STEPHENS-HOLBROOK-HOFFMAN-DAVIS,STEVE-RYDER. (WATSON) 20 ILCS 3410/20 new 30 ILCS 105/5.545 new Amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act and the State Finance Act. Authorizes the Historic Preservation Agency to develop and administer a pilot program of grants available in Madison, Monroe, St. Clair, and Clinton counties for various costs of identifying, acquiring, or restoring historic sites. Limits each grant to the lesser of 75% of a project's costs or $75,000. Limits a grant recipient to one grant per site per fiscal year and requires matching funds. Authorizes the Historic Preservation Agency to adopt necessary rules and enter into necessary contracts. Creates a special fund in the State treasury to fund the grants. Requires the investment of excess funds. Requires that returns on fund investments be retained in the special fund. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Historic Preservation Agency) It is not possible to estimate with any precision the fiscal impact of HB276. However, assuming there would be no more than 20 grants per year, $20,000 would be needed; assuming there would be 21 to 40 grants per year, it would be necessary to hire a full-time archaeologist at a cost of $61,796; and, assuming there would be more than 40 grants per year, it would be necessary to hire a full-time archaeologist and a full-time grants assistant at a cost of $119,882. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 3410/2 from Ch. 127, par. 133d2 20 ILCS 3420/10 new Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act, the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act, and the State Finance Act. Authorizes the Historic Preservation Agency to develop and administer a pilot program of grants available to persons required by the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act to conduct certain archaeological or historic site survey projects. Limits availability of the grants to persons in counties with more than 250,000 population, or counties adjacent to such a county, that have more than 40% of their area within an area deemed of high probability for archaeology under the Illinois State Agency Historic Resource Preservation Act. Limits each grant to the lesser of a percentage of a project's costs or $75,000. Limits a grant recipient to one grant per site per fiscal year and requires matching funds. Authorizes the Historic Preservation Agency to adopt necessary rules and enter into necessary contracts. Creates a special fund in the State treasury to fund the grants. Requires the investment of excess funds. Requires that returns on fund investments be retained in the special fund. Establishes a process for appealing the Historic Preservation Agency's requirement for certain archaeological or survey projects under the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Redefines adjacent counties to which the grant program is applicable as adjacent counties with more than 30%, rather than 40%, of their area falling within the high probability area for archaeology. Provides that a grant amount may not exceed 50% of the project amount for a Phase II survey. JAN-24-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK JAN-30-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-30-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-31-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STE GOV ADMIN FEB-09-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-09-2001 H COMMITTEE STE GOV ADMIN FEB-23-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-STE GOV ADMIN H FEB-23-2001 H ADOPTED FEB-23-2001 H DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 005-003-000 HSGA FEB-23-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-27-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-27-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR STEPHENS FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOFFMAN FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE MAR-21-2001 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-21-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-HOLBROOK MAR-21-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-21-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-23-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER MAR-26-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-HOLBROOK MAR-26-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-000-000 MAR-26-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-HOLBROOK MAR-26-2001 H ADOPTED MAR-26-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO STEPHENS MAR-27-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK MAR-28-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 MAR-28-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAR-28-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-29 MAR-28-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR WATSON MAR-29-2001 S FIRST READING MAR-29-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-17-2001 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary