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90_HB0367enr 30 ILCS 135/1 from Ch. 127, par. 167f2 Amends the Fair and Exposition Transfer of Funds Act by making a technical change to the Section concerning the transfer of funds from the Fair and Exposition Fund to the Agricultural Premium Fund. LRB9002529MWpc HB0367 Enrolled LRB9002529MWpc 1 AN ACT to amend the Agricultural Fair Act by changing 2 Section 13. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by 6 changing Section 13 as follows: 7 (30 ILCS 120/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 663) 8 Sec. 13. State reimbursement. No county fair shall 9 qualify for disbursements made by the Department from an 10 appropriation made under the provisions of this Section 11 unless it shall have notified the Department in writing of 12 its intent to participate prior to obligating any funds for 13 which reimbursement will be requested. Each county fair 14 shall be reimbursed annuallynot to exceed $20,000for that 15 part of the amount expended by the fair during the year for 16 liability and casualty insurance, as provided in this 17 Section, and the rehabilitation of its grounds, including 18 major construction projects and minor maintenance and repair 19 projects; as follows: 20 100% of the first $5,000 or any part thereof; 21 75% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof;.22 50% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof. 23 The lesser of either $10,000 or 50% of the amount 24 received by a county fair pursuant to this Section may be 25 expended for liability and casualty insurance. 26 If a county fair expends$25,000 ormore than is needed 27 in any year for approved projects to maximize State 28 reimbursement under this Section and provides itemized 29 receipts and other evidence of expenditures for that year, 30 any excess may be carried over to the succeeding year. The 31 amount carried over shall constitute a claim for HB0367 Enrolled -2- LRB9002529MWpc 1 reimbursement for a subsequent period not to exceed 7 years 2 as long as funds are available. 3 Before June 15 of each year, the president and secretary 4 of each county fair which has participated in this program 5 shall file with the Department a sworn statement of the 6 amount expended during the period July 1 to June 15 of the 7 State's fiscal year, accompanied by itemized receipted bills 8 and other evidence of expenditures. If the Department 9 approves the claim, the State Comptroller is authorized and 10 directed to draw a warrant payable from the Agricultural 11 Premium Fundfor not more than $20,000on the State Treasurer 12 for the amount of the rehabilitation claims. 13 If after all claims are paid, there remains any amount of 14 the appropriation for rehabilitation, the remaining amount 15 shall be distributed as a grant to the participating fairs 16 qualifying for the maximum reimbursement and shall be 17 distributed to the eligible fairs on an equal basis.18Expenditures exceeding $25,000 for rehabilitation will be19reimbursed at the rate of 75% of the amount of money20expended,not to exceed each eligible fair's pro rata share 21 granted in this paragraph. A sworn statement of the amount 22 expended accompanied by the itemized receipted bills as 23 evidence of expenditure must be filed with the Department by 24 June 15 of each year. 25 (Source: P.A. 88-329; 89-96, eff. 7-7-95.) 26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 27 becoming law.