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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 367
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 367 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Agricultural Fair Act by changing
5 Section 13."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by
9 changing Section 13 as follows:
10 (30 ILCS 120/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 663)
11 Sec. 13. State reimbursement. No county fair shall
12 qualify for disbursements made by the Department from an
13 appropriation made under the provisions of this Section
14 unless it shall have notified the Department in writing of
15 its intent to participate prior to obligating any funds for
16 which reimbursement will be requested. Each county fair
17 shall be reimbursed annually not to exceed $20,000 for that
18 part of the amount expended by the fair during the year for
19 liability and casualty insurance, as provided in this
20 Section, and the rehabilitation of its grounds, including
21 major construction projects and minor maintenance and repair
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1 projects; as follows:
2 100% of the first $5,000 or any part thereof;
3 75% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof; .
4 50% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof.
5 The lesser of either $10,000 or 50% of the amount
6 received by a county fair pursuant to this Section may be
7 expended for liability and casualty insurance.
8 If a county fair expends $25,000 or more than is needed
9 in any year for approved projects to maximize State
10 reimbursement under this Section and provides itemized
11 receipts and other evidence of expenditures for that year,
12 any excess may be carried over to the succeeding year. The
13 amount carried over shall constitute a claim for
14 reimbursement for a subsequent period not to exceed 7 years
15 as long as funds are available.
16 Before June 15 of each year, the president and secretary
17 of each county fair which has participated in this program
18 shall file with the Department a sworn statement of the
19 amount expended during the period July 1 to June 15 of the
20 State's fiscal year, accompanied by itemized receipted bills
21 and other evidence of expenditures. If the Department
22 approves the claim, the State Comptroller is authorized and
23 directed to draw a warrant payable from the Agricultural
24 Premium Fund for not more than $20,000 on the State Treasurer
25 for the amount of the rehabilitation claims.
26 If after all claims are paid, there remains any amount of
27 the appropriation for rehabilitation, the remaining amount
28 shall be distributed as a grant to the participating fairs
29 qualifying for the maximum reimbursement and shall be
30 distributed to the eligible fairs on an equal basis.
31 Expenditures exceeding $25,000 for rehabilitation will be
32 reimbursed at the rate of 75% of the amount of money
33 expended, not to exceed each eligible fair's pro rata share
34 granted in this paragraph. A sworn statement of the amount
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1 expended accompanied by the itemized receipted bills as
2 evidence of expenditure must be filed with the Department by
3 June 15 of each year.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-329; 89-96, eff. 7-7-95.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.".