Bill Text: IL HB2915 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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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 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]

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB2915 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-335
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.
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AN ACT concerning State 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.
(b) For purposes of this Section:
"State agency" means (i) 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 and (ii) for the purposes of
paragraph (1) of subsection (c) only, State agencies under the
jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics Commission.

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"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 and retired members of
the General Assembly, 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,
including insurance benefits provided by the State.
(vi) Current year-to-date pension benefits
contributed by the State under the Illinois Pension
Code.

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(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.

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(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.
(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 shall cooperate with the Department
in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation
of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department.
(f) All information published on the ITAP as required by
subsection (c) shall be available to the user to download in a
CSV (comma-separated values) or spreadsheet format.
(g) The ITAP shall include a public forum and a commenting
interface on which users may discuss and comment on individual
expense items.
(h) The ITAP shall provide direct access to contact
information for each State agency and each member of the

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General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2012.