Rep. Sue Scherer
Filed: 5/14/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 922 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 922 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 20-10 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 801/20-10)



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

8    (a) Within the Department there shall be a Board of the 
9Illinois State
Museum, composed of 11 persons, one of whom 
10shall be a senior citizen age 60 or
over.  The Board shall be 
11composed of 9 representatives of the natural
sciences, 
12anthropology, art, and business, qualified by at least 10 
13years of
experience in practicing or teaching their several 
14professions; one senior
citizen; and the Director of Natural 
15Resources or the Director's designee.
Members of the Board 
16shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent 
 
 
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1of the Senate and shall serve for 2-year terms.

2    The transfer of the Board to the Department under this Act 
3does not terminate
or otherwise affect the term of membership 
4of any member of the Board, except
that the former Director of 
5Energy and Natural Resources is replaced by the
Director of 
6Natural Resources.

7    (b) The Board shall:


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


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


14        (3) (blank); fix the salaries of the administrative, 
15    scientific, and technical
staff of the Illinois State 
16    Museum; and


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

21    (c) (Blank). The approval of the Board of the Illinois 
22State Museum is necessary for
the appointment of the 
23administrative, scientific, and technical staff of the

24Illinois State Museum and for the making of any change in the 
25salary of any
person on that staff.

26(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

 
 
 
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1    Section 10. The Illinois Conservation Foundation Act is 
2amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



3    (20 ILCS 880/5)



4    Sec. 5. Creation of Foundation. The General Assembly 
5authorizes the
Department of Natural Resources, in accordance 
6with
Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to 
7create the Illinois
Conservation Foundation.  Under this 
8authority, the Department of Natural
Resources shall create 
9the Illinois Conservation Foundation
as a not-for-profit 
10foundation.  The Department shall file
articles of 
11incorporation as required under the General Not For Profit

12Corporation Act of 1986 to create the Foundation.  The

13Foundation's Board of Directors shall be appointed as follows:  
142 by the
President of the Illinois Senate; 2 by the Minority 
15Leader of the Illinois
Senate; 2 by the Speaker of the Illinois 
16House of Representatives; 2 by the
Minority Leader of the 
17Illinois House of Representatives; and 4 by the
Governor. Each 
18appointing individual shall have: one two-year term and one 
19three-year term appointment. The Governor shall have 4 
20four-year term appointments.  Vacancies shall be filled by the 
21official who made the
recommendation for the vacated 
22appointment.  The Director of Natural
Resources shall chair the 
23Board of Directors of the Foundation.  No member of
the Board
of 
24Directors may receive compensation for his or her services to 
 
 
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1the
Foundation.

2(Source: P.A. 88-591, eff. 8-20-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".