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 1        AN  ACT  creating  the  office  of  the  Curator  of  the
 2    Executive Mansion.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 6    Curator of the Executive Mansion Act.

 7        Section 5. Office of Curator created.
 8        (a)  The office of Curator of the  Executive  Mansion  is
 9    created, to be filled by appointment of the Governor with the
10    advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  The  person appointed
11    Curator must have experience in historic preservation or as a
12    curator.
13        (b)  The Curator shall serve a term of 5 years. A vacancy
14    in the office of Curator shall be filled, in the same  manner
15    as the original appointment, for the remainder of the term. A
16    person  appointed  Curator  when the Senate is not in session
17    shall serve as temporary Curator until his or her appointment
18    is acted upon by the Senate. A person may  serve  as  Curator
19    more than once.
20        (c)  The Governor shall determine the compensation of the
21    Curator.  The  Curator  may employ such staff as necessary to
22    perform the functions and duties of the office.

23        Section 10. Duties of the Curator.
24        (a)  The   Curator   shall   manage   and   control   the
25    preservation, conservation, inventory, and analysis  of  fine
26    and  decorative  arts,  furnishings,  and  artifacts  of  the
27    Illinois  Executive  Mansion  in  Springfield, the Governor's
28    offices in the  Capitol  in  Springfield  and  the  James  R.
29    Thompson Center in Chicago, and the Hayes House in DuQuoin.
30        (b)  The   Curator  shall  manage  the  preservation  and
 
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 1    conservation of the buildings and  grounds  of  the  Illinois
 2    Executive Mansion in Springfield.

 3        Section 15. Powers of the Curator.
 4        (a)  The  Curator  may enter into contracts necessary for
 5    the performance of his or her duties.
 6        (b)  The  Curator,  from  funds  appropriated  for   such
 7    purpose,  may  acquire items and artifacts appropriate to the
 8    historic  context  of  the  Illinois  Executive  Mansion   in
 9    Springfield,  the  Hayes House in DuQuoin, and the Governor's
10    offices in the  Capitol  in  Springfield  and  the  James  R.
11    Thompson Center in Chicago.
12        (c)  The  Curator may exercise other powers necessary for
13    the performance of his or her duties.

14        Section 20. Cooperation with State agencies. The  Curator
15    shall  cooperate  with,  and  receive the cooperation of, any
16    State agency in the performance of his or  her  duties.  This
17    Act does not affect the jurisdiction of any State agency over
18    the  Illinois  Executive  Mansion  in  Springfield, the Hayes
19    House in DuQuoin, or the Governor's offices in the Capitol in
20    Springfield and the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.

21        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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