Public Act 102-1005
 
SB3108 EnrolledLRB102 22926 CMG 32080 b


  
    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 Sections 1-25 and 20-10 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 801/1-25)




    Sec. 1-25. Powers of the State Museum. 
In addition to its 
other powers and duties, the Department shall
have the 
following powers and duties which shall be performed by the
 
State Museum:


        (1) To investigate and study the natural resources of 
    the State and
to prepare printed reports and furnish 
    information fundamental to the
conservation and 
    development of natural resources and for that purpose
the 
    officers and employees thereof may, pursuant to rule 
    adopted by the
Department, enter and cross all lands in 
    this State, doing
no damage to private property.


        (2) To cooperate with and advise departments having 
    administrative
powers and duties relating to the natural 
    resources of the State, and to
cooperate with similar 
    departments in other states and with the United
States 
    Government.

















        (3) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of 
    Science and to
publish a suitable number of the results of 
    the investigations and
research in the field of natural 
    science to the end that the same may be
distributed to the 
    interested public.


        (4) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and 
    preserve objects
of scientific and artistic value, 
    representing past and present fauna
and flora, the life 
    and work of man, geological history, natural
resources, 
    and the manufacturing and fine arts; to interpret for and

    educate the public concerning the foregoing.


        (5) To cooperate with the Illinois State Museum 
    Society for the
mutual benefit of the Museum and the 
    Society, with the Museum furnishing
necessary space for 
    the Society to carry on its functions and keep its

    records, and, upon the recommendation of the Museum 
    Director with the
approval of the Board of State Museum 
    Advisors and the Director of the
Department, to enter into 
    agreements with the Illinois State Museum
Society for the 
    operation of a sales counter and other concessions for
the 
    mutual benefit of the Museum and the Society.


        (6) To accept grants of property and to hold property 
    to be
administered as part of the State Museum for the 
    purpose of
preservation, research of interpretation of 
    significant areas within the
State for the purpose of 
    preserving, studying and interpreting
archaeological and 
    natural phenomena.


        (7) To contribute to and support the operations, 
    programs
and capital development of public museums in this 
    State.
For the purposes of this Section, "public museum" 
    means a facility: (A) that
is operating for the purposes 
    of promoting cultural development
through
special 
    activities or programs or through performing arts that are

    performed in an indoor setting, and acquiring,
conserving, 
    preserving,
studying, interpreting, enhancing, and in 
    particular, organizing and
continuously exhibiting 
    specimens, artifacts, articles, documents and
other things 
    of historical, anthropological, archaeological, 
    industrial,
scientific or artistic import, to the public 
    for its instruction and
enjoyment, and (B) that either (i) 
    is operated by or located upon land
owned by a unit of 
    local
government
or (ii) is a museum that has an annual 
    attendance of at least
150,000 and
offers educational 
    programs to school groups during school hours.
A museum is 
    eligible to receive funds for capital development under

    this subdivision (7)
 only if it is operated by or located 
    upon land owned by a unit of local
government or if it is 
    certified by a unit of local
government in
which it is 
    located as a public museum meeting the criteria of this 
    Section.
Recipients of funds for capital development under

    this subdivision (7) shall match State funds with local or 
    private funding
according to the following:


            (a) for a public museum with an attendance of 
        300,000 or less during the
preceding calendar year, no 
        match is required;


            (b) for a public museum with an attendance of over 
        300,000 but less than
600,000 during the preceding 
        calendar year, the match must be at a ratio of $1
from 
        local and
private funds for every $1 in State funds; 
        and


            (c) for a public museum with an attendance of over 
        600,000 during the
preceding calendar year, the match 
        must be at a ratio of $2 from local and
private funds 
        for every
$1 in State funds.


        The Department shall formulate rules and regulations 
    relating to the
allocation of any funds appropriated by 
    the General Assembly for the
purpose of contributing to 
    the support of public museums in this State.


        (8) To perform all other duties and assume all 
    obligations of the former
Department of Energy and Natural 
    Resources and the former Department of
Registration and 
    Education pertaining to the State Museum.



