Full Text of SB0317 102nd General Assembly
SB0317 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB0317 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 665/3 | from Ch. 127, par. 200-23 |
20 ILCS 665/4 | from Ch. 127, par. 200-24 |
20 ILCS 665/5 | from Ch. 127, par. 200-25 |
20 ILCS 665/8 | from Ch. 127, par. 200-28 |
20 ILCS 665/8a | from Ch. 127, par. 200-28a |
20 ILCS 665/13 | from Ch. 127, par. 200-33 |
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Amends Illinois Promotion Act. Adds park districts, forest preserve districts, and conservation districts to the list of units of local government, not-for-profit organizations, local promotion groups, and for-profit businesses that are eligible to receive certain tourism grants from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 8a, and 13 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 665/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-23)
| 7 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and terms, | 8 | | whenever used or
referred to
in this Act, shall have the | 9 | | following meanings, except where the context
may otherwise | 10 | | require:
| 11 | | (a) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and | 12 | | Economic Opportunity of the State of Illinois.
| 13 | | (b) "Local promotion group" means any non-profit | 14 | | corporation,
organization, association, agency or committee | 15 | | thereof formed for the
primary purpose of publicizing, | 16 | | promoting, advertising or otherwise
encouraging the | 17 | | development of tourism in any municipality, county, or
region | 18 | | of Illinois.
| 19 | | (c) "Promotional activities" means preparing, planning and
| 20 | | conducting campaigns of information, advertising and publicity | 21 | | through
such media as newspapers, radio, television, | 22 | | magazines, trade journals,
moving and still photography, | 23 | | posters, outdoor signboards and personal
contact within and |
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| 1 | | without the State of Illinois; dissemination of
information, | 2 | | advertising, publicity, photographs and other literature
and | 3 | | material designed to carry out the purpose of this Act; and
| 4 | | participation in and attendance at meetings and conventions | 5 | | concerned
primarily with tourism, including travel to and from | 6 | | such meetings.
| 7 | | (d) "Municipality" means "municipality" as defined in | 8 | | Section 1-1-2
of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore | 9 | | and hereafter amended.
| 10 | | (e) "Tourism" means travel 50 miles or more one-way or an | 11 | | overnight trip
outside of a person's normal routine.
| 12 | | (f) "Municipal amateur sports facility" means a sports | 13 | | facility that: (1) is owned by a unit of local government; (2) | 14 | | has contiguous indoor sports competition space; (3) is | 15 | | designed to principally accommodate and host amateur | 16 | | competitions for youths, adults, or both; and (4) is not used | 17 | | for professional sporting events where participants are | 18 | | compensated for their participation. | 19 | | (g) "Municipal convention center" means a convention | 20 | | center or civic center owned by a unit of local government or | 21 | | operated by a convention center authority, or a municipal | 22 | | convention hall as defined in paragraph (1) of Section 11-65-1 | 23 | | of the Illinois Municipal Code, with contiguous exhibition | 24 | | space ranging between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | 25 | | (h) "Convention center authority" means an Authority, as | 26 | | defined by the Civic Center Code, that operates a municipal |
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| 1 | | convention center with contiguous exhibition space ranging | 2 | | between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | 3 | | (i) "Incentive" means: (1) a financial incentive provided | 4 | | by a unit of local government or convention center authority | 5 | | to attract a convention, meeting, or trade show held at a | 6 | | municipal convention center that, but for the incentive, would | 7 | | not have occurred in the State or been retained in the State; | 8 | | or (2) a financial incentive provided by a unit of local | 9 | | government for attracting a sporting event held at its | 10 | | municipal amateur sports facility that, but for the incentive, | 11 | | would not have occurred in the State or been retained in the | 12 | | State; but (3) only a financial incentive offered or provided | 13 | | to a person or entity in the form of financial benefits or | 14 | | costs which are allowable costs pursuant to the Grant | 15 | | Accountability and Transparency Act. | 16 | | (j) "Unit of local government" has the meaning provided in | 17 | | Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, and | 18 | | includes park districts, forest preserve districts, and | 19 | | conservation districts. | 20 | | (k) "Local parks" means any park, recreation area, or | 21 | | other similar facility owned or operated by a unit of local | 22 | | government. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)
| 24 | | (20 ILCS 665/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-24)
| 25 | | Sec. 4. Powers. The Department shall have the following |
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| 1 | | powers:
| 2 | | (a) To formulate a program for the promotion of tourism | 3 | | and the film
industry in the State of
Illinois, including, but | 4 | | not limited to, the promotion of our State Parks and local | 5 | | parks ,
fishing and hunting
areas, historical shrines, vacation | 6 | | regions and areas of historic or scenic
interest.
