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92_HB3596

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning tourism.

 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 Community
 5    Affairs 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  of  grants  for  local
11    tourism  and convention bureaus.  The Department will develop
12    and implement a program for the use of funds,  as  authorized
13    under this Act, by local tourism and convention bureaus.  For
14    the  purposes  of this Act, bureaus eligible to receive funds
15    are defined as those bureaus in legal existence as of January
16    1, 1985 that  are  either  a  unit  of  local  government  or
17    incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, are affiliated
18    with at least one municipality or county, and employ one full
19    time  staff  person whose purpose is to promote tourism. Each
20    bureau receiving funds under this Act will  be  certified  by
21    the  Department  as the designated recipient to serve an area
22    of the State. These funds may not be used in support  of  the
23    Chicago World's Fair.
24        (b)  To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
25    bureaus  from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund
26    for that purpose.  Of the amounts  appropriated  annually  to
27    the  Department for expenditure under this Section, one-third
28    of those monies shall be used for grants  to  convention  and
29    tourism  bureaus  in  cities  with  a population greater than
30    500,000.    The   remaining   two-thirds   of   the    annual
31    appropriation  shall  be  used  for  grants to convention and
 
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 1    tourism bureaus in the remainder of the State, in  accordance
 2    with  a  formula  based  upon  the  population  served.   The
 3    Department may reserve up to 10% of the total appropriated to
 4    conduct audits of grants, to provide incentive funds to those
 5    bureaus  that will conduct promotional activities designed to
 6    further the Department's statewide advertising  campaign,  to
 7    fund  special  statewide  promotional activities, and to fund
 8    promotional activities that support an increased use  of  the
 9    State's parks or historic sites.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-26,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
11    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-4-99.)

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