103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3299

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3915/4.4 new

    Amends the Arts Council Act. Requires the Illinois Arts Council, subject to appropriation, to establish a statewide arts and humanities initiative to capture current Illinois culture, values, and beauty. Specifies that the initiative shall begin on January 1, 2025 and shall end on December 31, 2025. Authorizes eligible applicants to submit art and humanities project ideas to the Council from July 1, 2024 through September 1, 2024. Allows the Illinois Arts Council to consult with the Illinois Humanities Council, Inc., and other arts and cultural institutions in the development of the initiative and to adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the initiative. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Arts Council Act is amended by adding
5Section 4.4 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3915/4.4 new)
7    Sec. 4.4. Arts and humanities initiative. Subject to
8appropriation, the Council shall establish a statewide arts
9and humanities initiative to capture current Illinois culture,
10values, and beauty. Inspired by arts and humanities projects
11undertaken in the 1930s and funded by the federal government,
12this initiative is intended to capture Illinois as it is today
13so that children and future Illinoisans can look back in time
14and understand what the State was like in 2025. The initiative
15shall begin on January 1, 2025 and shall end on December 31,
162025. Eligible applicants may submit art and humanities
17project ideas to the Council from July 1, 2024 through
18September 1, 2024. The Council may consult with the Illinois
19Humanities Council, Inc., and other arts and cultural
20institutions in the development of the initiative and may
21adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the
22initiative established under this Section, including, but not
23limited to, rules establishing criteria for the selection of

 

 

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1projects to be funded by the State.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.