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Synopsis As Introduced 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.
Further amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act. Decreases the number of times the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council shall meet from 4 to 3 times each year. Adds an immediate effective date.
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