        (9)   To work in collaboration with the Division of 
    Historic Preservation of the Department in the exercise of 
    all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon the 
    Department under the Historic Preservation Act. 
(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999.)

 


    (20 ILCS 801/20-10)




    Sec. 20-10. Board of the Illinois State Museum. 

    (a) Within the Department there shall be a Board of the 
Illinois State
Museum, composed of 11 persons, one of whom 
shall be a senior citizen age 60 or
over.  The Board shall be 
composed of 9 representatives of the natural
sciences, 
anthropology, art, and business, qualified by at least 10 
years of
experience in practicing or teaching their several 
professions; one senior
citizen; and the Director of Natural 
Resources or the Director's designee.
Members of the Board 
shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent 
of the Senate and shall serve for 2-year terms.

    The transfer of the Board to the Department under this Act 
does not terminate
or otherwise affect the term of membership 
of any member of the Board, except
that the former Director of 
Energy and Natural Resources is replaced by the
Director of 
Natural Resources.

    (b) The Board shall:

        (1) advise the Director of the Department in all 
    matters pertaining to
maintenance, extension and 
    usefulness of the Illinois State Museum;

        (2) make recommendations concerning the appointment of 
    a new museum
director whenever a vacancy occurs in that 
    position; and 

        (3) (blank);

        (4) review the budget and approve budget requests of 
    the Illinois State
Museum and make recommendations with 
    reference thereto to the Governor through
the Director of 
    the Department.

    (c) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 102-303, eff. 1-1-22.)

 
    Section 10. The Historic Preservation Act is amended  by 
changing Sections 4.5, 5.1, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 and  
by adding Section 4.6 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3405/4.5)
    Sec. 4.5. Division of Historic Preservation. On and after 
August 3, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act 100-695), the 
Division of Historic Preservation of the Department of Natural 
Resources Office of Land Management shall be created exercise 
all
rights, powers, and duties
vested in the Historic Sites 
and
Preservation Division. The head of the Division shall be 
known as the Division Manager of Historic Preservation. The 
Department of Natural Resources may employ or retain other 
persons to assist in the discharge of its functions under this 
Act, subject to the Personnel Code and any other applicable 
Department policies.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
    (20 ILCS 3405/4.6 new)
    Sec. 4.6. Interagency collaboration. The Division of 
Historic Preservation of the Department and the Illinois State 
Museum shall collaborate and assist the Department in the 
exercise of all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon 
the Department by this Act.
 



    (20 ILCS 3405/5.1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2705.1)



    Sec. 5.1. 
The powers, duties and authority granted to the 
Department
of Conservation pursuant to the provisions of 
Section 63a21.2 of
the
Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois

(renumbered; now Section 805-315 of the Department of Natural 
Resources
(Conservation) Law, 20 ILCS 805/805-315)
to offer a

cash incentive to a qualified
bidder for the development, 
construction and supervision of a concession
complex at 
Lincoln's New Salem State Park are transferred to the 
Department
Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the 
Historic
Preservation Agency.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-600, eff. 7-1-02.)

 


    (20 ILCS 3405/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2706)




    Sec. 6. Jurisdiction. The Historic Sites Division of the 
Department shall have
jurisdiction over the
following

described areas which are
hereby designated as State Historic 
Sites, State Memorials, and
Miscellaneous Properties. These 
sites have been deemed to have a State, national, or 
international level of historical significance and the 
stewardship and caretaking responsibilities to protect and 
promote are hereby bestowed upon the Department:

 

State Historic Sites


    Albany Mounds State Historic Site, Whiteside County;
    Apple River Fort State Historic Site, Jo Daviess JoDaviess 
County; 
    Bishop Hill State Historic Site, Henry County;

    Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island County;

    Bryant Cottage State Historic Site, Piatt County;


    Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site, St. Clair County;

    Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, in Madison and St. 
        Clair
Counties (however, the Illinois State Museum 
        shall act as curator of
artifacts pursuant to the 
        provisions of the Archaeological and
Paleontological 
        Resources Protection Act);

