96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2172

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dan Kotowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-25   was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a

    Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to contract with a vendor for the production of a tourism travel guide; to allow the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel guide; and to allow the vendor to retain any sales revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of producing the travel guide. Provides that any revenue due to the Department, after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the International and Promotional Fund. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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 Economic
5 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 605-25 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 605/605-25)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
8     Sec. 605-25. Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional
9 products and services; International and Promotional Fund.
10     (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
11 accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental
12 entities, for profit organizations, and nonprofit associations
13 in association with or as consideration for the provision of
14 various promotional products and services through its tourism,
15 films production promotion, and international business
16 promotion programs. The Director may establish and collect
17 nominal charges for premiums and other promotional materials
18 produced or acquired as part of the Department's activities
19 authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from individuals
20 and not-for-profit organizations intending to use those
21 premiums and promotional materials for purposes consistent
22 with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,
23 however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more

 

 

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1 than the cost of the premium or promotional material to the
2 Department.
3     (b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from
4 films and media production entities for police and related
5 production security services in amounts determined by the
6 provider of the security services and agreed to by the
7 production entity. The reimbursements shall result only from
8 the agreed costs of planned police and security services to be
9 rendered to film and media production sites in the State of
10 Illinois.
11     (c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing
12 assessments and fees and accept gifts, grants, and awards from
13 private businesses, trade associations, other governmental
14 entities, and individuals desiring to participate in and
15 support the development and conduct of overseas trade, catalog,
16 and distributor shows and activities and to purchase
17 informational materials to foster export sales of Illinois
18 products and services as part of the Department's international
19 business programs.
20     (d) All money received pursuant to this Section, except as
21 provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the
22 International and Promotional Fund within the State treasury
23 which is hereby created; monies within the Fund shall be
24 appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
25     (e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the
26 production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow

 

 

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1 the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including
2 in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel
3 guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales
4 revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of
5 producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department,
6 after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the
7 International and Promotional Fund.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.