Archive: Transparency

  • State Data Quality Act March 15, 2013

    AN ACT to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by state agencies to the public, and to the federal government in support of federal programs, and to provide the public with administrative mechanisms for [...]

  • State Data Access Act March 15, 2013

     AN ACT to ensure that study findings generated wholly or partially with funding from a State agency by a non-governmental entity and relied on by a State agency in proposing or promulgating a rule, regulation, guideline, or policy can be [...]

  • Public Employee Paycheck Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Public Employee Paycheck Protection Act  Summary Though states have broad authority to allow deductions from individuals’ paychecks if those individuals request or allow it, a one-time permission should not suffice to allow any kind of deduction to occur for the [...]

  • Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Summary On occasion, courts create an “implied” cause of action or a right to sue in regulatory legislation.  The principles for when courts will or will not create these “implied” causes of action are vague and uncertain.  For that reason, [...]

  • Resolution on Transparency in State Attorney General Conduct March 15, 2013

    Purpose:  To support the policy proposals in the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s State Attorney General Code of Conduct in order to assure high ethical standards in conducting the affairs of the Office of Attorney General and to protect [...]

  • Asbestos Claims Transparency Act March 15, 2013

    Model Legislation Title __ of the [   ] Code is amended by adding Chapter ___ to read as follows: Chapter __.  Claims Involving Asbestos Exposure Section 1. {Short Title}  This chapter may be cited as the “Asbestos Claims Transparency Act.” [...]

  • Resolution on Release Time for Union Business March 15, 2013

    Resolution on Release Time for Union Business Summary The Resolution on Release Time for Union Business opposes the practice of public sector union members receiving release time from their primary responsibilities to participate in union business. Model Resolution WHEREAS, many public [...]

  • An Act Providing for the Detection and Prevention of Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Improper Payments in State Government March 15, 2013

    An Act Providing for the Detection and Prevention of Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Improper Payments in State Government Summary This Act would improve government efficiency and accountability by detecting and preventing fraud, waste, abuse and improper payments in state government. [...]

  • Public Employee Bargaining Transparency Act March 15, 2013

    Public Employee Bargaining Transparency Act Summary This model bill opens public-sector collective bargaining sessions and documents to the public. Model Legislation A bill to amend the Code of [STATE] by adding a section related to transparency in public-sector collective bargaining. [...]

  • Private Attorney Retention Sunshine Act March 15, 2013

    Model Legislation Section 1. {Title} This act may be known as the Private Attorney Retention Sunshine Act Section 2. {Definitions} (A) For the purposes of this Act, a contract in excess of $1,000,000 is one in which the fee paid [...]