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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
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Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
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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 
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Section 405-15,
"State agency", whether used in the singular or 
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plural, means all
departments,
officers, commissions, boards, 
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institutions, and bodies politic and
corporate
of the State, 
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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 
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judicial branch, including, without limitation, the
several 
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courts of
the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme 
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court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the 
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Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, nor does it mean 
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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 
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and
co-ordinate telecommunications services
for State agencies 
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and, when requested and when in the best interests of
the 
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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 
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available to interested
parties not associated with State 
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government provided that State government
usage shall have 
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first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have
the 
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power and duty to do all of the following:


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        (1) Provide for and control the procurement, 
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    retention,
installation,
and maintenance of 
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    telecommunications equipment or services used by
State 
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    agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.


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        (2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for 
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    communications
services for State agencies which shall 
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    include a minimum of one
telecommunication device for the 
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    deaf installed and
operational within each State agency, to 
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    provide public access to agency
information for those 
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    persons who are hearing or speech impaired.  The
Department 
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    shall consult the Department of Human
Services to develop 
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    standards and implementation for this
equipment.


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        (3) Establish charges (i) for communication services 
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    for
State
agencies
and, when requested, for units of 
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    federal or local government and
public
and not-for-profit 
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    institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
education

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    and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by 
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    parties not
associated
with State government. Entities 
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    charged for these services shall
reimburse
the Department 
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    by vouchers drawn against
their respective appropriations 
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    for telecommunications services.


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        (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage 
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    of
telecommunication services regularly to the Department 
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    in the
manner
the Director may prescribe.


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        (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of 
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    all State
agencies in the area of telecommunications 
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    services and plan to serve
those aims and needs in the most 
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    effective and efficient
manner.


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        (6) Establish the administrative organization
within 
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    the Department
that is required to accomplish the purpose 
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    of this Section.

 


 






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    The Department is authorized to
conduct a study for the 
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purpose of determining technical, engineering, and
management 
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specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or

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shared use of existing and future public and private owned 
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television
broadcast and reception facilities, including but 
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not limited to
terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and 
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satellite, for broadcast and
reception of educational, 
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governmental, and business programs, and to
implement those 
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specifications.

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    However, the Department may not control or interfere with 
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the input
of content into the telecommunications systems by the 
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several State
agencies or units of federal or local government, 
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or public or
not-for-profit institutions of primary, 
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secondary, and higher education, or
users of the Department's 
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satellite uplink.

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    As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means 
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all
departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, 
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and bodies
politic and corporate of the State except (i) the 
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judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several 
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courts of
the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme 
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court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the 
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Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the 
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General Assembly,
 legislative service agencies, and all 
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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, 
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2005.