102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3108

 

Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. Doris Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 801/1-25
20 ILCS 801/20-10
20 ILCS 3405/4.5
20 ILCS 3405/4.6 new
20 ILCS 3405/5.1  from Ch. 127, par. 2705.1
20 ILCS 3405/6  from Ch. 127, par. 2706
20 ILCS 3405/11  from Ch. 127, par. 2711
20 ILCS 3405/12  from Ch. 127, par. 2712
20 ILCS 3405/13  from Ch. 127, par. 2713
20 ILCS 3405/14  from Ch. 127, par. 2714
20 ILCS 3405/15  from Ch. 127, par. 2715
20 ILCS 3405/16  from Ch. 127, par. 2716
20 ILCS 3420/5  from Ch. 127, par. 133c25

    Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act, the Historic Preservation Act, and the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act. Requires the Illinois State Museum and Division of Historic Preservation of the Department of Natural Resources to collaborate and assist the Department of Resources exercise its duties under the Acts. Removes authority of Board of the Illinois State Museum to approve budget requests of the Illinois State Museum. Replaces references to the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Department with the Department of Natural Resources. Makes other changes. Effective Immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
5amended by changing Sections 1-25 and 20-10 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 801/1-25)
7    Sec. 1-25. Powers of the State Museum. In addition to its
8other powers and duties, the Department shall have the
9following powers and duties which shall be performed by the
10State Museum:
11        (1) To investigate and study the natural resources of
12    the State and to prepare printed reports and furnish
13    information fundamental to the conservation and
14    development of natural resources and for that purpose the
15    officers and employees thereof may, pursuant to rule
16    adopted by the Department, enter and cross all lands in
17    this State, doing no damage to private property.
18        (2) To cooperate with and advise departments having
19    administrative powers and duties relating to the natural
20    resources of the State, and to cooperate with similar
21    departments in other states and with the United States
22    Government.
23        (3) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of

 

 

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1    Science and to publish a suitable number of the results of
2    the investigations and research in the field of natural
3    science to the end that the same may be distributed to the
4    interested public.
5        (4) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and
6    preserve objects of scientific and artistic value,
7    representing past and present fauna and flora, the life
8    and work of man, geological history, natural resources,
9    and the manufacturing and fine arts; to interpret for and
10    educate the public concerning the foregoing.
11        (5) To cooperate with the Illinois State Museum
12    Society for the mutual benefit of the Museum and the
13    Society, with the Museum furnishing necessary space for
14    the Society to carry on its functions and keep its
15    records, and, upon the recommendation of the Museum
16    Director with the approval of the Board of State Museum
17    Advisors and the Director of the Department, to enter into
18    agreements with the Illinois State Museum Society for the
19    operation of a sales counter and other concessions for the
20    mutual benefit of the Museum and the Society.
21        (6) To accept grants of property and to hold property
22    to be administered as part of the State Museum for the
23    purpose of preservation, research of interpretation of
24    significant areas within the State for the purpose of
25    preserving, studying and interpreting archaeological and
26    natural phenomena.

 

 

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1        (7) To contribute to and support the operations,
2    programs and capital development of public museums in this
3    State. For the purposes of this Section, "public museum"
4    means a facility: (A) that is operating for the purposes
5    of promoting cultural development through special
6    activities or programs or through performing arts that are
7    performed in an indoor setting, and acquiring, conserving,
8    preserving, studying, interpreting, enhancing, and in
9    particular, organizing and continuously exhibiting
10    specimens, artifacts, articles, documents and other things
11    of historical, anthropological, archaeological,
12    industrial, scientific or artistic import, to the public
13    for its instruction and enjoyment, and (B) that either (i)
14    is operated by or located upon land owned by a unit of
15    local government or (ii) is a museum that has an annual
16    attendance of at least 150,000 and offers educational
17    programs to school groups during school hours. A museum is
18    eligible to receive funds for capital development under
19    this subdivision (7) only if it is operated by or located
20    upon land owned by a unit of local government or if it is
21    certified by a unit of local government in which it is
22    located as a public museum meeting the criteria of this
23    Section. Recipients of funds for capital development under
24    this subdivision (7) shall match State funds with local or
25    private funding according to the following:
26            (a) for a public museum with an attendance of

