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| "City" means the City of Chicago.
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| "Casino operator licensee" means any person or entity |
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| selected by the Authority and approved and licensed by the |
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| Gaming Board to manage and operate a casino within the City of |
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| Chicago pursuant to a casino management contract.
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| "Casino management contract" means a legally binding
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| agreement between the Authority and a casino operator licensee |
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| to operate or manage a casino.
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| "Executive director" means the person appointed by the |
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| Board to oversee the
daily operations of the Authority.
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| "Gaming Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board created by |
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| the Illinois Gambling Act.
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| "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City.
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| Section 1-12. Creation of the Authority. After the 5 |
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| members of the Illinois Gaming Board are appointed and |
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| qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, there is hereby created a political subdivision, unit |
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| of local government with only the powers authorized by law, |
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| body politic, and municipal corporation, by the name and style |
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| of the Chicago Casino Development Authority. |
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| Section 1-13. Duties of the Authority. It shall be the duty |
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| of the Authority, as a casino licensee under the Illinois |
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| Gambling Act, to promote, operate, and maintain a casino in the |
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| City. The Authority shall construct, equip, and maintain |
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| grounds, buildings, and facilities for that purpose. The |
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| Authority has the right to contract with a casino operator |
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| licensee and other third parties in order to fulfill its |
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| purpose. The Authority is granted all rights and powers |
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| necessary to perform such duties. |
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| Section 1-15. Board. |
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| (a) The governing and administrative powers of the |
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| Authority shall be vested
in a body known as the Chicago Casino |
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| Development Board. The Board shall
consist of 3 members |
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| appointed by the Mayor. All appointees shall be subject to |
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| background investigation and approval by the Gaming Board. One |
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| of these
members shall be designated
by the Mayor to serve as |
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| chairperson.
All of the members
appointed by the Mayor shall be |
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| residents of the City.
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| (b) Board members shall receive $300 for each day the |
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| Authority meets and
shall be entitled to reimbursement of |
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| reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of their |
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| official duties. A Board member who serves in the office
of |
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| secretary-treasurer may also receive compensation for services |
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| provided
as that officer.
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| Section 1-20. Terms of appointments; resignation and |
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| removal. |
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| (a) The Mayor shall appoint one member of the Board for an |
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| initial term expiring July 1 of the year following approval by |
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| the Gaming Board, one member for an initial term expiring July |
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| 1 three years following approval by the Gaming Board, and one |
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| member for an initial term expiring July 1 five years following |
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| approval by the Gaming Board.
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| (b) All successors shall hold office for a term of 5 years |
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| from the first day of July of the year in which they are |
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| appointed, except in the case of an appointment to fill a |
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| vacancy. Each member, including the chairperson, shall hold |
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| office until the expiration of his or her term and until his or |
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| her successor is appointed and qualified. Nothing shall |
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| preclude a member from serving consecutive terms. Any member |
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| may resign from office, to take effect when a successor has |
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| been appointed and qualified. A vacancy in office shall occur |
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| in the case of a member's death or indictment, conviction, or |
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| plea of guilty to a felony. A vacancy shall be filled for the |
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| unexpired term by the Mayor with the approval of the Gaming |
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| Board.
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| (c) The Mayor or the Gaming Board may remove any member of |
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| the Board upon a finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or |
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| misfeasance or malfeasance in office or for a violation of this |
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| Act. The Gaming Board may remove any member of the Board for |
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| any violation of the Illinois Gambling Act or the rules and |
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| regulations of the Gaming Board.
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| Section 1-25. Organization of Board; meetings. After |
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| appointment by the Mayor and approval of the Gaming Board, the |
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| Board shall organize for the transaction of business. The Board |
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| shall prescribe the time and place for meetings, the manner in |
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| which special meetings may be called, and the notice that must |
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| be given to members. All actions and meetings of the Board |
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| shall be subject to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. |
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| Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. All |
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| substantive action of the Board shall be by resolution with an |
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| affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
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| Section 1-30. Executive director; officers. |
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| (a) The Board shall appoint
an executive director, subject |
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| to completion of a background investigation and approval by the |
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| Gaming Board, who shall be the chief executive officer of the
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| Authority. The Board shall fix the compensation of the |
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| executive director.