    Crenshaw House State Historic Site, Gallatin County; 
    Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site, Sangamon County;

    David Davis Mansion State Historic Site, McLean County;

    Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Cook County;

    Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, Randolph County;

    Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site, Randolph County;

    Grand Village of the Illinois, LaSalle County;

    U. S. Grant Home State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County;

    Hotel Florence, Cook County;

    Jarrot Mansion State Historic Site, St. Clair County;

    Jubilee College State Historic Site, Peoria County;
    Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site, Massac and Pope 
        Counties;
    Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, Madison County; 

    Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, Sangamon 
        County;

    Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Coles County;

    Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, Menard County;

    Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, Sangamon County;
    Martin Boismenue House State Historic Site, St. Clair 
        County; 

    Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site, Randolph County;

    Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site, Woodford County;

    Moore Home State Historic Site, Coles County;

    Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site, Logan 
        County;

    Old Market House State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County;

    Old State Capitol State Historic Site, Sangamon County;

    Postville Courthouse State Historic Site, Logan County;

    Pullman Factory, Cook County;

    Rose Hotel, Hardin County;

    Carl Sandburg State Historic Site, Knox County;

    Shawneetown Bank State Historic Site, Gallatin County;

    Vachel Lindsay Home, Sangamon County;

    Vandalia State House State Historic Site, Fayette County; 
        and

    Washburne House State Historic Site, Jo Daviess County.

 

State Memorials


    Buel House, Pope County; 
    Campbell's Island State Memorial, Rock Island County;

    Governor Bond State Memorial, Randolph County;

    Governor Coles State Memorial, Madison County;

    Governor Horner State Memorial, Cook County;

    Governor Small State Memorial, Kankakee County;

    Illinois Vietnam Veterans State Memorial, Sangamon County;

    Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial, Randolph County;

    Korean War Memorial, Sangamon County;


    Lincoln Monument State Memorial, Lee County;

    Lincoln Trail State Memorial, Lawrence County;

    Lovejoy State Memorial, Madison County;

    Norwegian Settlers State Memorial, LaSalle County;

    Wild Bill Hickok State Memorial, LaSalle County; and
    World War II Veterans Memorial, Sangamon County. 

 

Miscellaneous Properties



    Emerald Mound, St. Clair County;

    Halfway Tavern, Marion County; and 

    Hofmann Tower, Cook County.


(Source: P.A. 102-246, eff. 1-1-22.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2711)



    Sec. 11. 
The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall exercise all
rights, powers and duties

vested in the Department of Conservation by the "Illinois 
Historic
Preservation Act", approved August 14, 1976, as 
amended.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/12)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2712)



    Sec. 12. 
The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall exercise all
rights, powers and duties

vested in the Department of Conservation by Section 63a34 of 
the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois (renumbered; now 
Section 805-220 of the
Department of Natural Resources 
(Conservation) Law, 20 ILCS 805/805-220).

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/13)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2713)



    Sec. 13. 
The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall exercise all
rights, powers and duties

vested in the Department of Conservation by "An Act relating 
to the
planning, acquisition and development of outdoor 
recreation resources and
facilities, and authorizing the 
participation by the State of Illinois its
political 
subdivisions and qualified participants in programs of Federal

assistance relating thereto", approved July 6, 1965, as 
amended, solely as
it relates to the powers, rights, duties 
and obligations heretofore
exercised by the Department of 
Conservation over historically significant
properties and 
interests of the State.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/14)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2714)



    Sec. 14. 
The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall exercise all
rights,
powers and duties 
set forth
in Sections 10-40 through 10-85 of the Property Tax 
Code.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2715)



    Sec. 15. 
The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall exercise all
rights, powers and duties

vested in the Department of Conservation by Section 4-201.5 of 
the
"Illinois Highway Code", approved June 8, 1959, as 
amended, solely as it
relates to access to historic sites and 
memorials designated pursuant to this
Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 



    (20 ILCS 3405/16)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2716)



    Sec. 16. The Historic Sites and Preservation Division of 
the Department
shall have the following
additional powers:

        (a) To hire agents and employees necessary to carry 
    out the duties and
purposes of this Act the Historic Sites 
    and Preservation Division of the Department.

