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91_HB4165

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975  by
 2    changing Section 20.

 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 20 as follows:

 7        (230 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-20)
 8        Sec.  20. (a) Any person desiring to conduct a horse race
 9    meeting may apply to the Board for an  organization  license.
10    The  application  shall  be  made  on  a  form prescribed and
11    furnished by the Board.  The application shall specify:
12             (1)  the dates on which it intends  to  conduct  the
13        horse  race  meeting, which dates shall be provided under
14        Section 21;
15             (2)  the hours of each racing day between  which  it
16        intends to hold or conduct horse racing at such meeting;
17             (3)  the  location  where it proposes to conduct the
18        meeting; and
19             (4)  any other information the Board may  reasonably
20        require.
21        (b)  A  separate  application for an organization license
22    shall be filed for each horse race meeting which such  person
23    proposes  to  hold.  Any  such  application,  if  made  by an
24    individual, or by any individual as trustee, shall be  signed
25    and  verified  under  oath  by  such  individual.  If made by
26    individuals or a partnership, it shall be signed and verified
27    under oath by at least 2 of such individuals  or  members  of
28    such    partnership  as  the  case  may  be.  If  made  by an
29    association, corporation, corporate  trustee  or   any  other
30    entity,  it  shall be signed by the president and attested by
31    the secretary or assistant secretary under the seal  of  such
 
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 1    association, trust or corporation if it has a seal, and shall
 2    also be verified under oath by one of the signing officers.
 3        (c)  The  application  shall  specify  the  name  of  the
 4    persons,  association,  trust,  or  corporation  making  such
 5    application  and the post office address of the applicant; if
 6    the applicant is a trustee, the names and  addresses  of  the
 7    beneficiaries;  if  a  corporation, the names and post office
 8    addresses of all officers, stockholders and directors; or  if
 9    such  stockholders hold stock as a  nominee or fiduciary, the
10    names  and  post   office   addresses   of   these   persons,
11    partnerships,  corporations, or trusts who are the beneficial
12    owners thereof or who are  beneficially  interested  therein;
13    and  if a partnership, the names and post office addresses of
14    all partners, general or  limited;  if  the  applicant  is  a
15    corporation, the name of the state of its incorporation shall
16    be specified.
17        (d)  The  applicant shall execute and file with the Board
18    a good faith affirmative action plan to recruit,  train,  and
19    upgrade   minorities   in   all  classifications  within  the
20    association.
21        (e)  With such application there shall  be  delivered  to
22    the  Board  a  certified  check  or bank draft payable to the
23    order of the  Board  for  an  amount  equal  to  $1,000.  All
24    applications  for  the  issuance  of  an organization license
25    shall be filed with the Board before August  1  of  the  year
26    prior  to the year for which application is made and shall be
27    acted upon by the Board at a meeting to be held on such  date
28    as  shall  be  fixed  by the Board during the last 15 days of
29    September of such prior year.  At  such  meeting,  the  Board
30    shall  announce  the  award  of the racing meets, live racing
31    schedule, and designation of host track to the applicants and
32    its  approval  or  disapproval  of   each   application.   No
33    announcement shall be considered binding until a formal order
34    is  executed  by  the Board, which shall be executed no later
 
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 1    than October 15 of that prior year. Absent the  agreement  of
 2    the  affected  organization  licensees,  the  Board shall not
 3    grant overlapping race meetings to 2 or more tracks that  are
 4    within  100  miles  of each other to conduct the thoroughbred
 5    racing.
 6        (e-5)  In reviewing an application  for  the  purpose  of
 7    granting  an  organization  license  consistent with the best
 8    interests of the public and the sport of  horse  racing,  the
 9    Board shall consider:
10             (1)  the   character,  reputation,  experience,  and
11        financial integrity of the applicant  and  of  any  other
12        separate person that either:
13                  (i)  controls   the   applicant,   directly  or
14             indirectly, or
15                  (ii)  is controlled, directly or indirectly, by
16             that applicant or by a person who controls, directly
17             or indirectly, that applicant;
18             (2)  the   applicant's   facilities   or    proposed
19        facilities for conducting horse racing;
20             (3)  the  total  revenue  without  regard to Section
21        32.1 to be derived by the State  and  horsemen  from  the
22        applicant's conducting a race meeting;
23             (4)  the  applicant's  good faith affirmative action
24        plan to recruit, train, and  upgrade  minorities  in  all
25        employment classifications;
26             (5)  the  applicant's  financial ability to purchase
27        and maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance;
28             (6)  the  applicant's  proposed  and  prior   year's
29        promotional  and marketing activities and expenditures of
30        the applicant associated with those activities;
31             (7)  an  agreement,  if  any,   among   organization
32        licensees  as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21 of
33        this Act; and
34             (8)  the extent to which the  applicant  exceeds  or
 