Subject to the general control of the |
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| Board, the executive director shall be
responsible for the |
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| management of the business, properties, and
employees of the |
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| Authority. The executive director shall direct the
enforcement |
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| of all resolutions, rules, and regulations of the Board, and |
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perform such other duties as may be prescribed from
time |
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| to time by the Board. All employees and independent |
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| contractors,
consultants, engineers, architects, accountants, |
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| attorneys, financial experts,
construction experts and |
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| personnel, superintendents, managers, and other
personnel |
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| appointed or employed pursuant to this Act shall
report to the |
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| executive director. In addition to any other duties set forth |
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| in
this Act, the executive director shall do all of the |
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| following:
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| (1) Direct and supervise the administrative affairs |
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| and activities of the
Authority in accordance with its |
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| rules, regulations, and policies.
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| (2) Attend meetings of the Board.
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| (3) Keep minutes of all proceedings of the Board.
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| (4) Approve all accounts for salaries, per diem |
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| payments, and allowable
expenses of the Board and its |
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| employees and consultants.
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| (5) Report and make recommendations to the Board |
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| concerning the terms and
conditions of any casino |
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| management contract.
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| (6) Perform any other duty that the Board requires for |
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| carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
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| (7) Devote his or her full time to the duties of the |
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| office and not hold
any other office or employment.
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| (b) The Board may select a secretary-treasurer to hold |
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| office at the pleasure of the Board. The Board
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| duties of such officer.
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| Section 1-31. General rights and powers of the Authority. |
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| In addition to the duties and powers set forth in this Act, the |
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| Authority shall have the following rights and powers: |
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| (1) Adopt and alter an official seal. |
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| (2) Establish and change its fiscal year. |
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| (3) Sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, all in its |
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| own name, and agree to binding arbitration of any dispute |
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| to which it is a party. |
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| (4) Adopt, amend, and repeal by-laws, rules, and |
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| regulations consistent with the furtherance of the powers |
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| and duties provided for. |
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| (5) Maintain its principal office within the City and |
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| such other offices as the Board may designate. |
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| (6) Select locations in the City for a temporary and a |
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| permanent casino, subject to final approval by the Gaming |
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| Board. |
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| (7) Conduct background investigations of potential |
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| casino operator licensees, including its principals or |
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| shareholders, and Authority staff. The Authority may |
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| request the assistance of the Office of Gaming Enforcement. |
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| (8) Employ, either as regular employees or independent |
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| contractors, consultants, engineers, architects, |
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| accountants, attorneys, financial experts, construction |
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| experts and personnel, superintendents, managers and other |
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| professional personnel, and such other personnel as may be |
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| necessary in the judgment of the Board, and fix their |
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| compensation. |
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| (9) Own, acquire, construct, equip, lease, operate, |
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| and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities to carry |
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| out its corporate purposes and duties. |
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| (10) Enter into, revoke, and modify contracts, subject |
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| to final approval of the Gaming Board. |
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| (11) Enter into a casino management contract subject to |
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| the final approval of the Gaming Board. |
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| (12) Develop, or cause to be developed by a third |
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| party, a master plan for the design, planning, and |
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| development of a casino. |
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| (13) Negotiate and enter into intergovernmental |
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| agreements with the State and its agencies, the City, and |
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| other units of local government, in furtherance of the |
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| powers and duties of the Board. However, the Authority may |
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| not enter into an agreement with the State Police. |
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| (14) Receive and disburse funds for its own corporate |
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| purposes or as otherwise specified in this Act. |
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| (15) Borrow money from any source, public or private, |
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| for any corporate purpose, including, without limitation, |
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| working capital for its operations, reserve funds, or |
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| payment of interest, and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise |
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| encumber the property or funds of the Authority and to |
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| contract with or engage the services of any person in |
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| connection with any financing, including financial |
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| institutions, issuers of letters of credit, or insurers and |
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| enter into reimbursement agreements with this person or |
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| entity which may be secured as if money were borrowed from |
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| the person or entity. |
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| (16) Issue bonds as provided for under this Act. |
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| (17) Receive and accept from any source, private or |
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| public, contributions, gifts, or grants of money or |
