Full Text of HB2687 98th General Assembly
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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 Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by changing Sections 605-705 and 605-707 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-705) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
| 8 | | Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention | 9 | | bureaus.
| 10 | | (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
| 11 | | convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a | 12 | | program
for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by | 13 | | local tourism and
convention bureaus. For the purposes of this | 14 | | Act,
bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism | 15 | | and
convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local | 16 | | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | 17 | | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before July 1, | 18 | | 2001; (iii) operating with a
paid, full-time staff whose sole | 19 | | purpose is to promote tourism in the
designated service area; | 20 | | and (iv) affiliated with one or more
municipalities or counties | 21 | | that support the bureau with local hotel-motel
taxes. After | 22 | | July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in
order to | 23 | | receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
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| 1 | | convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local | 2 | | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | 3 | | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before the | 4 | | request for certification; (iii)
operating with a paid, | 5 | | full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote
tourism in the | 6 | | designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with
multiple | 7 | | municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
| 8 | | hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act | 9 | | will be
certified by the Department as the designated recipient | 10 | | to serve an area of
the State.
Notwithstanding the criteria set | 11 | | forth in this subsection (a), or any rule
adopted under this | 12 | | subsection (a), the Director of the Department may
provide for | 13 | | the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
| 14 | | Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to | 15 | | prevent a loss of
funding critical to promoting tourism in a | 16 | | designated geographic area of the
State.
| 17 | | (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention | 18 | | bureaus from
appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund | 19 | | for that purpose. Of the
amounts appropriated annually to the | 20 | | Department for expenditure under this
Section prior to July 1, | 21 | | 2011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to | 22 | | convention and
tourism bureaus in cities with a population | 23 | | greater than 500,000. The
remaining two-thirds of the annual | 24 | | appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
| 25 | | convention and tourism bureaus in the
remainder of the State, | 26 | | in accordance with a formula based upon the
population served. |
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| 1 | | Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | 2 | | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of | 3 | | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism | 4 | | bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of | 5 | | the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | 6 | | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of | 7 | | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in | 8 | | the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based | 9 | | upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to | 10 | | 10% of total
local tourism funds available for costs of | 11 | | administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to | 12 | | provide incentive funds to
those
bureaus that will conduct | 13 | | promotional activities designed to further the
Department's | 14 | | statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
| 15 | | promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities | 16 | | that support an
increased use of the State's parks or historic | 17 | | sites. The During fiscal year 2013, the Department shall | 18 | | require that any convention and tourism bureau receiving a | 19 | | grant under this Section that requires matching funds shall | 20 | | provide matching funds equal to no less than 50% of the grant | 21 | | amount. During fiscal year 2013, the Department shall reserve | 22 | | $2,000,000 of the available local tourism funds for | 23 | | appropriation to the Historic Preservation Agency for the | 24 | | operation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and | 25 | | Museum and State historic sites.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
| 2 | | Sec. 605-707. International Tourism Program.
| 3 | | (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 4 | | must establish a
program for international tourism. The | 5 | | Department shall develop and
implement the program on January | 6 | | 1, 2000 by rule. As part of the program, the
Department may | 7 | | work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
| 8 | | in Illinois in the coordination of international tourism | 9 | | efforts at the State
and local level. The
Department may (i)
| 10 | | work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus | 11 | | for efficient use
of their international tourism marketing
| 12 | | resources, (ii) promote
Illinois in international meetings and | 13 | | tourism markets, (iii) work with
convention and tourism bureaus | 14 | | throughout the State to increase the number of
international | 15 | | tourists to Illinois, (iv) provide training,
research, | 16 | | technical support, and grants to certified convention and
| 17 | | tourism bureaus, (v) provide staff, administration, and | 18 | | related support
required to manage the programs under this | 19 | | Section, and (vi) provide grants
for the development of or the | 20 | | enhancement of
international tourism
attractions.
| 21 | | (b) The Department shall make grants for expenses related | 22 | | to international
tourism and pay for the staffing,
| 23 | | administration, and related support from the International
| 24 | | Tourism Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury. Of | 25 | | the amounts
deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2000 after |
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| 1 | | January 1, 2000 through fiscal year 2011, 55% shall be
used for | 2 | | grants to convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago (other than | 3 | | the
City of Chicago's Office of Tourism) and 45% shall be used | 4 | | for development of
international tourism in areas outside of | 5 | | Chicago. Of the amounts
deposited into the Fund in fiscal year | 6 | | 2001 and thereafter, 55% shall be used
for grants to convention | 7 | | and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and of that amount not
less | 8 | | than
27.5% shall be used
for
grants to convention and tourism | 9 | | bureaus in Chicago other than the
City of Chicago's Office of | 10 | | Tourism, and 45%
shall be
used for administrative expenses and | 11 | | grants authorized under this Section and
development of | 12 | | international tourism in areas outside of Chicago, of which not
| 13 | | less than $1,000,000
shall be used annually to make grants to | 14 | | convention and tourism bureaus in
cities other than Chicago | 15 | | that demonstrate their international tourism appeal
and | 16 | | request to develop or expand their international tourism | 17 | | marketing
program, and may also be used to provide grants under | 18 | | item (vi) of subsection
(a) of
this Section. All of the amounts | 19 | | deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter | 20 | | shall be used for administrative expenses and grants authorized | 21 | | under this Section and development of international tourism in | 22 | | areas outside of Chicago, of which not less than $1,000,000 | 23 | | shall be used annually to make grants to convention and tourism | 24 | | bureaus in cities other than Chicago that demonstrate their | 25 | | international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand | 26 | | their international tourism marketing program, and may also be |
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| 1 | | used to provide grants under item (vi) of subsection (a) of | 2 | | this Section. Amounts appropriated to the State Comptroller for | 3 | | administrative expenses and grants authorized by the Illinois | 4 | | Global Partnership Act are payable from the International | 5 | | Tourism Fund.
| 6 | | (c) A convention and tourism bureau is eligible to receive | 7 | | grant moneys
under this Section if the bureau is certified to | 8 | | receive funds under Title 14
of the Illinois Administrative | 9 | | Code, Section 550.35. To be eligible for a
grant, a convention | 10 | | and tourism bureau must provide matching funds equal to the
| 11 | | grant amount. The During fiscal year 2013, the Department shall | 12 | | require that any convention and tourism bureau receiving a | 13 | | grant under this Section that requires matching funds shall | 14 | | provide matching funds equal to no less than 50% of the grant | 15 | | amount. In certain
circumstances as determined by the Director | 16 | | of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
however, the City of
| 17 | | Chicago's
Office of Tourism or any other convention and tourism | 18 | | bureau
may provide
matching funds equal to no less than 50% of | 19 | | the grant amount to be
eligible to
receive
the grant.
One-half | 20 | | of this 50% may be provided through in-kind contributions.
| 21 | | Grants received by the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and | 22 | | by convention
and tourism bureaus in Chicago may be expended | 23 | | for the general purposes of
promoting conventions and tourism.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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