103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3742

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1370/1-15

    Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Provides that the Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on State devices by any State personnel or other person.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Innovation and Technology Act
5is amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1370/1-15)
7    Sec. 1-15. Powers and duties.
8    (a) The head officer of the Department is the Secretary,
9who shall be the chief information officer for the State and
10the steward of State data with respect to those agencies under
11the jurisdiction of the Governor. The Secretary shall be
12appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
13Senate. The Department may employ or retain other persons to
14assist in the discharge of its functions, subject to the
15Personnel Code.
16    (b) The Department shall promote best-in-class innovation
17and technology to client agencies to foster collaboration
18among client agencies, empower client agencies to provide
19better service to residents of Illinois, and maximize the
20value of taxpayer resources. The Department shall be
21responsible for information technology functions on behalf of
22client agencies.
23    (c) The Department shall provide for and coordinate

 

 

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1information technology for State agencies and, when requested
2and when in the best interests of the State, for State
3constitutional offices, units of federal or local governments,
4and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary,
5secondary, and higher education, or other parties not
6associated with State government. The Department shall
7establish charges for information technology for State
8agencies and, when requested, for State constitutional
9offices, units of federal or local government, and public and
10not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
11education and for use by other parties not associated with
12State government. Entities charged for these services shall
13make payment to the Department. The Department may instruct
14all State agencies to report their usage of information
15technology regularly to the Department in the manner the
16Secretary may prescribe.
17    (d) The Department shall develop and implement standards,
18policies, and procedures to protect the security and
19interoperability of State data with respect to those agencies
20under the jurisdiction of the Governor, including in
21particular data that are confidential, sensitive, or protected
22from disclosure by privacy or other laws, while recognizing
23and balancing the need for collaboration and public
24transparency.
25    (e) The Department shall be responsible for providing the
26Governor with timely, comprehensive, and meaningful

 

 

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1information pertinent to the formulation and execution of
2fiscal policy. In performing this responsibility, the
3Department shall have the power to do the following:
4        (1) Control the procurement, retention, installation,
5    maintenance, and operation, as specified by the
6    Department, of information technology equipment used by
7    client agencies in such a manner as to achieve maximum
8    economy and provide appropriate assistance in the
9    development of information suitable for management
10    analysis.
11        (2) Establish principles and standards of information
12    technology-related reporting by client agencies and
13    priorities for completion of research by those agencies in
14    accordance with the requirements for management analysis
15    specified by the Department.
16        (3) Establish charges for information technology and
17    related services requested by client agencies and rendered
18    by the Department. The Department is likewise empowered to
19    establish prices or charges for all information technology
20    reports purchased by agencies and individuals not
21    connected with State government.
22        (4) Instruct all client agencies to report regularly
23    to the Department, in the manner the Department may
24    prescribe, their usage of information technology, the cost
25    incurred, the information produced, and the procedures
26    followed in obtaining the information. All client agencies

 

 

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1    shall request from the Department assistance and
2    consultation in securing any necessary information
3    technology to support their requirements.
4        (5) Examine the accounts and information
5    technology-related data of any organization, body, or
6    agency receiving appropriations from the General Assembly,
7    except for a State constitutional office, the Office of
8    the Executive Inspector General, or any office of the
9    legislative or judicial branches of State government. For
10    a State constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
11    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
12    judicial branches of State government, the Department
13    shall have the power to examine the accounts and
14    information technology-related data of the State
15    constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
16    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
17    judicial branches of State government when requested by
18    those offices.
19        (6) Install and operate a modern information
20    technology system using equipment adequate to satisfy the
21    requirements for analysis and review as specified by the
22    Department. Expenditures for information technology and
23    related services rendered shall be reimbursed by the
24    recipients. The reimbursement shall be determined by the
25    Department as amounts sufficient to reimburse the
26    Technology Management Revolving Fund for expenditures

 

 

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1    incurred in rendering the services.
2    (f) In addition to the other powers and duties listed in
3subsection (e), the Department shall analyze the present and
4future aims, needs, and requirements of information
5technology, research, and planning in order to provide for the
6formulation of overall policy relative to the use of
7information technology and related equipment by the State of
8Illinois. In making this analysis, the Department shall
9formulate a master plan for information technology, using
10information technology most advantageously, and advising
11whether information technology should be leased or purchased
12by the State. The Department shall prepare and submit interim
13reports of meaningful developments and proposals for
14legislation to the Governor on or before January 30 each year.
15The Department shall engage in a continuing analysis and
16evaluation of the master plan so developed, and it shall be the
17responsibility of the Department to recommend from time to
18time any needed amendments and modifications of any master
19plan enacted by the General Assembly.
20    (g) The Department may make information technology and the
21use of information technology available to units of local
22government, elected State officials, State educational
23institutions, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and
24all other governmental units of the State requesting them. The
25Department shall establish prices and charges for the
26information technology so furnished and for the use of the

 

 

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1information technology. The prices and charges shall be
2sufficient to reimburse the cost of furnishing the services
3and use of information technology.
4    (g-5) The Department shall prohibit the use of TikTok on
5State devices by any State personnel or other person.
6    (h) The Department may establish standards to provide
7consistency in the operation and use of information
8technology.
9    (i) The Department may adopt rules under the Illinois
10Administrative Procedure Act necessary to carry out its
11responsibilities under this Act.
12(Source: P.A. 102-376, eff. 1-1-22.)