93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2996

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Gary Forby

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.625 new

    Creates the High-Speed Internet Map Act. Requires the Governor's Rural Affairs Council to (i) prepare an interactive Internet-based map of the State's telecommunications infrastructure and (ii) make recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly concerning the implementatin of high-speed Internet access throughout the State. Provides that all moneys deposited into the High-Speed Internet Map Fund shall be expended by the Governor's Rural Affairs Council for the purposes of the Act. Provides that money from any legal public or private sources may be deposited into the Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the High-Speed Internet Map Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning high-speed Internet.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 High-Speed Internet Map Act.
 
6     Section 5. Telecommunications infrastructure; interactive
7 map; recommendations.
8     (a) The Governor's Rural Affairs Council, as established by
9 Executive Order Number 7 (1986), shall prepare an
10 Internet-based interactive map that details the State's
11 telecommunications infrastructure in order to facilitate
12 informed decisions concerning regulation of and investment in
13 the State's telecommunications infrastructure. The map must be
14 continuously updated with Statewide information including, but
15 not limited to, the following: (i) broadband availability; (ii)
16 population demographics; (iii) business demographics; and (iv)
17 the locations of schools, hospitals, and government
18 facilities.
19     (b) The Council, in cooperation with the Illinois Century
20 Network, shall make recommendations to the Governor and to the
21 General Assembly concerning the implementation of high-speed
22 Internet access throughout the State.
 
23     Section 10. High-Speed Internet Map Fund. The High-Speed
24 Internet Map Fund is created as a special fund in the State
25 treasury. All moneys in the High-Speed Internet Map Fund,
26 subject to appropriation, shall be expended by the Governor's
27 Rural Affairs Council for the purposes of this Act. Money from
28 any legal public or private sources may be deposited ino the
29 Fund.
 
30     Section 99. The State Finance Act is amended by adding

 

 

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1 Section 5.625 as follows:
 
2     (30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)
3     Sec. 5.625. The High-Speed Internet Map Fund.