HB6179 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 20603 JWD 45170 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6179

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez - Tim Butler - Michael Unes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 801/20-5
20 ILCS 801/20-15

Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the State shall operate an Illinois State Museum in Springfield and at branch sites determined by the Department of Natural Resources in collaboration with local units of government and other public and private entities. Provides that the Illinois State Museum and all branch sites shall be open to the public. Provides that the Illinois State Museum shall operate a research and collections center to research, preserve, and maintain access to the extensive Illinois State Museum collections. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources and the Board of the Illinois State Museum shall solicit the assistance of the Illinois State Museum Society to fundraise non-State resources for the Museum and to provide operational assistance to the Museum. Provides that an entrance fee for visitors to the Illinois State Museum may be set by the Director of Natural Resources (rather than set by administrative rule) and that different fees may be charged for different classes of visitors. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is amended by changing Section 20-5 and 20-15 as follows:

(20 ILCS 801/20-5)

Sec. 20-5. State Museum. The State shall operate an Illinois State Museum in Springfield and at branch sites determined by the Department of Natural Resources in collaboration with local units of government and other public and private entities. The Illinois State Museum and all branch sites shall be open to the public. The Illinois State Museum shall operate a research and collections center to research, preserve, and maintain access to the extensive Illinois State Museum collections. The Department of Natural Resources shall have within it the office of the Illinois State Museum. The Board of the Illinois State Museum is retained as the governing board for the State Museum. The Department of Natural Resources and the Board of the Illinois State Museum shall solicit the assistance of the Illinois State Museum Society to fundraise non-State resources for the Museum and to provide operational assistance to the Museum.

(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999.)

(20 ILCS 801/20-15)

Sec. 20-15. Entrance fee. The Department may set, by the Director, by administrative rule an entrance fee for visitors to the Illinois State Museum. A different fee may be charged for different classes of visitors. The fee assessed by this Section shall be deposited into the Illinois State Museum Fund for the Department to use to support the Illinois State Museum. The monies deposited into the Illinois State Museum Fund under this Section shall not be subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)

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