Public Act 097-0617
 
SB1918 EnrolledLRB097 08390 PJG 48517 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Sections 605-705 and 605-707 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 605/605-705)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
    Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention
bureaus.
    (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a
program for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by
local tourism and convention bureaus. For the purposes of this
Act, bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism
and convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local
government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;
(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before July 1,
2001; (iii) operating with a paid, full-time staff whose sole
purpose is to promote tourism in the designated service area;
and (iv) affiliated with one or more municipalities or counties
that support the bureau with local hotel-motel taxes. After
July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in order to
receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local
government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;
(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before the
request for certification; (iii) operating with a paid,
full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote tourism in the
designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with multiple
municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act
will be certified by the Department as the designated recipient
to serve an area of the State. Notwithstanding the criteria set
forth in this subsection (a), or any rule adopted under this
subsection (a), the Director of the Department may provide for
the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to
prevent a loss of funding critical to promoting tourism in a
designated geographic area of the State.
    (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
bureaus from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund
for that purpose. Of the amounts appropriated annually to the
Department for expenditure under this Section prior to July 1,
2011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to
convention and tourism bureaus in cities with a population
greater than 500,000. The remaining two-thirds of the annual
appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
convention and tourism bureaus in the remainder of the State,
in accordance with a formula based upon the population served.
Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of
such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism
bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of
the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of
such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in
the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based
upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to
10% of total local tourism funds available for costs of
administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to
provide incentive funds to those bureaus that will conduct
promotional activities designed to further the Department's
statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities
that support an increased use of the State's parks or historic
sites.
(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-38, eff. 6-28-01; 92-524,
eff. 2-8-02; 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)
 
    (20 ILCS 605/605-707)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
    Sec. 605-707. International Tourism Program.
    (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
must establish a program for international tourism. The
Department shall develop and implement the program on January
1, 2000 by rule. As part of the program, the Department may
work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
in Illinois in the coordination of international tourism
efforts at the State and local level. The Department may (i)
work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
for efficient use of their international tourism marketing
resources, (ii) promote Illinois in international meetings and
tourism markets, (iii) work with convention and tourism bureaus
throughout the State to increase the number of international
tourists to Illinois, (iv) provide training, research,
technical support, and grants to certified convention and
tourism bureaus, (v) provide staff, administration, and
related support required to manage the programs under this
Section, and (vi) provide grants for the development of or the
enhancement of international tourism attractions.
    (b) The Department shall make grants for expenses related
to international tourism and pay for the staffing,
administration, and related support from the International
Tourism Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury. Of
the amounts deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2000 after
January 1, 2000 through fiscal year 2011, 55% shall be used for
grants to convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago (other than
the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism) and 45% shall be used
for development of international tourism in areas outside of
Chicago. Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in fiscal year
2001 and thereafter, 55% shall be used for grants to convention
and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and of that amount not less
than 27.5% shall be used for grants to convention and tourism
bureaus in Chicago other than the City of Chicago's Office of
Tourism, and 45% shall be used for administrative expenses and
grants authorized under this Section and development of
international tourism in areas outside of Chicago, of which not
less than $1,000,000 shall be used annually to make grants to
convention and tourism bureaus in cities other than Chicago
that demonstrate their international tourism appeal and
request to develop or expand their international tourism
marketing program, and may also be used to provide grants under
item (vi) of subsection (a) of this Section. All of the amounts
deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter
shall be used for administrative expenses and grants authorized
under this Section and development of international tourism in
areas outside of Chicago, of which not less than $1,000,000
shall be used annually to make grants to convention and tourism
bureaus in cities other than Chicago that demonstrate their
international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
their international tourism marketing program, and may also be
used to provide grants under item (vi) of subsection (a) of
this Section. Amounts appropriated to the State Comptroller for
administrative expenses and grants authorized by the Illinois
Global Partnership Act are payable from the International
Tourism Fund.