 

 

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1        300,000 or less during the preceding calendar year, no
2        match is required;
3            (b) for a public museum with an attendance of over
4        300,000 but less than 600,000 during the preceding
5        calendar year, the match must be at a ratio of $1 from
6        local and private funds for every $1 in State funds;
7        and
8            (c) for a public museum with an attendance of over
9        600,000 during the preceding calendar year, the match
10        must be at a ratio of $2 from local and private funds
11        for every $1 in State funds.
12        The Department shall formulate rules and regulations
13    relating to the allocation of any funds appropriated by
14    the General Assembly for the purpose of contributing to
15    the support of public museums in this State.
16        (8) To perform all other duties and assume all
17    obligations of the former Department of Energy and Natural
18    Resources and the former Department of Registration and
19    Education pertaining to the State Museum.
20        (9) To work in collaboration with the Division of
21    Historic Preservation of the Department in the exercise of
22    all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon the
23    Department under the Historic Preservation Act.
24(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999.)
 
25    (20 ILCS 801/20-10)

 

 

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1    Sec. 20-10. Board of the Illinois State Museum.
2    (a) Within the Department there shall be a Board of the
3Illinois State Museum, composed of 11 persons, one of whom
4shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. The Board shall be
5composed of 9 representatives of the natural sciences,
6anthropology, art, and business, qualified by at least 10
7years of experience in practicing or teaching their several
8professions; one senior citizen; and the Director of Natural
9Resources or the Director's designee. Members of the Board
10shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
11of the Senate and shall serve for 2-year terms.
12    The transfer of the Board to the Department under this Act
13does not terminate or otherwise affect the term of membership
14of any member of the Board, except that the former Director of
15Energy and Natural Resources is replaced by the Director of
16Natural Resources.
17    (b) The Board shall:
18        (1) advise the Director of the Department in all
19    matters pertaining to maintenance, extension and
20    usefulness of the Illinois State Museum;
21        (2) make recommendations concerning the appointment of
22    a new museum director whenever a vacancy occurs in that
23    position; and
24        (3) (blank);
25        (4) review the budget and approve budget requests of
26    the Illinois State Museum and make recommendations with

 

 

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1    reference thereto to the Governor through the Director of
2    the Department.
3    (c) (Blank).
4(Source: P.A. 102-303, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
5    Section 10. The Historic Preservation Act is amended by
6changing Sections 4.5, 5.1, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 and
7by adding Section 4.6 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 3405/4.5)
9    Sec. 4.5. Division of Historic Preservation. On and after
10August 3, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act 100-695), the
11Division of Historic Preservation of the Department of Natural
12Resources Office of Land Management shall be created exercise
13all rights, powers, and duties vested in the Historic Sites
14and Preservation Division. The head of the Division shall be
15known as the Division Manager of Historic Preservation. The
16Department of Natural Resources may employ or retain other
17persons to assist in the discharge of its functions under this
18Act, subject to the Personnel Code and any other applicable
19Department policies.
20(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
21    (20 ILCS 3405/4.6 new)
22    Sec. 4.6. Interagency collaboration. The Division of
23Historic Preservation of the Department and the Illinois State

 

 

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1Museum shall collaborate and assist the Department in the
2exercise of all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon
3the Department by this Act.
 
4    (20 ILCS 3405/5.1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2705.1)
5    Sec. 5.1. The powers, duties and authority granted to the
6Department of Conservation pursuant to the provisions of
7Section 63a21.2 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
8(renumbered; now Section 805-315 of the Department of Natural
9Resources (Conservation) Law, 20 ILCS 805/805-315) to offer a
10cash incentive to a qualified bidder for the development,
11construction and supervision of a concession complex at
12Lincoln's New Salem State Park are transferred to the
13Department Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the
14Historic Preservation Agency.
15(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-600, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
16    (20 ILCS 3405/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2706)
17    Sec. 6. Jurisdiction. The Historic Sites Division of the
18Department shall have jurisdiction over the following
19described areas which are hereby designated as State Historic
20Sites, State Memorials, and Miscellaneous Properties. These
21sites have been deemed to have a State, national, or
22international level of historical significance and the
23stewardship and caretaking responsibilities to protect and
24promote are hereby bestowed upon the Department:
 

