(20 ILCS 405/405-270) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.18)
Sec. 405-270. Communications services. To provide for and co-ordinate communications services for State agencies and, when requested and when in the best interests of the State, for units of federal or local governments and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education. The Department may make use of its satellite uplink available to interested parties not associated with State government provided that State government usage shall have first priority. For this purpose the Department shall have the power and duty to do all of the following:
(1) Provide for and control the procurement,
retention, installation, and maintenance of communications equipment or services used by State agencies in the interest of efficiency and economy.
(2) Establish standards by January 1, 1989 for
communications services for State agencies which shall include a minimum of one telecommunication device for the deaf installed and operational within each State agency, to provide public access to agency information for those persons who are hearing or speech impaired. The Department shall consult the Department of Human Services to develop standards and implementation for this equipment.
(3) Establish charges (i) for communication services
for State agencies and, when requested, for units of federal or local government and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education and (ii) for use of the Department's satellite uplink by parties not associated with State government. Entities charged for these services shall reimburse the Department.
(4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
of communication services regularly to the Department in the manner the Director may prescribe.
(5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of
all State agencies in the area of communications services and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most effective and efficient manner.
(6) Provide services, including, but not limited to,
telecommunications, video recording, satellite uplink, public information, and other communications services.
(7) Establish the administrative organization within
the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose of this Section.
The Department is authorized to conduct a study for the purpose of determining technical, engineering, and management specifications for the networking, compatible connection, or shared use of existing and future public and private owned television broadcast and reception facilities, including but not limited to terrestrial microwave, fiber optic, and satellite, for broadcast and reception of educational, governmental, and business programs, and to implement those specifications.
However, the Department may not control or interfere with the input of content into the telecommunications systems by the several State agencies or units of federal or local government, or public or not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education, or users of the Department's satellite uplink.
As used in this Section, the term "State agencies" means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State except (i) the judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and (ii) the General Assembly, legislative service agencies, and all officers of the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-295, eff. 7-21-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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