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 1        AN ACT concerning tourism.

 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 Community
 5    Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of  Illinois  is
 6    amended by changing Section 605-707 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
 8        Sec. 605-707.  International Tourism Program.
 9        (a)  The  Department  of  Commerce  and Community Affairs
10    must establish a  program  for  international  tourism.   The
11    Department shall develop and implement the program on January
12    1,  2000 by rule.  As part of the program, the Department may
13    work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
14    in Illinois in  the  coordination  of  international  tourism
15    efforts at the State and local level.  The Department may (i)
16    work in cooperation with local convention and tourism bureaus
17    for  efficient  use  of their international tourism marketing
18    resources, (ii) promote Illinois  in  international  meetings
19    and  tourism markets, (iii)  work with convention and tourism
20    bureaus throughout  the  State  to  increase  the  number  of
21    international  tourists  to  Illinois, (iv) provide training,
22    research,  technical  support,  and   grants   to   certified
23    convention  and  tourism  bureaus,  and  (v)  provide  staff,
24    administration,  and  related  support required to manage the
25    programs under this Section, and (vi) provide grants for  the
26    development  of  or  the enhancement of international tourism
27    attractions.
28        (b)  The  Department  shall  make  grants  for   expenses
29    related  to  international  tourism and pay for the staffing,
30    administration, and related support  from  the  International
31    Tourism  Fund,  a special fund created in the State Treasury.
 
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 1    Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in  fiscal  year  2000
 2    after  January  1,  2000,  55%  shall  be  used for grants to
 3    convention and tourism bureaus in  Chicago  (other  than  the
 4    City  of  Chicago's  Office of Tourism) and 45% shall be used
 5    for development of international tourism in areas outside  of
 6    Chicago.   Of  the  amounts deposited into the Fund in fiscal
 7    year 2001 and thereafter, 55% shall be  used  for  grants  to
 8    convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and of that amount
 9    not  less  than 27.5% shall be used for grants to the City of
10    Chicago's Office of Tourism, 27.5% shall be used  for  grants
11    to other convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago other than
12    the  City  of  Chicago's  Office of Tourism, and 45% shall be
13    used  for  administrative  expenses  authorized  under   this
14    Section  and  development  of  international tourism in areas
15    outside of Chicago, of which not less than  $1,000,000  shall
16    be  used  annually  to  make grants to convention and tourism
17    bureaus in cities other than Chicago that  demonstrate  their
18    international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
19    their  international  tourism marketing program, and may also
20    be used to provide grants under item (vi) of  subsection  (a)
21    of this Section.
22        (c)  A  convention  and  tourism  bureau  is  eligible to
23    receive grant moneys under this  Section  if  the  bureau  is
24    certified  to  receive  funds  under Title 14 of the Illinois
25    Administrative Code, Section 550.35.  To be  eligible  for  a
26    grant,  a convention and tourism bureau must provide matching
27    funds equal to the grant amount.  In certain circumstances as
28    determined by the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs,
29    however, the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism or any other
30    and all  convention  and  tourism  bureau  may  bureaus  must
31    provide matching funds equal to no less than 50% of the grant
32    amount  to be eligible to receive the grant. One-half of this
33    50% may be provided  through  in-kind  contributions.  Grants
34    received  by  the  City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and by
 
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 1    convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago may be expended for
 2    the general purposes of promoting conventions and tourism.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-604, eff. 8-16-99; 91-683, eff. 1-26-00.)

 4        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
 5    July 1, 2001.

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