AB 196

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 $25, including current and past salaries, pay adjustments,

bonuses, lump sum payments, 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 or statement; 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.

The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to report to

DOA all school district expenditures for operations exceeding $25 and information

relating to school district payments and contracts. DPI must report the information

to DOA for inclusion in the Internet Web site maintained by DOA. These provisions

also take effect on July 1, 2011.