Full Text of SB2528 100th General Assembly
SB2528eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 Illinois Promotion Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8b as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 665/8b) | 7 | | Sec. 8b. Municipal convention center and sports facility | 8 | | attraction grants. | 9 | | (a) Until July 1, 2022 July 1, 2020 , the Department is | 10 | | authorized to make grants, subject to appropriation by the | 11 | | General Assembly, from the Tourism Promotion Fund to a unit of | 12 | | local government, municipal convention center, or convention | 13 | | center authority that provides incentives, as defined in | 14 | | subsection (i) of Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of | 15 | | attracting conventions, meetings, and trade shows to municipal | 16 | | convention centers and attracting sporting events to municipal | 17 | | amateur sports facilities. Grants awarded under this Section | 18 | | shall be based on the net proceeds received under the Hotel | 19 | | Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or | 20 | | letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in | 21 | | which the convention, meeting, trade show, or sporting event | 22 | | occurs. Grants shall not exceed 80% of the incentive amount | 23 | | provided by the unit of local government, municipal convention |
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| 1 | | center, or convention center authority. Further, in no event | 2 | | may the aggregate amount of grants awarded to a single | 3 | | municipal convention center, convention center authority, or | 4 | | municipal amateur sports facility exceed $200,000 in any | 5 | | calendar year. The Department may, by rule, require any other | 6 | | provisions it deems necessary in order to protect the State's | 7 | | interest in administering this program. | 8 | | (b) No later than May 15 of each year, through May 15, | 9 | | 2020, the unit of local government, municipal convention | 10 | | center, or convention center authority shall certify to the | 11 | | Department the amounts of funds expended in the previous fiscal | 12 | | year to provide qualified incentives; however, in no event may | 13 | | the certified amount pursuant to this paragraph exceed $200,000 | 14 | | for any municipal convention center, convention center | 15 | | authority, or municipal amateur sports facility in any calendar | 16 | | year. The unit of local government, convention center, or | 17 | | convention center authority shall certify (A) the net proceeds | 18 | | received under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the | 19 | | renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality | 20 | | for the month in which the convention, meeting, or trade show | 21 | | occurs and (B) the average of the net proceeds received under | 22 | | the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, | 23 | | leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the | 24 | | same month in the 3 immediately preceding years. The unit of | 25 | | local government, municipal convention center, or convention | 26 | | center authority shall include the incentive amounts as part of |
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| 1 | | its regular audit. | 2 | | (b-5) Grants awarded to a unit of local government, | 3 | | municipal convention center, or convention center authority | 4 | | may be made by the Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity from appropriations for those purposes for any | 6 | | fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the qualification | 7 | | or obligation may have occurred in a prior fiscal year. | 8 | | (c) The Department shall submit a report on the | 9 | | effectiveness of the program established under this Section to | 10 | | the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2022 January 1, | 11 | | 2020 .
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 99-476, eff. 8-27-15.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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