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| Public Act 099-0476
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| SB0508 Enrolled | LRB099 03068 HLH 23076 b |
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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 |
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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
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material designed to carry out the purpose of this Act; and
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participation in and attendance at meetings and conventions |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
