H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 7.17: Governmental Budgetary Transparency/Expenditures Online (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 7.17 of S.L. 2015-241 appropriates funds and directs the State Chief Information Officer to do the following:

• In coordination with the State Controller and the Office of State Budget and Management, establish a budget transparency Web site that will provide access to budget expenditures for each State agency.
• Coordinate and assist local governments with (i) the posting of budget expenditures on their respective Web sites and (ii) providing that information to the Local Government Commission (LGC) to be published on both the new budget transparency and LGC Web sites in a manner that allows for data comparison between local governments.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.