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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 43 and 79.5 and by changing Section 58 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (230 ILCS 40/43 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 43. Notice of alleged violation of Section 40. In all | ||||||
| 8 | instances of an alleged violation of Section 40, the Board or | ||||||
| 9 | its agents or designees shall provide written notice of the | ||||||
| 10 | alleged violation to the affected licensed establishment, | ||||||
| 11 | licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans | ||||||
| 12 | establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment within 15 | ||||||
| 13 | days after the alleged occurrence of the violation. | ||||||
| 14 | (230 ILCS 40/58)
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| 15 | Sec. 58. Location of terminals. Video gaming terminals in | ||||||
| 16 | a licensed establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or | ||||||
| 17 | licensed veterans establishment must be located
in an area that | ||||||
| 18 | is restricted to persons over 21 years of age and the entrance | ||||||
| 19 | to the area must be which is within the view of at least one | ||||||
| 20 | employee of the establishment , who is over 21 years of age, of | ||||||
| 21 | the
establishment in which they are located. | ||||||
| 22 | Video gaming terminals in a licensed truck stop | ||||||
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| 1 | establishment must be: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) located
in an area that is restricted to persons | ||||||
| 3 | over 21 years of age and the entrance to the area must be | ||||||
| 4 | within the view of at least one employee of the | ||||||
| 5 | establishment who is over 21 years of age; or | ||||||
| 6 | (2) monitored through a closed circuit television | ||||||
| 7 | monitor that is located on the premises and is within the | ||||||
| 8 | direct view of at least one employee of the establishment | ||||||
| 9 | who is over 21 years of age. | ||||||
| 10 | The placement of video gaming terminals in licensed | ||||||
| 11 | establishments, licensed truck stop establishments, licensed | ||||||
| 12 | fraternal establishments, and licensed veterans establishments | ||||||
| 13 | shall be subject to the rules promulgated by the Board pursuant | ||||||
| 14 | to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.) | ||||||
| 16 | (230 ILCS 40/79.5 new) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 79.5. Enforcement actions. The Board shall establish | ||||||
| 18 | a policy and standards for compliance operations to investigate | ||||||
| 19 | whether a licensed establishment, licensed fraternal | ||||||
| 20 | establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or a licensed | ||||||
| 21 | truck stop establishment is: (1) permitting any person under | ||||||
| 22 | the age of 21 years to use or play a video gaming terminal in | ||||||
| 23 | violation of this Act; or (2) furnishing alcoholic liquor to | ||||||
| 24 | persons under 21 years of age in violation of the Liquor | ||||||
| 25 | Control Act of 1934. | ||||||
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| 1 | The policy and standards for compliance operations under | ||||||
| 2 | this Section shall be similar to the model policy and | ||||||
| 3 | guidelines for the operation of alcohol and tobacco compliance | ||||||
| 4 | checks by local law enforcement officers adopted by the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board pursuant to | ||||||
| 6 | subsection (c) of Section 6-16.1 of the Liquor Control Act of | ||||||
| 7 | 1934. The Board shall adopt the policy and standards in the | ||||||
| 8 | form of emergency rulemaking that shall be adopted no later | ||||||
| 9 | than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 10 | the 100th General Assembly and shall be immediately followed by | ||||||
| 11 | permanent rulemaking on the same subject. | ||||||
| 12 | A licensed establishment, licensed fraternal | ||||||
| 13 | establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or licensed | ||||||
| 14 | truck stop establishment that is the subject of an enforcement | ||||||
| 15 | action under this Section and is found, pursuant to the | ||||||
| 16 | enforcement action, to be in compliance with this Act shall be | ||||||
| 17 | notified by the Board that no violation was found within 30 | ||||||
| 18 | days after the finding.
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law. | ||||||