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Full Text of HB0259 99th General Assembly

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HB0259eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1     AN ACT concerning gaming.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by adding
5 Section 28 as follows:

6     (230 ILCS 40/28 new)
7     Sec. 28. Local ordinances. The governing body of a
8 municipality or a county board of a county in which video
9 gaming has not been prohibited pursuant to Section 27 or 70 of
10 this Act may pass an ordinance to (1) limit the number of video
11 gaming terminals permitted to operate within the boundaries of
12 the municipality or the unincorporated areas of the county and
13 (2) place restrictions on the locations of the video gaming
14 terminals within the boundaries of the municipality or the
15 unincorporated areas of the county, including, but not limited
16 to, requiring a mandatory distance in feet between sets of
17 video gaming terminals.
18     An ordinance adopted under this Section shall not conflict
19 with the powers and duties of the Illinois Gaming Board.
20     Nothing in this Section shall be construed to grant
21 authority to any entity to operate a video gaming terminal
22 without a license under this Act.

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.

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