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90_HB2658

      230 ILCS 5/26             from Ch. 8, par. 37-26
          Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of  1975.   Makes  a
      technical change in the Section concerning wagering.
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 1        AN  ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 by
 2    changing Section 26.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Horse  Racing Act of 1975 is
 6    amended by changing Section 26 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 5/26) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
 8        Sec. 26. Wagering.
 9        (a)  Any  licensee  may   conduct   and   supervise   the
10    pari-mutuel system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of
11    this   Act,   on   horse   races  conducted  by  an  Illinois
12    organization licensee or conducted at a racetrack located  in
13    another  state  or  country  and  televised  in  Illinois  in
14    accordance  with  subsection  (g)  of Section 26 of this Act.
15    Subject to the prior consent  of  the  Board,  licensees  may
16    supplement  any  pari-mutuel  pool  in  order  to guarantee a
17    minimum distribution.  Such pari-mutuel  method  of  wagering
18    shall  not,  under  any  circumstances if conducted under the
19    provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be  unlawful,
20    other statutes of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.
21    Subject  to  rules  for  advance  wagering promulgated by the
22    Board, any licensee may accept wagers up to 2  calendar  days
23    in advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
24        (b)  No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
25    gambling  shall  be  used or permitted by the licensee.  Each
26    licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
27    taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17%  of  all  money
28    wagered  under  subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
29    otherwise be permitted under this Act.
30        (b-5)  An  individual  may  place  a  wager   under   the
31    pari-mutuel  system  from  any  licensed  location authorized
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 1    under this Act provided that wager is electronically recorded
 2    in the manner described in Section  3.12  of  this  Act.  Any
 3    wager  made  electronically by an individual while physically
 4    on the premises of a licensee shall be deemed  to  have  been
 5    made at the premises of that licensee.
 6        (c)  The   sum  held  by  any  licensee  for  payment  of
 7    outstanding  pari-mutuel  tickets,  if  unclaimed  prior   to
 8    December  31  of  the  next  year,  shall  be retained by the
 9    licensee for payment of such tickets until that date.  Within
10    10  days  thereafter,  the  balance  of  such  sum  remaining
11    unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed by  such
12    licensee    for   the   purpose   of   guaranteeing   minimum
13    distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid  to  the
14    Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury,
15    except  as  provided  in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this
16    Act.
17        (d)  A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December
18    31 of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay  the
19    same  and  may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
20    similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel  tickets  not
21    presented for payment.
22        (e)  No  licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
23    than an employee of  such  licensee  or  an  owner,  trainer,
24    jockey,  driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a
25    racing program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or
26    any minor to  be  a  patron  of  the  pari-mutuel  system  of
27    wagering conducted or supervised by it.  The admission of any
28    unaccompanied  minor,  other than an employee of the licensee
29    or an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof  at
30    a race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
31        (f)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
32    organization licensee may, contract with an entity in another
33    state  or  country  to  permit  any  legal wagering entity in
34    another state or country to accept wagers solely within  such
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 1    other state or country on races conducted by the organization
 2    licensee   in  this  State.   When  the  out-of-State  entity
 3    conducts a pari-mutuel pool separate  from  the  organization
 4    licensee,  a  privilege  tax  equal  to  7 1/2% of all monies
 5    received by the organization licensee from entities in  other
 6    states  or countries pursuant to such contracts is imposed on
 7    the organization licensee, and such privilege  tax  shall  be
 8    remitted  to  the  Department  of  Revenue within 48 hours of
 9    receipt  of  the  moneys  from  the  simulcast.    When   the
10    out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel pool with
11    the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of all monies
12    received  by  the  organization  licensee  with  25%  of  the
13    receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county in
14    which the race was conducted.
15        An  organization  licensee  may permit one or more of its
16    races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or  more
17    locations  in  other states and may transmit audio and visual
18    signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
19    more locations outside the State  or  country  and  may  also
20    permit  pari-mutuel  pools in other states or countries to be
21    combined with  its  gross  or  net  wagering  pools  or  with
22    wagering pools established by other states.
23        (g)  A  host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers
24    on horse races conducted in other  states  or  countries  and
25    shall  control  the  number of signals and types of breeds of
26    racing in its simulcast program, subject to  the  disapproval
27    of  the  Board.   The  Board may prohibit a simulcast program
28    only if it  finds  that  the  simulcast  program  is  clearly
29    adverse to the integrity of racing.  The host track simulcast
30    program  shall  include  the  signal  of  live  racing of all
31    organization licensees.  All non-host licensees  shall  carry
32    the  host  track  simulcast  program and accept wagers on all
33    races included as part of the simulcast  program  upon  which
34    wagering  is  permitted.   The costs and expenses of the host
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 1    track  and  non-host  licensees  associated  with  interstate
 2    simulcast wagering, other than the interstate commission fee,
 3    shall be borne by the host track and all  non-host  licensees
 4    incurring  these  costs.  The interstate commission fee shall
 5    not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the interstate  simulcast
 6    race or races without prior approval of the Board.  The Board
 7    shall  promulgate  rules under which it may permit interstate
 8    commission fees in excess of 5%.  The  interstate  commission
 9    fee  shall  be  uniformly  applied  to the host track and all
10    non-host licensees.
11             (1)  Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
12        intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
13        may  supplement  the  host  track  simulcast program with
14        additional simulcast races  or  race  programs,  provided
15        that  between  January 1 and the third Friday in February
16        of any year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
17        occurring  in   Illinois   during   this   period,   only
18        thoroughbred   races   may   be   used  for  supplemental
19        interstate simulcast purposes.  The Board shall  withhold
20        approval  for a supplemental interstate simulcast only if
21        it finds that the simulcast is  clearly  adverse  to  the
22        integrity of racing.  A supplemental interstate simulcast
23        may  be  transmitted from an intertrack wagering licensee
24        to its affiliated  non-host  licensees.   The  interstate
25        commission  fee  for  a supplemental interstate simulcast
26        shall be paid by the non-host licensee and its affiliated
27        non-host licensees receiving the simulcast.
