SB 3408

Abstract

Amends the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act. Provides that the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shall appoint a Facilities Services Director (rather than a Library Facilities Operations Director) and a Library Services Director (rather than a Director of the Library). Provides that the State Historian may, with the consent of the Executive Director (rather than the Board of Trustees of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum), exchange specified materials which the library may acquire that are of no historical interest or for any reason are of no value to it, with any other library, school, or historical society. Removes provisions concerning the Illinois Historical Collections. Modifies requirements concerning the preservation of selected past editions of newspapers of this State as historical records. Repeals the State Historical Library Act. Makes conforming changes. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 3475/3 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, and provides that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act, to the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of Executive Order 2017-1 and the Act, supersedes the Executive Order, and shall be controlling.