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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1804 Introduced 2/1/2023, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 230 ILCS 25/1 | from Ch. 120, par. 1101 |
| Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1804 | | LRB103 28039 AMQ 54418 b |
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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 Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon |
| 8 | | application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, |
| 9 | | and upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| 10 | | upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant |
| 11 | | meets
all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a |
| 12 | | bingo license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the |
| 13 | | following: any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
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| 14 | | fraternal, youth athletic, senior citizen, educational or |
| 15 | | veterans'
organization organized in Illinois which operates |
| 16 | | without profit to its
members, which has been in existence in |
| 17 | | Illinois continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately |
| 18 | | before making application for a license and which
has had |
| 19 | | during that entire 5 year period a bona fide membership |
| 20 | | engaged in
carrying out its objects. However, the 5 year |
| 21 | | requirement shall be
reduced to 2 years, as applied to a local |
| 22 | | organization which is affiliated
with and chartered by a |
| 23 | | national organization which meets the 5 year
requirement.
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