28             (2)  Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
29        intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
30        may  receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with
31        the consent of the host track,  except  when   the  Board
32        finds  that  the  simulcast  is  clearly  adverse  to the
33        integrity  of  racing.   Consent   granted   under   this
34        paragraph  (2)  to any intertrack wagering licensee shall
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 1        be  deemed  consent  to  all  non-host  licensees.    The
 2        interstate commission fee for the supplemental interstate
 3        simulcast  shall  be  paid  by all participating non-host
 4        licensees.
 5             (3)  Each licensee conducting  interstate  simulcast
 6        wagering  may  retain,  subject  to  the  payment  of all
 7        applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to  exceed
 8        17%  of all money wagered.  If any licensee conducts  the
 9        pari-mutuel  system  wagering  on  races   conducted   at
10        racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
11        race  program  shall  be considered a separate racing day
12        for the purpose  of  determining  the  daily  handle  and
13        computing  the  privilege  tax  of  that  daily handle as
14        provided in subsection (a) of Section 27. From  the  sums
15        permitted  to  be  retained  pursuant to this subsection,
16        each intertrack wagering location licensee shall  pay  1%
17        of  the  pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast wagering
18        to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject  to  the
19        provisions  of  subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph  (11) of
20        subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
21             (4)  A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast
22        may combine its gross or net  pools  with  pools  at  the
23        sending  racetracks  pursuant to rules established by the
24        Board.  All licensees combining their gross or net  pools
25        with  pools  at  a  sending  racetrack  shall  adopt  the
26        take-out percentages of the sending racetrack.
27             (5)  After  the payment of the interstate commission
28        fee (except  for  the  interstate  commission  fee  on  a
29        supplemental interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by
30        the  host track and by each non-host licensee through the
31        host-track) and all applicable  State  and  local  taxes,
32        except  as  provided  in  subsection (g) of Section 27 of
33        this Act, the remainder of moneys retained from simulcast
34        wagering pursuant to this  subsection  (g),  and  Section
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 1        26.2 shall be divided as follows:
 2                  (A)  For  interstate simulcast wagers made at a
 3             host track, 50% to the host track and 50% to  purses
 4             at the host track.
 5                  (B)  For  interstate simulcast wagers made at a
 6             non-host  licensee  other  than   as   provided   in
 7             subparagraph (C) of paragraph (5) of this subsection
 8             (g)  and  paragraph (11) of this subsection (g), 25%
 9             to the host track, 25% to the non-host licensee, and
10             50% to the purses at the host track.
11                  (C)  For interstate simulcast wagers made on  a
12             supplemental  interstate  simulcast, 25% to the host
13             track, 25% to the non-host licensee from  which  the
14             interstate  commission fee shall be paid, and 50% to
15             the purses at the host track.
16                  (D)  For  interstate  simulcast  wagers  on   a
17             standardbred  race  or  races  made  at a host track
18             between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. between
19             January  1  and  the  third  Friday   in   February,
20             inclusive,   if   no  live  thoroughbred  racing  is
21             occurring in Illinois during this period, 50% to the
22             host track and 50% to  standardbred  purses  at  the
23             host track.
24                  (E)  For   interstate  simulcast  wagers  on  a
25             standardbred  race  or  races  made  at  a  non-host
26             licensee between the hours of  6:30  a.m.  and  6:30
27             p.m.  between  January  1  and  the  third Friday in
28             February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred  racing
29             is  occurring in Illinois during this period, 25% to
30             the host track, 25% to the  non-host  licensee,  and
31             50% to standardbred purses at the host track.
32                  (F)  For   interstate  simulcast  wagers  on  a
33             thoroughbred race or races at a host  track  between
34             the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. between January
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 1             1 and the third Friday in February, inclusive, if no
 2             live  thoroughbred  racing  is occurring in Illinois
 3             during this period, 50% to the host track and 50% to
 4             the host track's interstate simulcast purse pool  to
 5             be   distributed   under   paragraph   (9)  of  this
 6             subsection (g).
 7                  (G)  For  interstate  simulcast  wagers  on   a
 8             thoroughbred  race  or  races at a non-host licensee
 9             between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. between
10             January  1  and  the  third  Friday   in   February,
11             inclusive,   if   no  live  thoroughbred  racing  is
12             occurring in Illinois during this period, 25% to the
13             host track, 25% to the non-host licensee, and 50% to
14             the host track's interstate simulcast purse pool  to
15             be   distributed   under   paragraph   (9)  of  this
16             subsection (g).
17                  (H)  For  supplemental   interstate   simulcast
18             wagers on a thoroughbred race or races at a non-host
19             licensee  between  the  hours  of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
20             p.m. between January  1  and  the  third  Friday  in
21             February,  inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing
22             is occurring in Illinois during this period, 50%  to
23             the non-host licensee and 50% to thoroughbred purses
24             at  the  track  from  which  the  non-host  licensee
25             derives its license.
26                  (I)  For  interstate simulcast wagers at a host
27             track and non-host licensees between  the  hours  of
28             6:30  p.m.  and  6:30 a.m. between January 1 and the
29             third Friday in  February,  inclusive,  if  no  live
30             thoroughbred  racing is occurring in Illinois during
31             this period, as set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B),
32             and (C) of this paragraph (5) and paragraph (8.1) of
33             subsection (g).
34                  (J)  For interstate simulcast wagers at a  host
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 1             track  and  non-host  licensees  on thoroughbred and
 2             standardbred races between January 1 and  the  third
 3             Friday   in  February,  inclusive,  if  thoroughbred
 4             horses are racing in Illinois during this period, as
 5             set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this
 6             paragraph (5).
 7             (6)  Notwithstanding any provision in  this  Act  to
 8        the   contrary,   non-host  licensees  who  derive  their
 9        licenses  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
10        population in excess of  230,000  and  that  borders  the
11        Mississippi  River  may  receive  supplemental interstate
12        simulcast races at all times subject to  Board  approval,
13        which  shall  be  withheld  only  upon  a  finding that a
14        supplemental interstate simulcast is clearly  adverse  to
15        the integrity of racing.
