Bill Text: IL HB0222 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) shall also include a searchable database of all county, township, and municipal employees sorted by the employing unit of local government, employment position title, and current pay rate and year-to-date pay. Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that counties, townships, and municipalities must comply with the requirements established by the Department of Central Management Services concerning ITAP. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0744 [HB0222 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0222-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 097-0744
HB0222 Enrolled LRB097 06098 RLJ 46171 b
AN ACT concerning government.
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.
(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.
(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.)
Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1018.5 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1018.5 new)
Sec. 5-1018.5. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A county
must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois
Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A county may not
submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that is
inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois. This Section is a limitation
under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
Section 15. The Township Code is amended by adding Section

100-25 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/100-25 new)
Sec. 100-25. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A township
must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois
Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A township may
not submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that
is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 10-4-10 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/10-4-10 new)
Sec. 10-4-10. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A
municipality must comply with the requirements of Section
405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the
Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A
municipality may not submit employment information for the ITAP
in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of
Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management
Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This

Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
exercise by home rule municipalities of powers and functions
exercised by the State.