S.B. 78

128th General Assembly

(As Introduced)

Sens.     Coughlin, Buehrer, Grendell, Schuring, Seitz

BILL SUMMARY

· Requires state employee pay, agency expenses, and tax credit issuances to be published and accessible through one Internet web site.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

The bill requires the Director of Administrative Services to establish an electronic site accessible through the Internet that provides the following:

(1)  A database containing each state employee's year-to-date gross pay and pay from the most recent pay period, with searchable fields that include the name of the agency, position title, and employee name;

(2)  A database containing agency expenditures for goods and services, with searchable fields that include the name of the agency, expenditure amount, category of good or service for which an expenditure is made, and contractor or vendor name;

(3)  A database containing tax credits granted to business entities, with searchable fields that include the name under which the tax credit is known, the name of the entity receiving the credit, and the county in which the credit recipient's principal place of business in Ohio is located.

The electronic site must be established within 180 days after the bill's effective date.  Then, on a daily basis, each executive agency is to provide to the Department of Administrative Services all information required to be published in the databases.  The Director may adopt rules governing the means by which information is submitted and the databases are updated.  (R.C. 125.20.)

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE
Introduced	03-11-09

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