§ 42-90-1 Public disclosure required. – (a) All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state and public corporations shall prepare and submit to the secretary of state quarterly a list containing:
(1) The name of any person 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 quarter; and
(2) The amount of compensation received by each consultant during the previous quarter.
(b) All departments, commissions, boards, councils, other agencies in the government of the state and public corporations shall prepare and submit to the secretary of state on an annual basis a contracting report containing:
(1) 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 thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, which are substantially similar to and in lieu of services heretofore provided, in whole or in part, by regular employees of the department, commission, board, council, agency or public corporation; and
(2) A budget analysis of each contract reported pursuant to this subsection containing the cost of each contract for the prior, current and next year; and the number of private contractor employees reflected as full-time equivalent positions with their hourly wage rate, and costs of benefits for each job classification for the current and previous year.
(c) The secretary of state shall compile, publish, and make
available for public inspection all lists and contracting reports prepared in
accordance with this chapter.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 172, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch.
646, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 332, § 1.)