Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Filed: 3/27/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2899

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2899 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by changing Section 605-705 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-705)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
8    Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention
9bureaus.
10    (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
11convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a
12program for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by
13local tourism and convention bureaus. For the purposes of this
14Act, bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism
15and convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local
16government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;

 

 

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1(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before July 1,
22001; (iii) operating with a paid, full-time staff whose sole
3purpose is to promote tourism in the designated service area;
4and (iv) affiliated with one or more municipalities or counties
5that support the bureau with local hotel-motel taxes. After
6July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in order to
7receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
8convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local
9government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;
10(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before the
11request for certification; (iii) operating with a paid,
12full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote tourism in the
13designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with multiple
14municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
15hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act
16will be certified by the Department as the designated recipient
17to serve an area of the State. Notwithstanding the criteria set
18forth in this subsection (a), or any rule adopted under this
19subsection (a), the Director of the Department may provide for
20the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
21Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to
22prevent a loss of funding critical to promoting tourism in a
23designated geographic area of the State.
24    (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
25bureaus from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund
26for that purpose. Of the amounts appropriated annually to the

 

 

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1Department for expenditure under this Section prior to July 1,
22011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to
3convention and tourism bureaus in cities with a population
4greater than 500,000. The remaining two-thirds of the annual
5appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
6convention and tourism bureaus in the remainder of the State,
7in accordance with a formula based upon the population served.
8Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
9expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of
10such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism
11bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of
12the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
13expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of
14such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in
15the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based
16upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to
1710% of total local tourism funds available for costs of
18administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to
19provide incentive funds to those bureaus that will conduct
20promotional activities designed to further the Department's
21statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
22promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities
23that support an increased use of the State's parks or historic
24sites. The Department shall require that any convention and
25tourism bureau receiving a grant under this Section that
26requires matching funds shall provide matching funds equal to

 

 

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1no less than 50% of the grant amount. During fiscal year 2013,
2the Department shall reserve $2,000,000 of the available local
3tourism funds for appropriation to the Historic Preservation
4Agency for the operation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
5Library and Museum and State historic sites.
6(Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12;
798-252, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".