97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5234

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act. Makes the following changes to a provision listing defined terms: adds and defines the term "historic resource" to mean any property which is either publicly or privately held and which meets one or more listed criteria; and removes the terms "registered Illinois Historic Place", "person", "municipal preservation agency", and "critical historic feature". Removes several powers from the list of powers granted to the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council including the power to nominate places to the Illinois Register of Historic Places. Repeals provisions concerning the establishment and maintenance of an Illinois Register of Historic Places by the Historic Preservation Agency; when the demolition of a Critical Historic Feature of a Registered Illinois Historic Place is proper; demolition notices; public funds used in demolition projects; the authority of the Director of Historic Preservation to remove a place from the Illinois Register of Historic Places; injunctions; civil penalties; meetings held by the Municipal Preservation Agency; and judicial reviews of final administrative decisions. Amends the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act. Removes a property's listing in the Illinois Register of Historic Places from the set of criteria a publicly or privately held property must meet to be considered a historic resource. Removes language providing that the rules and procedures of the Illinois Historic Preservation Act shall apply when an undertaking involves a structure listed on the Illinois Register of Historic Places.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Illinois Historic Preservation Act is
5amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3410/2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133d2)
7    Sec. 2. As used in this Act:
8    (a) "Council" means the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory
9Council. ;
10    (b) (Blank). "Demolish" means raze, reconstruct or
11substantially alter;
12    (c) "Agency" means the Historic Preservation Agency. ;
13    (d) "Director" means the Director of Historic Preservation
14who will serve as the State Historic Preservation Officer. ;
15    (d-1) "Historic resource" means any property which is
16either publicly or privately held and which:
17        (1) is listed in the National Register of Historic
18    Places (hereafter "National Register");
19        (2) has been formally determined by the Director to be
20    eligible for listing in the National Register as defined in
21    Section 106 of Title 16 of the United States Code;
22        (3) has been nominated by the Director and the Illinois
23    Historic Sites Advisory Council for listing in the National

 

 

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1    Register; or
2        (4) meets one or more criteria for listing in the
3    National Register, as determined by the Director.
4    (e) "Place" means (1) any parcel or contiguous grouping of
5parcels of real estate under common or related ownership or
6control, where any significant improvements are at least 40
7years old, or (2) any aboriginal mound, fort, earthwork,
8village, location, burial ground, historic or prehistoric
9ruin, mine case or other location which is or may be the source
10of important archeological data. ;
11    (f) (Blank). "Registered Illinois Historic Place" means
12any place listed on the "Illinois Register of Historic Places"
13pursuant to Section 6 of this Act;
14    (g) (Blank). "Person" means any natural person,
15partnership, corporation, trust, estate, association, body
16politic, agency, or unit of government and its legal
17representatives, agents, or assigns; and
18    (h) (Blank). "Municipal Preservation Agency" means any
19agency described in Section 11-48.2-3 of the "Illinois
20Municipal Code", as now or hereafter amended, or any agency
21with similar authority created by a municipality under Article
22VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
23    (i) (Blank). "Critical Historic Feature" means those
24physical and environmental components which taken singly or
25together, make a place eligible for designation as a Registered
26Illinois Historic Place.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 84-25.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 3410/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133d4)
3    Sec. 4. In addition to those powers specifically granted or
4necessary to perform the duties prescribed by this Act, the
5Council shall have the following powers:
6    (a) to recommend nominations to the National Register of
7Historic Places;
8    (b) (blank); to nominate places to the Illinois Register of
9Historic Places;
10    (c) to recommend removal of places from the National
11Register of Historic Places;
12    (d) (blank); to recommend removal of places from the
13Illinois Register of Historic Places;
14    (e) (blank); to establish guidelines determining the
15eligibility for listing and removing places on the Illinois
16Register of Historic Places; and
17    (f) to advise the Agency on matters pertaining to historic
18preservation.
19(Source: P.A. 84-25.)
 
20    (20 ILCS 3410/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133d5)
21    Sec. 5. In addition to the powers otherwise specifically
22granted to the Agency by law, the Agency shall have the
23following powers and responsibilities:
24    (a) to perform the administrative functions for the

 

 

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1Council;
2    (b) to hold public hearings and meetings concerning the
3National Illinois Register of Historic Places;
4    (c) to prepare and periodically revise a statewide
5preservation plan;
6    (d) to attempt to maximize the extent to which the
7preservation of historic resources Registered Illinois
8Historic Places is accomplished through active use, including
9self-sustaining or revenue-producing use and through the
10involvement of persons other than the Agency; and
11    (e) to disseminate information of historic resources
12Registered Illinois Historic Places, to provide technical and
13other assistance to persons involved in preservation
14activities, to develop interpretive programs and otherwise
15stimulate public interest in preservation.
16(Source: P.A. 84-25.)
 
