92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0276
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House Sponsors:
STEPHENS-HOLBROOK-HOFFMAN-DAVIS,STEVE-RYDER.

Senate Sponsors:
WATSON

Short description: 
HIST PRES GRANT PROG                                                       

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        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.                                       
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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