    (c) A convention and tourism bureau is eligible to receive
grant moneys under this Section if the bureau is certified to
receive funds under Title 14 of the Illinois Administrative
Code, Section 550.35. To be eligible for a grant, a convention
and tourism bureau must provide matching funds equal to the
grant amount. In certain circumstances as determined by the
Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, however, the
City of Chicago's Office of Tourism or any other convention and
tourism bureau may provide matching funds equal to no less than
50% of the grant amount to be eligible to receive the grant.
One-half of this 50% may be provided through in-kind
contributions. Grants received by the City of Chicago's Office
of Tourism and by convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago may
be expended for the general purposes of promoting conventions
and tourism.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
    (20 ILCS 605/605-725 rep.)
    Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by repealing Section 605-725.
 
    Section 12. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.786 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
    Sec. 5.786. The Chicago Travel Industry Promotion Fund.
 
    Section 15. The Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act is
amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 145/6)  (from Ch. 120, par. 481b.36)
    Sec. 6. Except as provided hereinafter in this Section, on
or before the last day of each calendar month, every person
engaged in the business of renting, leasing or letting rooms in
a hotel in this State during the preceding calendar month shall
file a return with the Department, stating:
        1. The name of the operator;
        2. His residence address and the address of his
    principal place of business and the address of the
    principal place of business (if that is a different
    address) from which he engages in the business of renting,
    leasing or letting rooms in a hotel in this State;
        3. Total amount of rental receipts received by him
    during the preceding calendar month from renting, leasing
    or letting rooms during such preceding calendar month;
        4. Total amount of rental receipts received by him
    during the preceding calendar month from renting, leasing
    or letting rooms to permanent residents during such
    preceding calendar month;
        5. Total amount of other exclusions from gross rental
    receipts allowed by this Act;
        6. Gross rental receipts which were received by him
    during the preceding calendar month and upon the basis of
    which the tax is imposed;
        7. The amount of tax due;
        8. Such other reasonable information as the Department
    may require.
    If the operator's average monthly tax liability to the
Department does not exceed $200, the Department may authorize
his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis, with the
return for January, February and March of a given year being
due by April 30 of such year; with the return for April, May
and June of a given year being due by July 31 of such year; with
the return for July, August and September of a given year being
due by October 31 of such year, and with the return for
October, November and December of a given year being due by
January 31 of the following year.
    If the operator's average monthly tax liability to the
Department does not exceed $50, the Department may authorize
his returns to be filed on an annual basis, with the return for
a given year being due by January 31 of the following year.
    Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and
substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as monthly
returns.
    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act concerning
the time within which an operator may file his return, in the
case of any operator who ceases to engage in a kind of business
which makes him responsible for filing returns under this Act,
such operator shall file a final return under this Act with the
Department not more than 1 month after discontinuing such
business.
    Where the same person has more than 1 business registered
with the Department under separate registrations under this
Act, such person shall not file each return that is due as a
single return covering all such registered businesses, but
shall file separate returns for each such registered business.
    In his return, the operator shall determine the value of
any consideration other than money received by him in
connection with the renting, leasing or letting of rooms in the
course of his business and he shall include such value in his
return. Such determination shall be subject to review and
revision by the Department in the manner hereinafter provided
for the correction of returns.
    Where the operator is a corporation, the return filed on
behalf of such corporation shall be signed by the president,
vice-president, secretary or treasurer or by the properly
accredited agent of such corporation.
    The person filing the return herein provided for shall, at
the time of filing such return, pay to the Department the
amount of tax herein imposed. The operator filing the return
under this Section shall, at the time of filing such return,
pay to the Department the amount of tax imposed by this Act
less a discount of 2.1% or $25 per calendar year, whichever is
greater, which is allowed to reimburse the operator for the
expenses incurred in keeping records, preparing and filing
returns, remitting the tax and supplying data to the Department
on request.