| 7 | | (b) To cooperate with civic groups and local, State and | 8 | | federal
departments and agencies, and agencies and departments | 9 | | of other states in
encouraging educational tourism and | 10 | | developing programs therefor.
| 11 | | (c) To publish tourist promotional material such as | 12 | | brochures and
booklets.
| 13 | | (d) To promote tourism in Illinois through all media, | 14 | | including but not
limited to, the Internet, television, | 15 | | articles and advertisements in
magazines, newspapers and | 16 | | travel publications and by establishing
promotional | 17 | | exhibitions at fairs, travel shows, and similar
exhibitions.
| 18 | | (e) To establish and maintain travel offices at major | 19 | | points of entry to
the State.
| 20 | | (f) To recommend legislation relating to the encouragement | 21 | | of tourism in
Illinois.
| 22 | | (g) To assist municipalities , other units of local | 23 | | government, or local promotion groups in developing
new | 24 | | tourist attractions including but not limited to feasibility | 25 | | studies
and analyses, research and development, and management | 26 | | and marketing planning
for such new tourist attractions.
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| 1 | | (h) (Blank).
| 2 | | (i) To implement a program of matching grants and loans to | 3 | | counties, municipalities, park districts, forest preserve | 4 | | districts, conservation districts, local promotion groups and | 5 | | others, as provided in
Sections 5 and 8a of this Act,
for the | 6 | | development or improvement of tourism attractions and tourism
| 7 | | events in
Illinois under
the terms and conditions provided in | 8 | | this Act.
| 9 | | (j) To expend funds from the International and Promotional | 10 | | Fund, subject
to appropriation, on any activity authorized | 11 | | under this Act.
| 12 | | (k) To do any other acts that, in the judgment of the | 13 | | Department,
are necessary and proper in fostering and | 14 | | promoting tourism in the
State of Illinois.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 16 | | (20 ILCS 665/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-25)
| 17 | | Sec. 5. Marketing and private sector programs.
| 18 | | (a) The Department is authorized to make grants, subject | 19 | | to
appropriation, from
the Tourism
Promotion Fund
to counties,
| 20 | | municipalities, park districts, forest preserve districts, | 21 | | conservation districts, not-for-profit organizations, and | 22 | | local promotion groups
and
to assist such counties,
| 23 | | municipalities , park districts, forest preserve districts, | 24 | | conservation districts, and local promotion groups in the | 25 | | promotion of tourism
attractions and tourism events.
The |
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| 1 | | Department, after review of the application and if satisfied
| 2 | | that the program and proposed expenditures of the applicant | 3 | | appear to
be in accord with the purposes of this Act, must | 4 | | grant to the
applicant an amount not to exceed 60% of the | 5 | | proposed expenditures.
| 6 | | (b) The Department may make grants, subject to | 7 | | appropriation, from
the Tourism Promotion Fund to counties, | 8 | | municipalities, park districts, forest preserve districts, | 9 | | conservation districts, not-for-profit
organizations, local | 10 | | promotion groups, and for-profit businesses to
assist in | 11 | | attracting and hosting tourism events matched with funds from
| 12 | | sources in the private sector. The Department, after review of | 13 | | the
application and if satisfied that the program and proposed
| 14 | | expenditures of the applicant appear to be in accord with the | 15 | | purposes
of this Act, must grant to the applicant an amount not | 16 | | to exceed
50% of the proposed expenditures.
