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92_SB2287enr SB2287 Enrolled LRB9215656EGfg 1 AN ACT concerning museums. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is 5 amended by changing Section 1-25 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 801/1-25) 7 Sec. 1-25. Powers of the scientific surveys and State 8 Museum. In addition to its other powers and duties, the 9 Department shall have the following powers and duties which 10 shall be performed by the scientific surveys and the State 11 Museum: 12 (1) To investigate and study the natural resources 13 of the State and to prepare printed reports and furnish 14 information fundamental to the conservation and 15 development of natural resources and for that purpose the 16 officers and employees thereof may, pursuant to rule 17 adopted by the Department, enter and cross all lands in 18 this State, doing no damage to private property. 19 (2) To cooperate with and advise departments having 20 administrative powers and duties relating to the natural 21 resources of the State, and to cooperate with similar 22 departments in other states and with the United States 23 Government. 24 (3) To conduct a natural history survey of the 25 State, giving preference to subjects of educational and 26 economical importance. 27 (4) To publish, from time to time, reports covering 28 the entire field of zoology and botany of the State. 29 (5) To supply natural history specimens to the 30 State educational institutions and to the public schools. 31 (6) To investigate the entomology of the State. SB2287 Enrolled -2- LRB9215656EGfg 1 (7) To investigate all insects dangerous or 2 injurious to agricultural or horticultural plants and 3 crops, livestock, to nursery trees and plants, to the 4 products of the truck farm and vegetable garden, to shade 5 trees and other ornamental vegetation of cities and 6 villages, to the products of the mills and the contents 7 of warehouses, and all insects injurious or dangerous to 8 the public health. 9 (8) To conduct experiments with methods for the 10 prevention, arrest, abatement and control of insects 11 injurious to persons or property. 12 (9) To instruct the people, by lecture, 13 demonstration or bulletin, in the best methods of 14 preserving and protecting their property and health 15 against injuries by insects. 16 (10) To publish, from time to time, articles on the 17 injurious and beneficial insects of the State. 18 (11) To study the geological formation of the State 19 with reference to its resources of coal, ores, clays, 20 building stones, cement, materials suitable for use in 21 the construction of roads, gas, mineral and artesian 22 water and other products. 23 (12) To publish, from time to time, topographical, 24 geological and other maps to illustrate resources of the 25 State. 26 (13) To publish, from time to time, bulletins 27 giving a general and detailed description of the 28 geological and mineral resources, including water 29 resources, of the State. 30 (14) To cooperate with United States federal 31 agencies in the preparation and completion of a contour 32 topographic map and the collection, recording and 33 printing of water and atmospheric resource data including 34 stream flow measurements and to collect facts and data SB2287 Enrolled -3- LRB9215656EGfg 1 concerning the volumes and flow of underground, surface 2 and atmospheric waters of the State and to determine the 3 mineral qualities of water from different geological 4 formations and surface and atmospheric waters for the 5 various sections of the State. 6 (15) To publish, from time to time, the results of 7 its investigations of the mineral qualities, volumes and 8 flow of underground and surface waters of the State to 9 the end that the available water resources of the State 10 may be better known and to make mineral analyses of 11 samples of water from municipal or private sources giving 12 no opinion from those analyses of the hygienic, 13 physiological or medicinal qualities of such waters. 14 (16) To act as the central data repository and 15 research coordinator for the State in matters related to 16 water and atmospheric resources. The State Water Survey 17 Division of the Department may monitor and evaluate all 18 weather modification operations in Illinois. 19 (17) To distribute, in its discretion, to the 20 various educational institutions of the State, specimens, 21 samples, and materials collected by it after the same 22 have served the purposes of the Department. 23 (18) To cooperate with the Illinois State Academy 24 of Science and to publish a suitable number of the 25 results of the investigations and research in the field 26 of natural science to the end that the same may be 27 distributed to the interested public. 28 (19) To maintain a State Museum, and to collect and 29 preserve objects of scientific and artistic value, 30 representing past and present fauna and flora, the life 31 and work of man, geological history, natural resources, 32 and the manufacturing and fine arts; to interpret for and 33 educate the public concerning the foregoing. 34 (20) To cooperate with the Illinois State Museum SB2287 Enrolled -4- LRB9215656EGfg 1 Society for the mutual benefit of the Museum and the 2 Society, with the Museum furnishing necessary space for 3 the Society to carry on its functions and keep its 4 records, and, upon the recommendation of the Museum 5 Director with the approval of the Board of State Museum 6 Advisors and the Director of the Department, to enter 7 into agreements with the Illinois State Museum Society 8 for the operation of a sales counter and other 9 concessions for the mutual benefit of the Museum and the 10 Society. 11 (21) To accept grants of property and to hold 12 property to be administered as part of the State Museum 13 for the purpose of preservation, research of 14 interpretation of significant areas within the State for 15 the purpose of preserving, studying and interpreting 16 archaeological and natural phenomena. 17 (22) To contribute to and support the operations, 18 programs and capital development of public museums in 19 this State. For the purposes of this Section, "public 20 museum" means a facility: (A) that is operating for the 21 purposes of promoting cultural development through 22 special activities or programs or performing arts, and 23 acquiring, conserving, preserving, studying, 24 interpreting, enhancing, and in particular, organizing 25 and continuously exhibiting specimens, artifacts, 26 articles, documents and other things of historical, 27 anthropological, archaeological, industrial, scientific 28 or artistic import, to the public for its instruction and 29 enjoyment, and (B) that either (i) is operated by or 30 located upon land owned by a unit of local government or 31 (ii) is a museum that has an annual indoor attendance of 32 at least 150,000 and offers educational programs to 33 school groups during school hours. A museum is eligible 34 to receive funds for capital development under this SB2287 Enrolled -5- LRB9215656EGfg 1 subdivision (22) only if it is operated by or located 2 upon land owned by a unit of local government or if it is 3 certified by a unit of local government in which it is 4 located as a public museum meeting the criteria of this 5 Section. Recipients of funds for capital development 6 under this subdivision (22) shall match State funds with 7 local or private funding according to the following: 8 (a) for a public museum with an attendance of 9 300,000 or less during the preceding calendar year, 10 no match is required; 11 (b) for a public museum with an attendance of 12 over 300,000 but less than 600,000 during the 13 preceding calendar year, the match must be at a 14 ratio of $1 from local and private funds for every 15 $1 in State funds; and 16 (c) for a public museum with an attendance of 17 over 600,000 during the preceding calendar year, the 18 match must be at a ratio of $2 from local and 19 private funds for every $1 in State funds.at a20ratio of $2 from local and private funds for every21$1 in State funds.22 The Department shall formulate rules and regulations 23 relating to the allocation of any funds appropriated by 24 the General Assembly for the purpose of contributing to 25 the support of public museums in this State. 26 (23) To perform all other duties and assume all 27 obligations of the former Department of Energy and 28 Natural Resources and the former Department of 29 Registration and Education pertaining to the State Water 30 Survey, the State Geological Survey, the State Natural 31 History Survey, and the State Museum. 32 (24) To maintain all previously existing 33 relationships between the State Water Survey, State 34 Geological Survey, and State Natural History Survey and SB2287 Enrolled -6- LRB9215656EGfg 1 the public and private colleges and universities in 2 Illinois. 3 (25) To participate in federal geologic mapping 4 programs. 5 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-604, eff. 1-1-99.) 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 7 becoming law.