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SB2666 - 104th 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 changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 27 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (230 ILCS 40/27) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 27. Prohibition of video gaming by political | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | subdivision. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) A municipality may pass an ordinance prohibiting video | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | gaming within the corporate limits of the municipality. A | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | county board may, for the unincorporated area of the county, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | pass an ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | unincorporated area of the county. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (b) On and after July 1, 2022, a qualified fraternal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | organization that derives its charter from a national | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | fraternal organization and a qualified veterans organization | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | that derives its charter from a national veterans organization | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | shall be eligible to apply to the Board for a license allowing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | video gaming as a licensed fraternal establishment or a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | licensed veterans establishment if the proposed fraternal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | establishment or veterans establishment is located in: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (1) a municipality having a population of not more | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | than 1,000,000 that has enacted an ordinance prohibiting | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | video gaming within the corporate limits; or | ||||||
| 2 | (2) a county having a population of not more than | ||||||
| 3 | 1,000,000 that has enacted an ordinance prohibiting video | ||||||
| 4 | gaming within the unincorporated area of the county. | ||||||
| 5 | If the license is granted by the Board, then the licensed | ||||||
| 6 | fraternal establishment or licensed veterans establishment may | ||||||
| 7 | operate video gaming terminals pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) A municipality with a population that is greater than | ||||||
| 9 | 2,000,000 may not enforce any local ordinance in effect on the | ||||||
| 10 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General | ||||||
| 11 | Assembly prohibiting the operation of video gaming terminals | ||||||
| 12 | within the corporate limits of the municipality. This | ||||||
| 13 | subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers | ||||||
| 14 | and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII | ||||||
| 15 | of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
| 16 | (Source: P.A. 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.) | ||||||
| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law. | ||||||