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| Public Act 103-0835
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| HB4838 Enrolled | LRB103 36930 JAG 67044 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is |
amended by changing Sections 1-25, 20-5, 20-10, and 20-15 as |
follows:
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(20 ILCS 801/1-25) |
Sec. 1-25. Powers of the Illinois 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 and |
histories of the State and to prepare printed reports and |
furnish information fundamental to the conservation and |
development of natural resources, and, for that purpose |
and for the purpose of upholding federal requirements |
under the Native American Grave Protection and |
Repatriation Act, 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 |
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resources of the State, and to cooperate with similar |
departments in other states, with tribal nations, 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. This cooperation shall not grant any |
special rights, authority, or privileges to the Academy. |
(4) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and |
preserve objects of scientific, historic, and artistic |
value, representing past and present fauna and flora, the |
life and work of humankind man, geological history, |
natural resources, and the manufacturing and fine arts; to |
welcome visitors of all ages to the State Museum; and to |
interpret for and educate the public concerning the |
foregoing. The State Museum shall work with Native |
Americans to create an interpretation of Native American |
histories and art directed by tribal partners. |
(5) At the sole discretion of the Department, the |
State Museum may To cooperate with the Illinois State |
Museum Society for the mutual benefit of the State Museum. |
This cooperation shall not grant any special rights, |
authority, or privileges to the Society. Upon and the |
Society, with the Museum furnishing necessary space for |
the Society to carry on its functions and keep its |
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records, and, upon the recommendation of the State Museum |
Director with the approval of the Board of State Museum |
Advisors and the Director of the Department, the State |
Museum may 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 State |
Museum and the Society. The State Museum may enter into |
agreements with the Society for programs at or outside the |
State Museum. The Society shall be solely responsible for |
its own budget and the preparation of the budget, its |
staff, its equipment, its supplies, and its programs. |
(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 history and |
archaeological and natural phenomena and for the purpose |
of upholding Native American Grave Protection and |
Repatriation Act requirements. |
(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, |
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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 |
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(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. 102-1005, eff. 5-27-22.)
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(20 ILCS 801/20-5) |
Sec. 20-5. State Museum. 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. |
(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999.)
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(20 ILCS 801/20-10) |
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Sec. 20-10. Advisory Board of the Illinois State Museum. |
(a) Within the Department there shall be an Advisory a |
Board of the Illinois State Museum. The Advisory Board shall |
be , composed of 11 persons who shall be appointed by the |
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any |
members appointed before July 1, 2026 shall serve the full |
term for which they were appointed, unless removed by the |
Governor. Beginning on July 1, 2026, 9 members shall have at |
least 5 years of experience practicing or teaching in , 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, history, or and business and shall be from |
diverse backgrounds and geographical locations across the |
State; and 2 members shall be representatives of |
community-based organizations, irrespective of background and |
experience. Beginning on July 1, 2026, the Board shall include |
6 individuals from a historically marginalized identity , |
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. |
All members appointed after January 1, 2025 shall serve for |
2-year 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 Governor shall be entitled to remove any |
member due to incompetency, dereliction of duty, or |
malfeasance. |
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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 Advisory Board shall: |
(1) advise the Director of the Department, or the |
Director's designee, in all matters pertaining to the |
maintenance, the extension, and the mission usefulness of |
the Illinois State Museum, including, but not limited to, |
the needs for capital development projects, assistance |
with long-term planning for the State Museum, and other |
large-scale operational changes, except that these matters |
shall be determined and shall be defined solely by the |
State Museum; |
(2) make recommendations concerning the appointment of |
a new State Museum museum director whenever a vacancy |
occurs in that position, except that the Department shall |
have the sole authority to determine the process used to |
identify and employ a new State Museum director, |
including, but not limited to, the authority to determine |
how and when to involve or employ an individual or |
business to aid in conducting a search for interested and |
qualified candidates; to identify qualified candidates; to |
interview candidates; to make an offer of employment to |
the selected candidate; and to determine the compensation |
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of the new State Museum Director; and |
(3) (blank);and |
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(4) review the budget of the Illinois State Museum and |
make recommendations to with reference thereto to the |
Governor through the Director of the Department. |
(c) (Blank). |
(Source: P.A. 102-303, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1005, eff. 5-27-22.)
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(20 ILCS 801/20-15) |
Sec. 20-15. Moneys collected by the Illinois State Museum |
Entrance fee. All moneys paid to, collected by, or donated to |
the State Museum The Department may set by administrative rule |
an entrance fee for visitors to the Illinois State Museum. 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 moneys 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.)
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