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| property to the Authority. |
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| (18) Provide for the insurance of any property, |
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| operations, officers, members, agents, or employees of the |
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| Authority against any risk or hazard, to self-insure or |
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| participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to |
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| insure against such risk or hazard, and to provide for the |
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| indemnification of its officers, members, employees, |
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| contractors, or agents against any and all risks. |
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| (19) Exercise all the corporate powers granted |
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| Illinois corporations under the Business Corporation Act |
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| of 1983, except to the extent that powers are inconsistent |
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| with those of a body politic and corporate of the State. |
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| (20) Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out |
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| the powers granted by this Act. |
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| Section 1-32. Ethical Conduct. |
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| (a) Board members and employees of the Authority must carry |
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| out their duties and responsibilities in such a manner as to |
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| promote and preserve public trust and confidence in the |
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| integrity and conduct of gaming. |
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| (b) Except as may be required in the conduct of official |
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| duties, Board members and employees of the Authority shall not |
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| engage in gambling on any riverboat, in any casino, or in an |
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| electronic gaming facility licensed by the Illinois Gaming |
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| Board or engage in legalized gambling in any establishment |
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| identified by Board action that, in the judgment of the Board, |
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| could represent a potential for a conflict of interest. |
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| (c) A Board member or employee of the Authority shall not |
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| use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure or |
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| attempt to secure any privilege, advantage, favor, or influence |
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| for himself or herself or others. |
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| (d) Board members and employees of the Authority shall not |
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| hold or pursue employment, office, position, business, or |
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| occupation that may conflict with his or her official duties. |
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| Employees may engage in other gainful employment so long as |
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| that employment does not interfere or conflict with their |
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| duties. Such employment must be disclosed to the Executive |
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| Director and approved by the Board. |
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| (e) Board members and employees of the Authority may not |
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| engage in employment, communications, or any activity that may |
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| be deemed a conflict of interest. This prohibition shall extend |
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| to any act identified by Board action or Gaming Board action |
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| that, in the judgment of the either entity, could represent the |
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| potential for or the appearance of a conflict of interest. |
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| (f) Board members and employees of the Authority may not |
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| have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in his or |
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| her own name or in the name of any other person, partnership, |
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| association, trust, corporation, or other entity in any |
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| contract or subcontract for the performance of any work for the |
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| Authority. This prohibition shall extend to the holding or |
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| acquisition of an interest in any entity identified by Board |
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| either entity, could represent the potential for or the |
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| appearance of a financial interest. The holding or acquisition |
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| of an interest in such entities through an indirect means, such |
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| as through a mutual fund, shall not be prohibited, expect that |
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| the Gaming Board may identify specific investments or funds |
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| that, in its judgment, are so influenced by gaming holdings as |
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| to represent the potential for or the appearance of a conflict |
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| of interest. |
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| (g) Board members and employees of the Authority may not |
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| accept any gift, gratuity, service, compensation, travel, |
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| lodging, or thing of value, with the exception of unsolicited |
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| items of an incidental nature, from any person, corporation, or |
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| entity doing business with the Authority. |
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| (h) No Board member or employee of the Authority may, |
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| within a period of 2 years immediately after termination of |
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| employment, knowingly accept employment or receive |
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| compensation or fees for services from a person or entity, or |
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| its parent or affiliate, that has engaged in business with the |
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| Authority that resulted in contracts with an aggregate value of |
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| at least $25,000 or if that Board member or employee has made a |
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| decision that directly applied to the person or entity, or its |
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| parent or affiliate. |
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| (i) A spouse, child, or parent of a Board member or |
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| employee of the Authority may not have a financial interest, |
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| directly or indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name |
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| of any other person, partnership, association, trust, |
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| corporation, or other entity in any contract or subcontract for |
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| the performance of any work for the Authority. This prohibition |
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| shall extend to the holding or acquisition of an interest in |
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| any entity identified by Board action or Gaming Board action |
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| that, in the judgment of the either entity, could represent the |
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| potential for or the appearance of a conflict of interest. The |
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| holding or acquisition of an interest in such entities through |
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| an indirect means, such as through a mutual fund, shall not be |
