Full Text of SB0851 103rd 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 Broadband Advisory Council Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 20 and by adding Section 30 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 80/20)
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Powers and duties of the Council generally.
| 8 | | (a) The Council shall: | 9 | | (1) explore any and all ways to expand the | 10 | | availability to end-user customers of broadband services | 11 | | using available technologies, including, but not limited | 12 | | to, wireline, wireless, fixed wireless, and satellite | 13 | | applications; | 14 | | (2) identify barriers to broadband adoption among the
| 15 | | residents and small businesses of Illinois;
| 16 | | (3) research ways to eliminate barriers to adoption
| 17 | | through measures such as: digital literacy programs;
| 18 | | programs to assist older citizens in using broadband
| 19 | | Internet access; programs to facilitate adoption by
| 20 | | disabled citizens; and programs to encourage collaborative
| 21 | | efforts among public universities, community colleges,
| 22 | | libraries, public housing, and other institutions;
| 23 | | (4) assess the availability of broadband for |
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| 1 | | low-income households compared to the availability of | 2 | | broadband for other households;
| 3 | | (5) explore the potential for increased use of
| 4 | | broadband service for the purposes of education, career
| 5 | | readiness, workforce preparation, and alternative career
| 6 | | training;
| 7 | | (6) explore the potential for increased use of
| 8 | | broadband services to facilitate aging in place;
| 9 | | (7) explore ways for encouraging State and municipal
| 10 | | agencies, including public housing authorities, to expand
| 11 | | the use of broadband services for the
purpose of better | 12 | | serving the public, including audio and
video streaming, | 13 | | voice-over Internet protocol,
teleconferencing, and | 14 | | wireless networking;
| 15 | | (8) cooperate and assist in the expansion of | 16 | | electronic
instruction and distance education services; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | (9) as the Federal Communications Commission updates
| 19 | | the benchmark downstream data rates and upstream data | 20 | | rates, publish the revised
data rates in the Illinois | 21 | | Register within 60 days after the
federal update ; and . | 22 | | (10) evaluate the expansion of the Illinois Century | 23 | | Network to Illinois public schools, public libraries, and | 24 | | State-owned correctional institutions or facilities, | 25 | | including issuing recommendations for increasing agency | 26 | | staffing, infrastructure development, price modeling, and |
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| 1 | | providing download speeds of at least one gigabyte per | 2 | | second and upload speeds of at least one gigabyte per | 3 | | second. | 4 | | (b) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this
| 5 | | Act, the Council is hereby granted the powers necessary to
| 6 | | carry out the purpose and intent of this Act, as enumerated
in | 7 | | this Section, including, but not limited to: | 8 | | (1) promoting awareness of public facilities that have
| 9 | | community broadband access that can be used for distance
| 10 | | education and workforce development; and
| 11 | | (2) advising on deployment of e-government portals | 12 | | such
that all public bodies and political subdivisions | 13 | | have
websites and encourage one-stop government access and | 14 | | that
all public entities stream audio and video of all | 15 | | public
meetings.
| 16 | | (c) The Council shall also:
| 17 | | (1) monitor the broadband-based development efforts of
| 18 | | other states in areas such as business,
education, aging | 19 | | in place, and health;
| 20 | | (2)receive input provided on a voluntary basis from | 21 | | all Illinois broadband stakeholders and advise the | 22 | | Governor and the General Assembly on policies related to | 23 | | broadband in Illinois, provided that no stakeholders shall | 24 | | be required to publicly disclose competitively sensitive | 25 | | information or information that could compromise network | 26 | | security or undermine the efficacy of reasonable network |
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| 1 | | management practices, and that any such information | 2 | | voluntarily disclosed shall be protected from public | 3 | | disclosure; and
| 4 | | (3) serve as the broadband advocate to State agencies
| 5 | | and other State entities to communicate the broadband | 6 | | needs
of citizens and organizations that do not have | 7 | | access to
broadband service or to broadband service | 8 | | adequate for
their needs.
