Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Filed: 4/19/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2899

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2899, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
6Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7amended by changing Section 605-705 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 605/605-705)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a)
9    Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention
10bureaus.
11    (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and
12convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a
13program for the use of funds, as authorized under this Act, by
14local tourism and convention bureaus. For the purposes of this
15Act, bureaus eligible to receive funds are those local tourism
16and convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local

 

 

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1government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;
2(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before July 1,
32001; (iii) operating with a paid, full-time staff whose sole
4purpose is to promote tourism in the designated service area;
5and (iv) affiliated with one or more municipalities or counties
6that support the bureau with local hotel-motel taxes. After
7July 1, 2001, bureaus requesting certification in order to
8receive funds for the first time must be local tourism and
9convention bureaus that are (i) either units of local
10government or incorporated as not-for-profit organizations;
11(ii) in legal existence for a minimum of 2 years before the
12request for certification; (iii) operating with a paid,
13full-time staff whose sole purpose is to promote tourism in the
14designated service area; and (iv) affiliated with multiple
15municipalities or counties that support the bureau with local
16hotel-motel taxes. Each bureau receiving funds under this Act
17will be certified by the Department as the designated recipient
18to serve an area of the State. Notwithstanding the criteria set
19forth in this subsection (a), or any rule adopted under this
20subsection (a), the Director of the Department may provide for
21the award of grant funds to one or more entities if in the
22Department's judgment that action is necessary in order to
23prevent a loss of funding critical to promoting tourism in a
24designated geographic area of the State.
25    (b) To distribute grants to local tourism and convention
26bureaus from appropriations made from the Local Tourism Fund

 

 

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1for that purpose. Of the amounts appropriated annually to the
2Department for expenditure under this Section prior to July 1,
32011, one-third of those monies shall be used for grants to
4convention and tourism bureaus in cities with a population
5greater than 500,000. The remaining two-thirds of the annual
6appropriation prior to July 1, 2011 shall be used for grants to
7convention and tourism bureaus in the remainder of the State,
8in accordance with a formula based upon the population served.
9Of the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
10expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 18% of
11such moneys shall be used for grants to convention and tourism
12bureaus in cities with a population greater than 500,000. Of
13the amounts appropriated annually to the Department for
14expenditure under this Section beginning July 1, 2011, 82% of
15such moneys shall be used for grants to convention bureaus in
16the remainder of the State, in accordance with a formula based
17upon the population served. The Department may reserve up to 3%
1810% of total local tourism funds available for costs of
19administering the program to conduct audits of grants, to
20provide incentive funds to those bureaus that will conduct
21promotional activities designed to further the Department's
22statewide advertising campaign, to fund special statewide
23promotional activities, and to fund promotional activities
24that support an increased use of the State's parks or historic
25sites. The Department shall require that any convention and
26tourism bureau receiving a grant under this Section that

 

 

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1requires matching funds shall provide matching funds equal to
2no less than 50% of the grant amount. During fiscal year 2013,
3the Department shall reserve $2,000,000 of the available local
4tourism funds for appropriation to the Historic Preservation
5Agency for the operation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
6Library and Museum and State historic sites.
7(Source: P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12;
898-252, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".