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| prohibited, expect that the Gaming Board may identify specific |
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| investments or funds that, in its judgment, are so influenced |
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| by gaming holdings as to represent the potential for or the |
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| appearance of a conflict of interest. |
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| (j) A spouse, child, or parent of a Board member or |
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| employee of the Authority may not accept any gift, gratuity, |
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| service, compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value, with |
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| the exception of unsolicited items of an incidental nature, |
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| from any person, corporation, or entity doing business with the |
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| Authority. |
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| (k) A spouse, child, or parent of a Board member or |
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| employee of the Authority may not, within a period of 2 years |
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| immediately after termination of employment, knowingly accept |
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| employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a |
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| person or entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has engaged |
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| in business with the Authority that resulted in contracts with |
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| an aggregate value of at least $25,000 or if that Board member |
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| person or entity, or its parent or affiliate. |
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| (l) No Board member or employee of the Authority may |
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| attempt, in any way, to influence any person or corporation |
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| doing business with the Authority or any officer, agent, or |
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| employee thereof to hire or contract with any person or |
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| corporation for any compensated work. |
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| (m) Any communication between an elected official of the |
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| City and any applicant for or party to a casino management |
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| contract with the Authority, or an officer, director, or |
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| employee thereof, concerning any manner relating in any way to |
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| gaming or the Authority shall be disclosed to the Board and the |
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| Gaming Board. Such disclosure shall be in writing by the |
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| official within 30 days of the communication and shall be filed |
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| with the Board. Disclosure must consist of the date of the |
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| communication, the identity and job title of the person with |
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| whom the communication was made, a brief summary of the |
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| communication, the action requested or recommended, all |
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| responses made, the identity and job title of the person making |
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| the response, and any other pertinent information. |
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| (n) Any Board member or employee of the Authority who |
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| violates any provision of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 |
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| felony.
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| Section 1-45. Casino management contracts. |
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| (a) The Board shall develop and administer a competitive |
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| sealed bidding process
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| operator licensee to develop or operate a casino within the |
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| City.
The Board shall issue one or more requests for proposals. |
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| The Board may
establish minimum financial and investment |
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| requirements to determine the
eligibility of persons to respond |
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| to the Board's requests for proposal, and may
establish and |
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| consider such other criteria as it deems appropriate. The Board
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| may impose a fee upon persons who respond to requests for |
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| proposal, in order to
reimburse the Board for its costs in |
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| preparing and issuing the requests and
reviewing the proposals.
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| (b) Within 5 days after the time limit for submitting bids |
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| and proposals has passed, the Board shall make all bids and |
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| proposals public. Thereafter, the Board shall evaluate the |
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| responses to its requests for proposal and
the ability of all |
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| persons or entities responding to its request for proposal
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| meet the requirements of this Act and to undertake and perform |
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| the
obligations set forth in its requests for proposal.
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| (c) After reviewing proposals and subject to Gaming Board |
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| approval, the Board shall enter into a casino management |
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| contract authorizing the development, construction, or |
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| operation of a casino. Validity of the casino management |
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| contract is contingent upon the issuance of a casino operator |
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| license to the successful bidder. If the Gaming Board approves |
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| the contract and grants a casino operator license, the Board |
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| shall transmit a copy of the executed casino management |
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| contract to the Gaming Board. |
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| (d) After the Authority has been issued a casino license, |
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| the Gaming Board has issued a casino operator license, and the |
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| Gaming Board has approved the location of a temporary facility, |
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| the Authority may conduct gaming operations at a temporary |
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| facility for no longer than 12 months after gaming operations |
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| begin. The Gaming Board may, after holding a public hearing, |
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| grant an extension so long as a permanent facility is not |
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| operational and the Authority is working in good faith to |
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| complete the permanent facility. The Gaming Board may grant |
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| additional extensions following a public hearing. Each |
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| extension may be for a period of no longer than 6 months. |
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| (e) Fifty percent of the total amount received as an |
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| upfront fee by the Authority pursuant to a bid for a casino |
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| management contract or an executed casino management contract |
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| or $300,000,000, whichever is greater, must be transmitted to |
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| the State and deposited into the Illinois Works Fund pursuant |
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| to Section 7.11 of the Illinois Gambling Act.