 

 

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1
State Historic Sites
2    Albany Mounds State Historic Site, Whiteside County;
3    Apple River Fort State Historic Site, Jo Daviess JoDaviess
4County;
5    Bishop Hill State Historic Site, Henry County;
6    Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island County;
7    Bryant Cottage State Historic Site, Piatt County;
8    Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site, St. Clair County;
9    Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, in Madison and St.
10        Clair Counties (however, the Illinois State Museum
11        shall act as curator of artifacts pursuant to the
12        provisions of the Archaeological and Paleontological
13        Resources Protection Act);
14    Crenshaw House State Historic Site, Gallatin County;
15    Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site, Sangamon County;
16    David Davis Mansion State Historic Site, McLean County;
17    Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Cook County;
18    Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, Randolph County;
19    Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site, Randolph County;
20    Grand Village of the Illinois, LaSalle County;
21    U. S. Grant Home State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County;
22    Hotel Florence, Cook County;
23    Jarrot Mansion State Historic Site, St. Clair County;
24    Jubilee College State Historic Site, Peoria County;
25    Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site, Massac and Pope

 

 

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1        Counties;
2    Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, Madison County;
3    Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, Sangamon
4        County;
5    Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Coles County;
6    Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, Menard County;
7    Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, Sangamon County;
8    Martin Boismenue House State Historic Site, St. Clair
9        County;
10    Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site, Randolph County;
11    Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site, Woodford County;
12    Moore Home State Historic Site, Coles County;
13    Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site, Logan
14        County;
15    Old Market House State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County;
16    Old State Capitol State Historic Site, Sangamon County;
17    Postville Courthouse State Historic Site, Logan County;
18    Pullman Factory, Cook County;
19    Rose Hotel, Hardin County;
20    Carl Sandburg State Historic Site, Knox County;
21    Shawneetown Bank State Historic Site, Gallatin County;
22    Vachel Lindsay Home, Sangamon County;
23    Vandalia State House State Historic Site, Fayette County;
24        and
25    Washburne House State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County.
 

 

 

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1
State Memorials
2    Buel House, Pope County;
3    Campbell's Island State Memorial, Rock Island County;
4    Governor Bond State Memorial, Randolph County;
5    Governor Coles State Memorial, Madison County;
6    Governor Horner State Memorial, Cook County;
7    Governor Small State Memorial, Kankakee County;
8    Illinois Vietnam Veterans State Memorial, Sangamon County;
9    Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial, Randolph County;
10    Korean War Memorial, Sangamon County;
11    Lincoln Monument State Memorial, Lee County;
12    Lincoln Trail State Memorial, Lawrence County;
13    Lovejoy State Memorial, Madison County;
14    Norwegian Settlers State Memorial, LaSalle County;
15    Wild Bill Hickok State Memorial, LaSalle County; and
16    World War II Veterans Memorial, Sangamon County.
 
17
Miscellaneous Properties
18    Emerald Mound, St. Clair County;
19    Halfway Tavern, Marion County; and
20    Hofmann Tower, Cook County.
21(Source: P.A. 102-246, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 3405/11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2711)
23    Sec. 11. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
24the Department shall exercise all rights, powers and duties

 

 

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1vested in the Department of Conservation by the "Illinois
2Historic Preservation Act", approved August 14, 1976, as
3amended.
4(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
5    (20 ILCS 3405/12)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2712)
6    Sec. 12. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
7the Department shall exercise all rights, powers and duties
8vested in the Department of Conservation by Section 63a34 of
9the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (renumbered; now
10Section 805-220 of the Department of Natural Resources
11(Conservation) Law, 20 ILCS 805/805-220).
12(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
13    (20 ILCS 3405/13)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2713)
14    Sec. 13. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
15the Department shall exercise all rights, powers and duties
16vested in the Department of Conservation by "An Act relating
17to the planning, acquisition and development of outdoor
18recreation resources and facilities, and authorizing the
19participation by the State of Illinois its political
20subdivisions and qualified participants in programs of Federal
21assistance relating thereto", approved July 6, 1965, as
22amended, solely as it relates to the powers, rights, duties
23and obligations heretofore exercised by the Department of
24Conservation over historically significant properties and