16             (7)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of this Act to
17        the contrary, after payment of all applicable  State  and
18        local  taxes  and  interstate  commission  fees, non-host
19        licensees who derive their licenses from a track  located
20        in  a  county  with a population in excess of 230,000 and
21        that borders the Mississippi River shall  retain  50%  of
22        the  retention from interstate simulcast wagers and shall
23        pay 50% to purses at the track from  which  the  non-host
24        licensee derives its license as follows:
25                  (A)  Between  January 1 and the third Friday in
26             February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred  racing
27             is  occurring  in  Illinois during this period, when
28             the interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the
29             purse share to its standardbred purse account;
30                  (B)  Between January 1 and the third Friday  in
31             February,  inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing
32             is occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
33             interstate simulcast is  a  thoroughbred  race,  the
34             purse  share  to its interstate simulcast purse pool
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 1             to be  distributed  under  paragraph  (10)  of  this
 2             subsection (g);
 3                  (C)  Between  January 1 and the third Friday in
 4             February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing  is
 5             occurring  in  Illinois,  between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
 6             p.m. the purse share from wagers  made  during  this
 7             time  period  to  its thoroughbred purse account and
 8             between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from
 9             wagers  made  during  this  time   period   to   its
10             standardbred purse accounts;
11                  (D)  Between the third Saturday in February and
12             December  31,  when  the interstate simulcast occurs
13             between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and  6:30  p.m.,  the
14             purse share to its thoroughbred purse account;
15                  (E)  Between the third Saturday in February and
16             December  31,  when  the interstate simulcast occurs
17             between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and  6:30  a.m.,  the
18             purse share to its standardbred purse account.
19             (8)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  in this Act to
20        the contrary,  an  organization  licensee  from  a  track
21        located  in  a  county  with  a  population  in excess of
22        230,000 and that borders the Mississippi  River  and  its
23        affiliated  non-host  licensees  shall not be entitled to
24        share in any retention generated on  racing,  inter-track
25        wagering,  or  simulcast  wagering  at any other Illinois
26        track.
27             (8.1)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to
28        the contrary, if 2 organization licensees are  conducting
29        standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
30        of  6:30  p.m.  and  6:30  a.m.,  after  payment  of  all
31        applicable   State   and   local   taxes  and  interstate
32        commission fees, the remainder  of  the  amount  retained
33        from  simulcast  wagering  otherwise  attributable to the
34        host track and to host track purses shall be split  daily
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 1        between  the  2  organization licensees and the purses at
 2        the tracks of the 2 organization licensees, respectively,
 3        based on each organization licensee's share of the  total
 4        live  handle  for  that day, provided that this provision
 5        shall not apply to any non-host licensee that derives its
 6        license  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with   a
 7        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
 8        Mississippi River.
 9             (9)  The amount  paid  to  an  interstate  simulcast
10        purse  pool  under subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph
11        (5) of  this  subsection  (g)  shall  be  distributed  as
12        follows:
13                  (A)  First to supplement the standardbred purse
14             account  of  the  host track such that purses earned
15             for a single standardbred race program  between  the
16             hours  of  6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. of the host track
17             between January 1 and the third Friday in  February,
18             if  no  live  thoroughbred  racing  is  occurring in
19             Illinois during this period,  equals  $75,000.   For
20             any race program during this period where the number
21             of  live  races  is  less  than  9, the guarantee of
22             purses for that program shall be reduced  by  $8,333
23             for each race fewer than 9;
24                  (B)  Any  amount  remaining  in  the  simulcast
25             purse   pool   after   the   payments   required  in
26             subparagraph (A) of  this  paragraph  (9)  shall  be
27             distributed 50% to the standardbred purse account at
28             the   host  track  and  50%  to  thoroughbred  purse
29             accounts, excluding purse accounts at tracks located
30             in a county with a population in excess  of  230,000
31             and   that   borders  the  Mississippi  River.   The
32             thoroughbred purse share  shall  be  distributed  to
33             thoroughbred  tracks  on  a  pro rata basis based on
34             each track's 1994 Illinois on-track handle  on  live
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 1             thoroughbred  races  relative to total 1994 Illinois
 2             on-track  handle   on   live   thoroughbred   races,
 3             excluding  handle  on  live  thoroughbred races at a
 4             track located in  a  county  with  a  population  in
 5             excess  of  230,000 and that borders the Mississippi
 6             River;
 7             (10)  The amount paid to  the  interstate  simulcast
 8        purse  pool  under  subparagraph  (B) of paragraph (7) of
 9        this subsection (g) shall be distributed as follows:
10                  (A)  First,  to  supplement  the   standardbred
11             purse  account  such that the purses earned for each
12             standardbred race program between January 1 and  the
13             third  Friday  in  February, if no live thoroughbred
14             racing is occurring in Illinois during this  period,
15             equals  $24,000.  For any program during this period
16             where the number of live races is less than  9,  the
17             $24,000  purse  guarantee shall be reduced by $2,666
18             per race.
19                  (B)  Any  amount  remaining  in  the  simulcast
20             purse   pool   after   the   payment   required   in
21             subparagraph (A) of this  paragraph  (10)  shall  be
22             distributed  50%  to  standardbred purses and 50% to
23             thoroughbred purses at the race track  specified  in
24             paragraph (7) of this subsection (g).