| 17 | | Before any such grant may be made the county, | 18 | | municipality, park district, forest preserve district, | 19 | | conservation district, not-for-profit
organization, local
| 20 | | promotion group, or for-profit business must make application | 21 | | to the
Department for such grant, setting forth the studies, | 22 | | surveys and
investigations proposed to be made and other | 23 | | activities
proposed to be undertaken. The application shall | 24 | | further state, under oath
or affirmation, with evidence | 25 | | thereof satisfactory to the Department, the
amount of funds | 26 | | held by, committed to or subscribed to, and proposed to be
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| 1 | | expended by, the applicant for the purposes herein described | 2 | | and the amount
of the grant for which application is made.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
| 4 | | (20 ILCS 665/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-28)
| 5 | | Sec. 8. Allocation of appropriations.
| 6 | | (1) Amounts that are
appropriated from the Tourism | 7 | | Promotion Fund to the
Department for the purpose of making | 8 | | grants under Sections 5 and 6 of this Act
shall be allocated by | 9 | | the Department as follows:
| 10 | | (a) 62.5% to local promotion groups, municipalities, | 11 | | park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation | 12 | | districts, and counties not
wholly or partially within any | 13 | | county of more than 1 million population;
| 14 | | (b) 37.5% to local promotion groups, municipalities, | 15 | | park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation | 16 | | districts, and counties wholly
or partially within any | 17 | | county of more than 1 million population.
| 18 | | However, if sufficient local funds cannot be raised to | 19 | | match the
allocation made under either paragraph (a) or (b) of | 20 | | this subsection, such
appropriations may be reallocated, in | 21 | | whole or in part, to any applicant or
applicants able to | 22 | | qualify for a grant or may be used by the Department to
promote | 23 | | the tourist attractions of the State of Illinois as a whole.
| 24 | | (2) Amounts
that are
appropriated from the Tourism | 25 | | Promotion Fund to the Department for the purpose
of making |
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| 1 | | grants under Sections 5 and 6 of this Act to match funds from | 2 | | the
private sector may be used by the
Department in any county | 3 | | of this State.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
| 5 | | (20 ILCS 665/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-28a)
| 6 | | Sec. 8a. Tourism grants and loans.
| 7 | | (1) The Department is authorized to make grants and loans, | 8 | | subject to
appropriations by the General Assembly for this | 9 | | purpose from the Tourism
Promotion Fund,
to counties, | 10 | | municipalities, park districts, forest preserve districts, | 11 | | conservation districts, local promotion groups, not-for-profit
| 12 | | organizations, or
for-profit businesses for the development or | 13 | | improvement of tourism
attractions in Illinois. Individual | 14 | | grants and loans shall not
exceed
$1,000,000
and shall not | 15 | | exceed 50% of the entire amount of the actual expenditures for
| 16 | | the development or improvement of a tourist attraction. | 17 | | Agreements for
loans made by the Department pursuant to this | 18 | | subsection may contain
provisions regarding term, interest | 19 | | rate, security as may be required by
the Department and any | 20 | | other provisions the Department may require to
protect the | 21 | | State's interest.
| 22 | | (2) (Blank).
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
| 24 | | (20 ILCS 665/13) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-33)
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| 1 | | Sec. 13. Powers of municipalities and counties. For the | 2 | | purposes set out
in this Act, the corporate authorities of
| 3 | | each city, village or incorporated town and the county board | 4 | | of each county
may (1) promote the advantages of the | 5 | | municipality or county, as the case
may be, for tourism, | 6 | | industrial development and other activities and
programs | 7 | | designed to stimulate employment, (2) appropriate funds for
| 8 | | promotional activities and programs, (3) accept gifts and | 9 | | grants to be used
for promotional purposes, and (4) join with | 10 | | other municipalities, counties, park districts, forest | 11 | | preserve districts, conservation districts,
and local | 12 | | promotion groups in promotional activities and programs.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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