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.



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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
 
 
A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning local government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



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

6 (70 ILCS 3615/5.06 new)
7 Sec. 5.06. Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and 
8Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP).
9 (a) The Authority, within 12 months after the effective 
10date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall 
11establish and maintain a website, known as the Greater Chicago 
12Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP), 
13with a full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating 
14the CHI-TAP database with information received from the 
15Authority and all of its Service Boards.
16 (b) For purposes of this Section:
17  "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on 
18 file with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods 
19 and services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of 
20 professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in 
21 value).
22  "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending 
23 approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized 
 
 
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1 by object of expenditure.
2  "Individual consultants" means temporary workers 
3 eligible to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll.
4  "Recipients" means the Authority or any of its Service 
5 Boards receiving appropriations.
6 (c) The CHI-TAP shall provide direct access to each of the 
7following:
8  (1) A database of all current employees and individual 
9 consultants of the Authority and its Service Boards, sorted 
10 separately by:
11   (i) Name.
12   (ii) Employing entity.
13   (iii) Employing division.
14   (iv) Employment position title.
15   (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
16  (2) A database of all current Authority expenditures, 
17 sorted separately by Service Board, category, recipient, 
18 and Representative District.
19  (3) A database of all development assistance 
20 reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for 
21 Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit 
22 category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
23  (4) A database of all current Authority and Service 
24 Board contracts, sorted separately by contractor name, 
25 awarding officer or agency, contract value, and goods or 
26 services provided.
 
 
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1  (5) A database of all employees of the Authority and 
2 its Service Boards hired on or after the effective date of 
3 this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted 
4 searchably by each of the following at the time of 
5 employment:
6   (i) Name.
7   (ii) Employing entity.
8   (iii) Employing division.
9   (iv) Employment position title.
10   (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
11   (vi) County of employment location.
12   (vii) Rutan status.
13   (viii) Status of position as subject to collective 
14 bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt 
15 under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.
16   (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee, 
17 intern, certified, or exempt from certification.
18   (x) Status as a military veteran.
19  (6) A database of all accident-related and 
20 safety-related information currently required to be 
21 reported to the federal Secretary of Transportation under 
22 49 U.S.C. 5335.
23 (d) The CHI-TAP shall include all information required to 
24be published by subsection (c) of this Section that is 
25available to the Authority in a format the Authority can 
26compile and publish on the CHI-TAP. The Authority shall update 
 
 
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1the CHI-TAP as additional information becomes available in a 
2format that can be compiled and published on the CHI-TAP by the 
3Authority.
4 (e) Each Service Board shall cooperate with the Authority 
5in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation 
6of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Authority.
7 (f) The Authority and its Service Boards submitting 
8information to be displayed on CHI-TAP are responsible for the 
9accuracy of the information provided. 


10 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
11Section 8.38 as follows:

12 (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new)
13 Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
14of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
15implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
16the 98th General Assembly.