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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2148
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2148 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning tourism."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
8 amended by changing and renumbering Section 46.6d as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d)
10 Sec. 605-707. 46.6d. International Tourism Program.
11 (a) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
12 must establish a grant program for international tourism.
13 The Department shall develop and implement the program on
14 January 1, 2000 by rule. As part of the program, the
15 Department may work in cooperation with local convention and
16 tourism bureaus in Illinois in the coordination of
17 international tourism efforts at the State and local level
18 shall assist the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and
19 other convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago in the
20 formation of the Illinois Partnership for International
21 Meetings and Tourism under the General Not For Profit
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1 Corporation Act of 1986. The Partnership's Board of
2 Directors shall consist of the Director of Commerce and
3 Community Affairs or his or her designee, the chief executive
4 of the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism, and 3 members
5 appointed by the Director of Commerce and Community Affairs.
6 One of the Director's appointees shall be a person with
7 leadership experience at a convention and tourism bureau in
8 Chicago certified by the Department, and 2 of the Director's
9 appointees shall be persons with leadership experience at
10 convention and tourism bureaus in the State outside the City
11 of Chicago certified by the Department with active
12 international tourism marketing programs. The Department may
13 powers and duties of the Partnership shall be to (i) work in
14 cooperation work with local convention and tourism bureaus
15 the Department for efficient use of their international
16 tourism marketing resources, (ii) promote Illinois in
17 international meetings and tourism markets, (iii) work with
18 convention and tourism bureaus throughout the State to
19 increase the number of international tourists to Illinois,
20 and (iv) provide training, research, technical support, and
21 grants to certified convention and tourism bureaus, and (v)
22 provide staff, administration, and related support required
23 to manage the programs under this Section in cities other
24 than Chicago.
25 (b) The Department shall make the grants and pay for the
26 staffing, administration, and related support from money in
27 the International Tourism Fund, a special fund created in the
28 State Treasury. Of the amounts deposited into the Fund in
29 fiscal year 2000 after January 1, 2000, 55% shall be used for
30 grants to convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago (other
31 than the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism) and 45% shall
32 be used for development of international tourism in areas
33 outside of Chicago grants to the Illinois Partnership for
34 International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts deposited
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1 into the Fund in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, 27.5% shall
2 be used for grants to the City of Chicago's Office of
3 Tourism, 27.5% shall be used for grants to other convention
4 and tourism bureaus in Chicago, and 45% shall be used for
5 administrative expenses authorized under this Section and
6 development of international tourism in areas outside of
7 Chicago, of which grants to the Illinois Partnership for
8 International Meetings and Tourism. Of the amounts granted
9 to the Partnership, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used
10 annually to make grants to convention and tourism bureaus in
11 cities other than Chicago that demonstrate their
12 international tourism appeal and request to develop or expand
13 their international tourism marketing program.
14 (c) A convention and tourism bureau is eligible to
15 receive grant moneys under this Section if the bureau is
16 certified to receive funds under Title 14 of the Illinois
17 Administrative Code, Section 550.35 (i) is a unit of local
18 government or is an entity established under the General Not
19 For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, (ii) is affiliated with
20 at least one municipality or county, (iii) employs at least
21 one full-time staff person, and (iv) is certified by the
22 Department as the designated recipient to serve an area of
23 the State. The City of Chicago's Office of Tourism and all
24 convention and tourism bureaus must provide matching funds
25 equal to the grant to be eligible to receive the grant.
26 Grants received by the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism
27 and by convention and tourism bureaus in Chicago may be
28 expended for the general purposes of promoting conventions
29 and tourism.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-604, eff. 8-16-99; revised 10-21-99.)
31 Section 10. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by
32 changing Section 8a as follows:
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1 (20 ILCS 665/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-28a)
2 Sec. 8a. Tourism grants and loans; fund.
3 (1) The Department is authorized to make grants and
4 loans, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for
5 this purpose from the Tourism Promotion Fund or the Tourism
6 Attraction Development Matching Grant Fund, to counties,
7 municipalities, or local promotion groups, or and loans to
8 for-profit businesses for the development or improvement of
9 tourism attractions in Illinois. These Such grants and loans
10 shall not exceed $1,000,000 $100,000 and shall not exceed 50%
11 of the entire amount of the actual expenditures for the
12 development or improvement of a tourist attraction.
13 Agreements for loans made by the Department pursuant to this
14 subsection may contain provisions regarding term, interest
15 rate, security as may be required by the Department and any
16 other provisions the Department may require to protect the
17 State's interest.
18 (2) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
19 Treasury to be known as the Tourism Attraction Development
20 Matching Grant Fund. The deposit of monies into this fund
21 shall be limited to the repayments of principal and interest
22 from loans made pursuant to subsection (1).
23 (Source: P.A. 89-262, eff. 8-10-95.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.".