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"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.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 1001 as printed February 21, 2011.)
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