25             (11)  Notwithstanding  any  provision in this Act to
26        the contrary, subsequent to the effective  date  of  this
27        amendatory  Act of 1995 and prior to December 31, 1995, a
28        non-host licensee that conducts live standardbred  racing
29        between  the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays
30        at a track located in a county with a population of  less
31        than  1,000,000  and  that  is contiguous to the State of
32        Indiana may retain for its  own  account  and  its  purse
33        account for standardbred racing between the hours of 6:30
34        a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays:
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 1                  (A)  All   commissions  and  all  purse  monies
 2             generated at the non-host licensee's race track from
 3             simulcast wagering during its live  program  between
 4             6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on each Tuesday, which would
 5             otherwise  be allocated to the host track and purses
 6             at  the  host  track  and  purses  as  provided   in
 7             subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of this subsection
 8             (g); and
 9                  (B)  To  the  extent  the  amounts described in
10             subparagraph  (A)  of   paragraph   (11)   of   this
11             subsection (g) are insufficient to equal the average
12             amount  of  commissions  and  the  average amount of
13             purses earned on standardbred racing at the non-host
14             licensee's track between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.  on
15             Tuesdays during the 1994 calendar year as determined
16             by   the   Board,   during  the  days  the  non-host
17             licensee's  track   conducts   standardbred   racing
18             between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on each Tuesday from
19             July  1, 1995, to December 31, 1995, all inter-track
20             wagering  location  licensees,  except   inter-track
21             wagering location licensees affiliated with a  track
22             location  in  a  county with a population of 230,000
23             and  that  borders  the  Mississippi   River   shall
24             allocate   from   amounts  retained  from  simulcast
25             wagering between 6:30 a.m. and  6:30  p.m.  on  each
26             Tuesday  from  July  1,  1995,  to December 31, 1995
27             which would otherwise be allocated to the host track
28             and  purses  at  the  host  track,  as  provided  in
29             subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of this subsection
30             (g),  to  the  non-host  track  and  purses  at  the
31             non-host licensee, on a pro  rata  basis,  based  on
32             each  inter-track wagering location licensee's share
33             of the total handle on  simulcast  wagering  at  the
34             facilities  of  all  inter-track  wagering  location
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 1             licensees,   excluding   those  intertrack  wagering
 2             location licensees affiliated with a  track  located
 3             in  a  county  with a population of 230,000 and that
 4             borders the Mississippi River for that  Tuesday,  so
 5             that  the non-host licensee's commissions and purses
 6             earned for standardbred racing between 6:30 a.m. and
 7             6:30 p.m. on the given Tuesday in  1995  equals  the
 8             average  amount  of commissions and purses earned on
 9             standardbred racing at the non-host licensee's track
10             between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on  Tuesdays  during
11             the  1994  calendar year as determined by the Board.
12             Within 72 hours after the  non-host  licensee  holds
13             standardbred  races  between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
14             in  calendar  year  1995  on  a  Tuesday  and  after
15             enactment of this amendatory Act of 1995, the  Board
16             shall  notify  each  inter-track  wagering  location
17             licensee  of  the amount from its simulcast wagering
18             between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on each  Tuesday  in
19             1995  to  be  allocated to the non-host licensee and
20             purses  for  standardbred  racing  at  the  non-host
21             licensee for that Tuesday.
22             (12)  The Board shall have authority to  compel  all
23        host  tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
24        conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
25        and include all such races as  part  of  their  simulcast
26        programs.
27             (13)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this
28        Act, in the event that  the  total  Illinois  pari-mutuel
29        handle on Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities
30        in  any  calendar  year  is  less  than  75% of the total
31        Illinois pari-mutuel handle on Illinois  horse  races  at
32        all such wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then
33        each  wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
34        pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that  is  less
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 1        than  75%  of  the  total  Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
 2        Illinois  horse  races  at  such  wagering  facility  for
 3        calendar year 1994, shall be permitted to  receive,  from
 4        any  amount otherwise payable to the purse account at the
 5        race track with which the wagering facility is affiliated
 6        in the succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of
 7        the differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle  on
 8        Illinois  horse  races  at  the wagering facility between
 9        that  calendar  year  in  question  and  1994   provided,
10        however,  that  a wagering facility shall not be entitled
11        to any such payment until the Board certifies in  writing
12        to the wagering facility the amount to which the wagering
13        facility  is  entitled  and a schedule for payment of the
14        amount to the wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing
15        dates awarded to  the  race  track  affiliated  with  the
16        wagering  facility  during  the succeeding year; (ii) the
17        sums available or anticipated  to  be  available  in  the
18        purse  account  of  the  race  track  affiliated with the
19        wagering facility for purses during the succeeding  year;
20        and  (iii)  the  need  to  ensure reasonable purse levels
21        during the  payment  period.  The  Board's  certification
22        shall  be  provided  no  later  than  January  31  of the
23        succeeding  year.  In  the  event  a  wagering   facility
24        entitled  to  a  payment  under  this  paragraph  (13) is
25        affiliated  with  a  race  track  that  maintains   purse
26        accounts  for  both standardbred and thoroughbred racing,
27        the amount to be paid to the wagering facility  shall  be
28        divided between each purse account pro rata, based on the
29        amount  of  Illinois  handle on Illinois standardbred and
30        thoroughbred racing respectively at the wagering facility
31        during the previous calendar year.
32        (h)  The Board may approve and  license  the  conduct  of
33    inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast wagering by inter-track
34    wagering  licensees   and   inter-track   wagering   location
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 1    licensees subject to the following terms and conditions:
 2             (1)  Any  person  licensed to conduct a race meeting
 3        at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
 4        during the immediately preceding calendar year  or  where
 5        over  the  5  immediately  preceding  calendar  years  an
 6        average  of  30  or  more  days  of racing were conducted
 7        annually or at a  track  located  in  a  county  that  is
 8        bounded  by the Mississippi River, which has a population
 9        of less than 150,000  according  to  the  1990  decennial
10        census,  and an average of at least 60 days of racing per
11        year between 1985 and 1993 may be issued  an  inter-track
12        wagering   license.  Any  such  person  having  operating
13        control of the racing facility may also receive up  to  6
14        inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
15        more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
16        for  each  eligible  race  track, except that an eligible
17        race track located in a county that has a  population  of
18        more  than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi
19        River  may  establish  up  to  7   inter-track   wagering
20        locations. An application for said license shall be filed
21        with the Board prior to such dates as may be fixed by the
22        Board.   With  an application for an inter-track wagering
23        location license there shall be delivered to the Board  a
24        certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the
25        Board for an amount equal to $500.  The application shall
26        be  on  forms prescribed and furnished by the Board.  The
27        application  shall   comply   with   all   other   rules,
28        regulations  and  conditions  imposed  by  the  Board  in
29        connection therewith.
30             (2)  The  Board  shall examine the applications with
31        respect to their conformity with this Act and  the  rules
32        and  regulations imposed by the Board.  If found to be in
33        compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of  the
34        Board,  the  Board  may  then  issue a license to conduct
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 1        inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  to  such
 2        applicant.  All such applications shall be acted upon  by
 3        the  Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be
 4        fixed by the Board.
