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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1674
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1674 as follows:
 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:
 5        "Section  1.   Short title.  This Act may be cited as the
 6    Year 2000 Technology Task Force Act.
 7        Section 5.  Legislative declaration.  Because January  1,
 8    2000 marks the beginning of a new millennium, it presents new
 9    challenges for information data technology.  The technique of
10    storing  date  information by using 2 digits to represent the
11    year was designed as an economic savings tool when  computers
12    were  initially  put  into  use.  Systems developed with this
13    approach have remained in use, resulting in the fact that the
14    majority of computer programs will not be able  to  recognize
15    the year 2000. In an effort to ease the transition to the new
16    millennium  it  is  necessary  to provide the State and local
17    governments with the tools necessary to explore the impact of
18    that transition.  It is imperative to  provide  an  efficient
19    and  accurate  response  now  to  prepare  for the challenges
20    presented  by  the  year  2000  with  regard  to  information
21    technology systems and date storage.
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 1        Section  10.   Definition.   In  this  Act   "Year   2000
 2    compliant"  means,  with  respect  to information technology,
 3    that  the   information   technology   accurately   processes
 4    date/time  data  (including, but not limited to, calculating,
 5    comparing,  and  sequencing)  from,  into,  and  between  the
 6    twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999  and
 7    2000  and  leap  year  calculations, to the extent that other
 8    information  technology,  used  in   combination   with   the
 9    information  technology  being  acquired,  properly exchanges
10    date/time data with it.
11        Section 15.  Task Force created; members.
12        (a)  The Year 2000 Technology Task Force is created.
13        (b)  The Task Force shall be composed  of  the  following
14    members:
15             (1)  The Governor or his or her designee.
16             (2)  The Attorney General or his or her designee.
17             (3)  The Secretary of State or his or her designee.
18             (4)  The Comptroller or his or her designee.
19             (5)  The Treasurer or his or her designee.
20             (6)  The  Chief  Justice of the Supreme Court or his
21        or her designee.
22             (7)  The Director of Central Management Services.
23             (8)  The Director of Revenue.
24             (9)  The Secretary of Human Services.
25             (10)  The Director of Public Aid.
26             (11)  The Director of Children and Family Services.
27             (12)  The Director of Employment Security.
28             (13)  The Auditor General.
29             (14)  The State Superintendent of Schools.
30             (15)  Two members appointed by the Governor with the
31        advice and consent  of  the  Senate.   One  member  shall
32        represent  the  interests of municipalities in the State,
33        and the other member shall  represent  the  interests  of
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 1        counties  and  townships  in the State.  If the Senate is
 2        not in session  or  is  in  recess  when  an  appointment
 3        subject to its confirmation under this paragraph is made,
 4        the  Governor  shall  make a temporary appointment.  That
 5        temporary appointment is  subject  to  subsequent  Senate
 6        confirmation as provided in this paragraph.
 7             (16)  Four   members   of   the   General  Assembly,
 8        appointed one each by the President of  the  Senate,  the
 9        Minority  Leader  of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
10        of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the  House
11        of Representatives.
12        (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation.
13        Section 20.  Task Force organization; meetings; staff.
14        (a)  The  Director  of  Central Management Services shall
15    serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
16        (b)  The chairperson shall  give  notice  of  an  initial
17    meeting  of the Task Force within 30 days after the effective
18    date of this Act.
19        (c) The offices  of  the  State  officers  designated  in
20    paragraphs  (1)  through (14) of subsection (b) of Section 15
21    shall perform the staff work necessary  to  enable  the  Task
22    Force to perform its functions.
23        Section  25.  Task Force functions.  The Task Force shall
24    do the following:
25             (1)  Assess  the  current  status   of   Year   2000
26        compliance  on  the  part of (i) each department of State
27        government created under the Civil Administrative Code of
28        Illinois, (ii) the  General  Assembly,  (iii)  the  State
29        judiciary,  and  (iv)  units  of  local government in the
30        State.
31             (2)  Analyze and prioritize the corrective  measures
32        that   must  be  taken  by  the  entities  designated  in
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 1        paragraph (1) in order to become Year 2000 compliant.
 2             (3)  Prepare an estimated timetable  for  completing
 3        those  corrective  measures  in a manner that will ensure
 4        Year 2000 compliance by those entities.
 5             (4)  Estimate the fiscal impact of those  corrective
 6        measures.
 7             (5)  Conduct  additional  inquiries or studies as it
 8        deems appropriate.
 9        Section 30.  Reports and recommendations.
10        (a)  On or before November 30, 1998 the Task Force  shall
11    submit  a  preliminary report to the Governor and the General
12    Assembly.  The preliminary  report  shall  include  the  Task
13    Force's  findings  and,  if  the  Task  Force determines that
14    legislation  is  necessary  in  order  to  ensure  Year  2000
15    compliance by the entities  designated  in  Section  25,  its
16    recommendations for legislation.
17        (b)  The  Task  Force  may submit additional findings and
18    recommendations at any time.
19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.".

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