Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Subject
to restrictions inherent to certification (see Section
3200.35
) based on the available funding sources, e.g., Capital Development Bond Funds,
any public museum located in Illinois may be eligible to submit one application
per grant cycle for a capital project if it establishes to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Director that:
1) It is a
public museum that has been open to the public, for its instruction and
enjoyment, for at least two years;
2) It is operated by or located upon land
owned by a unit of local government or has been certified as a public museum in
accordance with Section 3200.35
3)
It is an organized, permanent institution that is tax exempt under the
regulations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service;
4) It meets generally accepted professional
standards as in the accreditation programs of the American Association of
Museums, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, American Association of
Botanical Gardens and Arboretums, and other appropriate
organizations;
5) It has a
professional staff;
6) It cares for
and owns or utilizes tangible objects;
7) It is open to the public on a regular
schedule and regularly collects attendance data and maintains sufficient
records such that the attendance numbers can be audited;
8) It presents regularly scheduled programs
and exhibits that use and interpret objects for the public according to
accepted standards;
9) It has filed
timely reports and complied with requirements for previous grant awards;
and
10) It can provide matching
funds of the following amount:
A) $2 matching
funds for each $1 of State money for a public museum with an attendance of
600,000 or more during the preceding calendar year; or
B) $1 of matching funds for each $1 of State
money for a public museum with an attendance of over 300,000 but less than
600,000 during the preceding calendar year; or
C) No matching funds are required for a
public museum with an attendance of 300,000 or less during the preceding
calendar year.
b) The capital project for which the museum
is applying must be clearly defined and must meet all of the following
criteria:
1) Project costs must be eligible
"Capital Expenditures" as defined in Section
3200.10;
2) Project expenses will not be
recurring;
3) The project is of a
durable nature and not consumed in use;
4) The project is not subject to inherent
risk of failure or rapid technological obsolescence, or primarily intended to
fulfill temporary requirements or needs; and
5) The project appreciably increases,
improves or enhances the property, land, building or asset to be developed,
constructed or improved.
c) Grants to public museums not located on
public property may be prohibited if the appropriation funding source is
limited to bond funds that cannot be expended on private property.
