Bill Text: OR HB3080 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Oregon transparency website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3080 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB3080-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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LC 1874
House Bill 3080
Sponsored by Representatives LIVELY, BARTON
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to update
information on Oregon transparency website at least once every
six months. Requires that documents on website must be
downloadable in one or more standard document formats.
Imposes additional requirements for information on website
relating to expenditures by state agencies and education service
districts, and for information relating to tax expenditures by
state agencies.
Requires that certain information relating to contracts and
subcontracts entered into by state agencies and education service
districts be posted on website.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon transparency website; amending ORS
184.483.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 184.483 is amended to read:
184.483. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services
shall develop and make available an Oregon transparency website.
The website shall allow any person to view information that is a
public record and not exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.410 to
192.505, including but not limited to information described in
subsection (3) of this section. { + The department shall update
the information on the website no less than once every six
months. Documents on the website must be downloadable in one or
more standard document formats. + }
(2) State agencies and education service districts, to the
extent practicable and subject to laws relating to
confidentiality, when at no additional cost, using existing data
and existing resources of the state agency or education service
district and without reallocation of resources, shall:
(a) Furnish information to the Oregon transparency website by
posting reports and providing links to existing information
system applications in accordance with standards established by
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services; and
(b) Provide the information in the format and manner required
by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(3) To the extent practicable and subject to laws relating to
confidentiality, when at no additional cost, using existing data
and existing resources of the state agency or education service
district and without reallocation of resources, the Oregon
transparency website shall contain information about each state
agency and education service district, including but not limited
to:
(a) Annual revenues of state agencies and education service
districts { - ; - } { + . + }
(b) Annual expenditures of state agencies and education service
districts { - ; - } { + . Information on annual expenditures
must show the actual amount expended, not just the amount
authorized to be expended. + }
(c) Annual human resources expenses, including compensation, of
state agencies and education service districts { - ; - }
{ + . + }
(d) Annual tax expenditures of state agencies { - , including,
when possible, the identity of the recipients of each tax
expenditure; - } { + . Information on annual tax expenditures
must include the identity of the recipients of each tax
expenditure, unless the state agency is prohibited by law from
disclosing the identity of the recipient. + }
{ - (e) Contracting and subcontracting information of state
agencies and education service districts, to the extent allowed
by law; - }
{ - (f) - } { + (e) + } A prominently placed graphic
representation of the primary funding categories and approximate
number of individuals served by the state agency or the education
service district { - ; - } { + . + }
{ - (g) - } { + (f) + } A description of the mission,
function and program categories of the state agency or education
service district { - ; - } { + . + }
{ - (h) - } { + (g) + } Information about the state agency
from the Oregon Progress Board { - ; - } { + . + }
{ - (i) - } { + (h) + } A copy of any audit report issued
by the Secretary of State for the state agency or of any audit
reports issued for the education service district { - ; - }
{ + . + }
{ - (j) - } { + (i) + } The local service plans of the
education service districts { - ; - } { + . + }
{ - (k) - } { + (j) + } A copy of each report required by
statute for education service districts { - ; and - } { + . + }
{ - (L) - } { + (k) + } A copy of all notices of public
meetings of the education service districts.
{ + (4) At least once every six months, a contracting agency,
as defined in ORS 279A.010, shall post on the Oregon transparency
website all findings or determinations under ORS 279B.030 and
279B.036, and supporting documentation for those findings or
determinations.
(5) In addition to the information described in subsection (3)
of this section, each state agency and education service district
shall post on the Oregon transparency website information on
contracts and subcontracts entered into by the state agency or
education service district, to the extent disclosure of that
information is allowed by law. Contracting and subcontracting
information must include information on professional, personal
and material contracts, and must show the date of each contract
and the amount payable under the contract. The information must
indicate the period during which the contract is or was in
effect. Information relating to contracts with vendors must
indicate the name and address of the vendor, and the state in
which the vendor resides. If the vendor is a business
organization, the information must show the state in which the
vendor was incorporated or otherwise organized. + }
{ - (4) - } { + (6) + } In addition to the information
described in subsection (3) of this section, each state agency
shall post on the Oregon transparency website notices of public
meetings required to be provided by the state agency under ORS
192.640.
{ - (5) - } { + (7) + } In creating, operating, refining
and recommending enhancements to the Oregon transparency website,
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the
Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486
shall consider and, to the extent practicable, adhere to the
following principles:
(a) The website must be accessible without cost and be easy to
use;
(b) Information included on the Oregon transparency website
must be presented using plain, easily understandable language;
and
(c) The website should teach users about how state government
and education service districts work and provide users with the
opportunity to learn something about how state government and
education service districts raise and spend revenue.
{ - (6) - } { + (8) + } If a state agency or an education
service district is not able to include information described in
this section on the Oregon transparency website because of the
lack of availability of information or cost in acquiring it, the
Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486
shall list the information that is not included for that state
agency or education service district in the commission's report
to the Legislative Assembly required under ORS 184.486.
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