 5             (3)  In granting  licenses  to  conduct  inter-track
 6        wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
 7        consideration  to  the  best  interests of the public, of
 8        horse racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
 9             (4)  Prior to the issuance of a license  to  conduct
10        inter-track   wagering   and   simulcast   wagering,  the
11        applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
12        State of Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by  the
13        applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to
14        do  business  in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the
15        payment by the licensee of all taxes due under Section 27
16        or 27.1 and any other monies due and payable  under  this
17        Act,   and   (ii)  distribution  by  the  licensee,  upon
18        presentation of the winning ticket  or  tickets,  of  all
19        sums payable to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
20             (5)  Each  license  to  conduct inter-track wagering
21        and simulcast wagering shall specify the person  to  whom
22        it  is  issued,  the  dates  on  which  such  wagering is
23        permitted, and the track or location where  the  wagering
24        is to be conducted.
25             (6)  All  wagering  under such license is subject to
26        this Act and to the rules and regulations  from  time  to
27        time  prescribed  by  the  Board,  and every such license
28        issued by the Board  shall  contain  a  recital  to  that
29        effect.
30             (7)  An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
31        wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
32        or  location    where  it  is  licensed,  or as otherwise
33        provided under this Act.
34             (8)  Inter-track  wagering  or  simulcast   wagering
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 1        shall  not  be  conducted  at any track less than 5 miles
 2        from a track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
 3             (8.1)  Inter-track wagering location  licensees  who
 4        derive  their  licenses  from  a  particular organization
 5        licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
 6        wagering only at locations which  are  either  within  90
 7        miles   of   that   race   track   where  the  particular
 8        organization licensee is licensed to conduct  racing,  or
 9        within  135 miles of that race track where the particular
10        organization licensee is licensed to  conduct  racing  in
11        the  case of race tracks in counties of less than 400,000
12        that were operating on or before June 1, 1986.   However,
13        inter-track  wagering and simulcast wagering shall not be
14        conducted by those licensees at  any  location  within  5
15        miles of any race track at which a horse race meeting has
16        been  licensed  in  the  current  year, unless the person
17        having operating control of such race track has given its
18        written consent to  such  inter-track  wagering  location
19        licensees,  which consent must be filed with the Board at
20        or prior to the time application is made.
21             (8.2)  Inter-track wagering  or  simulcast  wagering
22        shall   not  be  conducted  by  an  inter-track  wagering
23        location licensee at any location within 500 feet  of  an
24        existing  church  or existing school, nor within 500 feet
25        of the residences  of  more  than  50  registered  voters
26        without  receiving  written permission from a majority of
27        the registered voters at such  residences.  Such  written
28        permission statements shall be filed with the Board.  The
29        distance  of  500  feet  shall be measured to the nearest
30        part of any building used for worship services, education
31        programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
32        wagering by an inter-track  wagering  location  licensee,
33        and  not  to  property  boundaries.  However, inter-track
34        wagering or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site
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 1        within 500 feet of a church, school or residences  of  50
 2        or  more  registered  voters  if  such  church, school or
 3        residences have been  erected  or  established,  or  such
 4        voters  have  been registered, after the Board issues the
 5        original inter-track wagering  location  license  at  the
 6        site in question. Inter-track wagering location licensees
 7        may  conduct  inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
 8        only  in  areas  that  are  zoned   for   commercial   or
 9        manufacturing  purposes  or  in areas for which a special
10        use has been approved  by  the  local  zoning  authority.
11        However,  no  license to conduct inter-track wagering and
12        simulcast wagering shall be granted  by  the  Board  with
13        respect  to  any inter-track wagering location within the
14        jurisdiction of any local zoning authority which has,  by
15        ordinance  or by resolution, prohibited the establishment
16        of  an   inter-track   wagering   location   within   its
17        jurisdiction.    However,   inter-track   wagering    and
18        simulcast wagering may be conducted at  a  site  if  such
19        ordinance  or  resolution  is  enacted  after  the  Board
20        licenses   the  original  inter-track  wagering  location
21        licensee for the site in question.
22             (9)  (Blank).
23             (10)  An  inter-track  wagering   licensee   or   an
24        inter-track   wagering   location  licensee  may  retain,
25        subject to the payment of the  privilege  taxes  and  the
26        purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered.
27        Each  program  of  racing  conducted  by each inter-track
28        wagering  licensee  or  inter-track   wagering   location
29        licensee  shall  be  considered a separate racing day for
30        the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
31        the privilege tax on such daily  handle  as  provided  in
32        Section 27.1.
33             (10.1)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (g) of
34        Section 27 of this  Act,  inter-track  wagering  location
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 1        licensees  shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each
 2        location to the municipality in which  such  location  is
 3        situated  and  1%  of  the  pari-mutuel  handle  at  each
 4        location   to  the  county  in  which  such  location  is
 5        situated.  In the  event  that  an  inter-track  wagering
 6        location  licensee  is situated in an unincorporated area
 7        of  a  county,  such  licensee  shall  pay  2%   of   the
 8        pari-mutuel handle from such location to such county.
 9             (10.2)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this
10        Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race  track
11        located  in  a  county that has a population of more than
12        230,000 and that is  bounded  by  the  Mississippi  River
13        ("the first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
14        inter-track  wagering  licensee  or  inter-track wagering
15        location licensee  that  derives  its  license  from  the
16        organization licensee that operates the first race track,
17        on  races  conducted  at the first race track or on races
18        conducted   at   another   Illinois   race   track    and
19        simultaneously  televised to the first race track or to a
20        facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee  or
21        inter-track  wagering  location licensee that derives its
22        license from the organization licensee that operates  the
23        first  race  track,  those  moneys  shall be allocated as
24        follows:
25                  (A)  That portion  of  all  moneys  wagered  on
26             standardbred  racing that is required under this Act
27             to be paid to purses shall be  paid  to  purses  for
28             standardbred races.
29                  (B)  That  portion  of  all  moneys  wagered on
30             thoroughbred racing that is required under this  Act
31             to  be  paid  to  purses shall be paid to purses for
32             thoroughbred races.
