AB 1044

Under current law, the governor has authority to accept aid made available to

the state by the U.S. government, including moneys the federal government makes

available to the state in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.

This bill requires the Department of Administration to develop, maintain, and

update at least weekly a publicly available and fully searchable dashboard on its

Internet site that provides a full accounting of all of the following:

1. The amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds DOA reasonably anticipates

that this state will receive and when the state will receive the funds.

2. The amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds accepted by the state and the

date of each acceptance of the funds.

3. The amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds allocated to each state agency,

including an identification of the state agency and a detailed description of the

purposes for which the funds were allocated.

4. The amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds allocated to each

nonentitlement unit of local government, as defined under federal law, including an

identification of each nonentitlement unit of local government and a detailed

description of the purposes for which the funds were allocated.

5. The amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds expended by each state agency,

an identification of the appropriation from which the funds were expended, the

purposes for which the funds were expended, and the date of each expenditure.

6. An identification of each vendor, including zip code, receiving COVID-19

relief funds from the state, the amount of the funds expended by each vendor, and

the date of each expenditure.