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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 Department of Natural Resources Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 20-10 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 801/20-10)
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| 7 | Sec. 20-10. Board of the Illinois State Museum.
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| 8 | (a) Within the Department there shall be a Board of the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois State
Museum, composed of 11 persons, one of whom | ||||||
| 10 | shall be a senior citizen age 60 or
over. The Board shall be | ||||||
| 11 | composed of 9 representatives of the natural
sciences, | ||||||
| 12 | anthropology, art, and business, qualified by at least 10 | ||||||
| 13 | years of
experience in practicing or teaching their several | ||||||
| 14 | professions; one senior
citizen; and the Director of Natural | ||||||
| 15 | Resources or the Director's designee.
Members of the Board | ||||||
| 16 | shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent | ||||||
| 17 | of the Senate and shall serve for 2-year terms.
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| 18 | The transfer of the Board to the Department under this Act | ||||||
| 19 | does not terminate
or otherwise affect the term of membership | ||||||
| 20 | of any member of the Board, except
that the former Director of | ||||||
| 21 | Energy and Natural Resources is replaced by the
Director of | ||||||
| 22 | Natural Resources.
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| 23 | (b) The Board shall:
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| 1 | (1) advise the Director of the Department in all | ||||||
| 2 | matters pertaining to
maintenance, extension and | ||||||
| 3 | usefulness of the Illinois State Museum;
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| 4 | (2) make recommendations concerning the appointment of | ||||||
| 5 | a new museum
director whenever a vacancy occurs in that | ||||||
| 6 | position; and
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| 7 | (3) (blank); fix the salaries of the administrative, | ||||||
| 8 | scientific, and technical
staff of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 9 | Museum; and
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| 10 | (4) review the budget and approve budget requests of | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois State
Museum and make recommendations with | ||||||
| 12 | reference thereto to the Governor through
the Director of | ||||||
| 13 | the Department.
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| 14 | (c) (Blank). The approval of the Board of the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | State Museum is necessary for
the appointment of the | ||||||
| 16 | administrative, scientific, and technical staff of the
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| 17 | Illinois State Museum and for the making of any change in the | ||||||
| 18 | salary of any
person on that staff.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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| 20 | Section 10. The Illinois Conservation Foundation Act is | ||||||
| 21 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 22 | (20 ILCS 880/5)
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| 23 | Sec. 5. Creation of Foundation. The General Assembly | ||||||
| 24 | authorizes the
Department of Natural Resources, in accordance | ||||||
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| 1 | with
Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to | ||||||
| 2 | create the Illinois
Conservation Foundation. Under this | ||||||
| 3 | authority, the Department of Natural
Resources shall create | ||||||
| 4 | the Illinois Conservation Foundation
as a not-for-profit | ||||||
| 5 | foundation. The Department shall file
articles of | ||||||
| 6 | incorporation as required under the General Not For Profit
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| 7 | Corporation Act of 1986 to create the Foundation. The
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| 8 | Foundation's Board of Directors shall be appointed as follows: | ||||||
| 9 | 2 by the
President of the Illinois Senate; 2 by the Minority | ||||||
| 10 | Leader of the Illinois
Senate; 2 by the Speaker of the Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | House of Representatives; 2 by the
Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois House of Representatives; and 4 by the
Governor. Each | ||||||
| 13 | appointing individual shall have: one two-year term and one | ||||||
| 14 | three-year term appointment. The Governor shall have 4 | ||||||
| 15 | four-year term appointments. Vacancies shall be filled by the | ||||||
| 16 | official who made the
recommendation for the vacated | ||||||
| 17 | appointment. The Director of Natural
Resources shall chair the | ||||||
| 18 | Board of Directors of the Foundation. No member of
the Board
of | ||||||
| 19 | Directors may receive compensation for his or her services to | ||||||
| 20 | the
Foundation.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 88-591, eff. 8-20-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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