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SB336 Engrossed                      LRB093 07353 LRD 07515 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to alcoholic liquor.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended  by
 5    changing Section 12-4 as follows:

 6        (235 ILCS 5/12-4)
 7        Sec. 12-4. Grape and Wine Resources Fund.  Beginning July
 8    1,  1999  and  ending June 30, 2006 2004, on the first day of
 9    each State fiscal year, or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be
10    practical,  the  State  Comptroller shall transfer the sum of
11    $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Grape and  Wine
12    Resources  Fund,  which is hereby continued as a special fund
13    in  the  State  Treasury.   By  January  1,  2006  2004,  the
14    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall review the
15    activities of the Council and report to the General  Assembly
16    and  the  Governor  its  recommendation of whether or not the
17    funding under this Section should be continued.
18        The Grape and Wine Resources Fund shall  be  administered
19    by  the  Department  of Commerce and Community Affairs, which
20    shall serve as the lead administrative agency for  allocation
21    and   auditing   of  funds  as  well  as  monitoring  program
22    implementation.  The Department shall make an annual grant of
23    moneys from the Fund to the Council, which shall be  used  to
24    pay  for the Council's operations and expenses.  These moneys
25    shall be  used  by  the  Council  to  achieve  the  Council's
26    objectives  and  shall  not  be  used  for  any  political or
27    legislative purpose.  Money remaining in the Fund at the  end
28    of  the  fiscal  year shall remain in the Fund for use during
29    the following year and shall not be transferred to any  other
30    State fund.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-472, eff. 8-10-99.)