33             (11) (A)  After payment of the  privilege  tax,  any
34        other  applicable  taxes,  and  the costs and expenses in
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 1        connection  with   the   gathering,   transmission,   and
 2        dissemination  of  all  data  necessary to the conduct of
 3        inter-track  wagering,  the  remainder  of   the   monies
 4        retained  under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this
 5        Act by the inter-track wagering licensee  on  inter-track
 6        wagering  shall be allocated with 50% to be split between
 7        the 2 participating licensees and 50% to  purses,  except
 8        that  an  intertrack  wagering  licensee that derives its
 9        license  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with   a
10        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
11        Mississippi  River  shall  not   divide   any   remaining
12        retention  with  the  Illinois organization licensee that
13        provides the race or races, and  an  intertrack  wagering
14        licensee  that  accepts  wagers  on races conducted by an
15        organization licensee that conducts  a  race  meet  in  a
16        county  with  a  population in excess of 230,000 and that
17        borders  the  Mississippi  River  shall  not  divide  any
18        remaining retention with that organization licensee.
19             (B)  From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant
20        to this Act each inter-track wagering  location  licensee
21        shall  pay (i) the privilege tax to the State; (ii) 4% of
22        the pari-mutuel handle on  intertrack  wagering  at  such
23        location  on  races  as purses, except that an intertrack
24        wagering location licensee that derives its license  from
25        a  track  located in a county with a population in excess
26        of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi  River  shall
27        retain  all  purse  moneys  for  its  own  purse  account
28        consistent with distribution set forth in this subsection
29        (h),  and  intertrack  wagering  location  licensees that
30        accept wagers  on  races  conducted  by  an  organization
31        licensee  located in a county with a population in excess
32        of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi  River  shall
33        distribute  all  purse  moneys to purses at the operating
34        host track; (iii) except as provided in subsection (g) of
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 1        Section 27 of this Act,  1%  of  the  pari-mutuel  handle
 2        wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
 3        each  inter-track  wagering location licensee facility to
 4        the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided  that,  to
 5        the  extent the total amount collected and distributed to
 6        the  Horse  Racing  Tax  Allocation   Fund   under   this
 7        subsection  (h)  during  any  calendar  year  exceeds the
 8        amount collected and distributed to the Horse Racing  Tax
 9        Allocation  Fund  during  calendar year 1994, that excess
10        amount shall be  redistributed  (I)  to  all  inter-track
11        wagering  location  licensees,  based  on each licensee's
12        pro-rata share  of  the  total  handle  from  inter-track
13        wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  for  all  inter-track
14        wagering  location  licensees during the calendar year in
15        which this provision is applicable; then (II) the amounts
16        redistributed  to  each  inter-track  wagering   location
17        licensee  as  described  in  subpart (I) shall be further
18        redistributed  as  provided  in   subparagraph   (B)   of
19        paragraph  (5)  of  subsection  (g)  of  this  Section 26
20        provided first, that the shares of those  amounts,  which
21        are to be redistributed to the host track or to purses at
22        the host track under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of
23        subsection  (g) of this Section 26 shall be redistributed
24        based on each host track's pro rata share  of  the  total
25        inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering handle at all
26        host  tracks  during  the  calendar year in question, and
27        second, that any amounts redistributed  as  described  in
28        part  (I)  to  an  inter-track wagering location licensee
29        that accepts wagers on races conducted by an organization
30        licensee that conducts a race meet in  a  county  with  a
31        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
32        Mississippi  River  shall  be  further  redistributed  as
33        provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
34        subsection (g) of this Section 26, with  the  portion  of
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 1        that  further  redistribution allocated to purses at that
 2        organization licensee to be divided between  standardbred
 3        purses  and  thoroughbred  purses  based  on  the amounts
 4        otherwise  allocated  to  purses  at  that   organization
 5        licensee  during the calendar year in question;  and (iv)
 6        8% of the  pari-mutuel  handle  on  inter-track  wagering
 7        wagered  at  such  location  to  satisfy  all  costs  and
 8        expenses of conducting its wagering. The remainder of the
 9        monies  retained  by  the  inter-track  wagering location
10        licensee shall be allocated 40% to the location  licensee
11        and  60%  to the organization licensee which provides the
12        Illinois races to the location, except that an intertrack
13        wagering location licensee that derives its license  from
14        a  track  located in a county with a population in excess
15        of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi  River  shall
16        not  divide any remaining retention with the organization
17        licensee  that  provides  the  race  or  races   and   an
18        intertrack wagering location licensee that accepts wagers
19        on  races  conducted  by  an  organization  licensee that
20        conducts a race meet in a county  with  a  population  in
21        excess  of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
22        shall  not  divide  any  remaining  retention  with   the
23        organization  licensee. Notwithstanding the provisions of
24        clauses (ii) and (iv) of this paragraph, in the  case  of
25        the  additional  inter-track  wagering  location licenses
26        authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection (h)  by
27        this  amendatory  Act  of 1991, those licensees shall pay
28        the following amounts as  purses:  during  the  first  12
29        months   the  licensee  is  in  operation,  4.5%  of  the
30        pari-mutuel handle wagered  at  the  location  on  races;
31        during  the  second  12 months, 4.5%; during the third 12
32        months, 5%; during the fourth 12 months, 5.5%; and during
33        the fifth 12 months and  thereafter,  6%.  The  following
34        amounts  shall be retained by the licensee to satisfy all
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 1        costs and expenses of conducting its wagering: during the
 2        first 12 months the licensee is in operation, 7.5% of the
 3        pari-mutuel handle wagered at the  location;  during  the
 4        second  12  months, 7.5%; during the third 12 months, 7%;
 5        during the fourth 12 months, 6.5%; and during  the  fifth
 6        12  months  and thereafter, 6%. For additional intertrack
 7        wagering  location  licensees   authorized   under   this
 8        amendatory  Act  of  1995, purses for the first 12 months
 9        the  licensee  is  in  operation  shall  be  5%  of   the
10        pari-mutuel  wagered  at  the  location,  purses  for the
11        second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be  5
12        1/2%,  and purses thereafter shall be 6%.  For additional
13        intertrack  location  licensees  authorized  under   this
14        amendatory  Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed to
15        retain to satisfy all  costs  and  expenses:  7%  of  the
16        pari-mutuel  handle  wagered  at  the location during its
17        first 12 months of operation, 6.5% during its  second  12
18        months of operation, and 6% thereafter.