 

 

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1interests of the State.
2(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
3    (20 ILCS 3405/14)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2714)
4    Sec. 14. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
5the Department shall exercise all rights, powers and duties
6set forth in Sections 10-40 through 10-85 of the Property Tax
7Code.
8(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
9    (20 ILCS 3405/15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2715)
10    Sec. 15. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
11the Department shall exercise all rights, powers and duties
12vested in the Department of Conservation by Section 4-201.5 of
13the "Illinois Highway Code", approved June 8, 1959, as
14amended, solely as it relates to access to historic sites and
15memorials designated pursuant to this Act.
16(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
17    (20 ILCS 3405/16)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2716)
18    Sec. 16. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of
19the Department shall have the following additional powers:
20        (a) To hire agents and employees necessary to carry
21    out the duties and purposes of this Act the Historic Sites
22    and Preservation Division of the Department.
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1    preserve, restore, and conserve all State Historic Sites
2    and State Memorials, except when supervision and
3    maintenance is otherwise provided by law. This
4    authorization includes the power to enter into contracts,
5    acquire and dispose of real and personal property, and
6    enter into leases of real and personal property. The
7    Department has the power to acquire, for purposes
8    authorized by law, any real property in fee simple subject
9    to a life estate in the seller in not more than 3 acres of
10    the real property acquired, subject to the restrictions
11    that the life estate shall be used for residential
12    purposes only and that it shall be non-transferable.
13        (c) To provide recreational facilities, including
14    campsites, lodges and cabins, trails, picnic areas, and
15    related recreational facilities, at all sites under the
16    jurisdiction of the Department.
17        (d) To lay out, construct, and maintain all needful
18    roads, parking areas, paths or trails, bridges, camp or
19    lodge sites, picnic areas, lodges and cabins, and any
20    other structures and improvements necessary and
21    appropriate in any State historic site or easement
22    thereto; and to provide water supplies, heat and light,
23    and sanitary facilities for the public and living quarters
24    for the custodians and keepers of State historic sites.
25        (e) To grant licenses and rights-of-way within the
26    areas controlled by the Historic Sites and Preservation

 

 

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1    Division of the Department for the construction,
2    operation, and maintenance upon, under or across the
3    property, of facilities for water, sewage, telephone,
4    telegraph, electric, gas, or other public service, subject
5    to the terms and conditions as may be determined by the
6    Department.
7        (f) To authorize the officers, employees, and agents
8    of the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the
9    Department, for the purposes of investigation and to
10    exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested and that
11    may be vested in it, to enter and cross all lands and
12    waters in this State, doing no damage to private property.
13        (g) To transfer jurisdiction of or exchange any realty
14    under the control of the Historic Sites and Preservation
15    Division of the Department to any other Department of the
16    State Government, or to any agency of the Federal
17    Government, or to acquire or accept Federal lands, when
18    any transfer, exchange, acquisition, or acceptance is
19    advantageous to the State and is approved in writing by
20    the Governor.
21        (h) To erect, supervise, and maintain all public
22    monuments and memorials erected by the State, except when
23    the supervision and maintenance of public monuments and
24    memorials is otherwise provided by law.
25        (i) To accept, hold, maintain, and administer, as
26    trustee, property given in trust for educational or

 

 

