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Full Text of HB1656  94th General Assembly

HB1656ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Gary Hannig

Filed: 4/7/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1656

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1656 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
2     (20 ILCS 405/405-270)  (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
3     Sec. 405-270. Telecommunications services. To provide for
4 and co-ordinate telecommunications services for State agencies
5 and, when requested and when in the best interests of the
6 State, for units of federal or local governments and public and
7 not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher
8 education. The Department may make use of its satellite uplink
9 available to interested parties not associated with State
10 government provided that State government usage shall have
11 first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have the
12 power and duty to do all of the following:
13         (1) Provide for and control the procurement,
14     retention, installation, and maintenance of
15     telecommunications equipment or services used by State
16     agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.
17         (2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for
18     communications services for State agencies which shall
19     include a minimum of one telecommunication device for the
20     deaf installed and operational within each State agency, to
21     provide public access to agency information for those
22     persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The Department
23     shall consult the Department of Human Services to develop
24     standards and implementation for this equipment.
25         (3) Establish charges (i) for communication services
26     for State agencies and, when requested, for units of
27     federal or local government and public and not-for-profit
28     institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education
29     and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by
30     parties not associated with State government. Entities
31     charged for these services shall reimburse the Department
32     by vouchers drawn against their respective appropriations
33     for telecommunications services.

 

 

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1         (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
2     of telecommunication services regularly to the Department
3     in the manner the Director may prescribe.
4         (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of
5     all State agencies in the area of telecommunications
6     services and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most
7     effective and efficient manner.
8         (6) Establish the administrative organization within
9     the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose
10     of this Section.
11     The Department is authorized to conduct a study for the
12 purpose of determining technical, engineering, and management
13 specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
14 shared use of existing and future public and private owned
15 television broadcast and reception facilities, including but
16 not limited to terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and
17 satellite, for broadcast and reception of educational,
18 governmental, and business programs, and to implement those
19 specifications.
20     However, the Department may not control or interfere with
21 the input of content into the telecommunications systems by the
22 several State agencies or units of federal or local government,
23 or public or not-for-profit institutions of primary,
24 secondary, and higher education, or users of the Department's
25 satellite uplink.
26     As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means
27 all departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions,
28 and bodies politic and corporate of the State except (i) the
29 judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several
30 courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme
31 court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the
32 Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the
33 General Assembly, legislative service agencies, and all
34 officers of the General Assembly.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
3 2005.".