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91_HB3952
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1 AN ACT concerning historic preservation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Historic Preservation Act is
5 amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 3410/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 133d6)
7 Sec. 6. The Agency shall establish and maintain an
8 Illinois Register of Historic Places. To be listed on this
9 register, a place must have special historical,
10 architectural, archeological, cultural, or artistic interest
11 or value. The Council shall develop and make available to
12 the public guidelines reflecting the criteria for inclusion
13 within 90 days of the effective date of this Act. The
14 criteria shall include, but not be limited to, requirements
15 that Registered Illinois Historic Places be limited to those
16 places that possess integrity of location, design, setting,
17 materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and:
18 (1) that are associated with events or the lives of
19 persons that have made a significant contribution to the
20 broad patterns of our history; or
21 (2) that embody the distinctive characteristics of a
22 type, period or method of construction, or that represent the
23 work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or
24 that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose
25 components may lack individual distinction; or
26 (3) that exemplify elements of our cultural, economic,
27 social or historic heritage; or
28 (4) that have yielded, or are likely to yield,
29 information important in prehistory or history.
30 Places listed on the Illinois Register of Historic Places
31 shall be places designated by the Director from nominations
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1 made by the Council. The Council shall provide for
2 consideration of places upon the petition of any person. The
3 Council may nominate any place, which in the Council's
4 opinion is within the criteria established pursuant to this
5 Act. Particular consideration shall be given to places
6 listed from time to time in the National Register of Historic
7 Places or the Historic American Building Survey, or any
8 branch of the Illinois Historic Sites Survey, or designated
9 by a municipal preservation agency or municipal authority.
10 Particular consideration shall be given to places in the
11 neighborhood of 87th and Emerald in the City of Chicago.
12 A nomination order which includes a list of the Critical
13 Historic Features of the place and any amendments to such an
14 order shall be sent to the owner or owners of record of the
15 place at least 30 days before a meeting of the Council to
16 consider the nomination. The Council, during its scheduled
17 meeting, shall only consider the nomination orders of a place
18 whose owner or owners of record have responded to the
19 nomination by submitting to the Council a letter of written
20 consent approving the designation of the place as a
21 Registered Illinois Historic Place. The owner or owners of
22 record shall have the right to be heard and to present
23 evidence at such meeting. If such owner or owners do not
24 consent to the designation of the place as a Registered
25 Illinois Historic Place, the Council shall take no further
26 action with respect to such place. If such owner or owners
27 consent to the designation of the place as a Registered
28 Illinois Historic Place, the nomination order shall be made
29 publicly available for review at least 30 days before such
30 designation. Before any nomination order is approved it
31 shall be considered at a public meeting of the Council and
32 the public shall have reasonable opportunity to be heard. On
33 the advice of the Council, the Director may amend designation
34 orders to reflect new information or changed conditions. The
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1 designation order, and any amendments thereof, shall be
2 submitted by the Agency for recording with the recorder for
3 the county or counties in which the area is located.
4 (Source: P.A. 85-699.)