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 1        meets other standards for the issuance of an organization
 2        license that the Board shall adopt by rule.
 3        In  granting  organization  licenses and allocating dates
 4    for horse race meetings, the Board shall have  discretion  to
 5    determine  an overall schedule, including required simulcasts
 6    of Illinois races by host tracks that will, in its  judgment,
 7    be  conducive  to  the  best  interests of the public and the
 8    sport of horse racing.
 9        (e-10)  The Illinois Administrative Procedure  Act  shall
10    apply  to  administrative  procedures of the Board under this
11    Act for the granting of an organization license, except  that
12    (1)  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subsection  (b) of
13    Section 10-40 of the Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act
14    regarding  cross-examination,  the  Board may prescribe rules
15    limiting the right of an  applicant  or  participant  in  any
16    proceeding  to  award  an  organization  license  to  conduct
17    cross-examination  of witnesses at that proceeding where that
18    cross-examination would unduly obstruct the timely  award  of
19    an organization license under subsection (e) of Section 20 of
20    this Act; (2) the provisions of Section 10-45 of the Illinois
21    Administrative Procedure Act regarding proposals for decision
22    are   excluded   under  this  Act;  (3)  notwithstanding  the
23    provisions of subsection (a) of Section 10-60 of the Illinois
24    Administrative   Procedure    Act    regarding    ex    parte
25    communications,  the  Board  may  prescribe rules allowing ex
26    parte communications with applicants  or  participants  in  a
27    proceeding  to award an organization license where conducting
28    those communications would be in the best interest of racing,
29    provided all those communications are made part of the record
30    of that proceeding pursuant  to  subsection  (c)  of  Section
31    10-60  of  the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; (4) the
32    provisions of Section 14a of this Act and the  rules  of  the
33    Board  promulgated  under that Section shall apply instead of
34    the provisions of Article 10 of the  Illinois  Administrative
 
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 1    Procedure  Act  regarding  administrative law judges; and (5)
 2    the provisions of subsection (d)  of  Section  10-65  of  the
 3    Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act that prevent summary
 4    suspension of a license pending revocation  or  other  action
 5    shall not apply.
 6        (f)  The  Board may allot racing dates to an organization
 7    licensee for more than one calendar year but for no more than
 8    3 successive calendar years in  advance,  provided  that  the
 9    Board  shall review such allotment for more than one calendar
10    year prior to each year for which  such  allotment  has  been
11    made.   The  granting  of an organization license to a person
12    constitutes a privilege to conduct a horse race meeting under
13    the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and  no  person  granted  an
14    organization  license  shall  be  deemed  to  have  a  vested
15    interest, property right, or future expectation to receive an
16    organization license in any subsequent year as  a  result  of
17    the   granting   of  an  organization  license.  Organization
18    licenses shall be subject to revocation if  the  organization
19    licensee  has violated any provision of this Act or the rules
20    and regulations  promulgated  under  this  Act  or  has  been
21    convicted  of a crime or has failed to disclose or has stated
22    falsely any information called for in the application for  an
23    organization  license.   Any  organization license revocation
24    proceeding shall be in accordance with Section  16  regarding
25    suspension and revocation of occupation licenses.
26        (f-5)  If,  (i)  an applicant does not file an acceptance
27    of the racing dates awarded by the Board  as  required  under
28    part  (1)  of  subsection  (h) of this Section 20, or (ii) an
29    organization licensee has its license  suspended  or  revoked
30    under  this  Act,  the  Board,  upon  conducting an emergency
31    hearing as provided for  in  this  Act,  may  reaward  on  an
32    emergency  basis  pursuant to rules established by the Board,
33    racing dates not accepted or the racing dates associated with
34    any  suspension  or  revocation  period  to   one   or   more
 
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 1    organization  licensees,  new  applicants, or any combination
 2    thereof, upon terms and conditions that the Board  determines
 3    are   in   the   best   interest  of  racing,  provided,  the
 4    organization  licensees  or  new  applicants  receiving   the
 5    awarded  racing  dates  file an acceptance of those reawarded
 6    racing dates as required under paragraph  (1)  of  subsection
 7    (h)  of  this Section 20 and comply with the other provisions
 8    of this Act.   The  Illinois  Administrative  Procedures  Act
 9    shall not apply to the administrative procedures of the Board
10    in  conducting  the emergency hearing and the reallocation of
11    racing dates on an emergency basis.
12        (g)  (Blank).
13        (h)  The Board shall send the applicant  a  copy  of  its
14    formally  executed  order  by certified mail addressed to the
15    applicant at the address stated  in  his  application,  which
16    notice  shall  be mailed within 5 days of the date the formal
17    order is executed.
18        Each applicant  notified  shall,  within  10  days  after
19    receipt  of  the  final  executed order of the Board awarding
20    racing dates:
21             (1)  file with the Board an acceptance of such award
22        in the form prescribed by the Board;
23             (2)  pay to the Board an additional amount equal  to
24        $110 for each racing date awarded; and
25             (3)  file  with  the  Board  the  bonds  required in
26        Sections 21 and 25 at least 20 days prior  to  the  first
27        day of each race meeting.
28    Upon  compliance  with the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2),
29    and (3) of this subsection (h), the applicant shall be issued
30    an organization license.
31        If any applicant fails to comply  with  this  Section  or
32    fails  to  pay the organization license fees herein provided,
33    no organization license shall be issued to such applicant.
34        (i)  At any time after  the  Board  awards  racing  dates
 
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 1    pursuant  to  subsection  (e)  and  before  the  Board's next
 2    regular meeting to award racing dates,  the  Board  may  make
 3    changes  in  the  original allotment of racing dates.  Before
 4    the Board may make such changes in the original allotment  of
 5    racing dates pursuant to this subsection (i), it must provide
 6    at  least  15 days notice to all affected parties and provide
 7    an opportunity for those parties to  be  heard  at  a  public
 8    meeting.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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