S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 37.2 of S.L. 2017-57 requires certain State agencies to provide an update on the status of the State budget transparency Internet Web site mandated under S.L. 2015-241. The section places a deadline of January 1, 2018 for the Web site to be fully functional and allocates up to $1 million from the Information Technology Reserve Fund to accomplish this. Lastly, the section removes cities from the requirement to post budgetary and spending data and requires quarterly reports be submitted detailing the progress of the Web site.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.