Article 20 - State Museum - Illinois Statutes

      (20 ILCS 801/Art. 20 heading)ARTICLE 20. STATE MUSEUM

    (20 ILCS 801/20‑5)
    Sec. 20‑5. State Museum. The Department of Natural Resources shall have within it the office of the Illinois State Museum. The Board of the Illinois State Museum is retained as the governing board for the State Museum.
(Source: P.A. 95‑728, eff. date ‑ See Sec. 999.)

(20 ILCS 801/20‑10)     Sec. 20‑10. Board of the Illinois State Museum.     (a) Within the Department there shall be a Board of the Illinois State Museum, composed of 11 persons, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. The Board shall be composed of 9 representatives of the natural sciences, anthropology, art, and business, qualified by at least 10 years of experience in practicing or teaching their several professions; one senior citizen; and the Director of Natural Resources or the Director's designee. Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve for 2‑year terms.     The transfer of the Board to the Department under this Act does not terminate or otherwise affect the term of membership of any member of the Board, except that the former Director of Energy and Natural Resources is replaced by the Director of Natural Resources.     (b) The Board shall:         (1) advise the Director of the Department in all

matters pertaining to maintenance, extension and usefulness of the Illinois State Museum;

(2) make recommendations concerning the appointment

of a new museum director whenever a vacancy occurs in that position;

(3) fix the salaries of the administrative,

scientific, and technical staff of the Illinois State Museum; and

(4) review the budget and approve budget requests of

the Illinois State Museum and make recommendations with reference thereto to the Governor through the Director of the Department.

(c) The approval of the Board of the Illinois State Museum is necessary for the appointment of the administrative, scientific, and technical staff of the Illinois State Museum and for the making of any change in the salary of any person on that staff. (Source: P.A. 89‑445, eff. 2‑7‑96.)