Public Act 094-0295
 
HB1656 Enrolled LRB094 02708 RCE 32709 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    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:
 
    (20 ILCS 405/405-5)  (was 20 ILCS 405/35.2)
    Sec. 405-5. Definitions.
    (a) In this Law:
    "Department" means the Department of Central Management
Services.
    "Director" means the Director of Central Management
Services.
    (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
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.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    (20 ILCS 405/405-270)  (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
    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
not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher
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:
        (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.
        (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.
        (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
    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.
        (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
    of telecommunication services regularly to the Department
    in the manner the Director may prescribe.
        (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.
        (6) Establish the administrative organization within
    the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose
    of this Section.
    The Department is authorized to conduct a study for the
purpose of determining technical, engineering, and management
specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
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.
    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.
    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.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2005.