Bill Text: IL SB3585 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Authorizes the Illinois State Museum to cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of Science and the Illinois State Museum Society, but the cooperation does not grant any special rights, authority, or privileges to the Academy or Society. Removes the Board of the Illinois State Museum Society as the governing board and replaces it with the Department of Natural Resources. Changes the makeup of the Board as follows: the Board shall be composed of 11 persons who shall be appointed by the Governor; any members appointed before July 1, 2026 shall serve the full term for which they were appointed, unless removed by the Governor; on or after July 1, 2026, 9 members shall have at least 5 years of experience practicing or teaching in natural sciences, anthropology, art, history, or business, and shall be from diverse backgrounds and geographical locations across the State of Illinois and 2 members shall be representatives of community-based organizations, irrespective of background and experience; starting on July 1, 2026, the makeup of the Board shall consist of 6 individuals from a historically marginalized identity; all members appointed after January 1, 2025 shall serve for 2-year terms; and the Governor shall be entitled to remove any member due to incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3585 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3585-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3585 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 801/1-25
20 ILCS 801/20-5
20 ILCS 801/20-10
20 ILCS 801/20-15
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Authorizes the Illinois State Museum to cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of Science and the Illinois State Museum Society, but the cooperation does not grant any special rights, authority, or privileges to the Academy or Society. Deletes the Board of the Illinois State Museum Society as the governing board and replaces it with the Department of Natural Resources. Changes the makeup of the Board as follows: The Board shall be composed of 11 persons who shall be appointed by the Governor. Any members appointed before July 1, 2026 shall serve the full term for which they were appointed, unless removed by the Governor. On or after July 1, 2026, nine members shall have at least five years of experience practicing or teaching in natural sciences, anthropology, art, history or business, and shall be from diverse backgrounds and geographical locations across the State of Illinois and two members shall be representatives of community-based organizations, irrespective of background and experience. Starting on July 1, 2026, the makeup of the Board shall consist of six individuals from a historically marginalized identity. All members appointed after January 1, 2025 shall serve for two-year terms. The Governor shall be entitled to remove any member due to incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance. Makes other changes. 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 Sections 1-25, 20-5, 20-10, and 20-15 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 801/1-25)
Sec. 1-25. Illinois Powers of the State Museum (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 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 and for
purposes of upholding federal requirements under the
Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA).
(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, Tribal Nations, and with the
United States Government.
(3) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of
Science (Academy) 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 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 (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

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for the Society to carry on its functions and keep its
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 thereof), staff,
equipment, supplies, and 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 archaeological and
natural phenomena, history, and upholding NAGPRA
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.)
(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.)
(20 ILCS 801/20-10)

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Sec. 20-10. Board of the Illinois State Museum.
(a) Within the Department there shall be an Advisory a
Board (Board) of the Illinois State Museum. The Board shall be
, composed of 11 persons who shall be appointed by the
Governor. Any members appointed before July 1, 2026 shall
serve the full term for which they were appointed, unless
removed by the Governor. On or after 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 of Illinois and 2 members shall be
representatives of community-based organizations,
irrespective of background and experience. Starting on July 1,
2026, the makeup of the Board shall consist of 6 individuals
from a historically marginalized identity. All members
appointed after January 1, 2025 shall serve for 2-year terms.
The Governor shall be entitled to remove any member due to
incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance 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.

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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 Board shall:
(1) advise the Director of the Department, or the
Director's designee, in all matters pertaining to
maintenance, extension and mission usefulness of the
Illinois State Museum, including but not limited to the
needs for capital development projects, assisting with
long-term planning for the State Museum, and other large
scale operational changes, provided that such matters
shall be determined and defined solely by the State
Museum;
(2) make advisory recommendations concerning the
appointment of a new State Museum museum director whenever
a vacancy occurs in that position, provided 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: (1) determining
how and when to involve or employ an individual or
business to aid in conducting a search for interested and
qualified individuals; (2) identifying qualified
individuals; (3) interviewing said individuals; (4) making
an offer of employment to the selected individual; and (5)

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determining the compensation of the new State Museum
Director; and
(3) (blank);
(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.)
(20 ILCS 801/20-15)
Sec. 20-15. Monies Collected by the Illinois State Museum
Entrance fee. All monies 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 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.)