Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section pertaining to the expenditure of the amounts collected by a municipality from a tax on hotel rooms, provides that a municipality may expend the money collected from the tax for any municipal purpose. Deletes the requirement that a municipality must expend the amounts collected from the tax solely to promote tourism and conventions and to attract nonresident overnight visitors. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-21 - Third Reading - Lost; 011-028-000 [HB3729 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Elaine Nekritz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sidney Mathias [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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