Full Text of HB0205 94th General Assembly
HB0205 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0205
Introduced 01/13/05, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act. Creates the Historic
Preservation Advisory Council, appointed by the Governor, to assist the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in protecting and preserving historic
sites. Requires the Council to establish priorities and criteria for such
protection and preservation and to review and evaluate proposals for grants
administered by the Agency.
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| AN ACT concerning historic preservation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Historic Preservation Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding
Section 20 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3410/20 new)
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| Sec. 20. Historic Preservation Advisory Council.
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| (a) In order to enhance public participation and | 9 |
| involvement in the
preservation
and protection of the State's | 10 |
| historic and archaeological sites and properties,
there is | 11 |
| created within the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency the | 12 |
| Historic
Preservation Advisory Council.
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| The Council shall consist of 12 members who represent | 14 |
| different areas of
the State and who are appointed by the | 15 |
| Governor with the advice and consent of
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Senate. The Council | 16 |
| members must be qualified as follows:
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| (1) At least 5 members shall have practical experience | 18 |
| in the preservation
of historic or archaeological sites and | 19 |
| properties as demonstrated in one or
more of the following | 20 |
| fields: architecture, architectural history, historic
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| preservation, history, archaeology, or a local historic | 22 |
| preservation board,
commission, or nonprofit organization. | 23 |
| No employee or contractual employee of
the Illinois | 24 |
| Historic Preservation Agency may serve on the Council.
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| (2) Each of at least 5 members shall be the president, | 26 |
| chief elected
officer, or other duly authorized | 27 |
| representative of a statewide commercial or
residential | 28 |
| developers association, statewide realtors association, or | 29 |
| economic
development organization.
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| (3) The remaining 2 members shall be at-large members.
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| (b) Members shall be appointed for 4-year terms, except for | 32 |
| an appointment
to fill an unexpired term, in which event the |
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| appointment shall be for the
remainder of the unexpired term | 2 |
| only. No person shall serve more than 2
consecutive terms on | 3 |
| the Council.
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| (c) Members shall elect a chairperson annually. No member | 5 |
| shall be
elected to consecutive terms as chairperson.
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| (d) The Council shall meet at least quarterly throughout | 7 |
| the State fiscal
year. However, the chairperson, a majority of | 8 |
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members, or the Agency may convene the Council. Members
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| shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement | 10 |
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expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All | 11 |
| members of the
Council shall be legal residents of the State.
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| (e) All action taken by the Council shall be by majority | 13 |
| vote of those
present. The Director of the Agency or the | 14 |
| Director's designee shall serve
without voting rights as | 15 |
| secretary to the Council. The Agency shall provide
necessary | 16 |
| staff assistance to the Council.
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| (f) It shall be the responsibility of the Council to | 18 |
| provide assistance,
advice, and recommendations to the Agency | 19 |
| in:
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| (1) Establishing priorities for the identification, | 21 |
| acquisition,
protection,
and preservation of historic and | 22 |
| archaeological sites and properties.
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| (2) Establishing criteria for use in assessing the | 24 |
| significance of
historic
and archaeological sites and | 25 |
| properties.
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| (3) Evaluating proposals for awards of historic | 27 |
| preservation grants
administered by the Agency. The | 28 |
| Council shall review and
evaluate all proposals for grants | 29 |
| and shall make recommendations,
including a priority | 30 |
| ranking, reflecting such evaluation. In making such
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| evaluation and recommendations, the Council shall, at a | 32 |
| minimum, consider the
purpose, economic and other public | 33 |
| benefit, location, compatibility with
statewide historic | 34 |
| preservation priorities, and cost of each proposal for | 35 |
| grant
assistance.
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| (4) Preparing rules relating to the historic |
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| preservation programs
administered by the Agency.
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| (g) It shall be the additional responsibility of the | 3 |
| Council to provide such
other assistance and advice to the | 4 |
| Agency as may be required from time to time
in matters | 5 |
| pertaining to the protection and preservation of the State's
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| historic and archaeological sites and properties.
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