17    (20 ILCS 3410/6 rep.)
18    (20 ILCS 3410/7 rep.)
19    (20 ILCS 3410/8 rep.)
20    (20 ILCS 3410/9 rep.)
21    (20 ILCS 3410/10 rep.)
22    (20 ILCS 3410/11 rep.)
23    (20 ILCS 3410/12 rep.)
24    (20 ILCS 3410/13 rep.)
25    (20 ILCS 3410/14 rep.)

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Illinois Historic Preservation Act is
2amended by repealing Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and
314.
 
4    Section 15. The Illinois State Agency Historic Resources
5Preservation Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as
6follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 3420/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c23)
8    Sec. 3. Definitions.
9    (a) "Director" means the Director of Historic Preservation
10who shall serve as the State Historic Preservation Officer.
11    (b) "Agency" shall have the same meaning as in Section 1-20
12of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and shall
13specifically include all agencies and entities made subject to
14such Act by any State statute.
15    (c) "Historic resource" means any property which is either
16publicly or privately held and which:
17        (1) is listed in the National Register of Historic
18    Places (hereafter "National Register");
19        (2) has been formally determined by the Director to be
20    eligible for listing in the National Register as defined in
21    Section 106 of Title 16 of the United States Code;
22        (3) has been nominated by the Director and the Illinois
23    Historic Sites Advisory Council for listing in the National
24    Register; or

 

 

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1        (4) meets one or more criteria for listing in the
2    National Register, as determined by the Director. ; or
3        (5) (blank). is listed in the Illinois Register of
4    Historic Places.
5    (d) "Adverse effect" means:
6        (1) destruction or alteration of all or part of an
7    historic resource;
8        (2) isolation or alteration of the surrounding
9    environment of an historic resource;
10        (3) introduction of visual, audible, or atmospheric
11    elements which are out of character with an historic
12    resource or which alter its setting;
13        (4) neglect or improper utilization of an historic
14    resource which results in its deterioration or
15    destruction; or
16        (5) transfer or sale of an historic resource to any
17    public or private entity without the inclusion of adequate
18    conditions or restrictions regarding preservation,
19    maintenance, or use.
20    (e) "Comment" means the written finding by the Director of
21the effect of a State undertaking on an historic resource.
22    (f) "Undertaking" means any project, activity, or program
23that can result in changes in the character or use of historic
24property, if any historic property is located in the area of
25potential effects. The project, activity or program shall be
26under the direct or indirect jurisdiction of a State agency or

 

 

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1licensed or assisted by a State agency. An undertaking
2includes, but is not limited to, action which is:
3        (1) directly undertaken by a State agency;
4        (2) supported in whole or in part through State
5    contracts, grants, subsidies, loan guarantees, or any
6    other form of direct or indirect funding assistance; or
7        (3) carried out pursuant to a State lease, permit,
8    license, certificate, approval, or other form of
9    entitlement or permission.
10    (g) "Committee" means the Historic Preservation Mediation
11Committee.
12    (h) "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a
13successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking
14into account economic, environmental, social, and
15technological factors.
16    (i) "Private undertaking" means any undertaking that does
17not receive public funding or is not on public lands.
18    (j) "High probability area" means any occurrence of Cahokia
19Alluvium, Carmi Member of the Equality Formation, Grayslake
20Peat, Parkland Sand, Peyton Colluvium, the Batavia Member of
21the Henry Formation, or the Mackinaw Member, as mapped by
22Lineback et al. (1979) at a scale of 1-500,000 within permanent
23stream floodplains and including
24        (1) 500 yards of the adjoining bluffline crest of the
25    Fox, Illinois, Kankakee, Kaskaskia, Mississippi, Ohio,
26    Rock and Wabash Rivers and 300 yards of the adjoining

 

 

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1    bluffline crest of all other rivers or
2        (2) a 500 yard wide area along the shore of Lake
3    Michigan abutting the high water mark.
4(Source: P.A. 87-717; 87-739; 87-847; 88-45.)
 
5    (20 ILCS 3420/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c24)
6    Sec. 4. State agency undertakings.
7    (a) As early in the planning process as may be practicable
8and prior to the approval of the final design or plan of any
9undertaking by a State agency, or prior to the funding of any
10undertaking by a State agency, or prior to an action of
11approval or entitlement of any private undertaking by a State
12agency, written notice of the project shall be given to the
13Director either by the State agency or the recipients of its
14funds, permits or licenses. The State agency shall consult with
15the Director to determine the documentation requirements
16necessary for identification and treatment of historic
17resources. For the purposes of identification and evaluation of
18historic resources, the Director may require archaeological
19and historic investigations. Responsibility for notice and
20documentation may be delegated by the State agency to a local
21or private designee.
22    (b) Within 30 days after receipt of complete and correct
23documentation of a proposed undertaking, the Director shall
24review and comment to the agency on the likelihood that the
25undertaking will have an adverse effect on a historic resource.

