Public Act 093-0872
 		





HB5050 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning museums.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5.  The Department of Natural Resources Act is 
amended by changing
Section 1-25 as follows:


 



    (20 ILCS 801/1-25)




    Sec. 1-25. Powers of the scientific surveys and State 
Museum. 
In addition to its other powers and duties, the 
Department shall
have the following powers and duties which 
shall be performed by the
scientific surveys and the State 
Museum:


        (1) To investigate and study the natural resources of 
    the State and
to prepare printed reports and furnish 
    information fundamental to the
conservation and 
    development of natural resources and for that purpose
the 
    officers and employees thereof may, pursuant to rule 
    adopted by the
Department, enter and cross all lands in 
    this State, doing
no damage to private property.


        (2) To cooperate with and advise departments having 
    administrative
powers and duties relating to the natural 
    resources of the State, and to
cooperate with similar 
    departments in other states and with the United
States 
    Government.


        (3) To conduct a natural history survey of the State, 
    giving
preference to subjects of educational and 
    economical importance.


        (4) To publish, from time to time, reports covering the 
    entire field
of zoology and botany of the State.


        (5) To supply natural history specimens to the State 
    educational
institutions and to the public schools.


        (6) To investigate the entomology of the State.


        (7) To investigate all insects dangerous or injurious 
    to
agricultural or horticultural plants and crops, 
    livestock, to nursery
trees and plants, to the products of 
    the truck farm and vegetable
garden, to shade trees and 
    other ornamental vegetation of cities and
villages, to the 
    products of the mills and the contents of warehouses,
and 
    all insects injurious or dangerous to the public health.


        (8) To conduct experiments with methods for the 
    prevention, arrest,
abatement and control of insects 
    injurious to persons or property.


        (9) To instruct the people, by lecture, demonstration 
    or bulletin,
in the best methods of preserving and 
    protecting their property and
health against injuries by 
    insects.


        (10) To publish, from time to time, articles on the 
    injurious and
beneficial insects of the State.


        (11) To study the geological formation of the State 
    with reference
to its resources of coal, ores, clays, 
    building stones, cement,
materials suitable for use in the 
    construction of roads, gas, mineral
and artesian water and 
    other products.


        (12) To publish, from time to time, topographical, 
    geological and
other maps to illustrate resources of the 
    State.


        (13) To publish, from time to time, bulletins giving a 
    general and
detailed description of the geological and 
    mineral resources, including
water resources, of the 
    State.


        (14) To cooperate with United States federal agencies 
    in the preparation
and completion of a contour topographic 
    map and the collection, recording
and printing of water and 
    atmospheric resource data including stream flow

    measurements and to collect facts and data concerning the 
    volumes and flow
of underground, surface and atmospheric 
    waters of the State and to
determine the mineral qualities 
    of water from different geological
formations and surface 
    and atmospheric waters for the various sections of
the 
    State.


        (15) To publish, from time to time, the results of its

    investigations of the mineral qualities, volumes and flow 
    of underground
and surface waters of the State to the end 
    that the available water
resources of the State may be 
    better known and to make mineral analyses
of samples of 
    water from municipal or private sources giving no opinion

    from those analyses of the hygienic, physiological or 
    medicinal
qualities of such waters.


        (16) To act as the central data repository and research 
    coordinator
for the State in matters related to water and 
    atmospheric resources.
The State Water Survey Division of 
    the Department may monitor and evaluate
all weather 
    modification operations in Illinois.


        (17) To distribute, in its discretion, to the various 
    educational
institutions of the State, specimens, samples, 
    and materials collected
by it after the same have served 
    the purposes of the Department.


        (18) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy of 
    Science and to
publish a suitable number of the results of 
    the investigations and
research in the field of natural 
    science to the end that the same may be
distributed to the 
    interested public.


        (19) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and 
    preserve objects
of scientific and artistic value, 
    representing past and present fauna
and flora, the life and 
    work of man, geological history, natural
resources, and the 
    manufacturing and fine arts; to interpret for and
educate 
    the public concerning the foregoing.


        (20) To cooperate with the Illinois State Museum 
    Society for the
mutual benefit of the Museum and the 
    Society, with the Museum furnishing
necessary space for the 
    Society to carry on its functions and keep its
records, 
    and, upon the recommendation of the Museum Director with 
    the
approval of the Board of State Museum Advisors and the 
    Director of the
Department, to enter into agreements with 
    the Illinois State Museum
Society for the operation of a 
    sales counter and other concessions for
the mutual benefit 
    of the Museum and the Society.


        (21) To accept grants of property and to hold property 
    to be
administered as part of the State Museum for the 
    purpose of
preservation, research of interpretation of 
    significant areas within the
State for the purpose of 
    preserving, studying and interpreting
archaeological and 
    natural phenomena.


        (22) To contribute to and support the operations, 
    programs
and capital development of public museums in this 
    State.
For the purposes of this Section, "public museum" 
    means a facility: (A) that
is operating for the purposes of 
    promoting cultural development
through
special activities 
    or programs or through performing arts that are
performed 
    in an indoor setting, and acquiring,
conserving, 
    preserving,
studying, interpreting, enhancing, and in 
    particular, organizing and
continuously exhibiting 
    specimens, artifacts, articles, documents and
other things 
    of historical, anthropological, archaeological, 
    industrial,
scientific or artistic import, to the public 
    for its instruction and
enjoyment, and (B) that either (i) 
    is operated by or located upon land
owned by a unit of 
    local
government
or (ii) is a museum that has an annual 
    indoor attendance of at least
150,000 and
offers 
    educational programs to school groups during school hours.

    A museum is eligible to receive funds for capital 
    development under
this subdivision
(22) only if it is 
    operated by or located upon land owned by a unit of local

    government or if it is certified by a unit of local

    government in
which it is located as a public museum 
    meeting the criteria of this Section.
Recipients of funds 
    for capital development under
this subdivision (22) shall 
    match State funds with local or private funding
according 
    to the following:


            (a) for a public museum with an attendance of 
        300,000 or less during the
preceding calendar year, no 
        match is required;


            (b) for a public museum with an attendance of over 
        300,000 but less than
600,000 during the preceding 
        calendar year, the match must be at a ratio of $1
from 
        local and
private funds for every $1 in State funds; 
        and


            (c) for a public museum with an attendance of over 
        600,000 during the
preceding calendar year, the match 
        must be at a ratio of $2 from local and
private funds 
        for every
$1 in State funds.


        The Department shall formulate rules and regulations 
    relating to the
allocation of any funds appropriated by the 
    General Assembly for the
purpose of contributing to the 
    support of public museums in this State.


        (23) To perform all other duties and assume all 
    obligations of the former
Department of Energy and Natural 
    Resources and the former Department of
Registration and 
    Education pertaining to the State Water Survey, the State

    Geological Survey, the State Natural History Survey, and 
    the State Museum.


        (24) To maintain all previously existing relationships 
    between the
State Water Survey, State Geological Survey, 
    and State Natural History
Survey and the public and private 
    colleges and universities in Illinois.


        (25) To participate in federal geologic mapping 
    programs.

(Source: P.A. 92-606, eff. 6-28-02.)