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90_HB0606eng
230 ILCS 10/16 from Ch. 120, par. 2416
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical
change in the Section concerning the annual report of the
Board.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 by
2 changing Section 31.1.
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 31.1 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 5/31.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)
8 Sec. 31.1. (a) Organization licensees collectively shall
9 contribute annually to charity the sum of $750,000 to
10 non-profit organizations that provide medical and family,
11 counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or
12 work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks. These
13 contributions shall be collected as follows: (i) no later
14 than July 1st of each year the Board shall assess each
15 organization licensee, (except those tracks which are not
16 within 100 miles of each other and except any track that did
17 not conduct live racing during the previous year, which
18 tracks shall pay $30,000 annually apiece into the Board
19 charity fund), that amount which equals $690,000 multiplied
20 by the amount of pari-mutuel wagering handled by the
21 organization licensee in the year preceding assessment and
22 divided by the total pari-mutuel wagering handled by all
23 Illinois organization licensees, (except those tracks which
24 are not within 100 miles of each other and except any track
25 that did not conduct live racing during the previous year),
26 in the year preceding assessment; (ii) notice of the assessed
27 contribution shall be mailed to each organization licensee;
28 (iii) within thirty days of its receipt of such notice, each
29 organization licensee shall remit the assessed contribution
30 to the Board. If an organization licensee wilfully fails to
31 so remit the contribution, the Board may revoke its license
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1 to conduct horse racing.
2 (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any
3 qualified charitable organization seeking an allotment of
4 contributed funds shall submit to the Board an application
5 for those funds, using the Board's approved form. No later
6 than December 31st of each year, the Board shall distribute
7 all such amounts collected that year to such charitable
8 organization applicants.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-110.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.
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