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1    historic purposes for the benefit of the People of the
2    State of Illinois and to dispose of any property under the
3    terms of the instrument creating the trust.
4        (j) To lease concessions on any property under the
5    jurisdiction of the Department for a period not exceeding
6    25 years and to lease a concession complex at Lincoln's
7    New Salem State Historic Site for which a cash incentive
8    has been authorized under Section 5.1 of this Act for a
9    period not to exceed 40 years. All leases, for whatever
10    period, shall be made subject to the written approval of
11    the Governor. All concession leases extending for a period
12    in excess of 10 years, will contain provisions for the
13    Department to participate, on a percentage basis, in the
14    revenues generated by any concession operation.
15        The Department is authorized to allow for provisions
16    for a reserve account and a leasehold account within
17    Department concession lease agreements for the purpose of
18    setting aside revenues for the maintenance,
19    rehabilitation, repair, improvement, and replacement of
20    the concession facility, structure, and equipment of the
21    Department that are part of the leased premises.
22        The lessee shall be required to pay into the reserve
23    account a percentage of gross receipts, as set forth in
24    the lease, to be set aside and expended in a manner
25    acceptable to the Department by the concession lessee for
26    the purpose of ensuring that an appropriate amount of the

 

 

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1    lessee's moneys are provided by the lessee to satisfy the
2    lessee's incurred responsibilities for the operation of
3    the concession facility under the terms and conditions of
4    the concession lease.
5        The lessee account shall allow for the amortization of
6    certain authorized expenses that are incurred by the
7    concession lessee but that are not an obligation of the
8    lessee under the terms and conditions of the lease
9    agreement. The Department may allow a reduction of up to
10    50% of the monthly rent due for the purpose of enabling the
11    recoupment of the lessee's authorized expenditures during
12    the term of the lease.
13        (k) To sell surplus agricultural products grown on
14    land owned by or under the jurisdiction of the Historic
15    Sites and Preservation Division of the Department, when
16    the products cannot be used by the Department.
17        (l) To enforce the laws of the State and the rules and
18    regulations of the Department in or on any lands owned,
19    leased, or managed by the Historic Sites and Preservation
20    Division of the Department.
21        (m) To cooperate with private organizations and
22    agencies of the State of Illinois by providing areas and
23    the use of staff personnel where feasible for the sale of
24    publications on the historic and cultural heritage of the
25    State and craft items made by Illinois craftsmen. These
26    sales shall not conflict with existing concession

 

 

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1    agreements. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division
2    of the Department is authorized to negotiate with the
3    organizations and agencies for a portion of the monies
4    received from sales to be returned to the Historic Sites
5    and Preservation Division of the Department's Historic
6    Sites Fund for the furtherance of interpretive and
7    restoration programs.
8        (n) To establish local bank or savings and loan
9    association accounts, upon the written authorization of
10    the Director, to temporarily hold income received at any
11    of its properties. The local accounts established under
12    this Section shall be in the name of the Department and
13    shall be subject to regular audits. The balance in a local
14    bank or savings and loan association account shall be
15    forwarded to the Department for deposit with the State
16    Treasurer on Monday of each week if the amount to be
17    deposited in a fund exceeds $500.
18        No bank or savings and loan association shall receive
19    public funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has
20    complied with the requirements established under Section 6
21    of the Public Funds Investment Act.
22        (o) To accept offers of gifts, gratuities, or grants
23    from the federal government, its agencies, or offices, or
24    from any person, firm, or corporation.
25        (p) To make reasonable rules and regulations as may be
26    necessary to discharge the duties of the Department.

 

 

