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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 15

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTIANA

Printer's No. 143

Amend Bill, page 1, line 3, by inserting after "taxpayer"

expenditures and 

Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 5 and 6

"Employment compensation."  Payment, including gross salary,

overtime and bonus, made to an employee or officer of a

Commonwealth agency in exchange for services rendered to that

Commonwealth agency.

"Entity."  Any natural person, corporation, association,

union, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership; any other legal business entity, including a

nonprofit, a grantee, a contractor and a sole proprietor; and

any county, city or other local government entity.

Amend Bill, page 2, lines 18 through 23, by striking out all

of said lines

Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 26 and 27

"Funding action or expenditure."  A payment by a Commonwealth

agency made to an entity under the terms of a grant agreement or

for the purchase of goods and services, including payments in

cash, by check or by any form of electronic funds transfer or

deposit. The term does not include social services payments,

unemployment compensation, property tax or rent rebate checks or

any other payments offered not in regard to goods provided or

services rendered or not pursuant to a grant agreement but

offered as direct monetary payments for which eligibility is

determined in whole or in part by income level or economic

status.

"Funding source."  The agency responsible for requesting,

authorizing or directing a funding action or expenditure.

Amend Bill, page 3, line 25, by striking out all of said line

and inserting

"Social services payments."  Cash assistance and other

welfare benefits payments, education benefits payments, workers'

compensation and unemployment compensation payments.

Amend Bill, page 4, line 12, by striking out "recipient" and

inserting

 action or expenditure

Amend Bill, page 4, line 13, by striking out "an" and

inserting

 a Commonwealth

Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 16 and 17

"State Treasury."  The Treasury Department of the

Commonwealth.

Amend Bill, page 4, line 18, by striking out "By August 31,"

and inserting

 By December

Amend Bill, page 4, line 18, by striking out "Treasurer" and

inserting

 Treasury

Amend Bill, page 4, line 20, by striking out "known as" and

inserting

 called

Amend Bill, page 4, lines 21 through 25, by striking out

"contain the revenue and expenditure information " in line 21

and all of lines 22 through 25 and inserting

 provide the annual appropriation information and funding action

or expenditure information for Commonwealth agencies.

Information on the Internet website shall include:

(1)  The name and address of the principal location or

residence and the applicable vendor identification system of

the entity receiving payment.

(2)  The amount of the funding action or expenditure.

(3)  The fund source and the funding source of the

funding action or expenditure.

(4)  The applicable appropriation and appropriation

fiscal year from which the expenditure is made.

(5)  A counter to show the number of times the Internet

website is accessed.

(b)  Additional data.--By December 31, 2013, the PennWATCH

website shall provide additional data, including:

(1)  If an expenditure was made under a contract, a

hyperlink to the copy of the contract maintained under

Chapter 17 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),

known as the Right-to-Know Law.

(2)  A description of the program under which the funding

action or expenditure is made.

(3)  The expected performance outcomes achieved from the

funding action or expenditure, if available.

(4)  Information for PennWATCH to offer a hyperlink to

any final State audit report relating to the entity, the

program or the funding source administering the funding

action or expenditure.

(c)  Access.--The Internet website shall allow the public to

search for and aggregate information at no cost.

Amend Bill, page 4, line 26, by striking out "(b)  Contents"

and inserting

 (d)  Source tax and amount

Amend Bill, page 4, line 26, by striking out "(c) and" and

inserting

 (e),

Amend Bill, page 4, line 27, by inserting after "year"

, beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013

Amend Bill, page 4, lines 29 and 30; page 5, lines 1 through

20, by striking out "and the following " in line 29, all of line

30, page 4, all of lines 1 through 19 and "State Treasurer" in

line 20, page 5

Amend Bill, page 5, line 21, by striking out "(c)" and

inserting

 (e)

Amend Bill, page 5, line 21, by striking out "The" and

inserting

 Notwithstanding the requirements outlined in subsections

(a), (b), (c) and (d), the

Amend Bill, page 5, line 23, by striking out the comma after

"dates"

Amend Bill, page 5, line 26, by striking out the comma after

"dates"

Amend Bill, page 6, line 1, by striking out "(d)" and

inserting

 (f)

Amend Bill, page 6, line 1, by striking out "Beginning August

31, 2011, information" and inserting

 Information

Amend Bill, page 6, lines 6 through 9, by striking out

"Treasurer " in line 6 and all of lines 7 through 9 and

inserting

 Treasury all required information at the time the request for

funding action or expenditure is submitted.

(b)  Accuracy.--Each Commonwealth agency is responsible for

verifying the accuracy and completeness of the information that

it submits to the State Treasury.

Amend Bill, page 6, line 10, by striking out all of said line

and inserting

(c)  Format and classification system.--

(1)  Each Commonwealth agency shall create and

Amend Bill, page 6, lines 12 and 13, by striking out all of

said lines and inserting

 3 in ASCII-fixed text file, XML or other commonly agreed upon

file format.

(2)  The State Treasury may require the use of a

classification system to allow consistent categorization of

different types of goods and services that may be the subject

of a funding action or expenditure.

Section 5.  Submission of information.

(a)  Employment compensation.--Beginning in 2012, by February

15, each Commonwealth agency shall submit information to the

State Treasury providing the employment compensation for each of

its employees for the preceding calendar year.

(b)  Required information.--Each Commonwealth agency shall

submit the following information to the State Treasury:

(1)  Name of the employee receiving compensation.

(2)  Amount of total employment compensation.

(3)  Funding source.

(4)  Position title.

Section 6.  Vendor identification system.

(a)  Vendor identification system.--The State Treasury may

maintain a vendor identification system for mandatory use by all

Commonwealth agencies in order to provide a common designation

of each payee and to facilitate aggregation of data on the

public Internet website.

(b)  Cooperation with agencies.--The State Treasury shall

work with Commonwealth agencies in maintaining the vendor

identification system.

(c)  Compatibility.--The vendor identification system shall

be compatible with existing systems within Commonwealth

agencies.

Section 7.  Report to General Assembly and Governor.

The State Treasurer shall prepare an annual report containing

statistical information on the usage and performance of the

Internet website mandated by this act. The report shall contain,

but not be limited to, frequency of user access of the website,

types of data being accessed and website performance. The report

shall be submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor by

March 30 of each year beginning March 30, 2012.

Amend Bill, page 6, line 14, by striking out "5" and

inserting

 8

Amend Bill, page 6, line 15, by striking out "Treasurer" and

inserting

 Treasury

Amend Bill, page 6, lines 22 and 23, by striking out "in a

searchable manner and able to be " in line 22 and "aggregated"

in line 23 and inserting

 by the dates specified in this act

Amend Bill, page 6, line 24, by striking out "6" and

inserting

 20

Amend Bill, page 6, line 25, by striking out "in 90 days" and

inserting

 immediately