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91_SB0997sam001 LRB9105553LDksam 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 997 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 997 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by 5 changing Section 4a as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 665/4a) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-24a) 7 Sec. 4a. Funds. 8 (1) As soon as possible after the first day of each 9 month, beginning July 1, 1978 and ending June 30, 1997, upon 10 certification of the Department of Revenue, the Comptroller 11 shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from 12 the General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State 13 Treasury, to be known as the "Tourism Promotion Fund", an 14 amount equal to 10% of the net revenue realized from "The 15 Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act", as now or hereafter 16 amended, plus an amount equal to 10% of the net revenue 17 realized from any tax imposed under Section 4.05 of the 18 Chicago World's Fair - 1992 Authority Act, as now or 19 hereafter amended, during the preceding month. Net revenue 20 realized for a month shall be the revenue collected by the 21 State pursuant to that Act during the previous month less the 22 amount paid out during that same month as refunds to -2- LRB9105553LDksam 1 taxpayers for overpayment of liability under that Act. 2 All moneys deposited in the Tourism Promotion Fund 3 pursuant to this subsection are allocated to the Department 4 for utilization, as appropriated, in the performance of its 5 powers under Section 4. 6 As soon as possible after the first day of each month, 7 beginning July 1, 1997, upon certification of the Department 8 of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the 9 Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the 10 Tourism Promotion Fund an amount equal to 13% of the net 11 revenue realized from the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act 12 plus an amount equal to 13% of the net revenue realized from 13 any tax imposed under Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's 14 Fair-1992 Authority Act during the preceding month. "Net 15 revenue realized for a month" means the revenue collected by 16 the State under that Act during the previous month less the 17 amount paid out during that same month as refunds to 18 taxpayers for overpayment of liability under that Act. 19 (1.1) (Blank). 20 (2) As soon as possible after the first day of each 21 month, beginning July 1, 1997, upon certification of the 22 Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order 23 transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General 24 Revenue Fund to the Tourism Promotion Fund an amount equal to 25 8% of the net revenue realized from the Hotel Operators' 26 Occupation Tax plus an amount equal to 8% of the net revenue 27 realized from any tax imposed under Section 4.05 of the 28 Chicago World's Fair-1992 Authority Act during the preceding 29 month. "Net revenue realized for a month" means the revenue 30 collected by the State under that Act during the previous 31 month less the amount paid out during that same month as 32 refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under that 33 Act. 34 All monies deposited in the Tourism Promotion Fund under -3- LRB9105553LDksam 1 this subsection (2) shall be used solely as provided in this 2 subsection to advertise and promote tourism throughout 3 Illinois. Appropriations of monies deposited in the Tourism 4 Promotion Fund pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be used 5 solely for advertising to promote tourism, including but not 6 limited to advertising production and direct advertisement 7 costs, but shall not be used to employ any additional staff, 8 finance any individual event, or lease, rent or purchase any 9 physical facilities. The Department shall coordinate its 10 advertising under this subsection (2) with other public and 11 private entities in the State engaged in similar promotion 12 activities. Print or electronic media production made 13 pursuant to this subsection (2) for advertising promotion 14 shall not contain or include the physical appearance of or 15 reference to the name or position of any public officer. 16 "Public officer" means a person who is elected to office 17 pursuant to statute, or who is appointed to an office which 18 is established, and the qualifications and duties of which 19 are prescribed, by statute, to discharge a public duty for 20 the State or any of its political subdivisions. 21(3) Subject to appropriation, moneys shall be22transferred from the Tourism Promotion Fund into the Grape23and Wine Resources Fund pursuant to Article XII of the Liquor24Control Act of 1934 and shall be used by the Department in25accordance with the provisions of that Article.26 (Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 90-77, eff. 7-8-97; 90-655, 27 eff. 7-30-98.) 28 Section 10. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by 29 adding Section 12-4 as follows: 30 (235 ILCS 5/12-4 new) 31 Sec. 12-4. Grape and Wine Resources Fund. Beginning July 32 1, 1999 and ending June 30, 2004, on the first day of each -4- LRB9105553LDksam 1 State fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, 2 the State Comptroller shall transfer the sum of $500,000 from 3 the General Revenue Fund to the Grape and Wine Resources 4 Fund, which is hereby continued as a special fund in the 5 State Treasury. By January 1, 2004, the Department of 6 Commerce and Community Affairs shall review the activities of 7 the Council and report to the General Assembly and the 8 Governor its recommendation of whether or not the funding 9 under this Section should be continued. 10 The Grape and Wine Resources Fund shall be administered 11 by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, which 12 shall serve as the lead administrative agency for allocation 13 and auditing of funds as well as monitoring program 14 implementation. The Department shall make an annual grant of 15 moneys from the Fund to the Council, which shall be used to 16 pay for the Council's operations and expenses. These moneys 17 shall be used by the Council to achieve the Council's 18 objectives and shall not be used for any political or 19 legislative purpose. Money remaining in the Fund at the end 20 of the fiscal year shall remain in the Fund for use during 21 the following year and shall not be transferred to any other 22 State fund. 23 (235 ILCS 5/12-3 rep.) 24 Section 15. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by 25 repealing Section 12-3. 26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 27 1, 1999.".