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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Illinois Center for Geographic Information Act.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 16 | | (20 ILCS 1128/Act rep.) |
| 17 | | Section 90. The Illinois Geographic Information Council |
| 18 | | Act is repealed.
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law. |