Sen. Gary Forby

Filed: 5/4/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 852

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 852 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 605/605-725 new)
8     Sec. 605-725. Tourism promotion at highway rest areas.
9     (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department, in
10 consultation with the Department of Transportation, may
11 establish and administer a test program to place at rest areas
12 along highways computer kiosks that provide information on
13 tourism activities in the State.
14     (b) The Department may seek and approve paid sponsorships
15 for the computer kiosks and paid advertisements to be placed on
16 the computer kiosks from local businesses to offset costs

 

 

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1 related to the program and to generate revenues for the
2 program. All computer kiosk sponsorships and advertisements
3 approved by the Department must be for (1) local businesses
4 reasonably accessible from the highway on which the computer
5 kiosk is located or (2) the purpose of promoting a local
6 tourism activity or attraction. All amounts received from
7 sponsorships and advertisements shall be deposited into the
8 Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund.
9     (c) The Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund is created as a special
10 fund in the State Treasury. The Fund shall be administered by
11 the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in
12 consultation with the Department of Transportation. There
13 shall be credited to the Fund any moneys specifically
14 designated for deposit into the Fund, including revenues from
15 paid sponsorships and advertisements, State appropriations,
16 set asides from public expenditures on capital projects,
17 federal funds, gifts, grants, and private contributions.
18 Earnings attributable to moneys in the Fund shall be deposited
19 into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Fund shall be used
20 solely for the purpose of implementing and maintaining the
21 program created by this Section.
22     (d) The Department may adopt any rules that it deems
23 appropriate to establish and administer the test program under
24 this Section.
25     (e) The Department must submit annual reports to the
26 General Assembly, the Governor, and the Secretary of

 

 

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1 Transportation regarding the test program under this Section.
 
2     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
3 Section 5.719 as follows:
 
4     (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
5     Sec. 5.719. The Tourism Kiosk Finance Fund.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
7 2009.".