Bill Text: IL SB2161 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the State shall operate an Illinois State Museum in Springfield and at branch sites at Dickson Mounds, Lockport, Rend Lake, and the James R. Thompson Center. 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. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-31 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire [SB2161 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2161-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2161 Introduced 7/28/2015, by Sen. Andy Manar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 801/20-5
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the State shall operate an Illinois State Museum in Springfield and at branch sites at Dickson Mounds, Lockport, Rend Lake, and the James R. Thompson Center. 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. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 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 at
Dickson Mounds, Lockport, Rend Lake, and the James R. Thompson
Center. 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.
(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.