| 9 | | (d) The Council shall exercise its powers and authority to
| 10 | | (1) advise and make recommendations to the General Assembly | 11 | | and
the Governor on bringing broadband service to unserved and | 12 | | underserved rural and urban areas and improving broadband
| 13 | | service statewide , (2) advise and make
recommendations to the | 14 | | General Assembly and the Governor on
facilitating broadband | 15 | | adoption by all citizens, and (3)
propose statutory changes | 16 | | that may enhance and expand broadband in the State.
| 17 | | (e) The Council shall report to the General Assembly on or
| 18 | | before January 1 of each year. The report to the General | 19 | | Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | 20 | | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | 21 | | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | 22 | | direct. The report shall include the
action that was taken by | 23 | | the Council during the previous year
in carrying out the | 24 | | provisions of this Act. The Council
shall also make any other | 25 | | reports as may be required by the
General Assembly or the | 26 | | Governor.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-833, eff. 1-1-19 .) | 2 | | (220 ILCS 80/30 new) | 3 | | Sec. 30. Illinois Century Network Study. | 4 | | (a) The Council shall study the feasibility of connecting | 5 | | all Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned | 6 | | correctional facilities to the Illinois Century Network by | 7 | | January 1, 2030. The purpose and scope of the study is limited | 8 | | to connecting all public schools, public libraries, and | 9 | | State-owned correctional facilities to the Illinois Century | 10 | | Network, with a goal to give all public schools, public | 11 | | libraries, and State-owned correctional institutions or | 12 | | facilities access to reliable, gigabit-level broadband service | 13 | | by January 1, 2030. The Office of Broadband within the | 14 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall support | 15 | | and assist the Council in the development of the study. | 16 | | (b) The feasibility study required under subsection (a) | 17 | | shall explore: | 18 | | (1) efforts among other states and units of local | 19 | | government to connect public schools, public libraries, | 20 | | and correctional facilities to a public broadband service; | 21 | | (2) the current state of broadband service connection | 22 | | for all public schools, public libraries, and State-owned | 23 | | correctional facilities, including connection speeds, type | 24 | | of technology, and whether the network is serviced by the | 25 | | Illinois Century Network currently; |
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| 1 | | (3) models for expanding the Illinois Century Network | 2 | | solely for the purpose of connecting all Illinois public | 3 | | schools, public libraries, and State-owned correctional | 4 | | facilities; | 5 | | (4) the resources necessary to expand the Illinois | 6 | | Century Network across the State of Illinois to all | 7 | | Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned | 8 | | correctional facilities; | 9 | | (5) the benefits of the Illinois Century Network in | 10 | | Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned | 11 | | correctional facilities; | 12 | | (6) potential sources of funding for the expansion of | 13 | | the Illinois Century Network to Illinois public schools, | 14 | | public libraries, and State-owned correctional facilities; | 15 | | (7) additional staff and contracting needs that would | 16 | | be necessary to expand the Illinois Century Network to all | 17 | | Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned | 18 | | correctional facilities; | 19 | | (8) options for partnering with units of local | 20 | | government in Illinois that have taken steps toward | 21 | | offering public broadband service for the purpose of | 22 | | connecting all Illinois public schools, public libraries, | 23 | | and State-owned correctional facilities to the Illinois | 24 | | Century Network; and | 25 | | (9) any other factors that are necessary for the | 26 | | exploration of the feasibility of expanding the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Century Network to all Illinois public schools, public | 2 | | libraries, and State-owned correctional facilities. | 3 | | The feasibility study shall offer recommendations based on | 4 | | the results of the study and shall offer options for the | 5 | | expansion of the Illinois Century Network, including a | 6 | | timeline, staffing needs, financial resources needed, and | 7 | | suggested rates for broadband service. | 8 | | (c) The Council shall issue a report on its findings, | 9 | | recommendations, options for expansion, and any recommended | 10 | | legislation to the General Assembly by January 1, 2024.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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