(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)

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Sec. 5. Illinois Commission on Amateur Sports; purpose; duties.

(a)The Illinois Commission on Amateur Sports is created.

(b)The purpose of the Commission is to research, study, and to make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity about the promotion, development, expansion, hosting, and fostering of amateur sports, amateur sports programs, and amateur sporting events and tournaments throughout the State.

(c)Recommendations made by the Commission shall focus generally on the promotion and encouragement of physical fitness through the participation in amateur sports and amateur sports programs and on the development of local and statewide business opportunities and economic development relating to amateur sports, amateur sports programs, competitions, events and tournaments. The recommendations reported by the Commission to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall include, but are not limited to, the following objectives:

(1)To provide workshops, training, and conferences to schools and communities

throughout the State to increase youth participation in amateur sports and amateur sports programs.

(2)To connect public, private, local, and State entities to generate funding for

amateur sports programs and to facilitate the communication of information statewide about amateur sports programs and events.

(3)To support the development of and investment in an Olympic Training Center in the

State.

(4)To promote the participation of community amateur sports programs in national and

international amateur athletic competitions and events.

(5)To encourage the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in amateur

sports and amateur sports programs.

(6)To encourage the inclusion and participation of persons from historically

disadvantaged communities in amateur sports and amateur sports programs.

(7)To support and encourage the development of sports tourism.