 

 

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1In the case of a private undertaking, the Director shall, not
2later than 30 days following the receipt of an application with
3complete documentation of the undertaking, either approve that
4application allowing the undertaking to proceed or tender to
5the applicant a written statement setting forth the reasons for
6the requirement of an archaeological investigation. If there is
7no action within 30 days after the filing of the application
8with the complete documentation of the undertaking, the
9applicant may deem the application approved and may proceed
10with the undertaking. Thereafter, all requirements for
11archaeological investigations are waived under this Act.
12    (c) If the Director finds that an undertaking will
13adversely affect an historic resource or is inconsistent with
14agency policies, the State agency shall consult with the
15Director and shall discuss alternatives to the proposed
16undertaking which could eliminate, minimize, or mitigate its
17adverse effect. During the consultation process, the State
18agency shall explore all feasible and prudent plans which
19eliminate, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects on historic
20resources. Grantees, permittees, licensees, or other parties
21in interest and representatives of national, State, and local
22units of government and public and private organizations may
23participate in the consultation process. The process may
24involve on-site inspections and public informational meetings
25pursuant to regulations issued by the Historic Preservation
26Agency.

 

 

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1    (d) The State agency and the Director may agree that there
2is a feasible and prudent alternative which eliminates,
3minimizes, or mitigates the adverse effect of the undertaking.
4Upon such agreement, or if the State agency and the Director
5agree that there are no feasible and prudent alternatives which
6eliminate, minimize, or mitigate the adverse effect, the
7Director shall prepare a Memorandum of Agreement describing the
8alternatives or stating the finding. The State agency may
9proceed with the undertaking once a Memorandum of Agreement has
10been signed by both the State agency and the Director.
11    (e) After the consultation process, the Director and the
12State agency may fail to agree on the existence of a feasible
13and prudent alternative which would eliminate, minimize, or
14mitigate the adverse effect of the undertaking on the historic
15resource. If no agreement is reached, the agency shall call a
16public meeting in the county where the undertaking is proposed
17within 60 days. If, within 14 days following conclusion of the
18public meeting, the State agency and the Director fail to agree
19on a feasible and prudent alternative, the proposed
20undertaking, with supporting documentation, shall be submitted
21to the Historic Preservation Mediation Committee. The document
22shall be sufficient to identify each alternative considered by
23the Agency and the Director during the consultation process and
24the reason for its rejection.
25    (f) The Mediation Committee shall consist of the Director
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1each, each of whom shall be no lower in rank than a division
2chief and each of whom shall represent a different State
3agency. An agency that is a party to mediation shall be
4notified of all hearings and deliberations and shall have the
5right to participate in deliberations as a non-voting member of
6the Committee. Within 30 days after submission of the proposed
7undertaking, the Committee shall meet with the Director and the
8submitting agency to review each alternative considered by the
9State agency and the Director and to evaluate the existence of
10a feasible and prudent alternative. In the event that the
11Director and the submitting agency continue to disagree, the
12Committee shall provide a statement of findings or comments
13setting forth an alternative to the proposed undertaking or
14stating the finding that there is no feasible or prudent
15alternative. The State agency shall consider the written
16comments of the Committee and shall respond in writing to the
17Committee before proceeding with the undertaking.
18    (g) When an undertaking is being reviewed pursuant to
19Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,
20the procedures of this law shall not apply and any review or
21comment by the Director on such undertaking shall be within the
22framework or procedures of the federal law. When an undertaking
23involves a structure listed on the Illinois Register of
24Historic Places, the rules and procedures of the Illinois
25Historic Preservation Act shall apply. This subsection shall
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1entering into an agreement with the Advisory Council on
2Historic Preservation pursuant to Section 106 of the National
3Historic Preservation Act to substitute this Act and its
4procedures for procedures set forth in Council regulations
5found in 36 C.F.R. Part 800.7. A State undertaking that is
6necessary to prevent an immediate and imminent threat to life
7or property shall be exempt from the requirements of this Act.
8Where possible, the Director shall be consulted in the
9determination of the exemption. In all cases, the agency shall
10provide the Director with a statement of the reasons for the
11exemption and shall have an opportunity to comment on the
12exemption. The statement and the comments of the Director shall
13be included in the annual report of the Historic Preservation
14Agency as a guide to future actions. The provisions of this Act
15do not apply to undertakings pursuant to the Illinois Oil and
16Gas Act, the Surface-Mined Land Conservation and Reclamation
17Act and the Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and
18Reclamation Act.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3410/2from Ch. 127, par. 133d2
4    20 ILCS 3410/4from Ch. 127, par. 133d4
5    20 ILCS 3410/5from Ch. 127, par. 133d5
6    20 ILCS 3410/6 rep.
7    20 ILCS 3410/7 rep.
8    20 ILCS 3410/8 rep.
9    20 ILCS 3410/9 rep.
10    20 ILCS 3410/10 rep.
11    20 ILCS 3410/11 rep.
12    20 ILCS 3410/12 rep.
13    20 ILCS 3410/13 rep.
14    20 ILCS 3410/14 rep.
15    20 ILCS 3420/3from Ch. 127, par. 133c23
16    20 ILCS 3420/4from Ch. 127, par. 133c24