Full Text of HB0754 95th General Assembly
HB0754ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Computer Technology Committee
Filed: 3/22/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 754
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 754 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the High | 5 |
| Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings. With respect to high speed Internet | 7 |
| services and information technology, the General Assembly | 8 |
| finds the following: | 9 |
| (1) The deployment and adoption of high speed Internet | 10 |
| services and information technology has resulted in | 11 |
| enhanced economic development and public safety for the | 12 |
| State's communities, improved health care and educational | 13 |
| opportunities, and a better quality of life for the State's | 14 |
| residents. | 15 |
| (2) Continued progress in the deployment and adoption | 16 |
| of high speed Internet services and information technology |
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| is vital to ensuring that this State remains competitive | 2 |
| and continues to create business and job growth. | 3 |
| (3) The State must encourage and support the | 4 |
| partnership of the public and private sectors in the | 5 |
| continued growth of high speed Internet and Information | 6 |
| technology for the State's residents and businesses. | 7 |
| (4) Local governmental entities play a role in
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| assessing the needs of their communities with respect to | 9 |
| high speed Internet services and information technology. | 10 |
| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 11 |
| "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that (i) is | 12 |
| a nonprofit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of | 13 |
| the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax | 14 |
| under Section 501(a) of that Code; (ii) has no part of the net | 15 |
| earnings of which inures to the benefit of any member, founder, | 16 |
| contributor, or individual; and (iii) has an established | 17 |
| competency and proven record of working with public and private | 18 |
| sectors to accomplish wide-scale deployment and adoption of | 19 |
| broadband and information technology in other states. | 20 |
| "Public-private partnership" means the Broadband | 21 |
| Deployment Council chaired by the Lieutenant Governor pursuant | 22 |
| to Executive Order 2005-9. | 23 |
| Section 15. Enlistment of a nonprofit organization. | 24 |
| (a) The Lieutenant Governor, with the advice of the |
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| Broadband Deployment Council, a public-private partnership | 2 |
| established under Executive Order 2005-9, shall enlist a | 3 |
| nonprofit corporation, as defined under Section 10 of this Act, | 4 |
| to implement a comprehensive, statewide high speed Internet | 5 |
| deployment strategy and adoption initiative with the purpose | 6 |
| of: | 7 |
| (1) ensuring that all State residents and businesses | 8 |
| have access to affordable and reliable high speed Internet | 9 |
| service; | 10 |
| (2) achieving improved technology literacy, increased | 11 |
| computer ownership, and home high speed Internet use among | 12 |
| State residents and businesses; | 13 |
| (3) establishing and empowering local grassroots | 14 |
| technology teams in each county to plan for improved | 15 |
| technology use across multiple community sectors; and | 16 |
| (4) establishing and sustaining an environment ripe | 17 |
| for high speed Internet access and technology investment | 18 |
| statewide. | 19 |
| (b) The public-private partnership shall include input and | 20 |
| cooperation among State and local agencies and bodies | 21 |
| representing economic development, local community | 22 |
| development, technology planning, education, and healthcare | 23 |
| and other relevant public and private entities. The private | 24 |
| entities within the partnership shall include providers of | 25 |
| broadband services, telecommunications carriers, technology | 26 |
| companies, telecommunications unions, community-based |
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| organizations, and other relevant private sector entities | 2 |
| necessary to achieve the objectives of this Act. | 3 |
| Section 20. Duties of the nonprofit organization. | 4 |
| (a) The high speed Internet deployment strategy and | 5 |
| adoption initiative to be performed by the nonprofit | 6 |
| organization shall include, but not be limited to, the | 7 |
| following actions: | 8 |
| (1) Create a geographic statewide inventory of high | 9 |
| speed Internet service and other relevant broadband and | 10 |
| information technology services. The inventory shall: | 11 |
| (A) identify geographic gaps in high speed | 12 |
| Internet service through a method of GIS mapping of | 13 |
| service availability and GIS analysis at the census | 14 |
| block level; and | 15 |
| (B) provide a baseline assessment of statewide | 16 |