    There shall be deposited in the Build Illinois Fund in the
State Treasury for each State fiscal year 40% of the amount of
total net proceeds from the tax imposed by subsection (a) of
Section 3. Of the remaining 60%, $5,000,000 shall be deposited
in the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund and credited to the
Subsidy Account each fiscal year by making monthly deposits in
the amount of 1/8 of $5,000,000 plus cumulative deficiencies in
such deposits for prior months, and an additional $8,000,000
shall be deposited in the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund and
credited to the Advance Account each fiscal year by making
monthly deposits in the amount of 1/8 of $8,000,000 plus any
cumulative deficiencies in such deposits for prior months;
provided, that for fiscal years ending after June 30, 2001, the
amount to be so deposited into the Illinois Sports Facilities
Fund and credited to the Advance Account each fiscal year shall
be increased from $8,000,000 to the then applicable Advance
Amount and the required monthly deposits beginning with July
2001 shall be in the amount of 1/8 of the then applicable
Advance Amount plus any cumulative deficiencies in those
deposits for prior months. (The deposits of the additional
$8,000,000 or the then applicable Advance Amount, as
applicable, during each fiscal year shall be treated as
advances of funds to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
for its corporate purposes to the extent paid to the Authority
or its trustee and shall be repaid into the General Revenue
Fund in the State Treasury by the State Treasurer on behalf of
the Authority pursuant to Section 19 of the Illinois Sports
Facilities Authority Act, as amended. If in any fiscal year the
full amount of the then applicable Advance Amount is not repaid
into the General Revenue Fund, then the deficiency shall be
paid from the amount in the Local Government Distributive Fund
that would otherwise be allocated to the City of Chicago under
the State Revenue Sharing Act.)
    For purposes of the foregoing paragraph, the term "Advance
Amount" means, for fiscal year 2002, $22,179,000, and for
subsequent fiscal years through fiscal year 2032, 105.615% of
the Advance Amount for the immediately preceding fiscal year,
rounded up to the nearest $1,000.
    Of the remaining 60% of the amount of total net proceeds
prior to August 1, 2011 from the tax imposed by subsection (a)
of Section 3 after all required deposits in the Illinois Sports
Facilities Fund, the amount equal to 8% of the net revenue
realized from this the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act plus
an amount equal to 8% of the net revenue realized from any tax
imposed under Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's Fair-1992
Authority Act during the preceding month shall be deposited in
the Local Tourism Fund each month for purposes authorized by
Section 605-705 of the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law (20 ILCS 605/605-705). Of the remaining 60% of
the amount of total net proceeds beginning on August 1, 2011
from the tax imposed by subsection (a) of Section 3 after all
required deposits in the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund, an
amount equal to 8% of the net revenue realized from this Act
plus an amount equal to 8% of the net revenue realized from any
tax imposed under Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's Fair-1992
Authority Act during the preceding month shall be deposited as
follows: 18% of such amount shall be deposited into the Chicago
Travel Industry Promotion Fund for the purposes described in
subsection (n) of Section 5 of the Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act and the remaining 82% of such amount
shall be deposited into the Local Tourism Fund each month for
purposes authorized by Section 605-705 of the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Beginning on , and
beginning August 1, 1999 and ending on July 31, 2011, an the
amount equal to 4.5% of the net revenue realized from the Hotel
Operators' Occupation Tax Act during the preceding month shall
be deposited into the International Tourism Fund for the
purposes authorized in Section 605-707 of the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Beginning on August 1,
2011, an amount equal to 4.5% of the net revenue realized from
this Act during the preceding month shall be deposited as
follows: 55% of such amount shall be deposited into the Chicago
Travel Industry Promotion Fund for the purposes described in
subsection (n) of Section 5 of the Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act and the remaining 45% of such amount
deposited into the International Tourism Fund for the purposes
authorized in Section 605-707 of the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity Law. "Net revenue realized for a month"
means the revenue collected by the State under that Act during
the previous month less the amount paid out during that same
month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability
under that Act.
    After making all these deposits, all other proceeds of the
tax imposed under subsection (a) of Section 3 shall be
deposited in the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
All moneys received by the Department from the additional tax
imposed under subsection (b) of Section 3 shall be deposited
into the Build Illinois Fund in the State Treasury.
    The Department may, upon separate written notice to a
taxpayer, require the taxpayer to prepare and file with the
Department on a form prescribed by the Department within not
less than 60 days after receipt of the notice an annual
information return for the tax year specified in the notice.
