§ 20-42A. Spending Disclosure.

(a) Definitions. In this Section, the following words have the meaning indicated:

Payee means any person who receives an aggregate payment of $25,000 or more from the County in any fiscal year, except:

(1) a County employee with respect to salary or benefits; and

(2) a County retiree with respect to a County retirement pension.

Payment includes any County funds transferred to a contractor, grantee, or loan recipient.

Searchable website means a series of web pages on the World Wide Web that displays County payment data in a searchable form.

(b) The Chief Administrative Officer must develop and operate a searchable website accessible to the public at no cost that includes the:

(1) name of each payee;

(2) location of each payee by postal zip code;

(3) amount of total payments for each fiscal year; and

(4) name of the County department or office making the payment.

(c) The searchable website must permit the user to search data for each fiscal year by the following fields:

(1) payee:

(2) department or office making the payment; and

(3) postal zip code of a payee.

(d) This Section does not require the disclosure of any information that is confidential under State or Federal law. (, § 1.)

Editor’s note—2009 L.M.C., ch. 2, states: This Act takes effect on September 1, 2010 and applies to payments made in or after Fiscal Year 2011.