§36-2.5 Full disclosure of entities receiving state awards. (a) In this section, unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Entity":
"Searchable website" means a website that allows the public to:
"State award" means state financial assistance and expenditures that:
(b) Not later than January 1, 2009, the department of budget and finance, in accordance with this section, shall establish, implement, and maintain a single searchable website, accessible by the public at no cost, that includes for each state award:
The website shall include data for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter.
The director of finance is authorized to designate one or more state agencies to participate in the development, establishment, maintenance, and support of the website; provided that the department of accounting and general services, in collaboration with the department of budget and finance, is responsible for collecting and posting on the website, the information that is required by this subsection. In the initial designation, or in subsequent instructions and guidance, the director may specify the scope of the responsibilities of each agency.
State agencies shall comply with the instructions and guidance issued by the director of finance and shall provide appropriate assistance to the director upon request, so as to assist the director in ensuring the existence and operation of the website.
(c) The website established under this section:
provided that, notwithstanding any provision under this section to the contrary, except for information that is disclosed in the aggregate, information on any state award that is tax related and authorized under title 14 shall be disclosed pursuant to taxpayer disclosure provisions under title 14.
(d) Not later than July 1, 2008, the director of finance shall establish and implement a pilot program to:
The pilot program shall terminate not later than January 1, 2010.
(e) Based on the pilot program, not later than January 1, 2010, the director of finance:
For subaward recipients that receive state funds through county governments, the director of finance may extend the deadline for ensuring that data regarding such subawards are disclosed in the same manner as data regarding other state awards for a period not to exceed eighteen months, if the director determines that compliance would impose an undue burden on the subaward recipient.
(f) Any entity that demonstrates to the director of finance that the gross income, from all sources, for the entity did not exceed $300,000 in the previous tax year of that entity shall be exempt from the requirement to report subawards under subsection (d), until the director determines that the imposition of such reporting requirements will not cause an undue burden on the entity.
(g) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department of budget and finance from including through the website established under this section access to data that is publicly available in any other state database.
(h) The director of finance shall submit to the legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session an annual report regarding the website established under this section.
Each report shall include:
The director of finance shall make each report publicly available on the website established under this section.
(i) Nothing in this section shall require the disclosure of classified information. [L 2007, c 272, §1; am L 2009, c 164, §1]