        (b) To take all measures necessary to erect, maintain, 
    preserve, restore,
and conserve all State Historic Sites 
    and State Memorials, except when
supervision and 
    maintenance is otherwise provided by law.  This

    authorization includes the power to enter
into contracts, 
    acquire and
dispose of real and personal property, and 
    enter into leases of real and
personal property. The 
    Department has the power to acquire, for purposes 
    authorized by law, any real property in fee simple subject 
    to a life estate in the seller in not more than 3 acres of 
    the real property acquired, subject to the restrictions 
    that the life estate shall be used for residential 
    purposes only and that it shall be non-transferable.


        (c) To provide recreational facilities, including 
    campsites, lodges and
cabins, trails, picnic areas, and 
    related recreational facilities, at all
sites under the 
    jurisdiction of the Department.

        (d) To lay out, construct, and maintain all needful 
    roads, parking areas,
paths or trails, bridges, camp or 
    lodge sites, picnic areas, lodges and
cabins, and any 
    other structures and improvements necessary and 
    appropriate
in any State historic site or easement 
    thereto; and to provide water
supplies, heat and light, 
    and sanitary facilities for the public and living
quarters 
    for the custodians and keepers of State historic sites.

        (e) To grant licenses and rights-of-way within the 
    areas controlled
by the Historic Sites and Preservation 
    Division of the Department for the
construction, 
    operation,
and maintenance upon,
under or across the 
    property, of facilities for water, sewage, telephone,

    telegraph, electric, gas, or other public service, subject 
    to the terms and
conditions as may be determined by the 
    Department.

        (f) To authorize the officers, employees, and agents 
    of the Historic Sites
and Preservation
Division of the 
    Department,
for the purposes of investigation and to 
    exercise the rights,
powers, and duties vested and that 
    may be vested in it, to enter and cross
all lands and 
    waters in this State, doing no damage to private property.

        (g) To transfer jurisdiction of or exchange any realty 
    under the
control of the Historic Sites and Preservation 
    Division of the Department to
any other Department of
the 
    State Government,
or to any agency of the Federal 
    Government, or to acquire or accept Federal
lands, when 
    any transfer, exchange, acquisition, or acceptance is

    advantageous to the State and is approved in writing by 
    the Governor.

        (h) To erect, supervise, and maintain all public 
    monuments and memorials
erected by the State, except when 
    the supervision and maintenance of
public monuments and 
    memorials is otherwise provided by law.

        (i) To accept, hold, maintain, and administer, as 
    trustee, property given
in trust for educational or 
    historic purposes for the benefit of the People
of the 
    State of Illinois and to dispose of
any property under the 
    terms of the
instrument creating the trust.

        (j) To lease concessions on any property under the 
    jurisdiction of the
Department for a period not exceeding 
    25 years and to lease a concession
complex at Lincoln's 
    New Salem State Historic Site for which a cash
incentive 
    has been authorized under Section 5.1 of this Act for a 
    period not to exceed 40 years.  All
leases, for whatever 
    period, shall be made subject to the written approval
of 
    the Governor.  All concession leases extending for a period 
    in excess of
10 years, will contain provisions for the 
    Department to participate, on a
percentage basis, in the 
    revenues generated by any concession operation.

