Bill Text: IL HB2915 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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 shall include members of the General Assembly in its database of current State employees and individual consultants. Provides that the database shall also provide insurance and pension benefits information. Provides that all information on the ITAP shall be available to the user to download in spreadsheet or CSV format. Provides that the ITAP shall include a public forum and a commenting interface. Effective January 1, 2012.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2915 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2915-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2915
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2915 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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:
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7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-335) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability | ||||||
9 | Portal (ITAP).
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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. |
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1 | (b) For purposes of this Section: | ||||||
2 | "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional | ||||||
3 | officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution, | ||||||
4 | executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and | ||||||
5 | Authorities under the Governor. | ||||||
6 | "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file | ||||||
7 | with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and | ||||||
8 | services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of | ||||||
9 | professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value). | ||||||
10 | "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending | ||||||
11 | approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by | ||||||
12 | object of expenditure. | ||||||
13 | "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible | ||||||
14 | to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll. | ||||||
15 | "Recipients" means State agencies receiving | ||||||
16 | appropriations. | ||||||
17 | (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the | ||||||
18 | following: | ||||||
19 | (1) A database of all current State employees and | ||||||
20 | individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement | ||||||
21 | officers, sorted separately by: | ||||||
22 | (i) Name. | ||||||
23 | (ii) Employing State agency. | ||||||
24 | (iii) Employing State division. | ||||||
25 | (iv) Employment position title. | ||||||
26 | (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay , |
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1 | including insurance benefits provided by the State . | ||||||
2 | (2) A database of all current State expenditures, | ||||||
3 | sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and | ||||||
4 | Representative District. | ||||||
5 | (3) A database of all development assistance | ||||||
6 | reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for | ||||||
7 | Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit | ||||||
8 | category, taxpayer, and Representative District. | ||||||
9 | (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of | ||||||
10 | State occupation and use tax certificates of registration | ||||||
11 | and all revocations and suspensions of State professional | ||||||
12 | licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location, | ||||||
13 | and certificate of registration number or license number, | ||||||
14 | as applicable. Professional license revocations and | ||||||
15 | suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a | ||||||
16 | failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support. | ||||||
17 | (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted | ||||||
18 | separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, | ||||||
19 | contract value, and goods or services provided. | ||||||
20 | (6) A database of all employees hired after the | ||||||
21 | effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted | ||||||
22 | searchably by each of the following at the time of | ||||||
23 | employment: | ||||||
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 | (vi) County of employment location. | ||||||
4 | (vii) Rutan status. | ||||||
5 | (viii) Status of position as subject to collective | ||||||
6 | bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt | ||||||
7 | under Section 4d of the Personnel Code. | ||||||
8 | (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee, | ||||||
9 | intern, certified, or exempt from certification. | ||||||
10 | (x) Status as a military veteran. | ||||||
11 | (7) A database of all current State grants, sorted | ||||||
12 | separately by grantee name, awarding agency, grant value, | ||||||
13 | and the purpose for which the grant is awarded. | ||||||
14 | (8) A database of all pension contributions of members | ||||||
15 | of the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois and | ||||||
16 | annuity payments for annuitants under that retirement | ||||||
17 | system. | ||||||
18 | (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be | ||||||
19 | published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available | ||||||
20 | to the Department in a format the Department can compile and | ||||||
21 | publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as | ||||||
22 | additional information becomes available in a format that can | ||||||
23 | be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department. | ||||||
24 | (d-5) Information on the ITAP database shall be | ||||||
25 | downloadable in Excel or Comma Separated Value (CSV) format. | ||||||
26 | (d-10) The website shall accommodate online comments and |
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1 | questions from the public concerning State expenditures and | ||||||
2 | individual expense items. The website must contain contact | ||||||
3 | information for each State agency and for a list of individuals | ||||||
4 | and officials who are able to answer questions about | ||||||
5 | information on the website. | ||||||
6 | (e) Each State agency shall cooperate with the Department | ||||||
7 | in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation | ||||||
8 | of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
11 | 1, 2012.".
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