HB1656eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5 Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6 changing Sections 405-5 and 405-270 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 405/405-5)  (was 20 ILCS 405/35.2)
8     Sec. 405-5. Definitions.
9     (a) In this Law:
10     "Department" means the Department of Central Management
11 Services.
12     "Director" means the Director of Central Management
13 Services.
14     (b) In paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 405-10 and in
15 Section 405-15, "State agency", whether used in the singular or
16 plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards,
17 institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State,
18 including the offices of clerk of the supreme court and clerks
19 of the appellate courts. The term, however, does not mean the
20 judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several
21 courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme
22 court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the
23 Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, nor does it mean
24 the legislature or its committees or commissions.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
26     (20 ILCS 405/405-270)  (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
27     Sec. 405-270. Telecommunications services. To provide for
28 and co-ordinate telecommunications services for State agencies
29 and, when requested and when in the best interests of the
30 State, for units of federal or local governments and public and
31 not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher

 

 

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1 education. The Department may make use of its satellite uplink
2 available to interested parties not associated with State
3 government provided that State government usage shall have
4 first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have the
5 power and duty to do all of the following:
6         (1) Provide for and control the procurement,
7     retention, installation, and maintenance of
8     telecommunications equipment or services used by State
9     agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.
10         (2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for
11     communications services for State agencies which shall
12     include a minimum of one telecommunication device for the
13     deaf installed and operational within each State agency, to
14     provide public access to agency information for those
15     persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The Department
16     shall consult the Department of Human Services to develop
17     standards and implementation for this equipment.
18         (3) Establish charges (i) for communication services
19     for State agencies and, when requested, for units of
20     federal or local government and public and not-for-profit
21     institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education
22     and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by
23     parties not associated with State government. Entities
24     charged for these services shall reimburse the Department
25     by vouchers drawn against their respective appropriations
26     for telecommunications services.
27         (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
28     of telecommunication services regularly to the Department
29     in the manner the Director may prescribe.
30         (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of
31     all State agencies in the area of telecommunications
32     services and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most
33     effective and efficient manner.
34         (6) Establish the administrative organization within
35     the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose
36     of this Section.

 

 

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1     The Department is authorized to conduct a study for the
2 purpose of determining technical, engineering, and management
3 specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
4 shared use of existing and future public and private owned
5 television broadcast and reception facilities, including but
6 not limited to terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and
7 satellite, for broadcast and reception of educational,
8 governmental, and business programs, and to implement those
9 specifications.
10     However, the Department may not control or interfere with
11 the input of content into the telecommunications systems by the
12 several State agencies or units of federal or local government,
13 or public or not-for-profit institutions of primary,
14 secondary, and higher education, or users of the Department's
15 satellite uplink.
16     As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means
17 all departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions,
18 and bodies politic and corporate of the State except (i) the
19 judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several
20 courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme
21 court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the
22 Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the
23 General Assembly, legislative service agencies, and all
24 officers of the General Assembly.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
27 2005.