(230 ILCS 5/3.075)
Sec. 3.075.
(a) "Host track" means the organization licensee (i)
conducting live thoroughbred racing between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
p.m. from the first day to the last day of its horse racing meet as awarded by
the Board (including all days within that period when no live racing occurs),
except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (e) of this Section, or
(ii) conducting live standardbred racing between the hours of 6:30 p.m. to 6:30
a.m. of the following day from the first day to the last day of its horse
racing meet as awarded by the Board (including all days within that period when
no live racing occurs, except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (d),
and (e) of this Section); provided that the organization licensee conducts live
racing no fewer
than 5 days per week with no fewer than 9 races per
day, unless
a lesser schedule of live racing is the result of (1)
weather, unsafe track conditions, or other acts of God; (2) an agreement
between the organization licensee and the associations representing the largest
number of owners, trainers, and standardbred drivers who race horses at that
organization licensee's race meeting, with
the Board's consent; or (3) a decision by the Board after a public hearing (in
which the associations representing the owners, trainers, jockeys, or
standardbred drivers who race
horses at that organization licensee's race meeting shall participate) either
at the time racing dates are awarded or after those dates are awarded due to
changed financial
circumstances, upon a written petition from the organization licensee,
accompanied by supporting financial data as requested by the Board, stating
that the organization licensee has and will continue to incur significant
financial losses. No organization licensee conducting its race meeting in a
county bordering the Mississippi River and having a population greater than
230,000 may be a host track for its race meeting.
(b) (Blank).
(c) (Blank).
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section and
except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this Section, in the
event that 2 organization licensees conduct their standardbred race meetings
concurrently on any date after January 1, 1996, between the hours of 6:30
p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the organization licensee awarded the most racing dates
between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during the calendar year in which that
concurrent racing occurs will be deemed the host track, provided that the 2
organization licensees collectively conduct live standardbred racing between
6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during the week in which concurrent race meetings occur
no less than 5 days per week with no less than 9 races per day. During each
week of the calendar year in which 2 organization licensees are conducting live
standardbred race meetings between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., if there is
any day in that week on which only one organization licensee is conducting a
standardbred race meeting between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., that organization
licensee shall be the host track provided that the 2 organization licensees
collectively conduct live standardbred racing between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
during the week in which concurrent race meetings occur no less than 5 days per
week with no less than 9 races per day. During each week of the calendar year
in which 2 organization licensees are concurrently conducting live standardbred
race meetings on one or more days between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., if there is
any day in that week on which no organization licensee is conducting a
standardbred race meeting between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the organization
licensee conducting a standardbred race meeting during that week and time
period that has been awarded the most racing dates during the calendar year
between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. shall be the host track,
provided that the 2 organization licensees collectively conduct live
standardbred racing between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during the week in which
concurrent race meetings occur no less than 5 days per week with no less than 9
races per day. The requirement in this subsection (d) that live racing be
conducted no less than 5 days per week with no less than 9 races per day shall
be subject to exceptions set forth in items (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a)
of Section 3.075.
(e) During any calendar period in which no organization licensee has been
awarded
a thoroughbred race meeting, the host track, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. of such period, shall be an organization licensee determined by the
Board, provided the organization licensee has been awarded a thoroughbred race
meeting in the current year and is eligible to be a host track.
(Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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