(20 ILCS 1370/1-5)

Sec. 1-5. Definitions. In this Act:

"Client agency" means each transferring agency, or its successor, and any other public agency to which the Department provides service to the extent specified in an interagency agreement with the public agency.

"Dedicated unit" means the dedicated bureau, division, office, or other unit within a transferring agency that is responsible for the information technology functions of the transferring agency.

"Department" means the Department of Innovation and Technology.

"Information technology" means technology, infrastructure, equipment, systems, software, networks, and processes used to create, send, receive, and store electronic or digital information, including, without limitation, computer systems and telecommunication services and systems. "Information technology" shall be construed broadly to incorporate future technologies that change or supplant those in effect as of the effective date of this Act.

"Information technology functions" means the development, procurement, installation, retention, maintenance, operation, possession, storage, and related functions of all information technology.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Innovation and Technology.

"State agency" means each State agency, department, board, and commission under the jurisdiction of the Governor.

"Transferring agency" means the Department on Aging; the Departments of Agriculture, Central Management Services, Children and Family Services, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Corrections, Employment Security, Financial and Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Rights, Human Services, Insurance, Juvenile Justice, Labor, Lottery, Military Affairs, Natural Resources, Public Health, Revenue, Transportation, and Veterans' Affairs; the Illinois State Police; the Capital Development Board; the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Governor's Office of Management and Budget; the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; the Illinois Arts Council; the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities; the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; the Illinois Gaming Board; the Illinois Liquor Control Commission; the Office of the State Fire Marshal; and the Prisoner Review Board.

(Source: P.A. 102-376, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-870, eff. 1-1-23.)