Full Text of HB0539 94th General Assembly
HB0539 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0539
Introduced 01/27/05, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 405/405-270 |
was 20 ILCS 405/67.18 |
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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.
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Central Management Services | 5 |
| Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 |
| changing Section 405-270 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 405/405-270) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
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| Sec. 405-270. Telecommunications services. To provide for | 9 |
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co-ordinate telecommunications services
for State agencies | 10 |
| and, when requested and when in the best interests of
the | 11 |
| State, for units of federal or local governments and public and
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| not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher | 13 |
| education.
The Department may make use of its satellite uplink | 14 |
| available to interested
parties not associated with State | 15 |
| government provided that State government
usage shall have | 16 |
| first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have
the | 17 |
| power and duty to do all of the following:
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| (1) Provide for and control the procurement, | 19 |
| retention,
installation,
and maintenance of | 20 |
| telecommunications equipment or services used by
State | 21 |
| agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy. A | 22 |
| State-supported institution of higher learning, as defined | 23 |
| in 110 ILCS 10/1, however, may elect to opt out of and not | 24 |
| participate in the Department's telecommunications plan if | 25 |
| the institution provides written notice of its intention to | 26 |
| opt out and not participate to the Director prior to June | 27 |
| 15 of the fiscal year in which the qualifying institution | 28 |
| intends to not participate. Nothing in this item (1) shall | 29 |
| be deemed to impair any existing Department | 30 |
| telecommunications contract. Any telecommunications | 31 |
| contract entered into by the Department on or after the | 32 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly must affirmatively set forth that it does not | 2 |
| impair the right of any such institution to elect to opt | 3 |
| out of the Department telecommunications contract as set | 4 |
| forth in this item (1).
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| (2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for | 6 |
| communications
services for State agencies which shall | 7 |
| include a minimum of one
telecommunication device for the | 8 |
| deaf installed and
operational within each State agency, to | 9 |
| provide public access to agency
information for those | 10 |
| persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The
Department | 11 |
| shall consult the Department of Human
Services to develop | 12 |
| standards and implementation for this
equipment.
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| (3) Establish charges (i) for communication services | 14 |
| for
State
agencies
and, when requested, for units of | 15 |
| federal or local government and
public
and not-for-profit | 16 |
| institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
education
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| and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by | 18 |
| parties not
associated
with State government. Entities | 19 |
| charged for these services shall
reimburse
the Department | 20 |
| by vouchers drawn against
their respective appropriations | 21 |
| for telecommunications services.
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| (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage | 23 |
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telecommunication services regularly to the Department | 24 |
| in the
manner
the Director may prescribe.
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| (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of | 26 |
| all State
agencies in the area of telecommunications | 27 |
| services and plan to serve
those aims and needs in the most | 28 |
| effective and efficient
manner.
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| (6) Establish the administrative organization
within | 30 |
| the Department
that is required to accomplish the purpose | 31 |
| of this Section.
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| The Department is authorized to
conduct a study for the | 33 |
| purpose of determining technical, engineering, and
management | 34 |
| specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or
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| shared use of existing and future public and private owned | 36 |
| television
broadcast and reception facilities, including but |
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| not limited to
terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and | 2 |
| satellite, for broadcast and
reception of educational, | 3 |
| governmental, and business programs, and to
implement those | 4 |
| specifications.
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| However, the Department may not control or interfere with | 6 |
| the input
of content into the telecommunications systems by the | 7 |
| several State
agencies or units of federal or local government, | 8 |
| or public or
not-for-profit institutions of primary, | 9 |
| secondary, and higher education, or
users of the Department's | 10 |
| satellite uplink.
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| As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means | 12 |
| all
departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, | 13 |
| and bodies
politic and corporate of the State except the | 14 |
| General Assembly,
legislative service agencies, and all | 15 |
| officers of the General Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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