Full Text of SB2009 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 13 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 120/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 663)
| 7 | | Sec. 13. Rehabilitation. Except as otherwise allowed by the
| 8 | | Director, to qualify for disbursements made by the
Department | 9 | | from an appropriation made under the provisions of this | 10 | | Section, the
land on which the fair is held must be owned by | 11 | | the county fair board
participating in this disbursement or by | 12 | | a State, city, village, or county
government body, or be held | 13 | | under a lease that is at least 20 years in
duration, the terms | 14 | | of which require the lessee to have continuous possession
of | 15 | | the land during every day of the lease period. No county fair | 16 | | shall
qualify for
disbursements made by the
Department from an | 17 | | appropriation made under the provisions of this Section
unless | 18 | | it shall have notified the Department in writing of its intent | 19 | | to
participate prior to obligating any funds for which | 20 | | reimbursement will be
requested. Each county fair shall be | 21 | | reimbursed annually
for that part of the amount expended by the | 22 | | fair during the year for
liability
and casualty insurance, as | 23 | | provided in this Section, and the
rehabilitation of its |
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| 1 | | grounds, including major construction projects and
minor | 2 | | maintenance and repair projects as well as, but not more than | 3 | | once in a 3-year period, computer equipment used exclusively in | 4 | | conjunction with the organization of the fair ; as follows:
| 5 | | 100% of the first $5,000 or any part thereof;
| 6 | | 75% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof;
| 7 | | 50% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof.
| 8 | | The lesser of either $20,000 or 50% of the amount
received | 9 | | by a
county fair pursuant to
this Section may be expended for | 10 | | liability and casualty
insurance.
| 11 | | If a county fair expends more than is needed in any
year | 12 | | for approved projects to maximize State reimbursement under | 13 | | this
Section and provides itemized
receipts and other evidence | 14 | | of expenditures
for that year, any excess may be carried over | 15 | | to the
succeeding year. The amount carried over shall | 16 | | constitute a claim for
reimbursement for a subsequent period | 17 | | not to exceed 7 years as
long as
funds are available.
| 18 | | Before June 30 of each year, the president and secretary of | 19 | | each
county fair which has participated in this program shall | 20 | | file with
the Department a sworn statement of the amount | 21 | | expended during the period
July 1 to June 30 of the State's | 22 | | fiscal year, accompanied by
itemized receipted bills and other | 23 | | evidence of expenditures. If the
Department
approves the claim, | 24 | | the State Comptroller is authorized and directed to
draw a | 25 | | warrant payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund on the State
| 26 | | Treasurer for the amount of the rehabilitation
claims.
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| 1 | | If after all claims are paid, there remains any amount of | 2 | | the
appropriation for rehabilitation, the remaining amount | 3 | | shall be
distributed as a grant to the participating fairs | 4 | | qualifying for the
maximum reimbursement and shall be | 5 | | distributed to the eligible fairs on
an equal basis
not
to | 6 | | exceed each eligible fair's pro rata share granted in this
| 7 | | paragraph.
A sworn statement of the amount expended accompanied | 8 | | by the itemized
receipted bills as evidence of expenditure must | 9 | | be filed with the
Department by June 30 of each year.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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