95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1539


 
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Illinois Lottery Law.  Beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, requires that appropriations from the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund be used equally for the Fund's 5 statutory purposes.  Effective July 1, 2007.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 Lottery Law is amended  by changing 
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Section 21.6 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1605/21.6)

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    Sec. 21.6. Scratch-off for  Illinois veterans.
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    (a) The Department shall offer a special instant 
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scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans. The game 
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shall commence on January 1, 2006 or as soon thereafter, at the 
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discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. The 
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operation of the game shall be governed by this Act and any 
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rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of this 
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Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this Act, 
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then this Section governs.
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    (b) The Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund is created as a 
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special fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the 
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Illinois veterans scratch-off game shall be deposited into the 
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Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the 
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Department of Veterans Affairs for   making grants,  funding 
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additional services, or conducting additional research 
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projects relating to each of the following areas and, beginning 
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with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, on an equal 
 


 






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(20%) basis:
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        (i) veterans' post traumatic stress disorder;
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        (ii) veterans' homelessness;
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        (iii) the health insurance costs of veterans;
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        (iv) veterans' disability benefits, including but not 
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    limited to, disability benefits provided by veterans 
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    service organizations and veterans assistance commissions 
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    or centers; and
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        (v) the long-term care of veterans.
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    Moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game 
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shall be used only as a supplemental financial resource and 
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shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of 
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Veterans Affairs may currently expend for the purposes set 
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forth in items (i) through (v)
(i-v).

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    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
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including, without limitation, net revenue from the special 
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instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards 
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from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the 
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Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be 
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deposited into the Fund.

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    For purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means the 
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total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of 
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the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual administrative 
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expenses of the Department solely related to the scratch-off 
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game under this Section.

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    (c)  During the time that tickets are sold for the  Illinois 
 


 






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veterans scratch-off game, the Department shall not 
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unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any 
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other instant scratch-off lottery game.
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    (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to 
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implement and administer the provisions of this Section.

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(Source: P.A. 94-585, eff. 8-15-05; revised 9-6-05.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2007.