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90_HB3294
New Act
Creates the Year 2000 Computer Date Change Task Force
Act. Provides for appointment by executive and legislative
branch officers of a 15-member task force to report to the
Governor and the General Assembly upon problems associated
with and possible solutions for the failure of State
government computers to recognize the year 2000. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT creating the Year 2000 Computer Date Change Task
2 Force.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Year 2000 Computer Date Change Task Force Act.
7 Section 5. Creation; purpose. The Year 2000 Computer
8 Date Change Task Force is created to evaluate and recommend
9 ways for all State agencies, whether in the executive,
10 legislative, or judicial branch of State government, to
11 continue their efforts to avoid computer, computer software,
12 and computer data problems associated with computers owned or
13 operated by State agencies through their employees or
14 officers related to the potential inability of computers and
15 computer software to recognize the date of "January 1, 2000"
16 and subsequently produce, calculate, or generate an erroneous
17 date or otherwise fail to function.
18 Section 10. Membership. The Task Force shall consist of
19 15 members appointed as follows:
20 2 representatives of State government, appointed by the
21 Governor;
22 2 representatives of the computer industry, appointed by
23 the Governor;
24 one public member, appointed by the Governor; and
25 10 other members, appointed one each by the Lieutenant
26 Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller,
27 Treasurer, Auditor General, President of the Senate, Speaker
28 of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the
29 Senate, and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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1 Section 15. Organization. The Governor shall designate
2 one member of the Task Force to serve as chairperson. A
3 majority of Task Force members shall constitute a quorum.
4 Any vacancy in the Task Force shall be filled in the same
5 manner as the original appointment.
6 The Task Force shall hold its first meeting not later
7 than 60 days following the appointment of a majority of its
8 members.
9 Section 20. Expenses; assistance. Task Force members
10 shall receive no compensation except for necessary expenses
11 incurred in the performance of their duties.
12 Staff and technical assistance for the Task Force shall
13 be provided by State departments and agencies designated by
14 the Governor to provide that assistance.
15 Section 25. Report. Not later than 6 months after its
16 first meeting, the Task Force shall submit to the Governor
17 and General Assembly its report, which shall contain the
18 following:
19 (1) a status report regarding the progress of State
20 agencies' current efforts to avoid computer, computer
21 software, and computer data problems associated with the Year
22 2000 date change;
23 (2) recommendations for legislative and other proposals
24 to assist State agencies to further their current efforts to
25 avoid computer, computer software, and computer data problems
26 associated with the Year 2000 date change;
27 (3) actions that should be taken by State agencies to
28 continue their efforts to avoid computer, computer software,
29 and computer data problems associated with the Year 2000 date
30 change;
31 (4) recommendations regarding the need for increased
32 appropriations or better management of current funds so that
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1 State agencies may continue their efforts to avoid computer,
2 computer software, and computer data problems associated with
3 the Year 2000 date change;
4 (5) recommendations for providing oversight of the final
5 stages of effort by State agencies to avoid computer,
6 computer software, and computer data problems associated with
7 the Year 2000 date change;
8 (6) recommendations regarding measures for State
9 agencies to take in order to avoid potential liability on the
10 part of State agencies associated with computer, computer
11 software, and computer data problems associated with the Year
12 2000 date change; and
13 (7) any additional recommendations to further the
14 efforts by State agencies to avoid computer, computer
15 software, and computer data problems associated with the Year
16 2000 date change.
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.