Bill Amendment: IL HB4757 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
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Bill Title: FINANCE-TOURISM PROMOTION
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0678 [HB4757 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4757-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: FINANCE-TOURISM PROMOTION
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0678 [HB4757 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4757-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4757
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4757, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
6 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
7 | amended by changing Section 605-705 as follows:
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8 | (20 ILCS 605/605-705) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
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9 | Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention | ||||||
10 | bureaus.
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11 | (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
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12 | convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a | ||||||
13 | program
for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by | ||||||
14 | local tourism and
convention bureaus. For the purposes of this | ||||||
15 | Act,
bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism | ||||||
16 | and
convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local |
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1 | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | ||||||
2 | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before July 1, | ||||||
3 | 2001; (iii) operating with a
paid, full-time staff whose sole | ||||||
4 | purpose is to promote tourism in the
designated service area; | ||||||
5 | and (iv) affiliated with one or more
municipalities or counties | ||||||
6 | that support the bureau with local hotel-motel
taxes. After | ||||||
7 | July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in
order to | ||||||
8 | receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
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9 | convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local | ||||||
10 | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | ||||||
11 | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before the | ||||||
12 | request for certification; (iii)
operating with a paid, | ||||||
13 | full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote
tourism in the | ||||||
14 | designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with
multiple | ||||||
15 | municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
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16 | hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act | ||||||
17 | will be
certified by the Department as the designated recipient | ||||||
18 | to serve an area of
the State.
Notwithstanding the criteria set | ||||||
19 | forth in this subsection (a), or any rule
adopted under this | ||||||
20 | subsection (a), the Director of the Department may
provide for | ||||||
21 | the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
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22 | Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to | ||||||
23 | prevent a loss of
funding critical to promoting tourism in a | ||||||
24 | designated geographic area of the
State.
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25 | (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention | ||||||
26 | bureaus from
appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund |
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1 | for that purpose. Of the
amounts appropriated annually to the | ||||||
2 | Department for expenditure under this
Section prior to July 1, | ||||||
3 | 2011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to | ||||||
4 | convention and
tourism bureaus in cities with a population | ||||||
5 | greater than 500,000. The
remaining two-thirds of the annual | ||||||
6 | appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
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7 | convention and tourism bureaus in the
remainder of the State, | ||||||
8 | in accordance with a formula based upon the
population served. | ||||||
9 | Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | ||||||
10 | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of | ||||||
11 | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism | ||||||
12 | bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of | ||||||
13 | the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | ||||||
14 | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of | ||||||
15 | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in | ||||||
16 | the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based | ||||||
17 | upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to 3% | ||||||
18 | 10% of total
local tourism funds available for costs of | ||||||
19 | administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to | ||||||
20 | provide incentive funds to
those
bureaus that will conduct | ||||||
21 | promotional activities designed to further the
Department's | ||||||
22 | statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
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23 | promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities | ||||||
24 | that support an
increased use of the State's parks or historic | ||||||
25 | sites. The Department shall require that any convention and | ||||||
26 | tourism bureau receiving a grant under this Section that |
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1 | requires matching funds shall provide matching funds equal to | ||||||
2 | no less than 50% of the grant amount. During fiscal year 2013, | ||||||
3 | the Department shall reserve $2,000,000 of the available local | ||||||
4 | tourism funds for appropriation to the Historic Preservation | ||||||
5 | Agency for the operation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential | ||||||
6 | Library and Museum and State historic sites.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; | ||||||
8 | 98-252, eff. 8-9-13.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.".
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