Full Text of SB0508 99th General Assembly
SB0508ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Fred Crespo Filed: 5/25/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 508
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 508 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 2 and 3 and by adding Section 8b as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 665/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-22)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Legislative findings; policy. The General Assembly | 8 | | hereby finds,
determines and declares:
| 9 | | (a) That the health, safety, morals and general welfare of | 10 | | the people of
the State are directly dependent upon the | 11 | | continual encouragement,
development, growth and expansion of | 12 | | tourism within the State;
| 13 | | (b) That unemployment, the spread of indigency, and the | 14 | | heavy burden of
public assistance and unemployment | 15 | | compensation can be alleviated by the
promotion, attraction, | 16 | | stimulation, development and expansion of tourism in
the State;
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| 1 | | (c) That the policy of the State of Illinois, in the | 2 | | interest of
promoting the health, safety, morals and welfare of | 3 | | all the people of the
State, is to increase the economic impact | 4 | | of tourism
throughout the State through promotional activities | 5 | | and by making
available grants and loans to be made to local | 6 | | promotion groups and
others, as provided in Sections 5 , and 8a , | 7 | | and 8b of this Act, for
purposes of promoting, developing, and | 8 | | expanding tourism destinations,
tourism attractions, and | 9 | | tourism events.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 11 | | (20 ILCS 665/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-23)
| 12 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and terms, | 13 | | whenever used or
referred to
in this Act, shall have the | 14 | | following meanings, except where the context
may otherwise | 15 | | require:
| 16 | | (a) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and | 17 | | Economic Opportunity of the State of Illinois.
| 18 | | (b) "Local promotion group" means any non-profit | 19 | | corporation,
organization, association, agency or committee | 20 | | thereof formed for the
primary purpose of publicizing, | 21 | | promoting, advertising or otherwise
encouraging the | 22 | | development of tourism in any municipality, county, or
region | 23 | | of Illinois.
| 24 | | (c) "Promotional activities" means preparing, planning and
| 25 | | conducting campaigns of information, advertising and publicity |
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| 1 | | through
such media as newspapers, radio, television, | 2 | | magazines, trade journals,
moving and still photography, | 3 | | posters, outdoor signboards and personal
contact within and | 4 | | without the State of Illinois; dissemination of
information, | 5 | | advertising, publicity, photographs and other literature
and | 6 | | material designed to carry out the purpose of this Act; and
| 7 | | participation in and attendance at meetings and conventions | 8 | | concerned
primarily with tourism, including travel to and from | 9 | | such meetings.
| 10 | | (d) "Municipality" means "municipality" as defined in | 11 | | Section 1-1-2
of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and | 12 | | hereafter amended.
| 13 | | (e) "Tourism" means travel 50 miles or more one-way or an | 14 | | overnight trip
outside of a person's normal routine.
| 15 | | (f) "Municipal amateur sports facility" means a sports | 16 | | facility that: (1) is owned by a unit of local government; (2) | 17 | | has contiguous indoor sports competition space; (3) is designed | 18 | | to principally accommodate and host amateur competitions for | 19 | | youths, adults, or both; and (4) is not used for professional | 20 | | sporting events where participants are compensated for their | 21 | | participation. | 22 | | (g) "Municipal convention center" means a convention | 23 | | center or civic center owned by a unit of local government or | 24 | | operated by a convention center authority, or a municipal | 25 | | convention hall as defined in paragraph (1) of Section 11-65-1 | 26 | | of the Illinois Municipal Code, with contiguous exhibition |
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| 1 | | space ranging between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | 2 | | (h) "Convention center authority" means an Authority, as | 3 | | defined by the Civic Center Code, that operates a municipal | 4 | | convention center with contiguous exhibition space ranging | 5 | | between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | 6 | | (i) "Incentive" means: (1) an incentive provided by a | 7 | | municipal convention center or convention center authority for | 8 | | a convention, meeting, or trade show held at a municipal | 9 | | convention center that, but for the incentive, would not have | 10 | | occurred in the State or been retained in the State; or (2) an | 11 | | incentive provided by a unit of local government for a sporting | 12 | | event held at a municipal amateur sports facility that, but for | 13 | | the incentive, would not have occurred in the State or been | 14 | | retained in the State. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
| 16 | | (20 ILCS 665/8b new) | 17 | | Sec. 8b. Municipal convention center and sports facility | 18 | | attraction grants. | 19 | | (a) Until July 1, 2020, the Department is authorized to | 20 | | make grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, | 21 | | from the Tourism Promotion Fund to a unit of local government, | 22 | | municipal convention center, or convention center authority | 23 | | that provides incentives, as defined in subsection (i) of | 24 | | Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of attracting | 25 | | conventions, meetings, and trade shows to municipal convention |
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| 1 | | centers and attracting sporting events to municipal amateur | 2 | | sports facilities. Grants awarded under this Section shall be | 3 | | based on the net proceeds received under the Hotel Operators' | 4 | | Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or letting of | 5 | | hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in which the | 6 | | convention, meeting, trade show, or sporting event occurs. | 7 | | Grants shall not exceed 80% of the incentive amount provided by | 8 | | the unit of local government, municipal convention center, or | 9 | | convention center authority. Further, in no event may the | 10 | | aggregate amount of grants awarded to a single municipal | 11 | | convention center, convention center authority, or municipal | 12 | | amateur sports facility exceed $200,000 in any calendar year. | 13 | | The Department may, by rule, require any other provisions it | 14 | | deems necessary in order to protect the State's interest in | 15 | | administering this program. | 16 | | (b) No later than May 15 of each year, through May 15, | 17 | | 2020, the unit of local government, municipal convention | 18 | | center, or convention center authority shall certify to the | 19 | | Department the amounts of funds expended in the previous fiscal | 20 | | year to provide qualified incentives; however, in no event may | 21 | | the certified amount pursuant to this paragraph exceed $200,000 | 22 | | for any municipal convention center, convention center | 23 | | authority, or municipal amateur sports facility in any calendar | 24 | | year. The unit of local government, convention center, or | 25 | | convention center authority shall certify (A) the net proceeds | 26 | | received under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the |
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| 1 | | renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality | 2 | | for the month in which the convention, meeting, or trade show | 3 | | occurs and (B) the average of the net proceeds received under | 4 | | the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, | 5 | | leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the | 6 | | same month in the 3 immediately preceding years. The unit of | 7 | | local government, municipal convention center, or convention | 8 | | center authority shall include the incentive amounts as part of | 9 | | its regular audit. | 10 | | (c) The Department shall submit a report on the | 11 | | effectiveness of the program established under this Section to | 12 | | the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2020.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.".
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