Public Act 102-1009
 
SB3179 EnrolledLRB102 23017 SPS 32171 b


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