Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 4/17/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 508

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 508 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by
5changing Section 4a as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 665/4a)  (from Ch. 127, par. 200-24a)
7    Sec. 4a. Funds.
8    (1) All moneys deposited in the Tourism Promotion Fund
9pursuant to this subsection are allocated to the Department for
10utilization, as appropriated, in the performance of its powers
11under Section 4; except that during fiscal year 2013, the
12Department shall reserve $9,800,000 of the total funds
13available for appropriation in the Tourism Promotion Fund for
14appropriation to the Historic Preservation Agency for the
15operation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
16Museum and State historic sites.

 

 

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1    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
2beginning July 1, 1997, upon certification of the Department of
3Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
4Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
5Tourism Promotion Fund an amount equal to 13% of the net
6revenue realized from the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act
7plus an amount equal to 13% of the net revenue realized from
8any tax imposed under Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's
9Fair-1992 Authority Act during the preceding month. "Net
10revenue realized for a month" means the revenue collected by
11the State under that Act during the previous month less the
12amount paid out during that same month as refunds to taxpayers
13for overpayment of liability under that Act.
14    (1.1) (Blank).
15    (2) As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
16beginning July 1, 1997, upon certification of the Department of
17Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
18Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
19Tourism Promotion Fund an amount equal to 8% of the net revenue
20realized from the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax plus an
21amount equal to 8% of the net revenue realized from any tax
22imposed under Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's Fair-1992
23Authority Act during the preceding month. "Net revenue realized
24for a month" means the revenue collected by the State under
25that Act during the previous month less the amount paid out
26during that same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment

 

 

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1of liability under that Act.
2    All monies deposited in the Tourism Promotion Fund under
3this subsection (2) shall be used solely as provided in this
4subsection to advertise and promote tourism throughout
5Illinois. Appropriations of monies deposited in the Tourism
6Promotion Fund pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be used
7solely for advertising to promote tourism, including but not
8limited to advertising production and direct advertisement
9costs, but shall not be used to employ any additional staff,
10finance any individual event, or lease, rent or purchase any
11physical facilities. The Department shall coordinate its
12advertising under this subsection (2) with other public and
13private entities in the State engaged in similar promotion
14activities. Print or electronic media production made pursuant
15to this subsection (2) for advertising promotion shall not
16contain or include the physical appearance of or reference to
17the name or position of any public officer. "Public officer"
18means a person who is elected to office pursuant to statute, or
19who is appointed to an office which is established, and the
20qualifications and duties of which are prescribed, by statute,
21to discharge a public duty for the State or any of its
22political subdivisions.
23    (2.5) The Department shall make grants from the Tourism
24Promotion Fund, or its successor fund, to a municipality in
25which a municipal convention center is located, or to a
26convention center authority, for the purpose of reimbursing the

 

 

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1municipality or convention center authority for qualified
2incentives provided by a municipal convention center or
3convention center authority. For the purposes of this
4subsection, "municipal convention center" means a convention
5or civic center owned by a unit of local government, or a
6municipal convention hall as defined in paragraph (1) of
7Section 11-65-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, with contiguous
8exhibition space ranging between 40,000 and 125,000 square
9feet. For purposes of this subsection, "convention center
10authority" means an Authority as defined by the Civic Center
11Code with contiguous exhibition space ranging between 40,000
12and 125,000 square feet. For the purposes of this subsection,
13"qualified incentive" means an incentive provided for a
14convention, meeting, or trade show that, but for the incentive,
15would not have occurred in the State or been retained in the
16State.
17    No later than May 15 of each year, the municipality where a
18municipal convention center is located, or convention center
19authority, shall certify to the Department the amount of funds
20expended in the previous fiscal year to provide qualified
21incentives. Grants awarded under this subsection (2.5) may not
22exceed 80% of the certified incentive amount. Further, in no
23event may the aggregate amount of grants certified and awarded
24to a single municipal convention center or convention center
25authority under this subsection exceed $200,000 in any calendar
26year. The municipality or convention center authority shall

 

 

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1also certify (A) the net proceeds received under the Hotel
2Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or
3letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in
4which the convention, meeting, or trade show occurs and (B) the
5average of the net proceeds received under the Hotel Operators'
6Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or letting of
7hotel rooms in the municipality for the same month in the 5
8immediately preceding years. The Department may request that
9the Auditor General conduct an audit of the accuracy of the
10certification.
11    If the Department determines by its process of
12certification that qualified incentive funds, in whole or in
13part, were disbursed by the Department by means other than in
14accordance with the standards of this Section, then the amount
15transferred to the Tourism Promotion Fund shall be reduced
16during the next subsequent transfer in direct proportion to
17that amount determined to be in violation of the terms set
18forth in this Section.
19    (3) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the
20contrary, amounts transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
21the Tourism Promotion Fund pursuant to this Section shall not
22exceed $26,300,000 in State fiscal year 2012.
23(Source: P.A. 97-641, eff. 12-19-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".