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90_SB1674eng

      New Act
          Creates the Year  2000  Technology  Task  Force  Act  and
      creates  the  Year  2000  Technology  Task  Force.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to Year 2000 technology.
 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    Year 2000 Technology Task Force Act.
 6        Section 5.  Legislative declaration.  Because January  1,
 7    2000 marks the beginning of a new millennium, it presents new
 8    challenges for information data technology.  The technique of
 9    storing  date  information by using 2 digits to represent the
10    year was designed as an economic savings tool when  computers
11    were  initially  put  into  use.  Systems developed with this
12    approach have remained in use, resulting in the fact that the
13    majority of computer programs will not be able  to  recognize
14    the year 2000. In an effort to ease the transition to the new
15    millennium  it  is  necessary  to provide the State and local
16    governments with the tools necessary to explore the impact of
17    that transition.  It is imperative to  provide  an  efficient
18    and  accurate  response  now  to  prepare  for the challenges
19    presented  by  the  year  2000  with  regard  to  information
20    technology systems and date storage.
21        Section  10.   Definition.   In  this  Act   "Year   2000
22    compliant"  means,  with  respect  to information technology,
23    that  the   information   technology   accurately   processes
24    date/time  data  (including, but not limited to, calculating,
25    comparing,  and  sequencing)  from,  into,  and  between  the
26    twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999  and
27    2000  and  leap  year  calculations, to the extent that other
28    information  technology,  used  in   combination   with   the
29    information  technology  being  acquired,  properly exchanges
30    date/time data with it.
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 1        Section 15.  Task Force created; members.
 2        (a)  The Year 2000 Technology Task Force is created.
 3        (b)  The Task Force shall be composed  of  the  following
 4    members:
 5             (1)  The Governor or his or her designee.
 6             (2)  The Attorney General or his or her designee.
 7             (3)  The Secretary of State or his or her designee.
 8             (4)  The Comptroller or his or her designee.
 9             (5)  The Treasurer or his or her designee.
10             (6)  The  Chief  Justice of the Supreme Court or his
11        or her designee.
12             (7)  The Director of Central Management Services.
13             (8)  The Director of Revenue.
14             (9)  The Secretary of Human Services.
15             (10)  The Director of Public Aid.
16             (11)  The Director of Children and Family Services.
17             (12)  The Director of Employment Security.
18             (13)  The Auditor General.
19             (14)  The State Superintendent of Schools.
20             (15)  Two members appointed by the Governor with the
21        advice and consent  of  the  Senate.   One  member  shall
22        represent  the  interests of municipalities in the State,
23        and the other member shall  represent  the  interests  of
24        counties  and  townships  in the State.  If the Senate is
25        not in session  or  is  in  recess  when  an  appointment
26        subject to its confirmation under this paragraph is made,
27        the  Governor  shall  make a temporary appointment.  That
28        temporary appointment is  subject  to  subsequent  Senate
29        confirmation as provided in this paragraph.
30             (16)  Four   members   of   the   General  Assembly,
31        appointed one each by the President of  the  Senate,  the
32        Minority  Leader  of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
33        of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the  House
34        of Representatives.
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 1        (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation.
 2        Section 20.  Task Force organization; meetings; staff.
 3        (a)  The  Director  of  Central Management Services shall
 4    serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
 5        (b)  The chairperson shall  give  notice  of  an  initial
 6    meeting  of the Task Force within 30 days after the effective
 7    date of this Act.
 8        (c) The offices  of  the  State  officers  designated  in
 9    paragraphs  (1)  through (14) of subsection (b) of Section 15
10    shall perform the staff work necessary  to  enable  the  Task
11    Force to perform its functions.
12        Section  25.  Task Force functions.  The Task Force shall
13    do the following:
14             (1)  Assess  the  current  status   of   Year   2000
15        compliance  on  the  part of (i) each department of State
16        government created under the Civil Administrative Code of
17        Illinois, (ii) the  General  Assembly,  (iii)  the  State
18        judiciary,  and  (iv)  units  of  local government in the
19        State.
20             (2)  Analyze and prioritize the corrective  measures
21        that   must  be  taken  by  the  entities  designated  in
22        paragraph (1) in order to become Year 2000 compliant.
23             (3)  Prepare an estimated timetable  for  completing
24        those  corrective  measures  in a manner that will ensure
25        Year 2000 compliance by those entities.
26             (4)  Estimate the fiscal impact of those  corrective
27        measures.
28             (5)  Conduct  additional  inquiries or studies as it
29        deems appropriate.
30        Section 30.  Reports and recommendations.
31        (a)  On or before November 30, 1998 the Task Force  shall
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 1    submit  a  preliminary report to the Governor and the General
 2    Assembly.  The preliminary  report  shall  include  the  Task
 3    Force's  findings  and,  if  the  Task  Force determines that
 4    legislation  is  necessary  in  order  to  ensure  Year  2000
 5    compliance by the entities  designated  in  Section  25,  its
 6    recommendations for legislation.
 7        (b)  The  Task  Force  may submit additional findings and
 8    recommendations at any time.
 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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