19             (C)  There  is  hereby  created the Horse Racing Tax
20        Allocation Fund.
21             All monies paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation
22        Fund pursuant  to  this  paragraph  (11)  by  inter-track
23        wagering  location licensees located in park districts of
24        500,000 population or less, or in a municipality that  is
25        not  included  within  any  park district but is included
26        within a conservation district and is the county seat  of
27        a  county  that (i) is contiguous to the state of Indiana
28        and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257 according to the
29        United States Bureau of the Census, and operating on  May
30        1, 1994 shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
31                  Two-sevenths  to the Department of Agriculture.
32             Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used  to
33             promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
34             industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
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 1             of   Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a  9-member
 2             committee appointed by the  Governor  consisting  of
 3             the  following members: the Director of Agriculture,
 4             who shall serve as chairman;  2  representatives  of
 5             organization  licensees conducting thoroughbred race
 6             meetings  in  this  State,  recommended   by   those
 7             licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
 8             licensees  conducting  standardbred race meetings in
 9             this  State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;   a
10             representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
11             and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
12             Foundation;   a   representative   of  the  Illinois
13             Standardbred  Owners   and   Breeders   Association,
14             recommended by that Association; a representative of
15             the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
16             or any successor organization thereto established in
17             Illinois  comprised  of the largest number of owners
18             and trainers, recommended  by  that  Association  or
19             that successor organization; and a representative of
20             the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
21             recommended  by that Association.  Committee members
22             shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
23             1 of each even-numbered year.  If  a  representative
24             of  any  of  the  above-named  entities has not been
25             recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered  year,
26             the  Governor  shall  appoint  a committee member to
27             fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
28             no compensation for their services  as  members  but
29             shall  be  reimbursed  for  all actual and necessary
30             expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
31             performance of their official duties.  The remaining
32             50% of this two-sevenths  shall  be  distributed  to
33             county  fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as set
34             forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
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 1                  Four-sevenths    to    park    districts     or
 2             municipalities  that  do not have a park district of
 3             500,000 population or less for museum  purposes  (if
 4             an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
 5             in   such   a  park  district)  or  to  conservation
 6             districts for museum  purposes  (if  an  inter-track
 7             wagering   location   licensee   is   located  in  a
 8             municipality that is not included  within  any  park
 9             district  but  is  included  within  a  conservation
10             district and is the county seat of a county that (i)
11             is contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a
12             1990  population  of  88,257 according to the United
13             States Bureau of the  Census,  except  that  if  the
14             conservation  district  does  not maintain a museum,
15             the monies shall be allocated  equally  between  the
16             county and the municipality in which the inter-track
17             wagering  location  licensee  is located for general
18             purposes) or to a  municipal  recreation  board  for
19             park  purposes  (if an inter-track wagering location
20             licensee is located in a municipality  that  is  not
21             included   within   any   park   district  and  park
22             maintenance  is  the  function  of   the   municipal
23             recreation  board  and  the  municipality has a 1990
24             population of 9,302 according to the  United  States
25             Bureau  of the Census); provided that the monies are
26             distributed to each park  district  or  conservation
27             district  or  municipality that does not have a park
28             district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of  the
29             amount   collected   by  each  inter-track  wagering
30             location  licensee  within  the  park  district   or
31             conservation  district or municipality for the Fund.
32             Monies that were paid  into  the  Horse  Racing  Tax
33             Allocation  Fund  before  the effective date of this
34             amendatory Act of 1991 by  an  inter-track  wagering
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 1             location  licensee located in a municipality that is
 2             not  included  within  any  park  district  but   is
 3             included  within a conservation district as provided
 4             in this paragraph  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable
 5             after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
 6             1991, be allocated and  paid  to  that  conservation
 7             district  as  provided  in  this paragraph. Any park
 8             district or municipality not  maintaining  a  museum
 9             may  deposit the monies in the corporate fund of the
10             park district or municipality where the  inter-track
11             wagering location is located, to be used for general
12             purposes; and
13                  One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
14             be   used  for  distribution  to  agricultural  home
15             economics extension councils in accordance with  "An
16             Act  in  relation to additional support and finances
17             for the Agricultural  and  Home  Economic  Extension
18             Councils  in  the several counties of this State and
19             making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
20             1967.
21             All other monies paid  into  the  Horse  Racing  Tax
22        Allocation  Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11) shall be
23        allocated by appropriation as follows:
24                  Two-sevenths to the Department of  Agriculture.
25             Fifty  percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
26             promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
27             industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
28             of  Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a   9-member
29             committee  appointed  by  the Governor consisting of
30             the following members: the Director of  Agriculture,
31             who  shall  serve  as chairman; 2 representatives of
32             organization licensees conducting thoroughbred  race
33             meetings   in   this  State,  recommended  by  those
34             licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
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 1             licensees conducting standardbred race  meetings  in
 2             this   State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;  a
 3             representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
 4             and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
 5             Foundation;  a  representative   of   the   Illinois
 6             Standardbred   Owners   and   Breeders  Association,
 7             recommended by that Association; a representative of
 8             the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
 9             or any successor organization thereto established in
10             Illinois comprised of the largest number  of  owners
11             and  trainers,  recommended  by  that Association or
12             that successor organization; and a representative of
13             the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
14             recommended by that Association.  Committee  members
15             shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
16             1  of  each even-numbered year.  If a representative
17             of any of the  above-named  entities  has  not  been
18             recommended  by January 1 of any even-numbered year,
19             the Governor shall appoint  a  committee  member  to
20             fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
21             no  compensation  for  their services as members but
22             shall be reimbursed for  all  actual  and  necessary
23             expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
24             performance of their official duties.  The remaining
25             50%  of  this  two-sevenths  shall be distributed to
26             county fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as  set
27             forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
28                  Four-sevenths  to museums and aquariums located
29             in  park  districts  of  over  500,000   population;
30             provided   that   the   monies  are  distributed  in
31             accordance with the previous year's distribution  of
32             the  maintenance  tax for such museums and aquariums
33             as provided  in  Section  2  of  the  Park  District
34             Aquarium and Museum Act; and
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 1                  One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
 2             be   used  for  distribution  to  agricultural  home
 3             economics extension councils in accordance with  "An
 4             Act  in  relation to additional support and finances
 5             for the Agricultural  and  Home  Economic  Extension
 6             Councils  in  the several counties of this State and
 7             making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
 8             1967.
