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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Promotion Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Sections 2 and 3 and by adding Section 8b as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 665/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-22)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Legislative findings; policy. The General Assembly |
| 8 | | hereby finds,
determines and declares:
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| 9 | | (a) That the health, safety, morals and general welfare of |
| 10 | | the people of
the State are directly dependent upon the |
| 11 | | continual encouragement,
development, growth and expansion of |
| 12 | | tourism within the State;
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| 13 | | (b) That unemployment, the spread of indigency, and the |
| 14 | | heavy burden of
public assistance and unemployment |
| 15 | | compensation can be alleviated by the
promotion, attraction, |
| 16 | | stimulation, development and expansion of tourism in
the State;
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| 17 | | (c) That the policy of the State of Illinois, in the |
| 18 | | interest of
promoting the health, safety, morals and welfare of |
| 19 | | all the people of the
State, is to increase the economic impact |
| 20 | | of tourism
throughout the State through promotional activities |
| 21 | | and by making
available grants and loans to be made to local |
| 22 | | promotion groups and
others, as provided in Sections 5, and 8a, |
| 23 | | and 8b of this Act, for
purposes of promoting, developing, and |
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| 1 | | expanding tourism destinations,
tourism attractions, and |
| 2 | | tourism events.
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| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 92-38, eff. 6-28-01.)
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| 4 | | (20 ILCS 665/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 200-23)
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| 5 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and terms, |
| 6 | | whenever used or
referred to
in this Act, shall have the |
| 7 | | following meanings, except where the context
may otherwise |
| 8 | | require:
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| 9 | | (a) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and |
| 10 | | Economic Opportunity of the State of Illinois.
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| 11 | | (b) "Local promotion group" means any non-profit |
| 12 | | corporation,
organization, association, agency or committee |
| 13 | | thereof formed for the
primary purpose of publicizing, |
| 14 | | promoting, advertising or otherwise
encouraging the |
| 15 | | development of tourism in any municipality, county, or
region |
| 16 | | of Illinois.
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| 17 | | (c) "Promotional activities" means preparing, planning and
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| 18 | | conducting campaigns of information, advertising and publicity |
| 19 | | through
such media as newspapers, radio, television, |
| 20 | | magazines, trade journals,
moving and still photography, |
| 21 | | posters, outdoor signboards and personal
contact within and |
| 22 | | without the State of Illinois; dissemination of
information, |
| 23 | | advertising, publicity, photographs and other literature
and |
| 24 | | material designed to carry out the purpose of this Act; and
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| 25 | | participation in and attendance at meetings and conventions |
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| 1 | | concerned
primarily with tourism, including travel to and from |
| 2 | | such meetings.
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| 3 | | (d) "Municipality" means "municipality" as defined in |
| 4 | | Section 1-1-2
of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and |
| 5 | | hereafter amended.
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| 6 | | (e) "Tourism" means travel 50 miles or more one-way or an |
| 7 | | overnight trip
outside of a person's normal routine.
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| 8 | | (f) "Municipal amateur sports facility" means a sports |
| 9 | | facility that: (1) is owned by a unit of local government; (2) |
| 10 | | has contiguous indoor sports competition space; (3) is designed |
| 11 | | to principally accommodate and host amateur competitions for |
| 12 | | youths, adults, or both; and (4) is not used for professional |
| 13 | | sporting events where participants are compensated for their |
| 14 | | participation. |
| 15 | | (g) "Municipal convention center" means a convention |
| 16 | | center or civic center owned by a unit of local government or |
| 17 | | operated by a convention center authority, or a municipal |
| 18 | | convention hall as defined in paragraph (1) of Section 11-65-1 |
| 19 | | of the Illinois Municipal Code, with contiguous exhibition |
| 20 | | space ranging between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. |
| 21 | | (h) "Convention center authority" means an Authority, as |
| 22 | | defined by the Civic Center Code, that operates a municipal |
| 23 | | convention center with contiguous exhibition space ranging |
| 24 | | between 30,000 and 125,000 square feet. |
| 25 | | (i) "Incentive" means: (1) an incentive provided by a |
| 26 | | municipal convention center or convention center authority for |
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| 1 | | a convention, meeting, or trade show held at a municipal |
| 2 | | convention center that, but for the incentive, would not have |
| 3 | | occurred in the State or been retained in the State; or (2) an |
| 4 | | incentive provided by a unit of local government for a sporting |
| 5 | | event held at a municipal amateur sports facility that, but for |
| 6 | | the incentive, would not have occurred in the State or been |
| 7 | | retained in the State. |
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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| 9 | | (20 ILCS 665/8b new) |
| 10 | | Sec. 8b. Municipal convention center and sports facility |
| 11 | | attraction grants. |
| 12 | | (a) Until July 1, 2020, the Department is authorized to |
| 13 | | make grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, |
| 14 | | from the Tourism Promotion Fund to a unit of local government, |
| 15 | | municipal convention center, or convention center authority |
| 16 | | that provides incentives, as defined in subsection (i) of |
| 17 | | Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of attracting |
| 18 | | conventions, meetings, and trade shows to municipal convention |
| 19 | | centers and attracting sporting events to municipal amateur |
| 20 | | sports facilities. Grants awarded under this Section shall be |
| 21 | | based on the net proceeds received under the Hotel Operators' |
| 22 | | Occupation Tax Act for the renting, leasing, or letting of |
| 23 | | hotel rooms in the municipality for the month in which the |
| 24 | | convention, meeting, trade show, or sporting event occurs. |
| 25 | | Grants shall not exceed 80% of the incentive amount provided by |
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| 1 | | the unit of local government, municipal convention center, or |
| 2 | | convention center authority. Further, in no event may the |
| 3 | | aggregate amount of grants awarded to a single municipal |
| 4 | | convention center, convention center authority, or municipal |
| 5 | | amateur sports facility exceed $200,000 in any calendar year. |
| 6 | | The Department may, by rule, require any other provisions it |
| 7 | | deems necessary in order to protect the State's interest in |
| 8 | | administering this program. |
| 9 | | (b) No later than May 15 of each year, through May 15, |
| 10 | | 2020, the unit of local government, municipal convention |
| 11 | | center, or convention center authority shall certify to the |
| 12 | | Department the amounts of funds expended in the previous fiscal |
| 13 | | year to provide qualified incentives; however, in no event may |
| 14 | | the certified amount pursuant to this paragraph exceed $200,000 |
| 15 | | for any municipal convention center, convention center |
| 16 | | authority, or municipal amateur sports facility in any calendar |
| 17 | | year. The unit of local government, convention center, or |
| 18 | | convention center authority shall certify (A) the net proceeds |
| 19 | | received under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the |
| 20 | | renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality |
| 21 | | for the month in which the convention, meeting, or trade show |
| 22 | | occurs and (B) the average of the net proceeds received under |
| 23 | | the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for the renting, |
| 24 | | leasing, or letting of hotel rooms in the municipality for the |
| 25 | | same month in the 3 immediately preceding years. The unit of |
| 26 | | local government, municipal convention center, or convention |