| high speed Internet deployment in terms of percentage | 17 |
| of households with high speed Internet availability. | 18 |
| (2) Track and identify, through customer interviews | 19 |
| and surveys and other publicly available sources, | 20 |
| statewide residential and business adoption of high speed | 21 |
| Internet, computers, and related information technology | 22 |
| and any barriers to adoption. | 23 |
| (3) Build and facilitate in each county or designated | 24 |
| region a local technology planning team with members | 25 |
| representing a cross section of the community, including, |
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| but not limited to, representatives of business, K-12 | 2 |
| education, health care, libraries, higher education, | 3 |
| community-based organizations, local government, tourism, | 4 |
| parks and recreation, and agriculture. Each team shall | 5 |
| benchmark technology use across relevant community | 6 |
| sectors, set goals for improved technology use within each | 7 |
| sector, and develop a tactical business plan for achieving | 8 |
| its goals, with specific recommendations for online | 9 |
| application development and demand creation. | 10 |
| (4) Work collaboratively with high speed Internet | 11 |
| providers and technology companies across the State to | 12 |
| encourage deployment and use, especially in underserved | 13 |
| areas, through the use of local demand aggregation, mapping | 14 |
| analysis, and the creation of market intelligence to | 15 |
| improve the business case for providers to deploy. | 16 |
| (5) Establish programs to improve computer ownership | 17 |
| and Internet access for disenfranchised populations across | 18 |
| the State. | 19 |
| (b) The nonprofit organization may apply for federal grants | 20 |
| consistent with the objectives of this Act. | 21 |
| (c) The Lieutenant Governor shall use the funds in the High | 22 |
| Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Fund to | 23 |
| provide grants to the nonprofit organization enlisted under | 24 |
| this Act. | 25 |
| (d) The nonprofit organization shall be organized under, be | 26 |
| subject to, and have all the powers and duties of a |
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| non-for-profit corporation under the General Not for Profit | 2 |
| Corporation Act of 1986, including the power to obtain or to | 3 |
| raise funds other than the grants that the nonprofit | 4 |
| organization receives from the Lieutenant Governor under this | 5 |
| Act. | 6 |
| (e) The nonprofit organization and its Board of Directors | 7 |
| shall exist separately and independently from the Office of the | 8 |
| Lieutenant Governor and any other governmental entity, but | 9 |
| shall work cooperatively with the Office of the Lieutenant | 10 |
| Governor, the public-private partnership, and other public or | 11 |
| private entities that it deems appropriate in carrying out its | 12 |
| duties. | 13 |
| (f) Any information provided to the nonprofit organization | 14 |
| or any other entity pursuant to this Act shall, if designated | 15 |
| by the entity providing the information, be deemed | 16 |
| confidential, proprietary, and a trade secret and be treated as | 17 |
| such. | 18 |
| Section 25. Scope of authority. Nothing in this Act shall | 19 |
| be construed as giving the Lieutenant Governor, the Broadband | 20 |
| Development Council, the nonprofit organization, or other | 21 |
| entities any additional authority, regulatory or otherwise, | 22 |
| over providers of telecommunications, broadband, and | 23 |
| information technology.
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| Section 30. High Speed Internet Services and Information |
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| Technology Fund. | 2 |
| (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund | 3 |
| to be known as the High Speed Internet Services and Information | 4 |
| Technology Fund, to be used, subject to appropriation, by the | 5 |
| Lieutenant Governor for purposes of providing grants to the | 6 |
| nonprofit organization enlisted under this Act. | 7 |
| (b) On June 30, 2007, all moneys in the Digital Divide | 8 |
| Elimination Infrastructure Fund which have not already been | 9 |
| distributed or ordered distributed by the Illinois Commerce | 10 |
| Commission shall be transferred to the High Speed Internet | 11 |
| Services and Information Technology Fund. Nothing contained in | 12 |
| this subsection (b) shall affect the validity of grants issued | 13 |
| under this Act before June 30, 2007. | 14 |
| Section 35. Repealer. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 15 |
| 2012. | 16 |
| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 17 |
| Section 5.675 as follows: | 18 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) | 19 |
| Sec. 5.675. The High Speed Internet Services and | 20 |
| Information Technology Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.".
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