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91_HB2789
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1 AN ACT to promote economic development.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by changing Section 46.6a as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 605/46.6a) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.6a)
7 Sec. 46.6a. Grant program for local tourism and
8 convention bureaus. (1) To establish a grant program for
9 local tourism and convention bureaus. The Department will
10 develop and implement a program for the use of funds, as
11 authorized under this Act, by local tourism and convention
12 bureaus. For the purposes of this Act, bureaus eligible to
13 receive funds are defined as those bureaus in legal existence
14 as of January 1, 1985, which are either a unit of local
15 government or incorporated as a not-for-profit organization,
16 are affiliated with one or more municipality or county, and
17 employ one full time staff person whose purpose is to promote
18 tourism. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act will be
19 certified by the Department as the designated recipient to
20 serve an area of the State. These funds may not be used in
21 support of the Chicago World's Worlds Fair.
22 (2) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
23 bureaus from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund
24 for that purpose. Of the amounts appropriated annually to the
25 Department for expenditure under this Section, 1/3 of such
26 monies shall be used for grants to convention and tourism
27 bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. The
28 remaining 2/3 of the annual appropriation shall be used for
29 grants to such bureaus in the remainder of the State, in
30 accordance with a formula based upon the population served.
31 The Department may reserve up to 10% of the total
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1 appropriated to conduct audits of grants, to provide
2 incentive funds to those bureaus which will conduct
3 promotional activities designed to further the Department's
4 statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
5 promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities
6 which support an increased use of the State's parks or
7 historic sites.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; revised 10-31-98.)