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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4898
Introduced 02/04/04, by Kevin Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning legislative findings.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4898 |
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LRB093 19536 SJM 45276 b |
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| AN ACT concerning technology.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is amended |
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| by changing
Section 5-3 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 780/5-3)
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| Sec. 5-3. Statement of legislative findings and purposes. |
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| The General
Assembly finds that the growth of high technology |
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| industry,
including computers, the Internet, and advanced |
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| telecommunications, has created
a division in society. Those |
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| persons who are able to master the tools of
the new
digital |
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| technology and have access to the technology have benefited in |
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| the form
of improved employment possibilities and a higher |
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| standard of life. Those who
are unfamiliar with the new |
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| technologies, or do not have access to them, are
increasingly |
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| constrained to marginal employment and a standard of living |
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| near
the poverty level. This "digital divide" parallels |
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| existing economic, racial,
and gender divisions in society, |
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| with the more privileged members of society
having much greater |
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| opportunity to benefit from the new technologies than those
who |
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| are less favorably situated. It is the purpose of this Law to |
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| establish
educational and economic development initiatives |
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| that will bridge the digital
divide, making possible a society |
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| in which all individuals can benefit from the
opportunities |
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| provided by the new technologies.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-704, eff. 7-1-00.)
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