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| is vital to ensuring that this State remains competitive |
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| and continues to create business and job growth. |
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| (3) The State must encourage and support the |
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| partnership of the public and private sectors in the |
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| continued growth of high speed Internet and Information |
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| technology for the State's residents and businesses. |
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| (4) Local governmental entities play a role in
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| assessing the needs of their communities with respect to |
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| high speed Internet services and information technology. |
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: |
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| "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that (i) is |
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| a nonprofit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of |
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| the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax |
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| under Section 501(a) of that Code; (ii) has no part of the net |
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| earnings of which inures to the benefit of any member, founder, |
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| contributor, or individual; and (iii) has an established |
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| competency and proven record of working with public and private |
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| sectors to accomplish wide-scale deployment and adoption of |
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| broadband and information technology in other states. |
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| "Public-private partnership" means the Broadband |
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| Deployment Council chaired by the Lieutenant Governor pursuant |
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| to Executive Order 2005-9. |
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| Section 15. Enlistment of a nonprofit organization. |
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| (a) The Lieutenant Governor, with the advice of the |
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| Broadband Deployment Council, a public-private partnership |
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| established under Executive Order 2005-9, shall enlist a |
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| nonprofit corporation, as defined under Section 10 of this Act, |
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| to implement a comprehensive, statewide high speed Internet |
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| deployment strategy and adoption initiative with the purpose |
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| of: |
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| (1) ensuring that all State residents and businesses |
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| have access to affordable and reliable high speed Internet |
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| service; |
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| (2) achieving improved technology literacy, increased |
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| computer ownership, and home high speed Internet use among |
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| State residents and businesses; |
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| (3) establishing and empowering local grassroots |
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| technology teams in each county to plan for improved |
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| technology use across multiple community sectors; and |
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| (4) establishing and sustaining an environment ripe |
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| for high speed Internet access and technology investment |
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| statewide. |
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| (b) The public-private partnership shall include input and |
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| cooperation among State and local agencies and bodies |
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| representing economic development, local community |
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| development, technology planning, education, and healthcare |
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| and other relevant public and private entities. The private |
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| entities within the partnership shall include providers of |
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| broadband services, telecommunications carriers, technology |
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| companies, telecommunications unions, community-based |
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| organizations, and other relevant private sector entities |
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| necessary to achieve the objectives of this Act. |
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| Section 20. Duties of the nonprofit organization. |
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| (a) The high speed Internet deployment strategy and |
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| adoption initiative to be performed by the nonprofit |
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| organization shall include, but not be limited to, the |
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| following actions: |
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| (1) Create a geographic statewide inventory of high |
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| speed Internet service and other relevant broadband and |
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| information technology services. The inventory shall: |
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| (A) identify geographic gaps in high speed |
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| Internet service through a method of GIS mapping of |
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| service availability and GIS analysis at the census |
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| block level; and |
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| (B) provide a baseline assessment of statewide |
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| high speed Internet deployment in terms of percentage |
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| of households with high speed Internet availability. |
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| (2) Track and identify, through customer interviews |
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| and surveys and other publicly available sources, |
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| statewide residential and business adoption of high speed |
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| Internet, computers, and related information technology |
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| and any barriers to adoption. |
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| (3) Build and facilitate in each county or designated |
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| region a local technology planning team with members |
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| representing a cross section of the community, including, |
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| but not limited to, representatives of business, K-12 |
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| education, health care, libraries, higher education, |
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| community-based organizations, local government, tourism, |
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| parks and recreation, and agriculture. Each team shall |
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| benchmark technology use across relevant community |
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| sectors, set goals for improved technology use within each |
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| sector, and develop a tactical business plan for achieving |
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| its goals, with specific recommendations for online |
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| application development and demand creation. |
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| (4) Work collaboratively with high speed Internet |
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| providers and technology companies across the State to |
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| encourage deployment and use, especially in underserved |
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| areas, through the use of local demand aggregation, mapping |
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| analysis, and the creation of market intelligence to |
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| improve the business case for providers to deploy. |
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| (5) Establish programs to improve computer ownership |
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| and Internet access for disenfranchised populations across |
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| the State. |
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| (b) The nonprofit organization may apply for federal grants |
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| consistent with the objectives of this Act. |
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| (c) The Lieutenant Governor shall use the funds in the High |
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| Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Fund to |
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| provide grants to the nonprofit organization enlisted under |
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| this Act. |
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| (d) The nonprofit organization shall be organized under, be |
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| subject to, and have all the powers and duties of a |
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| non-for-profit corporation under the General Not for Profit |
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| Corporation Act of 1986, including the power to obtain or to |
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| raise funds other than the grants that the nonprofit |
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| organization receives from the Lieutenant Governor under this |
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| Act. |
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| (e) The nonprofit organization and its Board of Directors |
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| shall exist separately and independently from the Office of the |
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| Lieutenant Governor and any other governmental entity, but |
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| shall work cooperatively with the Office of the Lieutenant |
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| Governor, the public-private partnership, and other public or |
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| private entities that it deems appropriate in carrying out its |
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| duties. |
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| (f) Any information provided to the nonprofit organization |
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| or any other entity pursuant to this Act shall, if designated |
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| by the entity providing the information, be deemed |
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| confidential, proprietary, and a trade secret and be treated as |
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| such. |
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| Section 25. Scope of authority. Nothing in this Act shall |
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| be construed as giving the Lieutenant Governor, the Broadband |
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| Development Council, the nonprofit organization, or other |
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| entities any additional authority, regulatory or otherwise, |
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| over providers of telecommunications, broadband, and |
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| information technology.
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| Section 30. High Speed Internet Services and Information |
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| Technology Fund. |
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| (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund |
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| to be known as the High Speed Internet Services and Information |
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| Technology Fund, to be used, subject to appropriation, by the |
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| Lieutenant Governor for purposes of providing grants to the |
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| nonprofit organization enlisted under this Act. |
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| (b) On June 30, 2007, all moneys in the Digital Divide |
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| Elimination Infrastructure Fund which have not already been |
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| distributed or ordered distributed by the Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission shall be transferred to the High Speed Internet |
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| Services and Information Technology Fund. Nothing contained in |
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| this subsection (b) shall affect the validity of grants issued |
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| under this Act before June 30, 2007. |
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| Section 35. Repealer. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
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| 2012. |
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| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.675 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) |
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| Sec. 5.675. The High Speed Internet Services and |
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| Information Technology Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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