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 1        AN ACT concerning tourism.

 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  Community
 5    Affairs  Law  of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 605-707 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
 8        Sec. 605-707.  International Tourism Program.
 9        (a)  The Department of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs
10    must  establish  a  program  for  international tourism.  The
11    Department shall develop and implement the program on January
12    1, 2000 by rule.  As part of the program, the Department  may
13    work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
14    in  Illinois  in  the  coordination  of international tourism
15    efforts at the State and local level.  The Department may (i)
16    work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
17    for efficient use of their  international  tourism  marketing
18    resources,  (ii)  promote  Illinois in international meetings
19    and tourism markets, (iii)  work with convention and  tourism
20    bureaus  throughout  the  State  to  increase  the  number of
21    international tourists to Illinois,  (iv)  provide  training,
22    research,   technical   support,   and  grants  to  certified
23    convention  and   tourism   bureaus,   (v)   provide   staff,
24    administration,  and  related  support required to manage the
25    programs under this Section, and (vi) provide grants for  the
26    development  of  or  the enhancement of international tourism
27    attractions.
28        (b)  The  Department  shall  make  grants  for   expenses
29    related  to  international  tourism and pay for the staffing,
30    administration, and related support  from  the  International
31    Tourism  Fund,  a special fund created in the State Treasury.
 
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 1    Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in  fiscal  year  2000
 2    after  January  1,  2000,  55%  shall  be  used for grants to
 3    convention and tourism bureaus in  Chicago  (other  than  the
 4    City  of  Chicago's  Office of Tourism) and 45% shall be used
 5    for development of international tourism in areas outside  of
 6    Chicago.   Of  the  amounts deposited into the Fund in fiscal
 7    year 2001 and thereafter, 55% shall be  used  for  grants  to
 8    convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and of that amount
 9    not  less  than  27.5% shall be used for grants to convention
10    and tourism  bureaus  in  Chicago  other  than  the  City  of
11    Chicago's  Office  of  Tourism,  and  45%  shall  be used for
12    administrative expenses authorized  under  this  Section  and
13    development  of  international  tourism  in  areas outside of
14    Chicago, of which not less  than  $1,000,000  shall  be  used
15    annually  to make grants to convention and tourism bureaus in
16    cities   other   than   Chicago   that   demonstrate    their
17    international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
18    their  international  tourism marketing program, and may also
19    be used to provide grants under item (vi) of  subsection  (a)
20    of this Section.
21        (c)  A  convention  and  tourism  bureau  is  eligible to
22    receive grant moneys under this  Section  if  the  bureau  is
23    certified  to  receive  funds  under Title 14 of the Illinois
24    Administrative Code, Section 550.35.  To be  eligible  for  a
25    grant,  a convention and tourism bureau must provide matching
26    funds equal to the grant amount.  In certain circumstances as
27    determined by the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs,
28    however, the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism or any other
29    convention and tourism  bureau  may  provide  matching  funds
30    equal  to no less than 50% of the grant amount to be eligible
31    to receive the grant. One-half of this 50%  may  be  provided
32    through in-kind contributions. Grants received by the City of
33    Chicago's  Office  of  Tourism  and by convention and tourism
34    bureaus in Chicago may be expended for the  general  purposes
 
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 1    of promoting conventions and tourism.
 2    (Source:  P.A.  91-604,  eff.  8-16-99; 91-683, eff. 1-26-00;
 3    92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)

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