Full Text of SB0986 101st General Assembly
SB0986sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Donald P. DeWitte Filed: 3/19/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 986
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 986 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8b as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 665/8b) | 7 | | Sec. 8b. Municipal convention center and sports facility | 8 | | attraction grants. | 9 | | (a) Until July 1, 2022, the Department is authorized to | 10 | | make grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, | 11 | | from the Tourism Promotion Fund to a unit of local government, | 12 | | municipal convention center, or convention center authority | 13 | | that provides incentives, as defined in subsection (i) of | 14 | | Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of attracting | 15 | | conventions, meetings, and trade shows to municipal convention | 16 | | centers and attracting sporting events to municipal amateur |
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| 1 | | sports facilities. If there is no municipal convention center | 2 | | located within a unit of local government, then the Department | 3 | | may make grants, subject to appropriation by the General | 4 | | Assembly, from the Tourism Promotion Fund to that unit of local | 5 | | government for the purpose of attracting conventions, | 6 | | meetings, and trade shows to private convention centers located | 7 | | in the unit of local government. Grants awarded under this | 8 | | Section shall be based on the net proceeds received under the | 9 | | Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, | 10 | | or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in | 11 | | which the convention, meeting, trade show, or sporting event | 12 | | occurs. Grants shall not exceed 80% of the incentive amount | 13 | | provided by the unit of local government, municipal convention | 14 | | center, or convention center authority. Further, in no event | 15 | | may the aggregate amount of grants awarded to a single | 16 | | municipal convention center, convention center authority, or | 17 | | municipal amateur sports facility exceed $200,000 in any | 18 | | calendar year. The Department may, by rule, require any other | 19 | | provisions it deems necessary in order to protect the State's | 20 | | interest in administering this program. | 21 | | (b) No later than May 15 of each year, through May 15, | 22 | | 2022, the unit of local government, municipal convention | 23 | | center, or convention center authority shall certify to the | 24 | | Department the amounts of funds expended in the previous fiscal | 25 | | year to provide qualified incentives; however, in no event may | 26 | | the certified amount pursuant to this paragraph exceed $200,000 |
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| 1 | | for any municipal convention center, convention center | 2 | | authority, or municipal amateur sports facility in any calendar | 3 | | year. The unit of local government, convention center, or | 4 | | convention center authority shall certify (A) the net proceeds | 5 | | received under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the | 6 | | renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality | 7 | | for the month in which the convention, meeting, or trade show | 8 | | occurs and (B) the average of the net proceeds received under | 9 | | the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, | 10 | | leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the | 11 | | same month in the 3 immediately preceding years. The unit of | 12 | | local government, municipal convention center, or convention | 13 | | center authority shall include the incentive amounts as part of | 14 | | its regular audit. | 15 | | (b-5) Grants awarded to a unit of local government, | 16 | | municipal convention center, or convention center authority | 17 | | may be made by the Department of Commerce and Economic | 18 | | Opportunity from appropriations for those purposes for any | 19 | | fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the qualification | 20 | | or obligation may have occurred in a prior fiscal year. | 21 | | (c) The Department shall submit a report, which must be | 22 | | provided electronically, on the effectiveness of the program | 23 | | established under this Section to the General Assembly no later | 24 | | than January 1, 2022.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-476, eff. 8-27-15; 100-643, eff. 7-27-18.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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