Such annual return to the Department shall include a statement
of gross receipts as shown by the operator's last State income
tax return. If the total receipts of the business as reported
in the State income tax return do not agree with the gross
receipts reported to the Department for the same period, the
operator shall attach to his annual information return a
schedule showing a reconciliation of the 2 amounts and the
reasons for the difference. The operator's annual information
return to the Department shall also disclose pay roll
information of the operator's business during the year covered
by such return and any additional reasonable information which
the Department deems would be helpful in determining the
accuracy of the monthly, quarterly or annual tax returns by
such operator as hereinbefore provided for in this Section.
    If the annual information return required by this Section
is not filed when and as required the taxpayer shall be liable
for a penalty in an amount determined in accordance with
Section 3-4 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act until such
return is filed as required, the penalty to be assessed and
collected in the same manner as any other penalty provided for
in this Act.
    The chief executive officer, proprietor, owner or highest
ranking manager shall sign the annual return to certify the
accuracy of the information contained therein. Any person who
willfully signs the annual return containing false or
inaccurate information shall be guilty of perjury and punished
accordingly. The annual return form prescribed by the
Department shall include a warning that the person signing the
return may be liable for perjury.
    The foregoing portion of this Section concerning the filing
of an annual information return shall not apply to an operator
who is not required to file an income tax return with the
United States Government.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    Section 20. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1225)
    Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
shall also have the following rights and powers:
        (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an
    assignment of whatever sums of money it may have received
    from the Fair and Exposition Fund, allocated by the
    Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, and
    Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over
    and transfer any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier
    and Exposition Authority. The Authority has the right and
    power hereafter to receive sums as may be distributed to it
    by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
    from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the
    provisions of Sections 5, 6i, and 28 of the State Finance
    Act. All sums received by the Authority shall be held in
    the sole custody of the secretary-treasurer of the
    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
        (b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute any
    contracts heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
        (c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate
    and maintain grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out
    its corporate purposes and duties, and to carry out or
    otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural,
    commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to
    fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory
    charges for the use thereof. The charges so collected shall
    be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the
    Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest upon
    any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority
    shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and
    Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, the Chicago
    Building Code, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, and all
    ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago contained
    in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago:
    Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health
    and Safety; Fire Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and
    Welfare; Utilities and Environmental Protection; Streets,
    Public Ways, Parks, Airports and Harbors; Electrical
    Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic
    Development (only Chapter 5-4 thereof); and Revenue and
    Finance (only so far as such Title pertains to the
    Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf of the City of
    Chicago).
        (d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with
    the objects and purposes of this Act.
        (e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of
    the State of Illinois for the use of the Illinois National
    Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia.
        (f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by
    condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the
    Eminent Domain Act, including, with respect to Site B only,
    the authority to exercise quick take condemnation by
    immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent
    Domain Act, to acquire any privately owned real or personal
    property and, with respect to Site B only, public property
    used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking
    of such public property shall, in the reasonable judgment
    of the owner, interfere with such rail transportation) for
    the lawful purposes of the Authority in Site A, at Navy
    Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken
    or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or,
    notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with
    the agreement of the owner of the property to be taken or
    acquired, the Authority may convey substitute property or
    interests in property or enter into agreements with the
    property owner, including leases, licenses, or
    concessions, with respect to any property owned by the
    Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms of just
    compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in
    condemnation proceedings shall be used only as provided in
    this Act. Except as otherwise provided by law, the City of
    Chicago shall have a right of first refusal prior to any
    sale of any such property by the Authority to a third party
    other than substitute property. The Authority shall
    develop and implement a relocation plan for businesses
    displaced as a result of the Authority's acquisition of
    property. The relocation plan shall be substantially
    similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance
    and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations
    promulgated under that Act relating to assistance to
    displaced businesses. To implement the relocation plan the
    Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or may
    exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f),
    except the immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of
    the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private
    property within one mile of Site B for the benefit of
    displaced businesses located on property being acquired by
    the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be
    acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the
    municipality in which the property is located certifies in
    writing that the acquisition is consistent with the
    municipality's land use and economic development policies
    and goals. The acquisition of substitute property is
    declared to be for public use. In exercising the powers
    authorized in this subsection (f), the Authority shall use
    its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area of
    McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of
    Chicago.
