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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3294
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3294 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to Year 2000 technology."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 Year 2000 Technology Task Force Act.
9 Section 5. Legislative declaration. Because January 1,
10 2000 marks the beginning of a new millennium, it presents new
11 challenges for information data technology. The technique of
12 storing date information by using 2 digits to represent the
13 year was designed as an economic savings tool when computers
14 were initially put into use. Systems developed with this
15 approach have remained in use, resulting in the fact that the
16 majority of computer programs will not be able to recognize
17 the year 2000. In an effort to ease the transition to the new
18 millennium it is necessary to provide the State and local
19 governments with the tools necessary to explore the impact of
20 that transition. It is imperative to provide an efficient
21 and accurate response now to prepare for the challenges
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1 presented by the year 2000 with regard to information
2 technology systems and date storage.
3 Section 10. Definition. In this Act "Year 2000
4 compliant" means, with respect to information technology,
5 that the information technology accurately processes
6 date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating,
7 comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the
8 twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and
9 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other
10 information technology, used in combination with the
11 information technology being acquired, properly exchanges
12 date/time data with it.
13 Section 15. Task Force created; members.
14 (a) The Year 2000 Technology Task Force is created.
15 (b) The Task Force shall be composed of the following
16 members:
17 (1) The Governor or his or her designee.
18 (2) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
19 (3) The Secretary of State or his or her designee.
20 (4) The Comptroller or his or her designee.
21 (5) The Treasurer or his or her designee.
22 (6) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or his
23 or her designee.
24 (7) The Director of Central Management Services.
25 (8) The Director of Revenue.
26 (9) The Secretary of Human Services.
27 (10) The Director of Public Aid.
28 (11) The Director of Children and Family Services.
29 (12) The Director of Employment Security.
30 (13) The Auditor General.
31 (14) The State Superintendent of Schools.
32 (15) Two members appointed by the Governor with the
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1 advice and consent of the Senate. One member shall
2 represent the interests of municipalities in the State,
3 and the other member shall represent the interests of
4 counties and townships in the State. If the Senate is
5 not in session or is in recess when an appointment
6 subject to its confirmation under this paragraph is made,
7 the Governor shall make a temporary appointment. That
8 temporary appointment is subject to subsequent Senate
9 confirmation as provided in this paragraph.
10 (16) Four members of the General Assembly,
11 appointed one each by the President of the Senate, the
12 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
13 of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House
14 of Representatives.
15 (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation.
16 Section 20. Task Force organization; meetings; staff.
17 (a) The Director of Central Management Services shall
18 serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
19 (b) The chairperson shall give notice of an initial
20 meeting of the Task Force within 30 days after the effective
21 date of this Act.
22 (c) The offices of the State officers designated in
23 paragraphs (1) through (14) of subsection (b) of Section 15
24 shall perform the staff work necessary to enable the Task
25 Force to perform its functions.
26 Section 25. Task Force functions. The Task Force shall
27 do the following:
28 (1) Assess the current status of Year 2000
29 compliance on the part of (i) each department of State
30 government created under the Civil Administrative Code of
31 Illinois, (ii) the General Assembly, (iii) the State
32 judiciary, and (iv) units of local government in the
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1 State.
2 (2) Analyze and prioritize the corrective measures
3 that must be taken by the entities designated in
4 paragraph (1) in order to become Year 2000 compliant.
5 (3) Prepare an estimated timetable for completing
6 those corrective measures in a manner that will ensure
7 Year 2000 compliance by those entities.
8 (4) Estimate the fiscal impact of those corrective
9 measures.
10 (5) Conduct additional inquiries or studies as it
11 deems appropriate.
12 Section 30. Reports and recommendations.
13 (a) On or before November 30, 1998 the Task Force shall
14 submit a preliminary report to the Governor and the General
15 Assembly. The preliminary report shall include the Task
16 Force's findings and, if the Task Force determines that
17 legislation is necessary in order to ensure Year 2000
18 compliance by the entities designated in Section 25, its
19 recommendations for legislation.
20 (b) The Task Force may submit additional findings and
21 recommendations at any time.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".