
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| 1 | | special project report, including without limitation the | 2 | | comprehensive annual financial report, performance audits, | 3 | | and reports required under the Tax Increment Allocation | 4 | | Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. All | 5 | | reports should include the following: | 6 | | (A) All actual revenues and expenditures for at | 7 | | least the 3 previous fiscal years. Any report focusing | 8 | | on any subset of Total should specify that only partial | 9 | | amounts are shown and identify the Total amount and the | 10 | | nature of items not included in the report. | 11 | | (B) Revenues should be broken out by source, | 12 | | including the broad categories of local, State, and | 13 | | federal tax dollars. | 14 | | (C) Expenditures should be separated into current | 15 | | operating, capital, and debt service. | 16 | | (D) Expenditure summaries for units of local | 17 | | government should reflect the per-resident calculation | 18 | | for comparison to other governmental bodies. For | 19 | | schools, a per-pupil calculation should be made based | 20 | | on full-time or equivalent enrollment. | 21 | | (E) Audits should include a management letter. | 22 | | (8) A detailed list of the total compensation paid to | 23 | | each employee including wages, salary, overtime, and | 24 | | benefits, including health, dental, life, and pension. | 25 | | (9) Contracts with lobbying firms hired by the unit of | 26 | | local government or school district. The name and amount of |
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| 1 | | money paid to lobbying associations by the unit of local | 2 | | government or school district. | 3 | | (10) A detailed list of the taxes and fees imposed by | 4 | | the unit of local government or school district. | 5 | | (11) The ordinances and rules governing the award of | 6 | | all bids and contracts for purchase in the amount of | 7 | | $25,000 or more. | 8 | | (12) All bids and contracts for purchase in the amount | 9 | | of $25,000 or more. | 10 | | (13) All campaign contributions made by a vendor to an | 11 | | official of the unit of local government or school | 12 | | district. | 13 | | (14) A debt disclosure report that includes the | 14 | | following: | 15 | | (A) sum total of all debts and liabilities; | 16 | | (B) sum total of gross tax levy for the most recent | 17 | | tax year; | 18 | | (C) gross operating budget revenue for the most | 19 | | recent fiscal year; | 20 | | (D) total pension liability; | 21 | | (E) total unfunded pension liability; and | 22 | | (F) actuarial cost method used to calculate total | 23 | | pension liability and total unfunded pension | 24 | | liability, and other post-employment benefits, | 25 | | including: | 26 | | (i) projected investment rate of return; |
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| 1 | | (ii) actual investment rate of return over the | 2 | | past 10 years; | 3 | | (iii) annual rate of salary increases; | 4 | | (iv) participant mortality rate; and | 5 | | (v) healthcare cost trend rate for Other | 6 | | Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB); and | 7 | | (15) Public notices. | 8 | | (b) No later than one year from the effective date of this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, each unit of local | 10 | | government or school district shall develop, maintain, and make | 11 | | publicly available a single, searchable expenditure and | 12 | | revenue web site database that allows the public, at no cost, | 13 | | to review information concerning moneys collected and expended | 14 | | by the unit of local government or school district. The web | 15 | | site database shall include the following data concerning all | 16 | | expenditures made by the unit of local government or school | 17 | | district: | 18 | | (1) the name and principal location or address of the | 19 | | entity receiving moneys, except that information | 20 | | concerning a payment to an employee of the unit of local | 21 | | government or school district shall identify the | 22 | | individual employee by name and business address or | 23 | | location only; | 24 | | (2) the amount of expended moneys; | 25 | | (3) the funding source of the expended moneys; | 26 | | (4) the date of the expenditure; |
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| 1 | | (5) the name of the budget program, activity, or | 2 | | category supporting the expenditure; | 3 | | (6) a description of the purpose for the expenditure; | 4 | | and | 5 | | (7) to the extent possible, a unique identifier for | 6 | | each expenditure. | 7 | | The expenditure data shall be provided in an open | 8 | | structured data format that may be downloaded by the user and | 9 | | allows the user to systematically sort, search, and access all | 10 | | data. The web site database shall contain only information that | 11 | | is a public record or that is not confidential or otherwise | 12 | | protected from public disclosure pursuant to State or federal | 13 | | law. | 14 | | The unit of local government or school district shall | 15 | | update the financial data contained on the web site database at | 16 | | least monthly, and archive the financial data, which shall | 17 | | remain accessible and searchable on the web site database. The | 18 | | database must be easily accessible from the main page of the | 19 | | unit of local government or school district's web site. The | 20 | | unit of local government or school district shall create and | 21 | | make easily accessible an automated Rich Site Summary (RSS) | 22 | | feed to which users of the web site database may subscribe for | 23 | | notification of updates to the database. | 24 | | The unit of local government or school district may meet | 25 | | all requirements of this subsection by having the information | 26 | | and data required to be included on the unit's web site |
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| 1 | | database posted in the Illinois Transparency and | 2 | | Accountability Portal. | 3 | | This subsection shall not apply until 6 months after the | 4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 5 | | Assembly. | 6 | | (c) The information required to be posted under subsection | 7 | | (a) must be easily accessible from the unit of local | 8 | | government's or school district's home page and searchable. | 9 | | (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition | 10 | | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. | 11 | | (e) If a unit of local government or school district fails | 12 | | to comply with this Section, then any citizen who is a resident | 13 | | of the unit of local government or school district may file | 14 | | suit in the circuit court for the county where the unit of | 15 | | local government or school district is located. The citizen may | 16 | | bring a mandamus or injunction action to compel the unit of | 17 | | local government or school district to comply with the | 18 | | requirements set forth in subsection (a). The court may impose | 19 | | any penalty or other sanction as it deems appropriate. The | 20 | | court, in its discretion, may also award to the citizen | 21 | | bringing the action reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. | 22 | | (f) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that | 23 | | are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a | 24 | | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | 25 | | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | 26 | | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. |
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| 1 | | (g) All local records required to be posted by this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall remain posted | 3 | | on the entity's website, or subsequent websites, in perpetuity.
| 4 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 8.39 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.39 new) | 7 | | Sec. 8.39. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 8 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 9 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 10 | | the 99th General Assembly. | 11 | | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 12 | | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. | 13 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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