96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6955

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-335
55 ILCS 5/5-1018.5 new
60 ILCS 1/100-25 new
65 ILCS 5/10-4-10 new

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal provisions, redefines "State agency" to include the General Assembly and its legislative support services agencies. Provides that the ITAP shall include a searchable database of all county, township, and municipal employees sorted by the employing unit of local government, employment position title, and current pay rate and year-to-date pay. Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that counties, townships, and municipalities must comply with the requirements established by the Department of Central Management Services concerning ITAP. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6changing Section 405-335 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 405/405-335)
8    Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability
9Portal (ITAP).
10    (a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective
11date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall
12establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois
13Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a
14full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP
15database with information received from all State agencies as
16defined in this Section. The full-time webmaster must also
17compile and update the ITAP database with information received
18from all counties, townships, and municipalities.
19    (b) For purposes of this Section:
20    "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional
21officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution,
22executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and
23Authorities under the Governor. "State agency" also includes

 

 

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1the General Assembly and the legislative support services
2agencies.
3    "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file
4with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and
5services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of
6professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value).
7    "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending
8approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by
9object of expenditure.
10    "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible
11to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll.
12    "Recipients" means State agencies receiving
13appropriations.
14    (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the
15following:
16        (1) A database of all current State employees and
17    individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement
18    officers, sorted separately by:
19            (i) Name.
20            (ii) Employing State agency.
21            (iii) Employing State division.
22            (iv) Employment position title.
23            (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
24        (2) A database of all current State expenditures,
25    sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and
26    Representative District.

 

 

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1        (3) A database of all development assistance
2    reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for
3    Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit
4    category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
5        (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
6    State occupation and use tax certificates of registration
7    and all revocations and suspensions of State professional
8    licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location,
9    and certificate of registration number or license number,
10    as applicable. Professional license revocations and
11    suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a
12    failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
13        (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
14    separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency,
15    contract value, and goods or services provided.
16        (6) A database of all employees hired after the
17    effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted
18    searchably by each of the following at the time of
19    employment:
20            (i) Name.
21            (ii) Employing State agency.
22            (iii) Employing State division.
23            (iv) Employment position title.
24            (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
25            (vi) County of employment location.
26            (vii) Rutan status.

 

 

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1            (viii) Status of position as subject to collective
2        bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt
3        under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.
4            (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee,
5        intern, certified, or exempt from certification.
6            (x) Status as a military veteran.
7        (7) A searchable database of all current county,
8    township, and municipal employees sorted separately by:
9            (i) Employing unit of local government.
10            (ii) Employment position title.
11            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
12        (8) A searchable database of all county, township, and
13    municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of
14    this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, sorted
15    separately by each of the following at the time of
16    employment:
17            (i) Employing unit of local government.
18            (ii) Employment position title.
19            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
20    (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be
21published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available
22to the Department in a format the Department can compile and
23publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as
24additional information becomes available in a format that can
25be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.
26    (e) Each State agency, county, township, and municipality

 

 

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1shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing the
2information necessary for the implementation of this Section
3within a timeframe specified by the Department.
4(Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
5    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
65-1018.5 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/5-1018.5 new)
8    Sec. 5-1018.5. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A county
9must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
10Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
11Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois
12Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A county may not
13submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that is
14inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
15Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
16Administrative Code of Illinois. This Section is a limitation
17under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
18Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
19units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
20    Section 15. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
21100-25 as follows:
 
22    (60 ILCS 1/100-25 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 100-25. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A township
2must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
3Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
4Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois
5Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A township may
6not submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that
7is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the
8Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil
9Administrative Code of Illinois.
 
10    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
11adding Section 10-4-10 as follows:
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/10-4-10 new)
13    Sec. 10-4-10. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A
14municipality must comply with the requirements of Section
15405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of
16the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the
17Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A
18municipality may not submit employment information for the ITAP
19in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of
20Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management
21Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This
22Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
23Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
24exercise by home rule municipalities of powers and functions

 

 

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1exercised by the State.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.