Bill Text: IL SB3181 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal webmaster must compile and update notices and digital public records from all school districts and units of local government without websites (currently, must only compile and update for specified units of local government). Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a school district or unit of local government may publish any notice, agenda, record, or other information or material required by law electronically instead of in a newspaper. Further provides that any requirement to store or maintain any public record in microfilm or microfiche form shall be satisfied by the school district or unit of local government's maintenance of such public record in digital form.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3181 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3181-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 January 1, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ( the effective date of Public Act 96-225) this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of the 96th General Assembly , shall establish and maintain a | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | website, known as the Illinois Transparency and Accountability | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Portal (ITAP), with a full-time webmaster tasked with compiling | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | and updating the ITAP database with information received from | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | all State agencies as defined in this Section. Within 6 months | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | General Assembly, ITAP shall have the capability to compile and | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | update the ITAP database with information received from all | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | school districts and units of local government without websites | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | including, but not limited to, counties, townships, special | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | districts, and municipalities. Subject to appropriation, the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP |
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1 | database with information received from all school districts | ||||||
2 | and units of local government including, but not limited to, | ||||||
3 | counties, townships, special library districts, and | ||||||
4 | municipalities. | ||||||
5 | (b) For purposes of this Section: | ||||||
6 | "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional | ||||||
7 | officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution, | ||||||
8 | executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and | ||||||
9 | Authorities under the Governor. | ||||||
10 | "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file | ||||||
11 | with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and | ||||||
12 | services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of | ||||||
13 | professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value). | ||||||
14 | "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending | ||||||
15 | approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by | ||||||
16 | object of expenditure. | ||||||
17 | "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible | ||||||
18 | to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll. | ||||||
19 | "Recipients" means State agencies receiving | ||||||
20 | appropriations. | ||||||
21 | (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the | ||||||
22 | following: | ||||||
23 | (1) A database of all current State employees and | ||||||
24 | individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement | ||||||
25 | officers, sorted separately by: | ||||||
26 | (i) Name. |
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1 | (ii) Employing State agency. | ||||||
2 | (iii) Employing State division. | ||||||
3 | (iv) Employment position title. | ||||||
4 | (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | ||||||
5 | (2) A database of all current State expenditures, | ||||||
6 | sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and | ||||||
7 | Representative District. | ||||||
8 | (3) A database of all development assistance | ||||||
9 | reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for | ||||||
10 | Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit | ||||||
11 | category, taxpayer, and Representative District. | ||||||
12 | (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of | ||||||
13 | State occupation and use tax certificates of registration | ||||||
14 | and all revocations and suspensions of State professional | ||||||
15 | licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location, | ||||||
16 | and certificate of registration number or license number, | ||||||
17 | as applicable. Professional license revocations and | ||||||
18 | suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a | ||||||
19 | failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support. | ||||||
20 | (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted | ||||||
21 | separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, | ||||||
22 | contract value, and goods or services provided. | ||||||
23 | (6) A database of all employees hired after the | ||||||
24 | effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted | ||||||
25 | searchably by each of the following at the time of | ||||||
26 | employment: |
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1 | (i) Name. | ||||||
2 | (ii) Employing State agency. | ||||||
3 | (iii) Employing State division. | ||||||
4 | (iv) Employment position title. | ||||||
5 | (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | ||||||
6 | (vi) County of employment location. | ||||||
7 | (vii) Rutan status. | ||||||
8 | (viii) Status of position as subject to collective | ||||||
9 | bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt | ||||||
10 | under Section 4d of the Personnel Code. | ||||||
11 | (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee, | ||||||
12 | intern, certified, or exempt from certification. | ||||||
13 | (x) Status as a military veteran. | ||||||
14 | (7) A searchable database of all current county, | ||||||
15 | township, library district, and municipal employees sorted | ||||||
16 | separately by: | ||||||
17 | (i) Employing unit of local government. | ||||||
18 | (ii) Employment position title. | ||||||
19 | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | ||||||
20 | (8) A searchable database of all county, township, and | ||||||
21 | municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of | ||||||
22 | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted | ||||||
23 | separately by each of the following at the time of | ||||||
24 | employment: | ||||||
25 | (i) Employing unit of local government. | ||||||
26 | (ii) Employment position title. |
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1 | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | ||||||
2 | (9) A searchable database of all library district | ||||||
3 | employees hired on or after August 9, 2013 (the effective | ||||||
4 | date of Public Act 98-246), sorted separately by each of | ||||||
5 | the following at the time of employment: | ||||||
6 | (i) Employing unit of local government. | ||||||
7 | (ii) Employment position title. | ||||||
8 | (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay. | ||||||
9 | (10) A link to a website maintained by the Department | ||||||
10 | that contains a list of contact information for each State | ||||||
11 | agency, including a telephone number and a link to the | ||||||
12 | Agency's website. Each State agency shall be responsible
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13 | for providing and updating the Department with this
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14 | information. | ||||||
15 | (11) Notices and digital public records provided to | ||||||
16 | ITAP by school districts and units of local government | ||||||
17 | without websites. | ||||||
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 | (e) Each State agency, county, township, library district, | ||||||
25 | and municipality shall cooperate with the Department in | ||||||
26 | furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of |
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1 | this Section within a timeframe specified by the Department. | ||||||
2 | (f) Each county, township, library district, or | ||||||
3 | municipality submitting information to be displayed on the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) is | ||||||
5 | responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. | ||||||
6 | (g) The Department, within 6 months after January 1, 2014 | ||||||
7 | (the effective date of Public Act 98-283), shall distribute a | ||||||
8 | spreadsheet or otherwise make data entry available to each | ||||||
9 | State agency to facilitate the collection of data on the | ||||||
10 | State's annual workforce characteristics, workforce | ||||||
11 | compensation, and employee mobility. The Department shall | ||||||
12 | determine the data to be collected by each State agency. Each | ||||||
13 | State agency shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing | ||||||
14 | the data necessary for the implementation of this subsection | ||||||
15 | within the timeframe specified by the Department. The | ||||||
16 | Department shall publish the data received from each State | ||||||
17 | agency on the ITAP or another open data site annually. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 97-744, eff. 1-1-13; 98-246, eff. 8-9-13; 98-283, | ||||||
19 | eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1084, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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20 | Section 10. The Local Records Act is amended by adding | ||||||
21 | Section 25 as follows:
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22 | (50 ILCS 205/25 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 25. Publication by internet posting; digital | ||||||
24 | maintenance of public records. Notwithstanding any other |
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1 | provision of law: | ||||||
2 | (a) Any requirement for a school district or a unit of | ||||||
3 | local government to publish any notice, agenda, record, or | ||||||
4 | other information or material in a newspaper by law including, | ||||||
5 | but not limited to, the Open Meetings Act, the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Municipal Budget Law, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, | ||||||
7 | the Counties Code, the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
8 | Code, the Election Code, the School Code, the Airport | ||||||
9 | Authorities Act, or the Civic Center Code, may instead publish | ||||||
10 | such notice, agenda, record, or other information on its | ||||||
11 | website or on the Illinois Transparency and Accountability | ||||||
12 | Portal under Section 405-335 of the Department of Central | ||||||
13 | Management Services Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
14 | Illinois. | ||||||
15 | (b) Any requirement that a school district or unit of local | ||||||
16 | government store or maintain any public record in microfilm or | ||||||
17 | microfiche form shall be satisfied by the school district's or | ||||||
18 | unit of local government's maintenance of such public record in | ||||||
19 | digital form.
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