Bill Text: IL HB6274 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Local Initiative Sunshine Act. Defines "gubernatorial or legislative member initiatives". Provides that the Illinois State Comptroller's Office shall create and maintain a searchable database website to provide information concerning initiative recipients.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-17 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [HB6274 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB6274-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB6274 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon - Sidney H. Mathias - Sandy Cole - Patricia R. Bellock - Robert W. Pritchard, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Local Initiative Sunshine Act. Defines "gubernatorial or legislative member initiatives". Provides that the Illinois State Comptroller's Office shall create and maintain a searchable database website to provide information concerning initiative recipients.
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Article 1
Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Local Initiative Sunshine Act. If more than one new Act of the
96th General Assembly is given the same short title, then all
of those Acts are intended to be codified as a single Act.
Section 1-5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Gubernatorial or legislative member initiative" means a
grant from State funds to a specific unit of local government,
specific school district, specific not-for-profit
organization, or specific non-governmental entity for
infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. Grants that
are part of a statewide program and are based on generally
applicable standards of eligibility are not gubernatorial or
legislative member initiatives, unless the grant has been
requested or initiated by the Governor or a member of the
Illinois General Assembly.
"Infrastructure improvements" include without limitation
capital improvements, capital projects, planning,
construction, reconstruction, equipment, utilities, vehicles,

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and all costs associated with economic development, community
programs, educational programs, public health, and public
safety.
"Initiative sponsor", with respect to each gubernatorial
or legislative member initiative, include the Governor and each
member of the General Assembly designated in the grant
application as having requested or initiated the grant.
"Initiative recipient" means an individual or entity that
is designated to receive or receives a gubernatorial or
legislative member initiative. For purposes of disclosure
under Section 5-10, the term also includes (i) the immediate
family of an individual who is an initiative recipient; and
(ii) in the case of an entity that is an initiative recipient,
the term also includes board members, owners with an equity
interest of at least 7.5%, and managerial employees of the
entity, the immediate family of each, and its parent,
subsidiary, and affiliate entities.
Article 25
Section 25-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to
provide full and complete disclosure to the public of the
recipients of gubernatorial and legislative member
initiatives. The database shall also serve as a warning to
initiative recipients that the misuse of public funds will not
be tolerated by the State.

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Section 25-10. Definitions. In this Article:
"Recoverable grants" means grant money to an initiative
recipient that has been determined, in accordance with
applicable State law and rule, to be refundable to the State.
"Searchable database website" means a website that allows
the public to (i) search the database by name of initiative
recipient, initiative sponsor, funding agency, and location of
performed and recoverable grants; and (ii) download data
included in item (i), including outcomes from searches. The
database website (A) shall not be considered in compliance if
it relies upon links to other existing websites and databases,
unless each of those sites has information from all agencies
and each category of information required to be itemized can be
searched electronically by field in a single search; and (B)
shall provide an opportunity for the public to provide input
about the utility of the site and recommendations for
improvements.
Section 25-15. Initiative recipient database. Beginning on
July 1, 2011, the Illinois Comptroller's Office shall create
and maintain a searchable database website containing
information concerning initiative recipients. The database
shall include for each initiative recipient:
(1) the name of the initiative recipient and initiative
sponsor;

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(2) the amount of the gubernatorial or legislative
member initiative;
(3) the funding agency and the funding source;
(4) the purpose of each initiative;
(5) the location of the initiative recipient and the
primary location of the performance of the initiative;
(6) any recoverable grants; and
(7) any other relevant information.