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1        (q) With appropriate cultural organizations, to
2    further and advance the goals of the Department.
3        (r) To make grants for the purposes of planning,
4    survey, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction,
5    landscaping, and acquisition of Illinois properties (i)
6    designated individually in the National Register of
7    Historic Places, (ii) designated as a landmark under a
8    county or municipal landmark ordinance, or (iii) located
9    within a National Register of Historic Places historic
10    district or a locally designated historic district when
11    the Director determines that the property is of historic
12    significance whenever an appropriation is made therefor by
13    the General Assembly or whenever gifts or grants are
14    received for that purpose and to promulgate regulations as
15    may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
16    the grants.
17        Grantees may, as prescribed by rule, be required to
18    provide matching funds for each grant. Grants made under
19    this subsection shall be known as Illinois Heritage
20    Grants.
21        Every owner of a historic property, or the owner's
22    agent, is eligible to apply for a grant under this
23    subsection.
24        (s) To establish and implement a pilot program for
25    charging admission to State historic sites. Fees may be
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1    combination; fees may be charged at all sites or selected
2    sites. All fees shall be deposited into the Illinois
3    Historic Sites Fund. The Historic Sites and Preservation
4    Division of the Department shall have the discretion to
5    set and adjust reasonable fees at the various sites,
6    taking into consideration various factors, including, but
7    not limited to: cost of services furnished to each
8    visitor, impact of fees on attendance and tourism, and the
9    costs expended collecting the fees. The Department shall
10    keep careful records of the income and expenses resulting
11    from the imposition of fees, shall keep records as to the
12    attendance at each historic site, and shall report to the
13    Governor and General Assembly by January 31 after the
14    close of each year. The report shall include information
15    on costs, expenses, attendance, comments by visitors, and
16    any other information the Department may believe
17    pertinent, including:
18            (1) Recommendations as to whether fees should be
19        continued at each State historic site.
20            (2) How the fees should be structured and imposed.
21            (3) Estimates of revenues and expenses associated
22        with each site.
23        (t) To provide for overnight tent and trailer
24    campsites and to provide suitable housing facilities for
25    student and juvenile overnight camping groups. The
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1    shall charge rates similar to those charged by the
2    Department for the same or similar facilities and
3    services.
4        (u) To engage in marketing activities designed to
5    promote the sites and programs administered by the
6    Department. In undertaking these activities, the
7    Department may take all necessary steps with respect to
8    products and services, including, but not limited to,
9    retail sales, wholesale sales, direct marketing, mail
10    order sales, telephone sales, advertising and promotion,
11    purchase of product and materials inventory, design,
12    printing and manufacturing of new products, reproductions,
13    and adaptations, copyright and trademark licensing and
14    royalty agreements, and payment of applicable taxes. In
15    addition, the Department shall have the authority to sell
16    advertising in its publications and printed materials. All
17    income from marketing activities shall be deposited into
18    the Illinois Historic Sites Fund.
19(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
20    Section 15. The Illinois State Agency Historic Resources
21Preservation Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
22    (20 ILCS 3420/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c25)
23    Sec. 5. Responsibilities of the Department of Natural
24Resources, Division of Historic Preservation.

 

 

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1    (a) The Director shall include in the Department's annual
2report an outline of State agency actions on which comment was
3requested or issued under this Act.
4    (b) The Director shall maintain a current list of all
5historic resources owned, operated, or leased by the State and
6appropriate maps indicating the location of all such
7resources. These maps shall be in a form available to the
8public and State agencies, except that the location of
9archaeological resources shall be excluded.
10    (c) The Director shall make rules and issue appropriate
11guidelines to implement this Act. These shall include, but not
12be limited to, regulations for holding on-site inspections,
13public information meetings and procedures for consultation,
14mediation, and resolutions by the Committee pursuant to
15subsections (e) and (f) of Section 4.
16    (d) The Director shall (1) assist, to the fullest extent
17possible, the State agencies in their identification of
18properties for inclusion in an inventory of historic
19resources, including provision of criteria for evaluation; (2)
20provide information concerning professional methods and
21techniques for preserving, improving, restoring, and
22maintaining historic resources when requested by State
23agencies; and (3) help facilitate State agency compliance with
24this Act.
25    (e) The Director shall monitor the implementation of
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1adverse or beneficial, on an historic resource.
2    (f) The Department of Natural Resources shall manage and
3control the preservation, conservation, inventory, and
4analysis of fine and decorative arts, furnishings, and
5artifacts of the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield,
6the Governor's offices in the Capitol in Springfield and the
7James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, and the Hayes House in
8DuQuoin. The Department of Natural Resources shall manage the
9preservation and conservation of the buildings and grounds of
10the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield. The Governor
11shall appoint a Curator of the Executive Mansion, with the
12advice and consent of the Senate, to assist the Department of
13Natural Resources in carrying out the duties under this item
14(f). The person appointed Curator must have experience in
15historic preservation or as a curator. The Curator shall serve
16at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall determine
17the compensation of the Curator, which shall not be diminished
18during the term of appointment.
19(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.