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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2879
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning legislative findings.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2879 |
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LRB095 06216 RCE 26310 b |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is amended |
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| by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 780/5-3)
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| Sec. 5-3. Statement of legislative findings and purposes. |
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| The
The General
Assembly finds that the growth of high |
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| technology industry,
including computers, the Internet, and |
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| advanced telecommunications, has created
a division in |
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| society. Those who are able to master the tools of the new
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| digital technology and have access to the technology have |
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| benefited in the form
of improved employment possibilities and |
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| a higher standard of life. Those who
are unfamiliar with the |
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| new technologies, or do not have access to them, are
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| increasingly constrained to marginal employment and a standard |
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| of living near
the poverty level. This "digital divide" |
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| parallels existing economic, racial,
and gender divisions in |
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| society, with the more privileged members of society
having |
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| much greater opportunity to benefit from the new technologies |
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| than those
who are less favorably situated. It is the purpose |
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| of this Law to establish
educational and economic development |
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| initiatives that will bridge the digital
divide, making |