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This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Office of Tourism for fiscal year 2025, allocating funds from several sources including the Tourism Promotion Fund, International Tourism Fund, and Local Tourism Fund. The bill increases funding for various tourism-related activities, including $44 million for advertising and promoting Illinois tourism in domestic and international markets, $750,000 for tourism matching grants in counties over 1,000,000 residents, and $550,000 for convention and tourism bureau administrative expenses. Additionally, the bill reappropriates $15 million from a previous appropriation for tourism grants and another $15 million for a tourism incentives grant program, and provides $15 million in new funding for the tourism incentives grant program. These appropriations aim to support tourism development, marketing, and economic growth across Illinois, with specific provisions for both urban and rural areas, international marketing efforts, and grants to support local tourism initiatives. The bill will take effect on July 1, 2025, and allows flexibility in spending by specifying that the appropriated amounts can be used "as may be necessary."

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2618&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104