Public Act 0295 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0295
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services |
Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
changing Sections 405-5 and 405-270 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 405/405-5) (was 20 ILCS 405/35.2)
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Sec. 405-5. Definitions.
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(a) In this Law:
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"Department" means the Department of Central Management
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Services.
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"Director" means the Director of Central Management
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Services.
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(b) In paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 405-10 and in |
Section 405-15,
"State agency", whether used in the singular or |
plural, means all
departments,
officers, commissions, boards, |
institutions, and bodies politic and
corporate
of the State, |
including the offices of clerk of the supreme court and clerks
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of the appellate courts. The term, however, does not mean the |
judicial branch, including, without limitation, the
several |
courts of
the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme |
court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the |
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, nor does it mean |
the legislature or its committees or
commissions.
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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(20 ILCS 405/405-270) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
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Sec. 405-270. Telecommunications services. To provide for |
and
co-ordinate telecommunications services
for State agencies |
and, when requested and when in the best interests of
the |
State, for units of federal or local governments and public and
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not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher |
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education.
The Department may make use of its satellite uplink |
available to interested
parties not associated with State |
government provided that State government
usage shall have |
first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have
the |
power and duty to do all of the following:
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(1) Provide for and control the procurement, |
retention,
installation,
and maintenance of |
telecommunications equipment or services used by
State |
agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.
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(2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for |
communications
services for State agencies which shall |
include a minimum of one
telecommunication device for the |
deaf installed and
operational within each State agency, to |
provide public access to agency
information for those |
persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The
Department |
shall consult the Department of Human
Services to develop |
standards and implementation for this
equipment.
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(3) Establish charges (i) for communication services |
for
State
agencies
and, when requested, for units of |
federal or local government and
public
and not-for-profit |
institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
education
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and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by |
parties not
associated
with State government. Entities |
charged for these services shall
reimburse
the Department |
by vouchers drawn against
their respective appropriations |
for telecommunications services.
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(4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage |
of
telecommunication services regularly to the Department |
in the
manner
the Director may prescribe.
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(5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of |
all State
agencies in the area of telecommunications |
services and plan to serve
those aims and needs in the most |
effective and efficient
manner.
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(6) Establish the administrative organization
within |
the Department
that is required to accomplish the purpose |
of this Section.
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The Department is authorized to
conduct a study for the |
purpose of determining technical, engineering, and
management |
specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
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shared use of existing and future public and private owned |
television
broadcast and reception facilities, including but |
not limited to
terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and |
satellite, for broadcast and
reception of educational, |
governmental, and business programs, and to
implement those |
specifications.
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However, the Department may not control or interfere with |
the input
of content into the telecommunications systems by the |
several State
agencies or units of federal or local government, |
or public or
not-for-profit institutions of primary, |
secondary, and higher education, or
users of the Department's |
satellite uplink.
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As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means |
all
departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, |
and bodies
politic and corporate of the State except (i) the |
judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several |
courts of
the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme |
court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the |
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the |
General Assembly,
legislative service agencies, and all |
officers of the General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
2005. |
Effective Date: 7/21/2005
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