§ 42-90-1 — § 42-90-1. Public disclosure required.

§ 42-90-1. Public disclosure required.

(a) All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state, and public corporations shall annually prepare and submit to the budget office by October 1 a list containing:

(1) The name of any person, privatization contractor, or vendor who performed legal, medical, accounting, engineering, or any other professional, technical, or consultant service to the department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation on a contractual basis during the previous fiscal year; and

(2) The amount of compensation received by each consultant during the previous fiscal year.

(b) All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state, and public corporations shall prepare and submit to the budget office on an annual basis by October 1 a contracting report containing:

(1) Digital/electronic copies of all contracts or agreements by which a nongovernmental person or entity agrees with the department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation to provide services, valued at one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more, that are substantially similar to and in replacement of work normally performed by an employee of the department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation.

(2) [Deleted by P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 9, § 4.]

(c) The budget office shall post electronic/digital copies of all contracts and reports online using the state's transparency portal or an equivalent website, available for public inspection, annually no later than December 1 of each year.

Legislative History

P.L. 1985, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 172, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 646, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 332, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 9, § 4.