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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 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by changing and renumbering Section 46.6d as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
7 Sec. 605-707. 46.6d. International Tourism Program.
8 (a) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
9 must establish a grant program for international tourism.
10 The Department shall develop and implement the program on
11 January 1, 2000 by rule. As part of the program, the
12 Department may work in cooperation with local convention and
13 tourism bureaus in Illinois in the coordination of
14 international tourism efforts at the State and local level
15 shall assist the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and
16 other convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago in the
17 formation of the Illinois Partnership for International
18 Meetings and Tourism under the General Not For Profit
19 Corporation Act of 1986. The Partnership's Board of
20 Directors shall consist of the Director of Commerce and
21 Community Affairs or his or her designee, the chief executive
22 of the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism, and 3 members
23 appointed by the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs.
24 One of the Director's appointees shall be a person with
25 leadership experience at a convention and tourism bureau in
26 Chicago certified by the Department, and 2 of the Director's
27 appointees shall be persons with leadership experience at
28 convention and tourism bureaus in the State outside the City
29 of Chicago certified by the Department with active
30 international tourism marketing programs. The Department may
31 powers and duties of the Partnership shall be to (i) work in
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1 cooperation work with local convention and tourism bureaus
2 the Department for efficient use of their international
3 tourism marketing resources, (ii) promote Illinois in
4 international meetings and tourism markets, (iii) work with
5 convention and tourism bureaus throughout the State to
6 increase the number of international tourists to Illinois,
7 and (iv) provide training, research, technical support, and
8 grants to certified convention and tourism bureaus, and (v)
9 provide staff, administration, and related support required
10 to manage the programs under this Section in cities other
11 than Chicago.
12 (b) The Department shall make the grants and pay for the
13 staffing, administration, and related support from money in
14 the International Tourism Fund, a special fund created in the
15 State Treasury. Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in
16 fiscal year 2000 after January 1, 2000, 55% shall be used for
17 grants to convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago (other
18 than the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism) and 45% shall
19 be used for development of international tourism in areas
20 outside of Chicago grants to the Illinois Partnership for
21 International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts deposited
22 into the Fund in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, 27.5% shall
23 be used for grants to the City of Chicago's Office of
24 Tourism, 27.5% shall be used for grants to other convention
25 and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and 45% shall be used for
26 administrative expenses authorized under this Section and
27 development of international tourism in areas outside of
28 Chicago, of which grants to the Illinois Partnership for
29 International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts granted
30 to the Partnership, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used
31 annually to make grants to convention and tourism bureaus in
32 cities other than Chicago that demonstrate their
33 international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
34 their international tourism marketing program.
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1 (c) A convention and tourism bureau is eligible to
2 receive grant moneys under this Section if the bureau is
3 certified to receive funds under Title 14 of the Illinois
4 Administrative Code, Section 550.35 (i) is a unit of local
5 government or is an entity established under the General Not
6 For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, (ii) is affiliated with
7 at least one municipality or county, (iii) employs at least
8 one full-time staff person, and (iv) is certified by the
9 Department as the designated recipient to serve an area of
10 the State. The City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and all
11 convention and tourism bureaus must provide matching funds
12 equal to the grant to be eligible to receive the grant.
13 Grants received by the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism
14 and by convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago may be
15 expended for the general purposes of promoting conventions
16 and tourism.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-604, eff. 8-16-99; revised 10-21-99.)
18 Section 10. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by
19 changing Section 8a as follows:
20 (20 ILCS 665/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-28a)
21 Sec. 8a. Tourism grants and loans; fund.
22 (1) The Department is authorized to make grants and
23 loans, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for
24 this purpose from the Tourism Promotion Fund or the Tourism
25 Attraction Development Matching Grant Fund, to counties,
26 municipalities, or local promotion groups, or and loans to
27 for-profit businesses for the development or improvement of
28 tourism attractions in Illinois. These Such grants and loans
29 shall not exceed $1,000,000 $100,000 and shall not exceed 50%
30 of the entire amount of the actual expenditures for the
31 development or improvement of a tourist attraction.
32 Agreements for loans made by the Department pursuant to this
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1 subsection may contain provisions regarding term, interest
2 rate, security as may be required by the Department and any
3 other provisions the Department may require to protect the
4 State's interest.
5 (2) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
6 Treasury to be known as the Tourism Attraction Development
7 Matching Grant Fund. The deposit of monies into this fund
8 shall be limited to the repayments of principal and interest
9 from loans made pursuant to subsection (1).
10 (Source: P.A. 89-262, eff. 8-10-95.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.
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