93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4720


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by David R. Leitch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














230 ILCS 5/28.1









    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.  Provides that certain payments
made from the General Revenue Fund under the Act shall be made to Lakeview Museum
in Peoria at the funding level determined by amounts paid in calendar year 1996 (now
1998).  Effective immediately.



















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A BILL FOR









 














HB4720

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    AN ACT in relation to gambling.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended  
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by changing Section 28.1 as follows:
 



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    (230 ILCS 5/28.1)



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    Sec. 28.1. Payments. 

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    (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the 
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Department of
Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section 
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26 or Section 27
of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse 
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Racing Fund, which is hereby
created as a special fund in the 
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State Treasury.

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    (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General
Assembly, 
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may be made from
the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the

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salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
directors 
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of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,

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clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the 
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Board, and
all expenses of the Board incident to the 
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administration of this Act,
including, but not limited to, all 
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expenses and salaries incident to the
taking of saliva and 
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urine samples in accordance with the rules and
regulations of 
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the Board.

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    (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall
transfer 
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the remainder of the funds
generated pursuant to Sections 26 
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and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the
General Revenue 
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Fund.

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    (d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in 
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existence on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 
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that are identified in Sections
26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and 
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28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
(g), and (h) of 
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Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),

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and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue 
 


 









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Fund at the
funding levels determined by amounts paid under 
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this Act in calendar year
1998. Beginning on the effective date 
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of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments 
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to the Lakeview Museum in Peoria shall be made from the General 
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Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to 
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that museum under this Act in calendar year 1996.

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(Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

 

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