Bill Text: IL SB0341 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0341 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0341-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 780/5-3)
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7 | Sec. 5-3. Statement of legislative findings and purposes. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | The
The General
Assembly finds that the growth of high | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | technology industry,
including computers, the Internet, and | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | advanced telecommunications, has created
a division in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | society. Those who are able to master the tools of the new
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12 | digital technology and have access to the technology have | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | benefited in the form
of improved employment possibilities and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a higher standard of life. Those who
are unfamiliar with the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | new technologies, or do not have access to them, are
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16 | increasingly constrained to marginal employment and a standard | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of living near
the poverty level. This "digital divide" | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | parallels existing economic, racial,
and gender divisions in | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | society, with the more privileged members of society
having | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | much greater opportunity to benefit from the new technologies | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | than those
who are less favorably situated. It is the purpose | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of this Law to establish
educational and economic development | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | initiatives that will bridge the digital
divide, making |
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1 | possible a society in which all individuals can benefit from | ||||||
2 | the
opportunities provided by the new technologies. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 91-704, eff. 7-1-00.)
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