Sen. Rachel Ventura
Filed: 3/20/2024
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1437 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1437 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Century Network Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 7 and by adding Section 30 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 3921/7) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 7. Definitions. As Beginning on July 1, 2018, as | ||||||
| 8 | used in this Act: , | ||||||
| 9 | "Anchor anchor institutions" or "community anchor | ||||||
| 10 | institutions" means Illinois schools, institutions of higher | ||||||
| 11 | education, libraries, museums, research institutions, State | ||||||
| 12 | agencies, and units of local government. | ||||||
| 13 | "End-to-end network" means the entirety of the broadband | ||||||
| 14 | network, including both the middle-mile and last-mile network. | ||||||
| 15 | "Symmetrical service" means service with equal download | ||||||
| 16 | and upload speeds. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.) | ||||||
| 2 | (20 ILCS 3921/30 new) | ||||||
| 3 | Sec. 30. Dates of completion. | ||||||
| 4 | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Innovation | ||||||
| 5 | and Technology shall connect all prioritized community anchor | ||||||
| 6 | institutions to the Illinois Century Network and provide at | ||||||
| 7 | least 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) symmetrical service for 80% | ||||||
| 8 | of schools, 80% of correctional facilities, and 13% of | ||||||
| 9 | libraries and at least 1 Gbps symmetrical service for all | ||||||
| 10 | other prioritized connected community anchor institutions by | ||||||
| 11 | January 1, 2030. The Department of Innovation and Technology | ||||||
| 12 | may accomplish this requirement by either using commercial | ||||||
| 13 | providers engaged through a competitive bidding process or by | ||||||
| 14 | operating its own network. The Department of Innovation and | ||||||
| 15 | Technology shall determine, by rule, which community anchor | ||||||
| 16 | institutions are prioritized. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Innovation | ||||||
| 18 | and Technology shall own and operate the end-to-end network | ||||||
| 19 | and connect all community anchor institutions to the network, | ||||||
| 20 | providing at least 10 Gbps symmetrical service for 80% of | ||||||
| 21 | schools, 80% of correctional facilities, and 13% of libraries | ||||||
| 22 | and at least 1 Gbps symmetrical service for all other | ||||||
| 23 | community anchor institutions, by January 1, 2050. | ||||||
| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.". | ||||||