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| Section 1-50. Transfer of funds. The revenues received by |
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| the Authority (other than amounts required to be paid pursuant |
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| to the Illinois Gambling Act and amounts required to pay the
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| operating expenses of the Authority, to pay amounts due the |
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| casino operator licensee pursuant to a casino management |
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| contract, to repay any borrowing of the Authority
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| to Section 1-31, to pay debt service on any bonds issued under
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| Section
1-75, and to pay any expenses in connection with the |
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| issuance of such bonds
pursuant to Section 1-75 or derivative |
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| products pursuant to Section 1-85) shall
be transferred
to the
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| Section 1-55. Municipal distributions of proceeds from a |
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| casino; gaming endowment funds. At least 70% of the moneys that |
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| a municipality in which a casino is located receives pursuant |
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| to Section 1-50 of this Act shall be described as "gaming |
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| endowment funds" and be expended or obligated by the |
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| municipality for the following purposes and in the following |
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| amounts: |
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| (1) 40% of such gaming endowment funds shall be used |
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| for or pledged for the construction and maintenance of |
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| infrastructure within the municipality, including but not |
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| limited to roads, bridges, transit infrastructure, and |
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| municipal facilities. |
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| (2) 60% of such gaming endowment funds shall be used |
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| for or pledged for the construction and maintenance of |
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| schools, parks and cultural institution facilities, and |
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| museums within the municipality. |
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| Section 1-60. Auditor General. |
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| (a) Prior to the issuance of bonds under this Act, the |
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| (2) scheduled annual payments of principal and |
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| interest on the bonds to be issued meet the requirements of |
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| Section 1-75 of this Act; |
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| (3) no bond shall mature later than 30 years; and |
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| (4) after payment of costs of issuance and necessary |
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| deposits to funds and accounts established with respect to |
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| debt service on the bonds, the net bond proceeds (exclusive |
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| of any proceeds to be used to refund outstanding bonds) |
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| will be used only for the purposes set forth in this Act. |
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| The Authority also shall submit to the Auditor General its |
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| projections on revenues to be generated and pledged to |
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| repayment of the bonds as scheduled and such other information |
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| as the Auditor General may reasonably request. |
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| The Auditor General shall examine the certifications and |
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| information submitted and submit a report to the Authority and |
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| the Gaming Board indicating whether the required |
17 |
| certifications, projections, and other information have been |
18 |
| submitted by the Authority and that the assumptions underlying |
19 |
| the projections are not unreasonable in the aggregate. The |
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| Auditor General shall submit the report no later than 60 days |
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| after receiving the information required to be submitted by the |
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| Authority. |
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| The Authority shall not issue bonds until it receives the |
24 |
| report from the Auditor General indicating the requirements of |
25 |
| this Section have been met. The Auditor General's report shall |
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| not be in the nature of a post-audit or examination and shall |
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| not lead to the issuance of an opinion, as that term is defined |
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| in generally accepted government auditing standards. The |
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| Auditor General shall submit a bill to the Authority for costs |
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| associated with the examinations and report required under this |
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| Section. The Authority shall reimburse in a timely manner. |
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| (b) The Auditor General has the authority and is required |
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| to conduct a financial and management audit of the Authority |
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| every 2 years. The Auditor General shall also conduct one |
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| post-construction and financing audit of the casino after it is |
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| completed and in operation. The Auditor General's audits must |
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| be posted on his or her Internet website. The Auditor General |
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| shall submit a bill to the Authority for costs associated with |
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| the audits required under this Section. The Authority shall |
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| reimburse in a timely manner.
