Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-20
OTH 20
Searchable Website for Political Contributions of State Vendors
Mr. Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-
Section___ (A) The executive office of administration and finance shall develop and operate a searchable website accessible by the public at no cost that includes:
(1)The names and business addresses of every person or business entity who conducts business with the Commonwealth as a vendor;
(2)The type of service provided by the vendor and the monetary amount of the vendor’s contract with the Commonwealth;
(3)The recipient, amount and date of any political contribution made by that vendor.
(B) The searchable website shall allow users to search electronically by filed in a single search, aggregate the data and download information yielded by a search. The website shall, among other things, permit users to search by a particular vendor or by a specific type of contract.
(C) The searchable website shall include and retain information for each fiscal year for not less than five fiscal years.
(D) The executive office of administration and finance shall update the searchable website as new data becomes available. All agencies, offices or boards of the Commonwealth shall provide the executive office of administration and finance all data that is required to be included in the searchable website no later than thirty days after the data becomes available.
(E) The executive office of administration and financer shall not be considered in compliance with this section if the data required for the searchable website is not available in a searchable and aggregate manner of if the public is redirected to other government websites, unless each of those websites complies with the requirements of this section.
(F) For the purposes of this section, the term “searchable website” shall mean a website that allows the public at no cost to search for, obtain and aggregate the information identified in subsection (A).