Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 4/26/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2377
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2377 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be | ||||||
5 | cited as the Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act: | ||||||
7 | (a) "Commission" means the Supreme Court Historic | ||||||
8 | Preservation Commission. | ||||||
9 | (b) "Court" means the Illinois Supreme Court. | ||||||
10 | Section 10. Supreme Court Historic Preservation | ||||||
11 | Commission; creation; commissioners; appointments; terms; | ||||||
12 | compensation. | ||||||
13 | (a) The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission is | ||||||
14 | created. | ||||||
15 | (b) The Commission shall consist of 9 commissioners, one of |
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1 | whom shall be the Administrative Director of the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Courts. Two shall be appointed by the Court; 2 shall be | ||||||
3 | appointed by the Governor; 2 shall be appointed by the | ||||||
4 | President of the Senate; and 2 shall be appointed by the | ||||||
5 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Court shall | ||||||
6 | designate one member of the Commission as chairperson. | ||||||
7 | (c) The terms of the initial appointed commissioners shall | ||||||
8 | commence upon qualification. Each appointing authority shall | ||||||
9 | designate one appointee who shall serve for a 2-year term | ||||||
10 | running through June 30, 2009. Each appointing authority shall | ||||||
11 | designate one appointee who shall serve for a 4-year term | ||||||
12 | running through June 30, 2011. The initial appointments shall | ||||||
13 | be made within 60 days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
14 | (d) After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for | ||||||
15 | 4-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment | ||||||
16 | and running through June 30 of the fourth following year. | ||||||
17 | Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent | ||||||
18 | terms. | ||||||
19 | (e) Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term | ||||||
20 | shall be filled by the appointing
authority only for the | ||||||
21 | balance of the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant. | ||||||
22 | (f) Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is | ||||||
23 | filled. | ||||||
24 | (g) The members of the Commission shall receive no | ||||||
25 | compensation for their service, except for their actual | ||||||
26 | expenses while in the discharge of their official duties. |
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1 | Section 15. Commission policy, powers, and duties. The | ||||||
2 | Commission shall assist and advise the Court in regard to the | ||||||
3 | acquisition, collection, documentation, preservation, | ||||||
4 | cataloging, and related matters with respect to historic | ||||||
5 | aspects of buildings, objects, artifacts, documents, and | ||||||
6 | information, regardless of form, relating to the Illinois | ||||||
7 | judiciary. | ||||||
8 | Section 20. Supreme Court Historic Preservation Fund. The | ||||||
9 | Supreme Court Historic Preservation Fund is created as a | ||||||
10 | special fund in the State treasury. All monies received by the | ||||||
11 | Commission, including but not limited to, grants, gifts, | ||||||
12 | donations, bequests, fees, admissions, sales, and concessions, | ||||||
13 | from any source, including private, public, governmental, and | ||||||
14 | individual, shall be deposited into the Supreme Court Historic | ||||||
15 | Preservation Fund. Subject to appropriation, the monies in the | ||||||
16 | fund shall be used by the Commission as deemed appropriate for | ||||||
17 | historic preservation and related purposes, including the | ||||||
18 | hiring of necessary staff. | ||||||
19 | Section 25. Annual Report. The Commission shall provide a | ||||||
20 | report of its fiscal and programmatic activities to the Court, | ||||||
21 | the Governor, and the General Assembly, on or before January | ||||||
22 | 31, 2008, and annually thereafter. |
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1 | Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
2 | Section 5.675 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 5.675. The Supreme Court Historic Preservation | ||||||
5 | Fund. ".
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