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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by changing Section 605-25 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-25) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
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| 8 | Sec. 605-25.
Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional | ||||||
| 9 | products and
services; International and Promotional Fund.
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| 10 | (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
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| 11 | accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental | ||||||
| 12 | entities, for
profit
organizations, and
nonprofit associations | ||||||
| 13 | in
association with or as consideration for the provision of | ||||||
| 14 | various
promotional products and services
through its tourism, | ||||||
| 15 | films production promotion, and international
business | ||||||
| 16 | promotion programs. The
Director may establish and collect | ||||||
| 17 | nominal charges for premiums
and other promotional materials | ||||||
| 18 | produced or acquired as part of the
Department's activities | ||||||
| 19 | authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from
individuals | ||||||
| 20 | and not-for-profit organizations
intending to use those | ||||||
| 21 | premiums and promotional materials for
purposes
consistent | ||||||
| 22 | with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,
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| 23 | however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more | ||||||
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| 1 | than the cost
of the premium or promotional material to the | ||||||
| 2 | Department.
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| 3 | (b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from | ||||||
| 4 | films and
media
production entities for police and related | ||||||
| 5 | production security services in
amounts determined by the | ||||||
| 6 | provider of the security services and
agreed to
by the | ||||||
| 7 | production entity. The reimbursements shall
result only from | ||||||
| 8 | the
agreed costs of planned police and security services to be | ||||||
| 9 | rendered to film
and media production sites in the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois.
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| 11 | (c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing | ||||||
| 12 | assessments and
fees
and accept gifts, grants, and awards from | ||||||
| 13 | private businesses, trade
associations, other governmental | ||||||
| 14 | entities, and individuals desiring to
participate in and | ||||||
| 15 | support the development and conduct of overseas trade,
catalog, | ||||||
| 16 | and distributor shows and activities and to purchase | ||||||
| 17 | informational
materials to foster export sales of Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | products and services as part
of the Department's international | ||||||
| 19 | business programs.
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| 20 | (d) All money
received
pursuant
to this Section, except as | ||||||
| 21 | provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 22 | International and
Promotional Fund
within the State treasury | ||||||
| 23 | which is hereby created; monies within the Fund
shall be | ||||||
| 24 | appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
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| 25 | (e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the | ||||||
| 26 | production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow | ||||||
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| 1 | the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including | ||||||
| 2 | in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel | ||||||
| 3 | guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales | ||||||
| 4 | revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of | ||||||
| 5 | producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department, | ||||||
| 6 | after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 7 | International and Promotional Fund. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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