Sec. 5.06. Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP).

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(a)The Authority, within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall establish and maintain a website, known as the Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP), and shall be tasked with compiling and updating the CHI-TAP database with information received from the Authority and all of its Service Boards.

(b)For purposes of this Section:

"Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file to purchase goods and

services exceeding $10,000 in value.

"Recipients" means the Authority or any of its Service Boards.

(c)The CHI-TAP shall provide direct access to each of the following:

(1)A database of all current employees of the Authority and its Service Boards, sorted

separately by:

(i)Name.

(ii)Employing entity.

(iii)Employing division or department.

(iv)Employment position title.

(v)Current base salary or hourly rate and year-to-date gross pay.

(2)A database of all current Authority expenditures, sorted separately by Service Board

and category.

(3)A database of all Authority and Service Board contracts entered into after the

effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, contract value, and goods or services provided.

(4)A database of all employees of the Authority and its Service Boards hired on or

after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted searchably by each of the following at the time of employment:

(i)Name.

(ii)Employing entity.

(iii)Employing division.

(iv)Employment position title.

(v)Current base salary or hourly rate and year-to-date gross pay.

(vi)County of employment location.

(vii)Status of position including, but not limited to, bargained-for positions,

at-will positions, or not bargained for positions.

(viii)Employment status including, but not limited to, full-time permanent,

full-time temporary, part-time permanent and part-time temporary.

(ix)Status as a military veteran.

(5)A database of publicly available accident-related and safety-related information

currently required to be reported to the federal Secretary of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. 5335.

(d)The CHI-TAP shall include all information required to be published by subsection

(c)of this Section that is available to the Authority in a format the Authority can compile and publish on the CHI-TAP. The Authority shall update the CHI-TAP within 30 days as additional information becomes available in a format that can be compiled and published on the CHI-TAP by the Authority.

(e)Each Service Board shall cooperate with the Authority in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Authority.

(f)The Authority and its Service Boards are independently responsible for the accuracy of the specific information provided by each agency to be displayed on CHI-TAP.