Bill Text: IL SB0340 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0340 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0340-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0340 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 780/5-3
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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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is amended
by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
(30 ILCS 780/5-3)
Sec. 5-3. Statement of legislative findings and purposes.
The The General Assembly finds that the growth of high
technology industry, including computers, the Internet, and
advanced telecommunications, has created a division in
society. Those who are able to master the tools of the new
digital technology and have access to the technology have
benefited in the form of improved employment possibilities and
a higher standard of life. Those who are unfamiliar with the
new technologies, or do not have access to them, are
increasingly constrained to marginal employment and a standard
of living near the poverty level. This "digital divide"
parallels existing economic, racial, and gender divisions in
society, with the more privileged members of society having
much greater opportunity to benefit from the new technologies
than those who are less favorably situated. It is the purpose
of this Law to establish educational and economic development
initiatives that will bridge the digital divide, making

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possible a society in which all individuals can benefit from
the opportunities provided by the new technologies.
(Source: P.A. 91-704, eff. 7-1-00.)