97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1076
 
Introduced 02/03/11, by Rep. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
5 ILCS 460/213 new
30 ILCS 105/5.786 new

     Amends the State Designations Act. Prohibits the non-trivial costs associated with the production or installation of an honorary memorial, monument, plaque, sign, or similar item, including those costs arising as a  result of the passage of a resolution or joint resolution of the Illinois House of Representatives calling for the production or installation of such an item, from being paid by the State unless (i) a law passed by the General Assembly expressly provides for the payment of those costs by the State or (ii) the person being honored has by gift  or bequest made a donation that is being recognized by the production and installation of that item.  Authorizes the State Treasurer to accept payment for these production and installation costs from an honoree or his or her agent. Requires the State Treasurer to deposit these moneys into the Honorary Designation Fund  and, after being notified in writing by  the honoree or his or her agent of the State agency that is ultimately responsible for producing and installing the item, to transfer  from the Fund and to that State agency the moneys deposited by that person for that purpose. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Honorary Designation Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Designations Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 213 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 460/213 new)
7    Sec. 213. Honorary designations; payment of costs by State. 
8The non-trivial costs associated with the production and 
9installation of an honorary memorial, monument, plaque, sign, 
10or similar item, including those costs arising as a  result of 
11the passage of a resolution or joint resolution of the Illinois 
12House of Representatives calling for the production or 
13installation of such an item, shall not  be paid by the State 
14unless (i) a law passed by the General Assembly expressly 
15provides for the payment of those costs by the State or (ii) 
16the person being honored has by gift or bequest  made a donation 
17that is being recognized by the production and installation of 
18that item.
19    The Honorary Designation Fund is created as  a special fund 
20in the State Treasury. The State Treasurer may accept payment 
21of the costs associated with the production and installation of 
22an honorary memorial, monument, plaque, sign, or similar item 
23from an honoree or his or her agent. The State Treasurer shall 
 
 
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1deposit into the Honorary Designation Fund moneys received 
2pursuant to this Section, and he or she shall, after being 
3notified in writing by  the honoree or his or her agent of the 
4State agency that is ultimately responsible for producing and 
5installing the item, transfer  from the Fund and to that State 
6agency the moneys deposited by that person for that purpose. 
7Interest attributable to moneys in the Fund shall be returned 
8to the Fund.
  
 
9    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
10Section 5.786 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
12    Sec. 5.786. The Honorary Designation Fund.