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90_HB3294enr
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 in relation to Year 2000 technology.
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 Year 2000 Technology Task Force Act.
6 Section 5. Legislative declaration. Because January 1,
7 2000 marks the beginning of a new millennium, it presents new
8 challenges for information data technology. The technique of
9 storing date information by using 2 digits to represent the
10 year was designed as an economic savings tool when computers
11 were initially put into use. Systems developed with this
12 approach have remained in use, resulting in the fact that the
13 majority of computer programs will not be able to recognize
14 the year 2000. In an effort to ease the transition to the new
15 millennium it is necessary to provide the State and local
16 governments with the tools necessary to explore the impact of
17 that transition. It is imperative to provide an efficient
18 and accurate response now to prepare for the challenges
19 presented by the year 2000 with regard to information
20 technology systems and date storage.
21 Section 10. Definition. In this Act "Year 2000
22 compliant" means, with respect to information technology,
23 that the information technology accurately processes
24 date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating,
25 comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the
26 twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and
27 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other
28 information technology, used in combination with the
29 information technology being acquired, properly exchanges
30 date/time data with it.
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1 Section 15. Task Force created; members.
2 (a) The Year 2000 Technology Task Force is created.
3 (b) The Task Force shall be composed of the following
4 members:
5 (1) The Governor or his or her designee.
6 (2) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
7 (3) The Secretary of State or his or her designee.
8 (4) The Comptroller or his or her designee.
9 (5) The Treasurer or his or her designee.
10 (6) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or his
11 or her designee.
12 (7) The Director of Central Management Services.
13 (8) The Director of Revenue.
14 (9) The Secretary of Human Services.
15 (10) The Director of Public Aid.
16 (11) The Director of Children and Family Services.
17 (12) The Director of Employment Security.
18 (13) The Auditor General.
19 (14) The State Superintendent of Schools.
20 (15) Two members appointed by the Governor with the
21 advice and consent of the Senate. One member shall
22 represent the interests of municipalities in the State,
23 and the other member shall represent the interests of
24 counties and townships in the State. If the Senate is
25 not in session or is in recess when an appointment
26 subject to its confirmation under this paragraph is made,
27 the Governor shall make a temporary appointment. That
28 temporary appointment is subject to subsequent Senate
29 confirmation as provided in this paragraph.
30 (16) Four members of the General Assembly,
31 appointed one each by the President of the Senate, the
32 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
33 of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House
34 of Representatives.
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1 (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation.
2 Section 20. Task Force organization; meetings; staff.
3 (a) The Director of Central Management Services shall
4 serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
5 (b) The chairperson shall give notice of an initial
6 meeting of the Task Force within 30 days after the effective
7 date of this Act.
8 (c) The offices of the State officers designated in
9 paragraphs (1) through (14) of subsection (b) of Section 15
10 shall perform the staff work necessary to enable the Task
11 Force to perform its functions.
12 Section 25. Task Force functions. The Task Force shall
13 do the following:
14 (1) Assess the current status of Year 2000
15 compliance on the part of (i) each department of State
16 government created under the Civil Administrative Code of
17 Illinois, (ii) the General Assembly, (iii) the State
18 judiciary, and (iv) units of local government in the
19 State.
20 (2) Analyze and prioritize the corrective measures
21 that must be taken by the entities designated in
22 paragraph (1) in order to become Year 2000 compliant.
23 (3) Prepare an estimated timetable for completing
24 those corrective measures in a manner that will ensure
25 Year 2000 compliance by those entities.
26 (4) Estimate the fiscal impact of those corrective
27 measures.
28 (5) Conduct additional inquiries or studies as it
29 deems appropriate.
30 Section 30. Reports and recommendations.
31 (a) On or before November 30, 1998 the Task Force shall
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1 submit a preliminary report to the Governor and the General
2 Assembly. The preliminary report shall include the Task
3 Force's findings and, if the Task Force determines that
4 legislation is necessary in order to ensure Year 2000
5 compliance by the entities designated in Section 25, its
6 recommendations for legislation.
7 (b) The Task Force may submit additional findings and
8 recommendations at any time.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.