HB 1001-57_ Filed 02/23/2011, 07:46 Crawford


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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that House Bill 1001 be amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 98, line 3; (11)MO100147.98. -->     Page 98, between lines 3 and 4, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 4-7-5; (11)MO100147.36. -->     "SECTION 36. IC 4-7-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]:
     Chapter 5. Indiana Transparency Portal
    Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of government, including the administrative branch of state government, the legislative branch of state government, and the judicial branch of state government.
    (b) The term does not include a state educational institution.
    Sec. 2. The auditor of state shall:
        (1) maintain a comprehensive data base of nonconfidential information pertaining to the state's finances; and
        (2) make the data base specified in subdivision (1) publicly available on the auditor of state's Internet web site.
The information system described in this section is known as the Indiana transparency portal.
    Sec. 3. The Indiana transparency portal must include mechanisms that readily allow a user of the system to search for, display, and retrieve information maintained in the system.
    Sec. 4. The information maintained in the Indiana transparency portal must include the following:
        (1) Budget information.
        (2) State revenues.
        (3) State expenditures, including expenditures for:
            (A) the compensation of state employees; and
            (B) state contracts.

         (4) Fund balances.
    Sec. 5. (a) The auditor of state may request that a state agency furnish information held by the state agency to the auditor of state for inclusion in the Indiana transparency portal.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a state agency that has received a request for information from the auditor of state shall cooperate in furnishing the requested information to the auditor of state.
    (c) A state agency shall refuse a request for information from the auditor of state under subsection (a) to the extent that the requested information is confidential under state or federal law.
    Sec. 6. If a state agency is required to submit information to the auditor of state for inclusion in the Indiana transparency portal under section 5 of this chapter or any other law, the state agency shall submit the information in an electronic format specified by the auditor of state.

     Sec. 7. If the budget agency establishes an internal service fund to perform central accounting operations, the budget agency must submit a report to the auditor of state for inclusion in the Indiana transparency portal:
        (1) explaining the rationale for central accounting operations; and
        (2) stating the estimated cost savings that are expected to result from the use of central accounting operations.
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    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1001 as printed February 21, 2011.)

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Representative Crawford


MO100147/DI 113     2011