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1 | AN ACT concerning museums.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing
Section 1-25 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 801/1-25)
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7 | Sec. 1-25. Powers of the scientific surveys and State | ||||||
8 | Museum.
In addition to its other powers and duties, the | ||||||
9 | Department shall
have the following powers and duties which | ||||||
10 | shall be performed by the
scientific surveys and the State | ||||||
11 | Museum:
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12 | (1) To investigate and study the natural resources of | ||||||
13 | the State and
to prepare printed reports and furnish | ||||||
14 | information fundamental to the
conservation and | ||||||
15 | development of natural resources and for that purpose
the | ||||||
16 | officers and employees thereof may, pursuant to rule | ||||||
17 | adopted by the
Department, enter and cross all lands in | ||||||
18 | this State, doing
no damage to private property.
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19 | (2) To cooperate with and advise departments having | ||||||
20 | administrative
powers and duties relating to the natural | ||||||
21 | resources of the State, and to
cooperate with similar | ||||||
22 | departments in other states and with the United
States | ||||||
23 | Government.
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24 | (3) To conduct a natural history survey of the State, | ||||||
25 | giving
preference to subjects of educational and | ||||||
26 | economical importance.
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27 | (4) To publish, from time to time, reports covering the | ||||||
28 | entire field
of zoology and botany of the State.
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29 | (5) To supply natural history specimens to the State | ||||||
30 | educational
institutions and to the public schools.
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31 | (6) To investigate the entomology of the State.
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32 | (7) To investigate all insects dangerous or injurious |
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1 | to
agricultural or horticultural plants and crops, | ||||||
2 | livestock, to nursery
trees and plants, to the products of | ||||||
3 | the truck farm and vegetable
garden, to shade trees and | ||||||
4 | other ornamental vegetation of cities and
villages, to the | ||||||
5 | products of the mills and the contents of warehouses,
and | ||||||
6 | all insects injurious or dangerous to the public health.
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7 | (8) To conduct experiments with methods for the | ||||||
8 | prevention, arrest,
abatement and control of insects | ||||||
9 | injurious to persons or property.
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10 | (9) To instruct the people, by lecture, demonstration | ||||||
11 | or bulletin,
in the best methods of preserving and | ||||||
12 | protecting their property and
health against injuries by | ||||||
13 | insects.
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14 | (10) To publish, from time to time, articles on the | ||||||
15 | injurious and
beneficial insects of the State.
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16 | (11) To study the geological formation of the State | ||||||
17 | with reference
to its resources of coal, ores, clays, | ||||||
18 | building stones, cement,
materials suitable for use in the | ||||||
19 | construction of roads, gas, mineral
and artesian water and | ||||||
20 | other products.
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21 | (12) To publish, from time to time, topographical, | ||||||
22 | geological and
other maps to illustrate resources of the | ||||||
23 | State.
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24 | (13) To publish, from time to time, bulletins giving a | ||||||
25 | general and
detailed description of the geological and | ||||||
26 | mineral resources, including
water resources, of the | ||||||
27 | State.
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28 | (14) To cooperate with United States federal agencies | ||||||
29 | in the preparation
and completion of a contour topographic | ||||||
30 | map and the collection, recording
and printing of water and | ||||||
31 | atmospheric resource data including stream flow
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32 | measurements and to collect facts and data concerning the | ||||||
33 | volumes and flow
of underground, surface and atmospheric | ||||||
34 | waters of the State and to
determine the mineral qualities | ||||||
35 | of water from different geological
formations and surface | ||||||
36 | and atmospheric waters for the various sections of
the |
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1 | State.
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2 | (15) To publish, from time to time, the results of its
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3 | investigations of the mineral qualities, volumes and flow | ||||||
4 | of underground
and surface waters of the State to the end | ||||||
5 | that the available water
resources of the State may be | ||||||
6 | better known and to make mineral analyses
of samples of | ||||||
7 | water from municipal or private sources giving no opinion
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8 | from those analyses of the hygienic, physiological or | ||||||
9 | medicinal
qualities of such waters.
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10 | (16) To act as the central data repository and research | ||||||
11 | coordinator
for the State in matters related to water and | ||||||
12 | atmospheric resources.
The State Water Survey Division of | ||||||
13 | the Department may monitor and evaluate
all weather | ||||||
14 | modification operations in Illinois.
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15 | (17) To distribute, in its discretion, to the various | ||||||
16 | educational
institutions of the State, specimens, samples, | ||||||
17 | and materials collected
by it after the same have served | ||||||
18 | the purposes of the Department.