        The Department is authorized to allow for provisions 
    for a reserve account and a leasehold account within 
    Department concession lease agreements for the purpose of 
    setting aside revenues for the maintenance, 
    rehabilitation, repair, improvement, and replacement of 
    the concession facility, structure, and equipment of the 
    Department that are part of the leased premises.
        The lessee shall be required to pay into the reserve 
    account a percentage of gross receipts, as set forth in 
    the lease, to be set aside and expended in a manner 
    acceptable to the Department by the concession lessee for 
    the purpose of ensuring that an appropriate amount of the 
    lessee's moneys are provided by the lessee to satisfy the 
    lessee's incurred responsibilities for the operation of 
    the concession facility under the terms and conditions of 
    the concession lease.
        The lessee account shall allow for the amortization of 
    certain authorized expenses that are incurred by the 
    concession lessee but that are not an obligation of the 
    lessee under the terms and conditions of the lease 
    agreement.  The Department may allow a reduction of up to 
    50% of the monthly rent due for the purpose of enabling the 
    recoupment of the lessee's authorized expenditures during 
    the term of the lease.

        (k) To sell surplus agricultural products grown on 
    land owned by or
under the jurisdiction of the Historic 
    Sites and Preservation Division of
the Department, when 
    the
products cannot be used
by the Department.

        (l) To enforce the laws of the State and the rules and 
    regulations of the Department
 in or on any lands owned, 
    leased, or managed by the Historic Sites and
Preservation

    Division of the Department.

        (m) To cooperate with private organizations and 
    agencies of the
State of Illinois by providing areas and 
    the use of staff personnel
where feasible for the sale of 
    publications on the historic and cultural
heritage of the 
    State and craft items made by Illinois craftsmen.  These

    sales shall not conflict with existing concession 
    agreements.  The
Historic Sites and Preservation Division 
    of the Department is authorized to
negotiate with the

    organizations and
agencies for a portion of the monies 
    received from sales to be returned
to the Historic Sites 
    and Preservation Division of the Department's Historic

    Sites Fund
for the
furtherance of interpretive
and 
    restoration programs.

        (n) To establish local bank or savings and loan 
    association
accounts, upon the written authorization of 
    the Director, to temporarily
hold income received at any 
    of its properties. The local accounts
established under 
    this Section shall be in the name of the Department and 
    shall be subject to regular audits.  The balance in
a local 
    bank or savings and loan association account shall be 
    forwarded to
the Department for deposit with the State 
    Treasurer on Monday of each week if
the amount to be 
    deposited in a fund exceeds $500.

        No bank or savings and loan association shall receive 
    public funds as
permitted by this Section, unless it has 
    complied with the requirements
established under Section 6 
    of the Public Funds Investment Act.

        (o) To accept offers of gifts,
gratuities, or grants 
    from the federal
government, its agencies, or offices, or 
    from any person, firm, or
corporation.

        (p) To make reasonable rules and regulations as may be 
    necessary to
discharge the duties of the Department.

        (q) With appropriate cultural organizations, to 
    further and advance the
goals of the Department.

        (r) To make grants for the purposes of planning, 
    survey, rehabilitation,
restoration, reconstruction, 
    landscaping, and acquisition of Illinois
properties (i) 
    designated individually in the National
Register of 
    Historic Places, (ii) designated as a landmark under a 
    county or
municipal landmark ordinance, or (iii) located 
    within a National Register of
Historic Places historic 
    district or a locally designated historic district
when 
    the Director determines that the property is of historic 
    significance
whenever an
appropriation is made therefor by 
    the General Assembly or whenever gifts or
grants are 
    received for that purpose and to promulgate
regulations as 
    may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes
of 
    the grants.

        Grantees may, as prescribed by rule, be required to 
    provide matching funds
for each grant.  Grants made under 
    this subsection shall be known as Illinois
Heritage 
    Grants.

        Every owner of a historic property, or the owner's 
    agent, is eligible to
apply for a grant under this 
    subsection.

