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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 State Historical Library Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 5.1 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 3425/5.1)  (from Ch. 128, par. 16.1)



7    Sec. 5.1. 
The State Historian shall establish and supervise 
8a program within
the Lincoln Presidential Library designed
to 
9preserve as historical
records selected past editions of 
10newspapers of this State. Such editions
shall be preserved in 
11accordance with industry standards and microphotographed. The 
12negatives of such microphotographs shall be
stored in a place 
13provided by the Lincoln Presidential Library.

14    The State Historian shall determine on the basis of 
15historical value the
various newspaper edition files which 
16shall be preserved microphotographed and shall
arrange a 
17schedule for such microphotographing. The State Historian or 
18designee shall
supervise the making of arrangements for 
19acquiring access to past edition
files with the editors or 
20publishers of the various newspapers.

21    The method of microphotography to be employed in this 
22program shall
conform to the standards established pursuant to 
23Section 17 of "The State
Records Act", approved July 6, 1957.

 
 
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1    Upon payment to the Lincoln Presidential Library of the 
2required
fee, any person or organization shall be granted 
3access to the preserved edition supplied with any prints 
4requested
to be made from the negatives of the 
5microphotographs. The fee required
shall be determined by the 
6State Historian and shall be equal in amount to
the cost 
7incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Library
in granting such 
8access supplying the
requested prints.

9(Source: P.A. 92-600, eff. 7-1-02.)

 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.