        (g) To enter into contracts relating to construction
    projects which provide for the delivery by the contractor
    of a completed project, structure, improvement, or
    specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum price, which
    contract may provide that the delivery of the project,
    structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for
    the fixed maximum price is insured or guaranteed by a third
    party capable of completing the construction.
        (h) To enter into agreements with any person with
    respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds, buildings,
    and facilities of the Authority, including concession,
    license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as
    the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24,
    agreements with respect to the use and occupancy of the
    grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority for a
    term of more than one year shall be entered into in
    accordance with the procurement process provided for in
    Section 25.1.
        (i) To enter into agreements with any person with
    respect to the operation and management of the grounds,
    buildings, and facilities of the Authority or the provision
    of goods and services on terms and conditions as the
    Authority determines.
        (j) After conducting the procurement process provided
    for in Section 25.1, to enter into one or more contracts to
    provide for the design and construction of all or part of
    the Authority's Expansion Project grounds, buildings, and
    facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the
    Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by
    subsection (g), shall be for a fixed maximum price not in
    excess of the funds that are authorized to be made
    available for those purposes during the term of the
    contract, and shall be entered into before commencement of
    construction.
        (k) To enter into agreements, including project
    agreements with labor unions, that the Authority deems
    necessary to complete the Expansion Project or any other
    construction or improvement project in the most timely and
    efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other
    actions that might cause disruption or delay and thereby
    add to the cost of the project.
        (l) To provide incentives to organizations and
    entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings,
    and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings,
    or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of
    discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority,
    subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with
    respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other
    inducements. The Authority shall award be reimbursed by the
    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for
    incentives to attract large conventions, meetings, and
    trade shows to its facilities that qualify under the terms
    set forth in this subsection (l) from amounts appropriated
    to the Authority from the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
    Authority Incentive Fund for this purpose provisions of
    Section 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of
    Illinois.
        No later than May February 15 of each year, the Chief
    Executive Officer Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and
    Exposition Authority shall certify to the Department of
    Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the State Comptroller,
    and the State Treasurer the amounts of incentive grant
    funds used provided during the current fiscal previous
    calendar year to provide as incentives for conventions,
    meetings, or trade shows that (i) have been approved by the
    Authority, in consultation with an organization meeting
    the qualifications set out in Section 5.6 of this Act,
    provided the Authority has entered into a marketing
    agreement with such an organization and the Department of
    Commerce and Economic Opportunity, (ii) demonstrate
    registered attendance in excess of 5,000 individuals or in
    excess of 10,000 individuals, as appropriate, and (iii) but
    for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of
    the Authority for the convention, meeting, or trade show.
    The State Comptroller Department of Commerce and Economic
    Opportunity may request that the Auditor General conduct an
    audit of the accuracy of the certification. If the State
    Comptroller determines by this process of certification
    that incentive funds, in whole or in part, were disbursed
    by the Authority by means other than in accordance with the
    standards of this subsection (l), then any amount
    transferred to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
    Authority Incentive Fund shall be reduced during the next
    subsequent transfer in direct proportion to that amount
    determined to be in violation of the terms set forth in
    this subsection (l).
        On July 15, 2012, Subject to appropriation, on July 15
    of each year the Comptroller shall order transferred, and
    the Treasurer shall transfer, into the Metropolitan Pier
    and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General
    Revenue Fund the sum of $7,500,000 plus an amount equal to
    the incentive grant funds certified by the Chief Executive
    Officer as having been lawfully paid under the provisions
    of this Section in the previous 2 fiscal years that have
    not otherwise been transferred into the Metropolitan Pier
    and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund, provided that
    transfers in excess of $15,000,000 shall not be made in any
    fiscal year the lesser of the amount certified by the
    Chairman or $15,000,000.
