Full Text of SB3998 101st General Assembly
SB3998 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3998 Introduced 5/22/2020, by Sen. Antonio Muñoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Broadband Advisory Council Act. Provides that, in addition to its other duties, the Council shall explore the feasibility of universal or public broadband.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Broadband Advisory Council Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 80/20)
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Powers and duties of the Council generally.
| 8 | | (a) The Council shall: | 9 | | (1) explore any and all ways to expand the availability | 10 | | to end-user customers of broadband services using | 11 | | available technologies, including, but not limited to, | 12 | | wireline, wireless, fixed wireless, and satellite | 13 | | applications; | 14 | | (2) identify barriers to broadband adoption among the
| 15 | | residents and small businesses of Illinois;
| 16 | | (3) research ways to eliminate barriers to adoption
| 17 | | through measures such as: digital literacy programs;
| 18 | | programs to assist older citizens in using broadband
| 19 | | Internet access; programs to facilitate adoption by
| 20 | | disabled citizens; and programs to encourage collaborative
| 21 | | efforts among public universities, community colleges,
| 22 | | libraries, public housing, and other institutions;
| 23 | | (4) assess the availability of broadband for |
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| 1 | | low-income households compared to the availability of | 2 | | broadband for other households and explore feasibility for | 3 | | universal or public broadband ;
| 4 | | (5) explore the potential for increased use of
| 5 | | broadband service for the purposes of education, career
| 6 | | readiness, workforce preparation, and alternative career
| 7 | | training;
| 8 | | (6) explore the potential for increased use of
| 9 | | broadband services to facilitate aging in place;
| 10 | | (7) explore ways for encouraging State and municipal
| 11 | | agencies, including public housing authorities, to expand
| 12 | | the use of broadband services for the
purpose of better | 13 | | serving the public, including audio and
video streaming, | 14 | | voice-over Internet protocol,
teleconferencing, and | 15 | | wireless networking;
| 16 | | (8) cooperate and assist in the expansion of electronic
| 17 | | instruction and distance education services; and
| 18 | | (9) as the Federal Communications Commission updates
| 19 | | the benchmark downstream data rates and upstream data | 20 | | rates, publish the revised
data rates in the Illinois | 21 | | Register within 60 days after the
federal update. | 22 | | (b) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this
| 23 | | Act, the Council is hereby granted the powers necessary to
| 24 | | carry out the purpose and intent of this Act, as enumerated
in | 25 | | this Section, including, but not limited to: | 26 | | (1) promoting awareness of public facilities that have
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| 1 | | community broadband access that can be used for distance
| 2 | | education and workforce development; and
| 3 | | (2) advising on deployment of e-government portals | 4 | | such
that all public bodies and political subdivisions have
| 5 | | websites and encourage one-stop government access and that
| 6 | | all public entities stream audio and video of all public
| 7 | | meetings.
| 8 | | (c) The Council shall also:
| 9 | | (1) monitor the broadband-based development efforts of
| 10 | | other states in areas such as business,
education, aging in | 11 | | place, and health;
| 12 | | (2)receive input provided on a voluntary basis from all | 13 | | Illinois broadband stakeholders and advise the Governor | 14 | | and the General Assembly on policies related to broadband | 15 | | in Illinois, provided that no stakeholders shall be | 16 | | required to publicly disclose competitively sensitive | 17 | | information or information that could compromise network | 18 | | security or undermine the efficacy of reasonable network | 19 | | management practices, and that any such information | 20 | | voluntarily disclosed shall be protected from public | 21 | | disclosure; and
| 22 | | (3) serve as the broadband advocate to State agencies
| 23 | | and other State entities to communicate the broadband needs
| 24 | | of citizens and organizations that do not have access to
| 25 | | broadband service or to broadband service adequate for
| 26 | | their needs.
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| 1 | | (d) The Council shall exercise its powers and authority to
| 2 | | (1) advise and make recommendations to the General Assembly and
| 3 | | the Governor on bringing broadband service to unserved rural | 4 | | and urban areas, (2) advise and make
recommendations to the | 5 | | General Assembly and the Governor on
facilitating broadband | 6 | | adoption by all citizens, and (3)
propose statutory changes | 7 | | that may enhance and expand broadband in the State.
| 8 | | (e) The Council shall report to the General Assembly on or
| 9 | | before January 1 of each year. The report to the General | 10 | | Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | 11 | | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | 12 | | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | 13 | | direct. The report shall include the
action that was taken by | 14 | | the Council during the previous year
in carrying out the | 15 | | provisions of this Act. The Council
shall also make any other | 16 | | reports as may be required by the
General Assembly or the | 17 | | Governor.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 100-833, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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