Full Text of SB3179 102nd 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Illinois Center for Geographic Information Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Center" means the Illinois Center for Geographic | 8 | | Information. | 9 | | "Committee" means the Intergovernmental Advisory | 10 | | Committee. | 11 | | Section 10. Illinois Center for Geographic Information. | 12 | | Subject to appropriation, the Illinois Center for Geographic | 13 | | Information is created within the Prairie Research Institute | 14 | | at the University of Illinois. The general management, | 15 | | control, and operation of the Center shall be within the | 16 | | University of Illinois. The University of Illinois may provide | 17 | | for a Geographic Information Officer to manage the Center and | 18 | | designate his or her duties and compensation. | 19 | | Section 15. Purpose. | 20 | | (a) The Center shall evaluate proposals, in consultation | 21 | | with the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, and make |
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| 1 | | recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on the | 2 | | efficient development, use, and funding of geographic | 3 | | information management technology for State, regional, local, | 4 | | and academic agencies and institutions. Proposals shall | 5 | | include: | 6 | | (1) standards for the collection (geodetic), | 7 | | maintenance, dissemination, and documentation of spatial | 8 | | data, consistent with established and ongoing development | 9 | | of national standards and guidelines when applicable; | 10 | | (2) funding strategies that encourage and support the | 11 | | use of geographic information management technology at | 12 | | local levels of government; | 13 | | (3) examining the impacts of the Freedom of | 14 | | Information Act as it applies to digital data | 15 | | dissemination; | 16 | | (4) statewide basemap development; and | 17 | | (5) the development of multi-year strategies for | 18 | | geographic information management technology in Illinois. | 19 | | As necessary, the Center may enter into agreements with | 20 | | professional nonprofit organizations to achieve its | 21 | | objectives. | 22 | | (b) The Center shall coordinate, accept, and administer | 23 | | grants or other financial assistance from the federal | 24 | | government and may accept grants from corporations, for profit | 25 | | or nonprofit, or associations for the purpose of conducting | 26 | | research, evaluations, or demonstration projects directed |
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| 1 | | toward the development of an integrated statewide system of | 2 | | geographic information management technology. | 3 | | Section 20. Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. | 4 | | (a) The Prairie Research Institute shall form an | 5 | | Intergovernmental Advisory Committee that shall serve in an | 6 | | advisory capacity for the Center and shall be composed of | 7 | | geographic information systems staff appointed by: | 8 | | (1) the Director of State Police; | 9 | | (2) the Secretary of Transportation; | 10 | | (3) the Director of Agriculture; | 11 | | (4) the Director of Public Health; | 12 | | (5) the Director of Natural Resources; | 13 | | (6) the Director of Revenue; | 14 | | (7) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | 15 | | (8) the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management | 16 | | Agency; | 17 | | (9) the Director of the Environmental Protection | 18 | | Agency; | 19 | | (10) the Director of Central Management Services; | 20 | | (11) the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce | 21 | | Commission; and | 22 | | (12) the Secretary of Innovation and Technology. | 23 | | (b) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this | 24 | | Act, the Committee shall hold its first meeting at the call of | 25 | | the Executive Director of the Prairie Research Institute, at |
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| 1 | | which meeting the members shall select a chairperson from | 2 | | among themselves, and thereafter a chairperson shall be | 3 | | selected annually. After its first meeting, the Committee | 4 | | shall meet at the call of the chairperson. Members of the | 5 | | Committee shall serve without compensation. | 6 | | Section 25. Stakeholder engagement. The Center shall | 7 | | engage with interested stakeholders throughout the State | 8 | | representing local, regional, and federal agencies; | 9 | | professional associations; academic institutions; public | 10 | | utilities; and private sector companies, enterprises, or | 11 | | businesses. | 12 | | Section 30. Data sharing. The Center shall have the | 13 | | authority to initiate and enter into intergovernmental data | 14 | | sharing agreements on behalf of the State for the benefit of | 15 | | geographic information coordination. | 16 | | (20 ILCS 1128/Act rep.) | 17 | | Section 90. The Illinois Geographic Information Council | 18 | | Act is repealed.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law. |
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