Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 5/4/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 852 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 852 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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    "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 605/605-725  new)
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    Sec. 605-725. Tourism promotion at highway rest areas.

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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department, in 
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consultation with the Department of Transportation, may 
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establish and administer a test program to place at rest areas 
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along highways computer kiosks that provide information on 
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tourism activities in the State.
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    (b)    The Department may seek and approve paid sponsorships 
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for the computer kiosks and paid advertisements to be placed on 
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the computer kiosks from local businesses to offset costs 
 


 






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related to the program and to generate revenues for the 
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program. All computer kiosk sponsorships and advertisements 
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approved by the Department must be for (1) local businesses 
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reasonably accessible from the highway on which the computer 
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kiosk is located or (2) the purpose of promoting a local 
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tourism activity or attraction. All amounts received from 
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sponsorships and advertisements shall be deposited into the 
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Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund.
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    (c)    The Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund is created as a special 
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fund in the State Treasury. The Fund shall be administered by 
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the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in 
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consultation with the Department of Transportation. There 
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shall be credited to the Fund any moneys specifically 
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designated for deposit into the Fund, including revenues from 
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paid sponsorships and advertisements, State appropriations, 
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set asides from public expenditures on capital projects, 
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federal funds, gifts, grants, and private contributions. 
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Earnings attributable to moneys in the Fund shall be deposited 
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into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Fund shall be used 
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solely for the purpose of implementing and maintaining the 
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program created by this Section.
 
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    (d) The Department may adopt  any rules that it deems 
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appropriate to establish and administer  the test program under 
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this Section.

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    (e) The Department must submit  annual reports to the 
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General Assembly, the Governor, and the Secretary of 
 


 






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Transportation regarding the test program under this Section.


 
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    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section 5.719 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
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    Sec. 5.719. The Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2009.".