Full Text of SB3631 97th General Assembly
SB3631 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB3631 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 605/605-705 | was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a |
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Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, of the amounts appropriated annually (now, annually to the Department) for expenditure for grants to local tourism and convention bureaus beginning July 1, 2011, 18% shall be used for grants to convention and tourism bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 605-705 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-705) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
| 8 | | Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention | 9 | | bureaus.
| 10 | | (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
| 11 | | convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a | 12 | | program
for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by | 13 | | local tourism and
convention bureaus. For the purposes of this | 14 | | Act,
bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism | 15 | | and
convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local | 16 | | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | 17 | | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before July 1, | 18 | | 2001; (iii) operating with a
paid, full-time staff whose sole | 19 | | purpose is to promote tourism in the
designated service area; | 20 | | and (iv) affiliated with one or more
municipalities or counties | 21 | | that support the bureau with local hotel-motel
taxes. After | 22 | | July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in
order to | 23 | | receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
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| 1 | | convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local | 2 | | government or
incorporated as not-for-profit organizations; | 3 | | (ii) in legal existence
for a minimum of 2 years before the | 4 | | request for certification; (iii)
operating with a paid, | 5 | | full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote
tourism in the | 6 | | designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with
multiple | 7 | | municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
| 8 | | hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act | 9 | | will be
certified by the Department as the designated recipient | 10 | | to serve an area of
the State.
Notwithstanding the criteria set | 11 | | forth in this subsection (a), or any rule
adopted under this | 12 | | subsection (a), the Director of the Department may
provide for | 13 | | the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
| 14 | | Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to | 15 | | prevent a loss of
funding critical to promoting tourism in a | 16 | | designated geographic area of the
State.
| 17 | | (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention | 18 | | bureaus from
appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund | 19 | | for that purpose. Of the
amounts appropriated annually to the | 20 | | Department for expenditure under this
Section prior to July 1, | 21 | | 2011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to | 22 | | convention and
tourism bureaus in cities with a population | 23 | | greater than 500,000. The
remaining two-thirds of the annual | 24 | | appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
| 25 | | convention and tourism bureaus in the
remainder of the State, | 26 | | in accordance with a formula based upon the
population served. |
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| 1 | | Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | 2 | | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of | 3 | | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism | 4 | | bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of | 5 | | the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for | 6 | | expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of | 7 | | such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in | 8 | | the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based | 9 | | upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to | 10 | | 10% of total
local tourism funds available for costs of | 11 | | administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to | 12 | | provide incentive funds to
those
bureaus that will conduct | 13 | | promotional activities designed to further the
Department's | 14 | | statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
| 15 | | promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities | 16 | | that support an
increased use of the State's parks or historic | 17 | | sites.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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