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| To enact sections 113.50 to 113.61 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to require the Treasurer of State to | 2 |
| establish the Ohio State Government Expenditure | 3 |
| Database. | 4 |
| Section 1. That sections 113.50, 113.51, 113.52, 113.53, | 5 |
| 113.54, 113.55, 113.56, 113.57, 113.58, 113.59, 113.60, and 113.61 | 6 |
| of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 113.50. As used in sections 113.50 to 113.61 of the | 8 |
| Revised Code: | 9 |
| (A) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, | 10 |
| advance, reimbursement, deposit, or gift of money from a state | 11 |
| entity to any vendor and that is processed through the Ohio | 12 |
| administrative knowledge system. | 13 |
| (B) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village, | 14 |
| township, park district, school district, or regional transit | 15 |
| authority. | 16 |
| (C) "School district" means a city, local, exempted village, | 17 |
| or joint vocational school district; a science, technology, | 18 |
| engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter | 19 |
| 3326. of the Revised Code; or an educational service center. | 20 |
| "School district" does not mean a community school established | 21 |
| under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. | 22 |
| (D) "State entity" means the general assembly, the supreme | 23 |
| court, the court of claims, the office of an elected state | 24 |
| officer, or a department, bureau, board, office, commission, | 25 |
| agency, institution, or other instrumentality of this state | 26 |
| established by the Constitution or laws of this state for the | 27 |
| exercise of any function of state government, but excludes a | 28 |
| political subdivision, an institution of higher education, the | 29 |
| public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire | 30 |
| pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school | 31 |
| employees retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement | 32 |
| system, or the city of Cincinnati retirement system. "State | 33 |
| entity" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under | 34 |
| section 187.01 of the Revised Code. | 35 |
| (E) "Vendor" means any person, partnership, corporation, | 36 |
| association, organization, state entity, or other party, including | 37 |
| any executive officer, legislative officer, judicial officer, | 38 |
| member, or employee of a state entity, that does either of the | 39 |
| following: | 40 |
| (1) Sells, leases, or otherwise provides equipment, | 41 |
| materials, goods, supplies, or services to a state entity pursuant | 42 |
| to a contract between the vendor and a state entity; | 43 |
| (2) Receives reimbursement from a state entity for any | 44 |
| expense. | 45 |
| Sec. 113.51. Not later than six months after the effective | 46 |
| date of this section, the treasurer of state shall establish and | 47 |
| maintain the Ohio state government expenditure database. The | 48 |
| database shall be available on the web site of the treasurer of | 49 |
| state and shall include information about expenditures made in | 50 |
| fiscal year 2014 and thereafter. | 51 |
| The database shall be accessible by members of the public | 52 |
| without charge. | 53 |
| State entities shall assist the treasurer of state in the | 54 |
| development, establishment, operation, storage, hosting, and | 55 |
| support of the database at no cost to the treasurer of state. | 56 |
| Sec. 113.52. For each expenditure, the Ohio state government | 57 |
| expenditure database shall include the following information: | 58 |
| (A) The amount of the expenditure; | 59 |
| (B) The date the expenditure was paid; | 60 |
| (C) The vendor to which the expenditure was paid; | 61 |
| (D) The state entity that made the expenditure or requested | 62 |
| the expenditure be made. | 63 |
| Sec. 113.53. (A) The Ohio state government expenditure | 64 |
| database shall include the following features: | 65 |
| (1) A searchable database of all expenditures; | 66 |
| (2) The ability to filter expenditures by the following | 67 |
| categories: | 68 |
| (a) Thecategory of expense; | 69 |
| (b) The Ohio administrative knowledge system accounting code | 70 |
| for a specific good or service. | 71 |
| (3) The ability to search and filter by any of the factors | 72 |
| listed in section 113.52 of the Revised Code; | 73 |
| (4) The ability to aggregate data contained in the database; | 74 |
| (5) The ability to determine the total amount of expenditures | 75 |
| awarded to a vendor by a state entity; | 76 |
| (6) The ability to download information obtained through the | 77 |
| database; | 78 |
| (7) A searchable database of state and school district | 79 |
| employee salary and employment information. | 80 |
| (B) The information required under division (A)(1) of this | 81 |
| section shall be provided to the treasurer of state through the | 82 |
| data provided to the Ohio administrative knowledge system by state | 83 |
| entities as required in section 113.58 of the Revised Code. | 84 |
| (C) The information required under division (A)(7) of this | 85 |
| section shall be provided to the treasurer of state by the | 86 |
| department of administrative services or the department of | 87 |
| education, as applicable, with data fields provided in a format, | 88 |
| manner, and time frame determined by the treasurer of state. | 89 |
| Sec. 113.54. The treasurer of state shall develop and | 90 |
| publish on the web site of the treasurer of state graphical | 91 |
| representations of data contained in the Ohio state government | 92 |
| expenditure database, including charts and graphs, to enhance and | 93 |
| organize the data. The topics illustrated by and frequency of | 94 |
| developing and publishing these representations shall be | 95 |
| determined by the treasurer of state. | 96 |
| Sec. 113.55. Not later than one year after the Ohio state | 97 |
| government expenditure database is implemented, the treasurer of | 98 |
| state shall provide, on the web site of the treasurer of state, an | 99 |
| opportunity for public comment as to the utility of the database. | 100 |
| Sec. 113.56. The Ohio state government expenditure database | 101 |
| shall not include any information that is determined to be | 102 |
| confidential or is not a public record under the laws of this | 103 |
| state. | 104 |
| Sec. 113.57. The treasurer of state shall include in the | 105 |
| annual report of the treasurer of state required under section | 106 |
| 149.01 of the Revised Code data regarding the usage of the Ohio | 107 |
| state government expenditure database. | 108 |
| Sec. 113.58. At least monthly and through the Ohio | 109 |
| administrative knowledge system, each state entity shall provide | 110 |
| information to the treasurer of state for inclusion in the Ohio | 111 |
| state government expenditure database regarding each of the | 112 |
| entity's expenditures issued to a vendor for the preceding month. | 113 |
| State entities shall comply with sections 113.50 to 113.61 of | 114 |
| the Revised Code using existing resources. No state entity shall | 115 |
| charge the treasurer of state for any costs arising from | 116 |
| compliance with those sections. | 117 |
| Sec. 113.59. The treasurer of state and employees of the | 118 |
| treasurer of state are not liable for the disclosure of a record | 119 |
| contained in the Ohio state government expenditure database that | 120 |
| is determined to be confidential or is not a public record under | 121 |
| the laws of this state. | 122 |
| Sec. 113.60. Each state entity shall display on its web site | 123 |
| a prominent internet link to the Ohio state government expenditure | 124 |
| database. | 125 |
| Sec. 113.61. The treasurer of state may adopt reasonable | 126 |
| rules under Chapter 111. of the Revised Code that implement, and | 127 |
| are consistent with, sections 113.50 to 113.60 of the Revised | 128 |
| Code. | 129 |