Bill Text: IL HB4159 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Commission on Tourism to develop a statewide travel and tourism strategy. Identifies the members of the Commission. Sets out requirements for the statewide travel and tourism strategy and meetings of the Commission. Requires the Commission to file a statewide travel and tourism strategy with the Governor and General Assembly by no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and by no later than January 1 of each year thereafter. Specifies that members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide administrative and other support to the Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4159 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4159-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4159 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/1110 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Commission on Tourism to develop a statewide travel and tourism strategy. Identifies the members of the Commission. Sets out requirements for the statewide travel and tourism strategy and meetings of the Commission. Requires the Commission to file a statewide travel and tourism strategy with the Governor and General Assembly by no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and by no later than January 1 of each year thereafter. Specifies that members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide administrative and other support to the Commission.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 1110 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/1110 new)
Sec. 1110. Commission on Tourism.
(a) A Commission on Tourism is hereby established to
develop the statewide travel and tourism strategy described in
subsection (c).
(b) The Commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
or the Director's designee, who shall serve as a cochair
of the Commission;
(2) the Director of Natural Resources or the
Director's designee, who shall serve as a cochair of the
Commission;
(3) the Director of Revenue or the Director's
designee;
(4) the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary's
designee;
(5) the Director of Agriculture or the Director's

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designee;
(6) the Director of Public Health or the Director's
designee;
(7) the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan
Pier Exposition Authority or the Chief Executive Officer's
designee;
(8) the Director of Employment Security or the
Director's designee;
(9) the Chairperson of the Illinois Gaming Board or
the Chairperson's designee;
(10) the Executive Director of the Commission on
Equity and Inclusion or the Executive Director's designee;
and
(11) the Chairman of the Illinois Arts Council or the
Chairman's designee.
An individual designated under this subsection must be a
senior-level official.
(c) The Commission shall develop a statewide travel and
tourism strategy with recommendations for new policies and
initiatives to promote domestic and international travel
opportunities throughout Illinois with the goal of increasing
the Illinois market share of international and interstate
travel. The recommendations shall include, but shall not be
limited to, strategies to promote visits to Illinois public
lands, waters, shores, monuments, and other iconic
destinations with the goal of expanding job creation in

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