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Public Act 92-0524
HB3017 Enrolled LRB9200724MWpk
AN ACT concerning tourism.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 605-705 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-705) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention
bureaus.
(a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
convention bureaus. The Department will develop and
implement a program for the use of funds, as authorized under
this Act, by local tourism and convention bureaus. For the
purposes of this Act, bureaus eligible to receive funds are
those local tourism and convention bureaus that are (i)
either units of local government or incorporated as
not-for-profit organizations; (ii) in legal existence for a
minimum of 2 years before July 1, 2001; (iii) operating with
a paid, full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote
tourism in the designated service area; and (iv) affiliated
with one or more municipalities or counties that support the
bureau with local hotel-motel taxes. After July 1, 2001,
bureaus requesting certification in order to receive funds
for the first time must be local tourism and convention
bureaus that are (i) either units of local government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; (ii) in legal
existence for a minimum of 2 years before the request for
certification; (iii) operating with a paid, full-time staff
whose sole purpose is to promote tourism in the designated
service area; and (iv) affiliated with multiple
municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act
will be certified by the Department as the designated
recipient to serve an area of the State. Notwithstanding the
criteria set forth in this subsection (a), or any rule
adopted under this subsection (a), the Director of the
Department may provide for the award of grant funds to one or
more entities if in the Department's judgment that action is
necessary in order to prevent a loss of funding critical to
promoting tourism in a designated geographic area of the
State.
(b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
bureaus from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund
for that purpose. Of the amounts appropriated annually to
the Department for expenditure under this Section, one-third
of those monies shall be used for grants to convention and
tourism bureaus in cities with a population greater than
500,000. The remaining two-thirds of the annual
appropriation shall be used for grants to convention and
tourism bureaus in the remainder of the State, in accordance
with a formula based upon the population served. The
Department may reserve up to 10% of the total appropriated to
conduct audits of grants, to provide incentive funds to those
bureaus that will conduct promotional activities designed to
further the Department's statewide advertising campaign, to
fund special statewide promotional activities, and to fund
promotional activities that support an increased use of the
State's parks or historic sites.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly November 29, 2001.
Approved February 08, 2002.
Effective February 08, 2002.
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