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Full Text of SB0134 102nd General Assembly

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SB0134eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1     AN ACT concerning journalism.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
5 Journalism Task Force Act.

6     Section 5. Establishment. The Local Journalism Task Force
7 is established to:
8         (1) conduct a comprehensive, nonbinding study relative
9     to communities underserved by local journalism in
10     Illinois; and
11         (2) review all aspects of local journalism including,
12     but not limited to, the adequacy of press coverage of
13     communities, the ratio of residents to media outlets, the
14     history of local news in Illinois, print and digital
15     business models for media outlets, the impact of social
16     media on local news, strategies to improve local news
17     access, and public policy solutions to improve the
18     sustainability of local press business models and private
19     and nonprofit solutions.

20     Section 10. Membership. The Task Force shall consist of
21 the following 13 members: one member of the House of
22 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of

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1 Representatives; one member of the House of Representatives
2 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
3 Representatives; one member of the Senate appointed by the
4 President of the Senate; one member of the Senate appointed by
5 the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the
6 Governor; one representative of the Medill School of
7 Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at
8 Northwestern University; one representative of the Public
9 Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois at
10 Springfield; one representative of the School of Journalism at
11 Southern Illinois University Carbondale; one representative of
12 the Illinois Press Association; one representative of the
13 Illinois Broadcasters Association; one representative of the
14 Illinois Legislative Correspondents Association; one
15 representative of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council;
16 one representative of the Illinois News Broadcasters
17 Association; one representative of the University of Illinois
18 at Urbana-Champaign; and one representative of the Illinois
19 Municipal League. Appointments shall be made no later than 30
20 days following the effective date of this Act.

21     Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet a minimum
22 of 5 times to review, study, and analyze existing literature
23 as well as quantitative and qualitative data on the status of
24 journalism in the State of Illinois.

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1     Section 20. Support. The Department of Commerce and
2 Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative and other
3 support to the Task Force.

4     Section 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force
5 shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for
6 legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
7 than one year after the effective date of this Act.

8     Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed 2 years after the
9 effective date of this Act.

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