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| Section 1-62. Advisory committee. An Advisory Committee is |
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| established to monitor, review, and report on (1) the City's |
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| utilization of minority-owned business enterprises and |
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| female-owned business enterprises, (2) employment of females, |
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| and (3) employment of minorities with regard to the development |
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| and construction of the casino as authorized under Section |
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| 7(e-6) of the Riverboat and Casino Gambling Act. The City of |
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| Chicago shall work with the Advisory Committee in accumulating |
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| necessary information for the Committee to submit reports, as |
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| necessary, to the General Assembly and to the City of Chicago. |
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| The Committee shall consist of 15 members as provided in |
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| this Section. Seven members shall be selected by the Mayor of |
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| the City of Chicago; 2 members shall be selected by the |
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| President of the Illinois Senate; 2 members shall be selected |
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| by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 2 members shall |
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| be selected by the Minority Leader of the Senate; and 2 members |
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| shall be selected by the Minority Leader of the House of |
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| Representatives. The Advisory Committee shall meet |
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| periodically and shall report the information to the Mayor of |
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| the City and to the General Assembly by December 31st of every |
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| year. |
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| The Advisory Committee shall be dissolved on the date that |
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| casino gambling operations are first conducted under the |
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| license authorized under Section 7(e-6) of the Illinois |
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| Gambling Act, other than at a temporary facility. |
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| For the purposes of this Section, the terms "female" and |
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| "minority person" have the meanings provided in Section 2 of |
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| the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons |
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| with Disabilities Act.
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| Section 1-65. Acquisition of property; eminent domain |
20 |
| proceedings. For the lawful purposes of this Act, the City may |
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| acquire by eminent
domain or by condemnation proceedings in the |
22 |
| manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, real or personal |
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| property or interests in real
or personal property located in |
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| the City, and the City may convey to the Authority
property so |
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| acquired. The acquisition of property under this Section is
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| Section 1-70. Local regulation. The casino facilities and |
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| operations therein
shall be subject to all ordinances and |
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| regulations of the City. The
construction, development, and |
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| operation of the casino shall comply with all
ordinances, |
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| regulations, rules, and controls of the City, including but not
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| limited to those relating to zoning and planned development, |
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| building, fire
prevention, and land use. However, the |
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| regulation of gaming operations is
subject to the exclusive |
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| jurisdiction of the Gaming Board.
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| Section 1-75. Borrowing. |
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| (a) The Authority may borrow money and
issue bonds as |
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| provided in this Section. Bonds of the Authority may be issued
|
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| to provide funds for land acquisition, site assembly and |
15 |
| preparation, and the design and construction of the casino, as |
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| defined in the Illinois Gambling Act, all ancillary and related |
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| facilities comprising the casino complex, and all on-site and |
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| off-site infrastructure improvements required in connection |
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| with the development of the casino; to refund (at the time or |
20 |
| in advance of any maturity or
redemption) or redeem any bonds |
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| of the Authority; to provide or increase a
debt
service reserve |
22 |
| fund or other reserves with respect to any or all of its bonds;
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| or to pay the legal, financial, administrative, bond
insurance, |
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| credit enhancement, and other legal expenses of the |
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issuance, or delivery of bonds. In this Act, the |
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| term "bonds" also includes
notes of any kind, interim |
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| certificates, refunding bonds, or any other evidence
of |
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| obligation for borrowed money issued under this Section. Bonds |
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| may be
issued in one or more series and may be payable and |
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| secured either on a parity
with or separately from other bonds.
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| (b) The bonds of the Authority shall be payable from one or |
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| more of
the following sources: (i) the property or revenues of |
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| the Authority; (ii)
revenues derived from the casino; (iii) |
10 |
| revenues derived from any casino
operator licensee; (iv) fees, |
11 |
| bid proceeds, charges, lease payments, payments required |
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| pursuant to any
casino management contract or other revenues |
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| payable to the
Authority, or any
receipts of the Authority; (v) |
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| payments by financial institutions, insurance
companies, or |
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| others pursuant to letters or lines of credit, policies of
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| insurance, or purchase agreements; (vi) investment earnings |
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| from funds or
accounts maintained pursuant to a bond resolution |
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| or trust indenture; (vii)
proceeds of refunding bonds; (viii) |
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| any other revenues derived from or payments by the City; and |
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| (ix) any payments by any casino operator licensee or others |
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| pursuant to any guaranty agreement.
