HB0539 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 06119 RSP 36183 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0539

Introduced 01/27/05, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 405/405-270

was 20 ILCS 405/67.18

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law. Provides that State-supported institutions of higher learning may elect to opt out of and not participate in Department of Central Management Services telecommunications contracts. Sets forth certain requirements for electing to not participate. Provides that the decision to elect to opt out and not participate by the institution may not impair any existing Department telecommunications contract, but that any future contracts must affirmatively provide that they do not impair an institution's right to opt out.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 405-270 as follows:

(20 ILCS 405/405-270) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)

Sec. 405-270. Telecommunications services. To provide for and co-ordinate telecommunications services for State agencies and, when requested and when in the best interests of the State, for units of federal or local governments and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education. The Department may make use of its satellite uplink available to interested parties not associated with State government provided that State government usage shall have first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have the power and duty to do all of the following:

(1) Provide for and control the procurement, retention, installation, and maintenance of telecommunications equipment or services used by State agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy. A State-supported institution of higher learning, as defined in 110 ILCS 10/1, however, may elect to opt out of and not participate in the Department's telecommunications plan if the institution provides written notice of its intention to opt out and not participate to the Director prior to June 15 of the fiscal year in which the qualifying institution intends to not participate. Nothing in this item (1) shall be deemed to impair any existing Department telecommunications contract. Any telecommunications contract entered into by the Department on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly must affirmatively set forth that it does not impair the right of any such institution to elect to opt out of the Department telecommunications contract as set forth in this item (1).

(2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for communications services for State agencies which shall include a minimum of one telecommunication device for the deaf installed and operational within each State agency, to provide public access to agency information for those persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The Department shall consult the Department of Human Services to develop standards and implementation for this equipment.

(3) Establish charges (i) for communication services for State agencies and, when requested, for units of federal or local government and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by parties not associated with State government. Entities charged for these services shall reimburse the Department by vouchers drawn against their respective appropriations for telecommunications services.

(4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage of telecommunication services regularly to the Department in the manner the Director may prescribe.

(5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of all State agencies in the area of telecommunications services and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most effective and efficient manner.

(6) Establish the administrative organization within the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose of this Section.

The Department is authorized to conduct a study for the purpose of determining technical, engineering, and management specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or shared use of existing and future public and private owned television broadcast and reception facilities, including but not limited to terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and satellite, for broadcast and reception of educational, governmental, and business programs, and to implement those specifications.

However, the Department may not control or interfere with the input of content into the telecommunications systems by the several State agencies or units of federal or local government, or public or not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education, or users of the Department's satellite uplink.

As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State except the General Assembly, legislative service agencies, and all officers of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)