 9                  (D)  Except as provided in  paragraph  (11)  of
10             this   subsection   (h),   with   respect  to  purse
11             allocation from intertrack wagering, the  monies  so
12             retained shall be divided as follows:
13                       (i)  If the inter-track wagering licensee,
14                  except  an  intertrack  wagering  licensee that
15                  derives  its  license  from   an   organization
16                  licensee  located in a county with a population
17                  in  excess  of  230,000  and  bounded  by   the
18                  Mississippi  River,  is  not conducting its own
19                  race meeting during the same  dates,  then  the
20                  entire  purse  allocation shall be to purses at
21                  the track where the races wagered on are  being
22                  conducted.
23                       (ii)  If    the    inter-track    wagering
24                  licensee,   except   an   intertrack   wagering
25                  licensee  that  derives  its  license  from  an
26                  organization  licensee located in a county with
27                  a population in excess of 230,000  and  bounded
28                  by  the  Mississippi  River, is also conducting
29                  its own race meeting  during  the  same  dates,
30                  then  the purse allocation shall be as follows:
31                  50% to purses at  the  track  where  the  races
32                  wagered  on  are being conducted; 50% to purses
33                  at the track  where  the  inter-track  wagering
34                  licensee is accepting such wagers.
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 1                       (iii)  If   the  inter-track  wagering  is
 2                  being  conducted  by  an  inter-track  wagering
 3                  location   licensee,   except   an   intertrack
 4                  wagering location  licensee  that  derives  its
 5                  license  from  an organization licensee located
 6                  in a county with  a  population  in  excess  of
 7                  230,000  and  bounded by the Mississippi River,
 8                  the entire purse allocation for Illinois  races
 9                  shall  be to purses at the track where the race
10                  meeting being wagered on is being held.
11             (12)  The Board shall have all powers necessary  and
12        proper  to  fully  supervise  and  control the conduct of
13        inter-track   wagering   and   simulcast   wagering    by
14        inter-track  wagering  licensees and inter-track wagering
15        location licensees, including, but  not  limited  to  the
16        following:
17                  (A)  The   Board   is   vested  with  power  to
18             promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for  the
19             purpose   of   administering  the  conduct  of  this
20             wagering  and   to   prescribe   reasonable   rules,
21             regulations and conditions under which such wagering
22             shall   be  held  and  conducted.   Such  rules  and
23             regulations are to provide  for  the  prevention  of
24             practices detrimental to the public interest and for
25             the  best  interests  of said wagering and to impose
26             penalties for violations thereof.
27                  (B)  The Board, and any person  or  persons  to
28             whom  it  delegates  this  power, is vested with the
29             power to enter the facilities  of  any  licensee  to
30             determine whether there has been compliance with the
31             provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations
32             relating to the conduct of such wagering.
33                  (C)  The  Board,  and  any person or persons to
34             whom it delegates this power, may eject  or  exclude
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 1             from  any  licensee's  facilities,  any person whose
 2             conduct or reputation is such that his  presence  on
 3             such premises may, in the opinion of the Board, call
 4             into  the  question the honesty and integrity of, or
 5             interfere with the orderly conduct of such wagering;
 6             provided, however, that no person shall be  excluded
 7             or  ejected from such premises solely on the grounds
 8             of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or
 9             sex.
10                  (D)  (Blank).
11                  (E)  The Board is  vested  with  the  power  to
12             appoint  delegates  to  execute  any  of  the powers
13             granted to it under this Section for the purpose  of
14             administering   this  wagering  and  any  rules  and
15             regulations promulgated in accordance with this Act.
16                  (F)  The Board shall name and appoint  a  State
17             director   of   this   wagering   who   shall  be  a
18             representative of the Board and whose duty it  shall
19             be  to supervise the conduct of inter-track wagering
20             as may be provided for by the rules and  regulations
21             of  the  Board;  such  rules  and  regulation  shall
22             specify the method of appointment and the Director's
23             powers, authority and duties.
24                  (G)  The  Board  is  vested  with  the power to
25             impose civil  penalties  of  up  to  $5,000  against
26             individuals  and up to $10,000 against licensees for
27             each violation of any provision of this Act relating
28             to the conduct of this wagering, any  rules  adopted
29             by  the  Board,  any order of the Board or any other
30             action  which  in  the  Board's  discretion,  is   a
31             detriment or impediment to such wagering.
32             (13)  The  Department  of Agriculture may enter into
33        agreements with licensees authorizing such  licensees  to
34        conduct  inter-track  wagering on races to be held at the
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 1        licensed race meetings conducted  by  the  Department  of
 2        Agriculture.    Such agreement shall specify the races of
 3        the Department of  Agriculture's  licensed  race  meeting
 4        upon  which the licensees will conduct wagering.   In the
 5        event that a licensee  conducts  inter-track  pari-mutuel
 6        wagering on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin
 7        State  Fair  which  are  in  addition  to  the licensee's
 8        previously approved racing program, those races shall  be
 9        considered  a  separate  racing  day  for  the purpose of
10        determining the daily handle and computing the  privilege
11        tax  on  that daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and
12        27.1.  Such agreements shall be  approved  by  the  Board
13        before  such  wagering  may be conducted.  In determining
14        whether to grant  approval,  the  Board  shall  give  due
15        consideration  to the best interests of the public and of
16        horse racing.  The provisions  of  paragraphs  (1),  (8),
17        (8.1),  and (8.2) of subsection (h) of this Section which
18        are not specified in this paragraph (13) shall not  apply
19        to  licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
20        Agriculture at the Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County
21        or the DuQuoin State Fair in  Perry  County,  or  to  any
22        wagering conducted on those race meetings.
23        (i)  Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions of this Act,
24    the conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is  authorized
25    on  all  days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section
26    19 of this Act.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-358;  88-572,  eff.  8-11-94;  88-661,  eff.
28    9-16-94; 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)

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