IL HB4218

Expands eligibility for special hotel tax revenue spending rules from only DuPage County municipalities to any municipality belonging to a DCEO-certified local tourism and convention bureau headquartered in the same county

Reduces the minimum percentage of municipal hotel operators' occupation tax and hotel use tax revenue that must be spent on tourism promotion from 75% to 50%

Allows municipalities to spend up to 50% (increased from 25%) of hotel tax revenue on economic development or capital infrastructure projects

Removes the January 1, 2027 sunset date that would have repealed these municipal hotel tax provisions, making them permanent

Takes effect immediately upon becoming law