AB 120

The bill provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, the Department of

Administration (DOA) must ensure that all state agency expenditures for state

operations exceeding $100, including salaries and fringe benefits paid to state

agency employees, are available for inspection on a searchable Internet Web site

maintained by DOA. Under the bill, DOA must categorize the expenditure

information on the Web site by state agency, expenditure category, expenditure

amount, and the person to whom the expenditure is made. Any person must be able

to search on the Web site aggregate expenditures for state operations by state agency,

expenditure category, expenditure amount, and the person to whom the expenditure

is made.

The bill further provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, DOA must ensure that

all of the following information relating to state agency grants and contracts is

available for inspection on a searchable Internet Web site: a copy of the contract and

grant award; the state agency making the grant or entering into the contract; the

name and address of the person receiving the grant or entering into the contract; the

purpose of the grant or contract; and the amount of the grant or the amount the state

agency must expend under the contract and the name of the state fund from which

the grant is paid or moneys are expended under the contract. Under the bill, DOA

must make this information available on the searchable Internet Web site no later

than 30 days after the state agency makes a grant or enters into a contract.