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Public Act 91-0683
HB2148 Enrolled LRB9105005DHmg
AN ACT concerning tourism.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing and renumbering Section 46.6d as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
Sec. 605-707. 46.6d. International Tourism Program.
(a) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
must establish a grant program for international tourism.
The Department shall develop and implement the program on
January 1, 2000 by rule. As part of the program, the
Department may work in cooperation with local convention and
tourism bureaus in Illinois in the coordination of
international tourism efforts at the State and local level
shall assist the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and
other convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago in the
formation of the Illinois Partnership for International
Meetings and Tourism under the General Not For Profit
Corporation Act of 1986. The Partnership's Board of
Directors shall consist of the Director of Commerce and
Community Affairs or his or her designee, the chief executive
of the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism, and 3 members
appointed by the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs.
One of the Director's appointees shall be a person with
leadership experience at a convention and tourism bureau in
Chicago certified by the Department, and 2 of the Director's
appointees shall be persons with leadership experience at
convention and tourism bureaus in the State outside the City
of Chicago certified by the Department with active
international tourism marketing programs. The Department may
powers and duties of the Partnership shall be to (i) work in
cooperation work with local convention and tourism bureaus
the Department for efficient use of their international
tourism marketing resources, (ii) promote Illinois in
international meetings and tourism markets, (iii) work with
convention and tourism bureaus throughout the State to
increase the number of international tourists to Illinois,
and (iv) provide training, research, technical support, and
grants to certified convention and tourism bureaus, and (v)
provide staff, administration, and related support required
to manage the programs under this Section in cities other
than Chicago.
(b) The Department shall make the grants and pay for the
staffing, administration, and related support from money in
the International Tourism Fund, a special fund created in the
State Treasury. Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in
fiscal year 2000 after January 1, 2000, 55% shall be used for
grants to convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago (other
than the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism) and 45% shall
be used for development of international tourism in areas
outside of Chicago grants to the Illinois Partnership for
International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts deposited
into the Fund in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, 27.5% shall
be used for grants to the City of Chicago's Office of
Tourism, 27.5% shall be used for grants to other convention
and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and 45% shall be used for
administrative expenses authorized under this Section and
development of international tourism in areas outside of
Chicago, of which grants to the Illinois Partnership for
International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts granted
to the Partnership, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used
annually to make grants to convention and tourism bureaus in
cities other than Chicago that demonstrate their
international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
their international tourism marketing program.
(c) A convention and tourism bureau is eligible to
receive grant moneys under this Section if the bureau is
certified to receive funds under Title 14 of the Illinois
Administrative Code, Section 550.35 (i) is a unit of local
government or is an entity established under the General Not
For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, (ii) is affiliated with
at least one municipality or county, (iii) employs at least
one full-time staff person, and (iv) is certified by the
Department as the designated recipient to serve an area of
the State. The City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and all
convention and tourism bureaus must provide matching funds
equal to the grant to be eligible to receive the grant.
Grants received by the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism
and by convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago may be
expended for the general purposes of promoting conventions
and tourism.
(Source: P.A. 91-604, eff. 8-16-99; revised 10-21-99.)
Section 10. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by
changing Section 8a as follows:
(20 ILCS 665/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-28a)
Sec. 8a. Tourism grants and loans; fund.
(1) The Department is authorized to make grants and
loans, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for
this purpose from the Tourism Promotion Fund or the Tourism
Attraction Development Matching Grant Fund, to counties,
municipalities, or local promotion groups, or and loans to
for-profit businesses for the development or improvement of
tourism attractions in Illinois. These Such grants and loans
shall not exceed $1,000,000 $100,000 and shall not exceed 50%
of the entire amount of the actual expenditures for the
development or improvement of a tourist attraction.
Agreements for loans made by the Department pursuant to this
subsection may contain provisions regarding term, interest
rate, security as may be required by the Department and any
other provisions the Department may require to protect the
State's interest.
(2) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
Treasury to be known as the Tourism Attraction Development
Matching Grant Fund. The deposit of monies into this fund
shall be limited to the repayments of principal and interest
from loans made pursuant to subsection (1).
(Source: P.A. 89-262, eff. 8-10-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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