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19 | (18) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of | ||||||
20 | Science and to
publish a suitable number of the results of | ||||||
21 | the investigations and
research in the field of natural | ||||||
22 | science to the end that the same may be
distributed to the | ||||||
23 | interested public.
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24 | (19) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and | ||||||
25 | preserve objects
of scientific and artistic value, | ||||||
26 | representing past and present fauna
and flora, the life and | ||||||
27 | work of man, geological history, natural
resources, and the | ||||||
28 | manufacturing and fine arts; to interpret for and
educate | ||||||
29 | the public concerning the foregoing.
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30 | (20) To cooperate with the Illinois State Museum | ||||||
31 | Society for the
mutual benefit of the Museum and the | ||||||
32 | Society, with the Museum furnishing
necessary space for the | ||||||
33 | Society to carry on its functions and keep its
records, | ||||||
34 | and, upon the recommendation of the Museum Director with | ||||||
35 | the
approval of the Board of State Museum Advisors and the | ||||||
36 | Director of the
Department, to enter into agreements with |
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1 | the Illinois State Museum
Society for the operation of a | ||||||
2 | sales counter and other concessions for
the mutual benefit | ||||||
3 | of the Museum and the Society.
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4 | (21) To accept grants of property and to hold property | ||||||
5 | to be
administered as part of the State Museum for the | ||||||
6 | purpose of
preservation, research of interpretation of | ||||||
7 | significant areas within the
State for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | preserving, studying and interpreting
archaeological and | ||||||
9 | natural phenomena.
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10 | (22) To contribute to and support the operations, | ||||||
11 | programs
and capital development of public museums in this | ||||||
12 | State.
For the purposes of this Section, "public museum" | ||||||
13 | means a facility: (A) that
is operating for the purposes of | ||||||
14 | promoting cultural development
through
special activities | ||||||
15 | or programs or through performing arts that are
performed | ||||||
16 | in an indoor setting , and acquiring,
conserving, | ||||||
17 | preserving,
studying, interpreting, enhancing, and in | ||||||
18 | particular, organizing and
continuously exhibiting | ||||||
19 | specimens, artifacts, articles, documents and
other things | ||||||
20 | of historical, anthropological, archaeological, | ||||||
21 | industrial,
scientific or artistic import, to the public | ||||||
22 | for its instruction and
enjoyment, and (B) that either (i) | ||||||
23 | is operated by or located upon land
owned by a unit of | ||||||
24 | local
government
or (ii) is a museum that has an annual | ||||||
25 | indoor attendance of at least
150,000 and
offers | ||||||
26 | educational programs to school groups during school hours.
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27 | A museum is eligible to receive funds for capital | ||||||
28 | development under
this subdivision
(22) only if it is | ||||||
29 | operated by or located upon land owned by a unit of local
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30 | government or if it is certified by a unit of local
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31 | government in
which it is located as a public museum | ||||||
32 | meeting the criteria of this Section.
Recipients of funds | ||||||
33 | for capital development under
this subdivision (22) shall | ||||||
34 | match State funds with local or private funding
according | ||||||
35 | to the following:
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36 | (a) for a public museum with an attendance of |
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1 | 300,000 or less during the
preceding calendar year, no | ||||||
2 | match is required;
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3 | (b) for a public museum with an attendance of over | ||||||
4 | 300,000 but less than
600,000 during the preceding | ||||||
5 | calendar year, the match must be at a ratio of $1
from | ||||||
6 | local and
private funds for every $1 in State funds; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | (c) for a public museum with an attendance of over | ||||||
9 | 600,000 during the
preceding calendar year, the match | ||||||
10 | must be at a ratio of $2 from local and
private funds | ||||||
11 | for every
$1 in State funds.
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12 | The Department shall formulate rules and regulations | ||||||
13 | relating to the
allocation of any funds appropriated by the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly for the
purpose of contributing to the | ||||||
15 | support of public museums in this State.
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16 | (23) To perform all other duties and assume all | ||||||
17 | obligations of the former
Department of Energy and Natural | ||||||
18 | Resources and the former Department of
Registration and | ||||||
19 | Education pertaining to the State Water Survey, the State
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20 | Geological Survey, the State Natural History Survey, and | ||||||
21 | the State Museum.
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22 | (24) To maintain all previously existing relationships | ||||||
23 | between the
State Water Survey, State Geological Survey, | ||||||
24 | and State Natural History
Survey and the public and private | ||||||
25 | colleges and universities in Illinois.
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26 | (25) To participate in federal geologic mapping | ||||||
27 | programs.
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28 | (Source: P.A. 92-606, eff. 6-28-02.)
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