Full Text of SB3156 93rd General Assembly
SB3156 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB3156
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 3921/10 |
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20 ILCS 3921/15 |
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20 ILCS 3921/20 |
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Amends the Illinois Century Network Act. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services instead of the Illinois Century Network Policy Committee shall have management of the Illinois Century Network and deletes provisions concerning the Illinois Century Network Policy Committee. Creates the Illinois Century Network Steering Committee to advise the Illinois Century Network on issues associated with the Illinois Century Network, service offerings, and general direction within the scope of the Illinois Century Network's overall mission. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of members to the Committee. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning telecommunications.
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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 Illinois Century Network Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 10, 15, and 20 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3921/10)
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| Sec. 10. Illinois Century Network. The Illinois Century | 8 |
| Network shall be a
service provider that creates and maintains
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| creating and maintaining
high speed telecommunications | 10 |
| networks and systems that provide reliable communication
links | 11 |
| as well as other services to and among Illinois schools, | 12 |
| institutions of higher education,
libraries, museums, research | 13 |
| institutions, State agencies, units of local
government, and | 14 |
| other local entities that provide services to Illinois
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| citizens. The Illinois Century Network shall build on existing | 16 |
| investments in
networking schools, colleges, and universities, | 17 |
| avoid duplication of future
efforts, maintain sufficient | 18 |
| capacity to meet the requirements of the
participating | 19 |
| institutions, and stay current with rapid developments in
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| technology. The Illinois Century Network shall be capable of | 21 |
| delivering
state-of-the-art access to education, training, and | 22 |
| electronic information and
shall provide access to networking | 23 |
| technologies and other services for all institutions located in
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| even the most remote areas of this State. The Illinois Century | 25 |
| Network may, as determined by the
Department of Central | 26 |
| Management Services, sell its excess bandwidth to companies | 27 |
| that are suppliers to any participating entity or institution | 28 |
| listed above.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-21, eff. 7-1-99; 92-691, eff. 7-18-02.)
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| (20 ILCS 3921/15)
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| Sec. 15. Management of the Illinois Century Network.
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| (a) Staffing and contractual services necessary to support | 2 |
| the network's activities shall be governed by the Department of | 3 |
| Central Management Services.
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| (b) The Illinois Century Network Steering Committee shall | 5 |
| exist to advise the Illinois Century Network on issues | 6 |
| associated with the Illinois Century Network, service | 7 |
| offerings, and general direction within the scope of the | 8 |
| Illinois Century Network's overall mission as set forth in | 9 |
| Section 10. The committee shall include: | 10 |
| (1) 6 standing members as follows: | 11 |
| (i) the Illinois State Library Director or | 12 |
| designee; | 13 |
| (ii) the Illinois State Museum Director or | 14 |
| designee; | 15 |
| (iii) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher
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| Education or designee; | 17 |
| (iv) the Community College Board President or | 18 |
| designee; | 19 |
| (v) the State Board of Education State | 20 |
| Superintendent or
designee; and | 21 |
| (vi) the Director of Central Management Services | 22 |
| or
designee;
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| (2) up to 7 members who are appointed by the Governor | 24 |
| who: | 25 |
| (i) shall serve staggered terms up to 3 years as
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| designated by the Governor; and | 27 |
| (ii) shall serve until a successor is appointed and
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| qualified; and | 29 |
| (3) a Chairperson who is appointed by the Governor and | 30 |
| who
shall serve a term of 2 years and until a successor is | 31 |
| appointed and
qualified. | 32 |
| (c) Illinois Century Network Steering Committee members | 33 |
| shall serve
without compensation but shall be entitled to | 34 |
| reimbursement for
reasonable expenses of travel for members who | 35 |
| are required to travel for a distance greater than 20 miles to | 36 |
| participate in business of the Illinois Century Network |
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| Steering Committee.