        On July 15, 2013, the Comptroller shall order
    transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, into the
    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund
    from the General Revenue Fund the sum of $7,500,000 plus an
    amount equal to the incentive grant funds certified by the
    Chief Executive Officer as having been lawfully paid under
    the provisions of this Section in the previous fiscal year
    that have not otherwise been transferred into the
    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund,
    provided that transfers in excess of $15,000,000 shall not
    be made in any fiscal year.
        On July 15, 2014, and every year thereafter, the
    Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer
    shall transfer, into the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
    Authority Incentive Fund from the General Revenue Fund an
    amount equal to the incentive grant funds certified by the
    Chief Executive Officer as having been lawfully paid under
    the provisions of this Section in the previous fiscal year
    that have not otherwise been transferred into the
    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund,
    provided that transfers in excess of $15,000,000 shall not
    be made in any fiscal year.
        After a transfer has been made under this subsection
    (l), the Chief Executive Officer shall file a request for
    payment with the Comptroller evidencing that the incentive
    grants have been made and the Comptroller shall thereafter
    order paid, and the Treasurer shall pay, the requested
    amounts to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.
         In no case shall more than $5,000,000 be used in any
    one year by the Authority for to reimburse incentives
    granted conventions, meetings, or trade shows with a
    registered attendance of more than 5,000 and less than
    10,000. Amounts No later than 30 days after the transfer,
    amounts in the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
    Incentive Fund shall only be used by the Authority paid by
    the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the
    Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to
    attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its
    facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in
    this subsection (l) Section 605-725 of the Civil
    Administrative Code of Illinois. Provided that all amounts
    certified by the Authority have been paid, on the last day
    of each fiscal year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be
    transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
        (l-5) The Village of Rosemont shall provide incentives
    from amounts transferred into the Convention Center
    Support Fund to retain and attract conventions, meetings,
    or trade shows to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
    under the terms set forth in this subsection (l-5).
        No later than May 15 of each year, the Mayor of the
    Village of Rosemont or his or her designee shall certify to
    the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amounts
    of incentive grant funds used during the previous fiscal
    year to provide incentives for conventions, meetings, or
    trade shows that (1) have been approved by the Village, (2)
    demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 5,000
    individuals, and (3) but for the incentive, would not have
    used the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center facilities
    for the convention, meeting, or trade show. The State
    Comptroller may request that the Auditor General conduct an
    audit of the accuracy of the certification.
        If the State Comptroller determines by this process of
    certification that incentive funds, in whole or in part,
    were disbursed by the Village by means other than in
    accordance with the standards of this subsection (l-5),
    then the amount transferred to the Convention Center
    Support Fund shall be reduced during the next subsequent
    transfer in direct proportion to that amount determined to
    be in violation of the terms set forth in this subsection
    (l-5).
        On July 15, 2012, and each year thereafter, the
    Comptroller shall order transferred, and the Treasurer
    shall transfer, into the Convention Center Support Fund
    from the General Revenue Fund the amount of $5,000,000 for
    incentives to attract large conventions, meetings, and
    trade shows to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. No
    later than 30 days after the transfer, the Comptroller
    shall order paid, and the Treasurer shall pay, to the
    Village of Rosemont the amounts transferred.
        (m) To enter into contracts with any person conveying
    the naming rights or other intellectual property rights
    with respect to the grounds, buildings, and facilities of
    the Authority.
        (n) To enter into grant agreements with the Chicago
    Convention and Tourism Bureau providing for the marketing
    of the convention facilities to large and small
    conventions, meetings, and trade shows and the promotion of
    the travel industry in the City of Chicago, provided such
    agreements meet the requirements of Section 5.6 of this
    Act. Receipts of the Authority from the increase in the
    airport departure tax authorized by Section 13(f) of this
    amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and, subject to
    appropriation to the Authority, funds deposited in the
    Chicago Travel Industry Promotion Fund pursuant to Section
    6 of the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act shall be
    granted to the Bureau for such purposes.
    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the
Authority to spend the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued
under Section 13.2 or any taxes levied under Section 13 to
construct a stadium to be leased to or used by professional
sports teams.
(Source: P.A. 96-739, eff. 1-1-10; 96-898, eff. 5-27-10.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 10/26/2011