Bill Sponsors: IL SB1217 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that not less than 75% of the amounts collected by a municipality within DuPage County pursuant to the municipal hotel operators' occupation tax and municipal hotel use tax shall be used to promote tourism within that municipality. Requires that the municipality belong to a not-for-profit organization headquartered in DuPage County that is recognized by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as a certified local tourism and convention bureau entitled to receive State tourism grant funds. Provides that the remainder of the amounts collected may be used by the municipality for economic development or capital infrastructure. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2021. Effectively immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0204 [SB1217 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Thomas Cullerton [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Diane Pappas [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-042FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Kathleen Willis [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-077FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Anne Stava-Murray [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-081FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Karina Villa [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-025FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Deborah Conroy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Amy Grant [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-047FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Grant Wehrli [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-041FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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