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| Public Act 099-0476 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 2 and 3 and by adding Section 8b as follows:
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(20 ILCS 665/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-22)
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Sec. 2. Legislative findings; policy. The General Assembly | ||||
hereby finds,
determines and declares:
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(a) That the health, safety, morals and general welfare of | ||||
the people of
the State are directly dependent upon the | ||||
continual encouragement,
development, growth and expansion of | ||||
tourism within the State;
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(b) That unemployment, the spread of indigency, and the | ||||
heavy burden of
public assistance and unemployment | ||||
compensation can be alleviated by the
promotion, attraction, | ||||
stimulation, development and expansion of tourism in
the State;
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(c) That the policy of the State of Illinois, in the | ||||
interest of
promoting the health, safety, morals and welfare of | ||||
all the people of the
State, is to increase the economic impact | ||||
of tourism
throughout the State through promotional activities | ||||
and by making
available grants and loans to be made to local | ||||
promotion groups and
others, as provided in Sections 5, and 8a, | ||||
and 8b of this Act, for
purposes of promoting, developing, and | ||||
expanding tourism destinations,
tourism attractions, and | ||
tourism events.
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(Source: P.A. 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
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(20 ILCS 665/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-23)
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Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and terms, | ||
whenever used or
referred to
in this Act, shall have the | ||
following meanings, except where the context
may otherwise | ||
require:
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(a) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and | ||
Economic Opportunity of the State of Illinois.
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(b) "Local promotion group" means any non-profit | ||
corporation,
organization, association, agency or committee | ||
thereof formed for the
primary purpose of publicizing, | ||
promoting, advertising or otherwise
encouraging the | ||
development of tourism in any municipality, county, or
region | ||
of Illinois.
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(c) "Promotional activities" means preparing, planning and
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conducting campaigns of information, advertising and publicity | ||
through
such media as newspapers, radio, television, | ||
magazines, trade journals,
moving and still photography, | ||
posters, outdoor signboards and personal
contact within and | ||
without the State of Illinois; dissemination of
information, | ||
advertising, publicity, photographs and other literature
and | ||
material designed to carry out the purpose of this Act; and
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participation in and attendance at meetings and conventions | ||
concerned
primarily with tourism, including travel to and from | ||
such meetings.
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(d) "Municipality" means "municipality" as defined in | ||
Section 1-1-2
of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and | ||
hereafter amended.
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(e) "Tourism" means travel 50 miles or more one-way or an | ||
overnight trip
outside of a person's normal routine.
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(f) "Municipal amateur sports facility" means a sports | ||
facility that: (1) is owned by a unit of local government; (2) | ||
has contiguous indoor sports competition space; (3) is designed | ||
to principally accommodate and host amateur competitions for | ||
youths, adults, or both; and (4) is not used for professional | ||
sporting events where participants are compensated for their | ||
participation. | ||
(g) "Municipal convention center" means a convention | ||
center or civic center owned by a unit of local government or | ||
operated by a convention center authority, or a municipal | ||
convention hall as defined in paragraph (1) of Section 11-65-1 | ||
of the Illinois Municipal Code, with contiguous exhibition | ||
space ranging between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | ||
(h) "Convention center authority" means an Authority, as | ||
defined by the Civic Center Code, that operates a municipal | ||
convention center with contiguous exhibition space ranging | ||
between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. | ||
(i) "Incentive" means: (1) an incentive provided by a | ||
municipal convention center or convention center authority for | ||
a convention, meeting, or trade show held at a municipal | ||
convention center that, but for the incentive, would not have | ||
occurred in the State or been retained in the State; or (2) an | ||
incentive provided by a unit of local government for a sporting | ||
event held at a municipal amateur sports facility that, but for | ||
the incentive, would not have occurred in the State or been | ||
retained in the State. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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(20 ILCS 665/8b new) | ||
Sec. 8b. Municipal convention center and sports facility | ||
attraction grants. | ||
(a) Until July 1, 2020, the Department is authorized to | ||
make grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, | ||
from the Tourism Promotion Fund to a unit of local government, | ||
municipal convention center, or convention center authority | ||
that provides incentives, as defined in subsection (i) of | ||
Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of attracting | ||
conventions, meetings, and trade shows to municipal convention | ||
centers and attracting sporting events to municipal amateur | ||
sports facilities. Grants awarded under this Section shall be | ||
based on the net proceeds received under the Hotel Operators' | ||
Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or letting of | ||
hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in which the | ||
convention, meeting, trade show, or sporting event occurs. | ||
Grants shall not exceed 80% of the incentive amount provided by | ||
the unit of local government, municipal convention center, or | ||
convention center authority. Further, in no event may the | ||
aggregate amount of grants awarded to a single municipal | ||
convention center, convention center authority, or municipal | ||
amateur sports facility exceed $200,000 in any calendar year. | ||
The Department may, by rule, require any other provisions it | ||
deems necessary in order to protect the State's interest in | ||
administering this program. | ||
(b) No later than May 15 of each year, through May 15, | ||
2020, the unit of local government, municipal convention | ||
center, or convention center authority shall certify to the | ||
Department the amounts of funds expended in the previous fiscal | ||
year to provide qualified incentives; however, in no event may | ||
the certified amount pursuant to this paragraph exceed $200,000 | ||
for any municipal convention center, convention center | ||
authority, or municipal amateur sports facility in any calendar | ||
year. The unit of local government, convention center, or | ||
convention center authority shall certify (A) the net proceeds | ||
received under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the | ||
renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality | ||
for the month in which the convention, meeting, or trade show | ||
occurs and (B) the average of the net proceeds received under | ||
the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, | ||
leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the | ||
same month in the 3 immediately preceding years. The unit of | ||
local government, municipal convention center, or convention | ||
center authority shall include the incentive amounts as part of | ||
its regular audit. | ||
(c) The Department shall submit a report on the | ||
effectiveness of the program established under this Section to | ||
the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2020.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||