Municipal Transparency Bill for Public Works Approved to Boost Citizen Oversight
Câmara approves new bill mandating enhanced public access and regular updates on municipal public works projects to ensure transparency and citizen oversight.
- • Bill No. 139/2025 approved establishing Municipal Transparency Policy in public works.
- • All project phases must be publicly accessible via the Transparency Portal with detailed documentation.
- • Data must be updated every 90 days; penalties apply for non-compliance under Federal Law 12.527/2011.
- • QR codes on project signage enhance immediate public info access, boosting citizen oversight.
Key details
On October 24, 2025, the Municipal Chamber approved Bill No. 139/2025 establishing a Municipal Policy of Transparency in Public Works. Authored by councilors from the Republican Party and other parties, the law mandates comprehensive public access to all phases of municipally funded public engineering projects.
The policy requires detailed information—including budget spreadsheets, contracts, bidding documents, work schedules, project images, and technical personnel data—to be uploaded on the Transparency Portal in a clear and accessible format. The portal will feature search functions, filters by date and project type, and identify contractors alongside funding sources, especially for multi-government funded initiatives.
Further, projects must display QR codes on physical signage for instant public access. Updates to project data must be made every 90 days. Non-compliance could lead to penalties as prescribed by the Federal Law on Access to Information (Law 12.527/2011), including warnings, fines, and suspensions.
The bill’s sponsors emphasized that the initiative does not entail additional public expenditure but rather aims to organize existing data to prevent project delays and suspicions of financial mismanagement. They believe this transparency policy will foster public trust and encourage citizen participation in monitoring municipal investments made with taxpayer money.
This article was synthesized and translated from native language sources to provide English-speaking readers with local perspectives.