The future of the Information Technology sector in the state of Rio Grande do Sul begins to be delineated. In May, Siegfried Koelln and the President of Assespro, Claudio Corrêa Carrara, coordinate meetings with businessmen. In the same month, the Commission for the Implementation of the Information Technology. The same meeting defines the partner entities of the project: Commercial, Industrial and Services Association of São Leopoldo (ACIS-SL), Association of Brazilian Companies of Software and Computer Services (Assespro-RS), Government of the State, City Hall of São Leopoldo, Union of Companies of Rio Grande do Sul, Sociedade South-Rio de Janeiro Development Support Software, Unisinos and businessmen and leaders of companies consolidated. Mayor Ronaldo Ribas sanctions Law No. 4,368, which amended Article 1 of Law 3.874, extending the exemption of (ISSQN and IPTU) until December 2003. The to 1%, which never materialized. The mayor also sanctions Law 4,420, creating officially the Information Technology Center and its board. THE same law allows the donation of land of 36,589.29 square meters, located next to Unisinos, to the implementation of the Polo in exchange for quotas for the Municipal Health Department.