92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB3353
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House Sponsors:
HOWARD-HAMOS-SCULLY-RYAN-SOTO AND ERWIN.

Senate Sponsors:
TROTTER

Short description: 
DIGITAL DIVIDE LAW-TECH                                                    

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law.  Makes  a  technical      
   change in a Section concerning legislative findings.                        
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          30 ILCS 780/5-3                                                      
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 780/5-50 new                                                 
          30 ILCS 780/5-55 new                                                 
          30 ILCS 780/5-60 new                                                 
          30 ILCS 780/5-65 new                                                 
          30 ILCS 780/5-70 new                                                 
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law.      
   Allows the Department of Commerce and Community  Affairs,  subject  to      
   appropriation,  to  make  Community  Technology Network Grants for the      
   purpose of providing business planning tools, sustainability  planning      
   assistance,  and  outcome  tracking  tools  for  community  technology      
   centers   and   initiatives.   Requires  the  Department,  subject  to      
   appropriation,  to  establish  and  support  a   Statewide   Community      
   Technology   Center   Network.   Allows  the  Department,  subject  to      
   appropriation, to make Community Computer Recycling  Grants   for  the      
   planning,  establishment,  administration,  and expansion of community      
   computer recycling  and  other  programs.   Requires  the  Department,      
   subject  to  appropriation,  to  establish  and  support  a  Statewide      
   Community  Computer  Recycling Network.  Requires the Illinois Century      
   Network, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce and  Community      
   Affairs,   to   establish   a   Community-Higher  Education  Extension      
   Consortium.  Requires the Department, in cooperation with the Illinois      
   Century Network, the Governor's Office of Technology, public agencies,      
   and private sector parties, to  review  and  make  recommendations  on      
   developments  in  priorities  for  community  technology  planning and      
   support programs of the federal government.  Requires the review to be      
   completed no later than December 1, 2001.  Allows  the  Department  to      
   make  grants  for  community-based technology job training.  Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Further amends the Eliminate the Digital  Divide  Law.   Provides      
   that   the   Illinois  Century  Network's  Community-Higher  Education      
   Information Extension Program is subject to  appropriation.   Provides      
   that  the  Department  of  Commerce  and Community Affairs' technology      
   planning  and  community-based  technology  job  training  duties  are      
   subject to appropriation.                                                   
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1, 2                                               
          (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)                       
          The total cost of HB 3353 (H-am 1, 2) to DCCA to administer          
          three new grant programs, establish two statewide networks, re-      
          view federal priorities, hold conferences, and report recommen-      
          dations is estimated to be $11.0 million ($7.5 million for           
          grants, $2.7 million for network costs, $800,000 for 10 addi-        
          tional staff and distance-learning conference costs). The cost       
          to the Illinois Century Network to establish the Community-          
          Higher Education Information Program is unknown at this time.        
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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