        (s) To establish and implement a pilot program for 
    charging admission to
State historic sites.  Fees may be 
    charged for special events, admissions, and
parking or any 
    combination; fees may be charged at all sites or selected 
    sites.
All fees shall be deposited into the Illinois 
    Historic Sites Fund.  The
Historic Sites and Preservation 
    Division of the Department
shall have the discretion to 
    set and adjust reasonable fees at the various
sites, 
    taking into consideration various factors, including, but 
    not limited to:
cost of services furnished to each 
    visitor, impact of fees on attendance and
tourism, and the 
    costs expended collecting the fees.  The Department
 shall 
    keep
careful records of the income and expenses resulting 
    from the imposition of
fees, shall keep records as to the 
    attendance at each historic site, and shall
report to the 
    Governor and General Assembly by January 31 after the 
    close of
each year.  The report shall include information 
    on costs, expenses,
attendance, comments by visitors, and 
    any other information the Department
 may
believe 
    pertinent, including:

            (1) Recommendations as to whether fees should be 
        continued at each State
historic site.

            (2) How the fees should be structured and imposed.

            (3) Estimates of revenues and expenses associated 
        with each site.

        (t) To provide for overnight tent and trailer 
    campsites and to provide
suitable housing facilities for 
    student and juvenile overnight camping
groups.  The 
    Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Department 
    shall
charge rates similar to those
charged by the 
    Department
 for the same or similar facilities and 
    services.

        (u) To engage in marketing activities designed to 
    promote the sites and
programs administered by the 
    Department.  In
undertaking these activities, the 
    Department
 may take all necessary steps with respect
to 
    products and services,
including, but not limited to, 
    retail sales, wholesale sales, direct marketing,
mail 
    order sales, telephone sales, advertising and promotion, 
    purchase of
product and materials inventory, design, 
    printing and manufacturing of new
products, reproductions, 
    and adaptations, copyright and trademark licensing and

    royalty agreements, and payment of applicable taxes.  In 
    addition, the Department
shall have the authority to sell 
    advertising in its publications and printed
materials.  All 
    income from marketing
activities shall be deposited into 
    the Illinois Historic Sites Fund.

(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

 
    Section 15. The Illinois State Agency Historic Resources 
Preservation Act is amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 3420/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c25)



    Sec. 5. Responsibilities of the Department of Natural 
Resources,
Division of Historic Preservation.
    (a) The Director shall include in the Department's
 annual 
report an outline of State agency actions on which comment
was 
requested or issued under this Act.

    (b) The Director shall maintain a current list of all 
historic resources
owned, operated, or leased by the State and 
appropriate maps indicating the
location of all such 
resources.  These maps shall be in a form available to
the 
public and State agencies, except that the location of 
archaeological
resources shall be excluded.

    (c) The Director shall make rules and issue appropriate 
guidelines to
implement this Act.  These shall include, but not 
be limited to,
regulations for holding on-site inspections, 
public information meetings
and procedures for consultation, 
mediation, and resolutions by the
Committee pursuant to 
subsections (e) and (f) of Section 4.

    (d) The Director shall (1) assist, to the fullest extent 
possible, the
State agencies in their identification of 
properties for inclusion in an
inventory of historic 
resources, including provision of criteria for
evaluation; (2) 
provide information concerning professional methods and

techniques for preserving, improving, restoring, and 
maintaining historic
resources when requested by State 
agencies; and (3) help facilitate State
agency compliance with 
this Act.

    (e) The Director shall monitor the implementation of 
actions of each
State agency which have an effect, either 
adverse or beneficial, on an
historic resource.

    (f) The Department of Natural Resources shall manage and 
control the preservation, conservation,
inventory,
and 
analysis of fine and decorative arts, furnishings, and 
artifacts of the
Illinois Executive
Mansion in Springfield, 
the Governor's offices in the Capitol in Springfield
and the 
James
R. Thompson Center in Chicago, and the Hayes House in 
DuQuoin.
The Department of Natural Resources shall manage the 
preservation and conservation of the
buildings and
grounds of 
the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield.
The Governor 
shall appoint a
Curator
of the Executive Mansion, with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, to assist
the Department of 
Natural Resources in
carrying
out the duties under this item 
(f).
The person
appointed Curator must have experience in 
historic preservation or as a
curator.
The Curator shall serve 
at the pleasure of the Governor.
The Governor shall determine 
the compensation of the Curator, which shall not
be diminished 
during the term of appointment.

(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)

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


Effective Date:  5/27/2022