(a) Staffing and
contractual services | 2 |
| necessary to support the network's activities shall be
governed | 3 |
| by the Illinois Century Network Policy Committee. The committee
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| shall
include:
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| (1) 6 standing members as follows:
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| (i) the Illinois State Library Director or | 7 |
| designee;
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| (ii) the Illinois State Museum Director or | 9 |
| designee;
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| (iii) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher
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| Education or designee;
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| (iv) the Community
College Board President or | 13 |
| designee;
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| (v) the State Board of Education State | 15 |
| Superintendent or
designee; and
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| (vi) the Director of Central Management Services | 17 |
| or
designee;
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| (2) up to 7 members who are appointed by the Governor
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| and who:
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| (i) have experience and background in private K-12
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| education, private higher education, or who are from
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| other participant constituents that are not already
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| represented;
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| (ii) shall serve staggered terms up to 3 years as | 25 |
| designated by the
Governor; and
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| (iii) shall serve until a successor is appointed | 27 |
| and
qualified; and
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| (3) a Chairperson who is appointed by the Governor and | 29 |
| who shall
serve a term of 2 years and until a successor is | 30 |
| appointed and qualified.
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| (b) Illinois Century Network Policy Committee members | 32 |
| shall serve without
compensation but shall be entitled to | 33 |
| reimbursement for reasonable expenses of
travel for members who | 34 |
| are required to travel for a distance greater than 20
miles to | 35 |
| participate in business of the Illinois Century Network Policy
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| Committee.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-21, eff. 7-1-99; 92-691, eff. 7-18-02.)
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| (20 ILCS 3921/20)
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| Sec. 20. Additional duties and powers of the Illinois | 4 |
| Century Network
Illinois Century Network Policy Committee . The | 5 |
| Illinois Century
Network , as governed by the Department of | 6 |
| Central
Management Services,
Policy Committee shall set | 7 |
| general policies for the network. The
Committee shall
have the | 8 |
| following additional duties and powers:
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| (1) to purchase, acquire, or receive equipment and | 10 |
| agreements or
contracts for services for the benefit of the | 11 |
| Illinois Century Network or its
participants;
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| (2) to sell or convey
equipment or services
desirable | 13 |
| for Network operations
to its participants
at reasonable | 14 |
| costs incurred in the
acquisition of the equipment or | 15 |
| services;
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| (3) to employ and fix the compensation for employees as | 17 |
| it deems
reasonable to achieve the purposes of this Act;
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| (4) to establish and maintain petty cash funds as | 19 |
| provided in
Section 13.3 of the State Finance Act;
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| (5) to make, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, | 21 |
| regulations, and
resolutions that are consistent with this | 22 |
| Act;
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| (6) to make and execute all contracts and instruments | 24 |
| necessary or
convenient to the exercise of its powers;
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| (7) to exclusively control and manage the Network and | 26 |
| all moneys
that are donated, paid, or appropriated for the | 27 |
| creation, improvement, and
operation of the Network;
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| (8) to prepare and submit a budget for the necessary | 29 |
| and contingent
operation expenses of the Network;
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| (9) to accept grants and funds from the federal and | 31 |
| state
governments and any federal or state agency and to | 32 |
| expend those moneys in
accordance and
in furtherance of the | 33 |
| purposes of this Act;
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| (10) to enter into intergovernmental agreements with | 35 |
| other
governmental entities, including but not limited to, |
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| the Board of
Higher Education, the Illinois Community | 2 |
| College Board, the State Board
of Education, the Department | 3 |
| of Central Management Services, and local
education | 4 |
| agencies, in order to implement and execute the powers and
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| duties set forth in this Act;
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| (11) to acquire or procure telecommunications or | 7 |
| computer networks
or related services, alone or in | 8 |
| cooperation with other governmental
or education entities, | 9 |
| as may be of reasonable benefit to the Network or its
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| participants for the general purposes set forth in this | 11 |
| Act; and
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| (12) to receive assignment of ownership or management | 13 |
| rights and the use
of telecommunications equipment and | 14 |
| services owned or
leased by the State of Illinois or other | 15 |
| entities providing services
to Illinois citizens for use in | 16 |
| operation of Network programs and
services.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-21, eff. 7-1-99; 92-691, eff. 7-18-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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