(20 ILCS 3405/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2704)
Sec. 4. The Board shall be responsible for setting and determining policy for the Agency. The Agency shall consist of: (1) an Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and (2) a Historic Sites and Preservation Division. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any reference in any other Act to the Historic Preservation Agency shall be deemed to be a reference to the Historic Sites and Preservation Division and any reference to the Director of Historic Preservation shall be deemed to be a reference to the Director of Historic Sites and Preservation, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
The Board shall appoint a chief executive officer of the Agency who shall be known as the Director of Historic Sites and Preservation. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Director shall, subject to applicable provisions of law, execute the powers and discharge the duties vested in the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Agency by law and implement the policies set by the Board. The Director shall manage the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Agency. The Director, with the concurrence of the Board, shall appoint Division Chiefs and the Deputy Director of the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Agency. Subject to concurrence by the Board, the Director shall appoint such other employees of the Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Agency as he or she deems appropriate and shall fix the compensation of such Division Chiefs, the Deputy Director and other employees. The Board shall appoint the Illinois State Historian, who shall provide historical expertise, support, and service to all divisions of the Historic Preservation Agency. The State Historian is the State's authority on Abraham Lincoln and the history of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 92-600, eff. 7-1-02.)
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