HB5842 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 18849 JLK 53994 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5842

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 3615/5.06 new
30 ILCS 805/8.38 new

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that the Authority shall, within 12 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act, create a website known as the Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP). Requires the website to contain a database of information concerning the number of employees employed by the Authority and its Service Boards, employing entity and division, and salary information. Provides the website must contain other information including contracts, expenditures, and safety and accident information required to be reported under federal law.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is amended by adding Section 5.06 as follows:

(70 ILCS 3615/5.06 new)

Sec. 5.06. Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP).

(a) The Authority, within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall establish and maintain a website, known as the Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP), with a full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the CHI-TAP database with information received from the Authority and all of its Service Boards.

(b) For purposes of this Section:

"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 the Authority or any of its Service Boards receiving appropriations.

(c) The CHI-TAP shall provide direct access to each of the following:

(1) A database of all current employees and individual consultants of the Authority and its Service Boards, sorted separately by:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing entity.

(iii) Employing division.

(iv) Employment position title.

(v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.

(2) A database of all current Authority expenditures, sorted separately by Service Board, 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 current Authority and Service Board contracts, sorted separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, contract value, and goods or services provided.

(5) A database of all employees of the Authority and its Service Boards hired on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted searchably by each of the following at the time of employment:

(i) Name.

(ii) Employing entity.

(iii) Employing division.

(iv) Employment position title.

(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.

(6) A database of all accident-related and safety-related information currently required to be reported to the federal Secretary of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. 5335.

(d) The CHI-TAP shall include all information required to be published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available to the Authority in a format the Authority can compile and publish on the CHI-TAP. The Authority shall update the CHI-TAP as additional information becomes available in a format that can be compiled and published on the CHI-TAP by the Authority.

(e) Each Service Board shall cooperate with the Authority in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Authority.

(f) The Authority and its Service Boards submitting information to be displayed on CHI-TAP are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.38 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.38 new)

Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.