SB0903sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Karen McConnaughay

Filed: 4/16/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 903

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 903 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing Section 16.1 and by adding Section 27 as follows:

(15 ILCS 405/16.1) (from Ch. 15, par. 216.1)

Sec. 16.1. All reports filed by local governmental units with the Comptroller together with any accompanying comment or explanation immediately becomes part of his or her public records and shall be open to public inspection. The Comptroller shall establish and maintain an online repository designated as "The Warehouse" that makes available to the public any and all reports required by law to be filed with the Office of the Comptroller by local governmental units. The Comptroller shall make the information contained in such reports available to State agencies and units of local government upon request. A local governmental unit that is required by law to submit reports to the Comptroller shall include on its official website, if it maintains a website, a link or other electronic means of directly accessing the online repository required by this Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)

(15 ILCS 405/27 new)

Sec. 27. Comptroller's online ledger. The Comptroller shall establish and maintain an online repository of the State's financial transactions, to be known as the Comptroller's "Online Ledger". The Comptroller shall establish rules and regulations pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of the "Online Ledger".".