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| (c) Bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the |
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| Authority and may be
secured by a trust indenture by and |
24 |
| between the Authority and a corporate
trustee or trustees, |
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| which may be any trust company or bank having the powers
of a |
26 |
| trust company within or without the State. Bonds shall meet the |
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| (1) Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed |
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| the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act.
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| (2) Bonds issued pursuant to this Section must be |
5 |
| issued with principal or mandatory redemption amounts in |
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| equal amounts, with the first maturity issued occurring |
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| within the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued or |
8 |
| within the next succeeding fiscal year, and with bonds |
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| maturing or subject to mandatory redemption each fiscal |
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| year thereafter up to 30 years. |
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| (3) At least 25%, based on total principal amount, of |
12 |
| all bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be sold |
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| pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. No more than |
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| 75%, based on total principal amount, of all bonds issued |
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| pursuant to this Section shall be sold by negotiated sale.
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| (4) Bonds shall be payable at a time or times, in the |
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| denominations and form,
including book entry form, either |
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| coupon, registered, or both, and carry the
registration and |
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| privileges as to exchange, transfer or conversion, and
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| replacement of mutilated, lost, or destroyed bonds as the |
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| resolution or trust
indenture may provide.
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| (5) Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the |
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| United States at a designated
place.
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| (6) Bonds shall be subject to the terms of purchase, |
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| payment, redemption, refunding,
or refinancing that the |
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| resolution or trust indenture provides.
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| (7) Bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile |
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| signatures of the officers
of the Authority designated by |
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| the Board, which signatures shall be valid at
delivery even
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| for one who has ceased to hold office.
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| (8) Bonds shall be sold at public or private sale in |
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| the manner and upon the terms
determined by the Authority.
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| (9) Bonds shall be issued in accordance with the |
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| provisions of the Local
Government Debt Reform Act.
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| (d) The Authority shall adopt a procurement program with |
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| respect to contracts relating to underwriters, bond counsel, |
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| financial advisors, and accountants. The program shall include |
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| goals for the payment of not less than 30% of the total dollar |
13 |
| value of the fees from these contracts to minority owned |
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| businesses and female owned businesses as defined in the |
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| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
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| Disabilities Act. The Authority shall conduct outreach to |
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| minority owned businesses and female owned businesses. |
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| Outreach shall include, but is not limited to, advertisements |
19 |
| in periodicals and newspapers, mailings, and other appropriate |
20 |
| media. The Authority shall submit to the General Assembly a |
21 |
| comprehensive report that shall include, at a minimum, the |
22 |
| details of the procurement plan, outreach efforts, and the |
23 |
| results of the efforts to achieve goals for the payment of |
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| fees. |
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| (e) Subject to the Illinois Gambling Act and rules of the |
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| Gaming Board regarding pledging
of interests in holders of |
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| provisions that may be a part of
the contract with the holders |
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| of the bonds as to the following:
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| (1) Pledging, assigning, or directing the use, |
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| investment, or disposition
of revenues of the Authority or |
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| proceeds or benefits of any contract, including
without |
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| limitation, any rights in any casino management
contract.
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| (2) The setting aside of loan funding deposits, debt |
9 |
| service reserves, replacement or operating reserves, cost |
10 |
| of
issuance accounts and sinking funds, and the regulation, |
11 |
| investment, and
disposition thereof.
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| (3) Limitations on the purposes to which or the |
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| investments in which the
proceeds of sale of any issue of |
14 |
| bonds or the Authority's revenues and
receipts may be |
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| applied or made.
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| (4) Limitations on the issue of additional bonds, the |
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| terms upon which
additional bonds may be issued and |
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| secured, the terms upon which additional
bonds may rank on |
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| a parity with, or be subordinate or superior to, other |
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| bonds.
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| (5) The refunding, advance refunding, or refinancing |
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| of outstanding bonds.
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| (6) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any |
24 |
| contract with
bondholders may be altered or amended and the |
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| amount of bonds and holders of
which must consent thereto |
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| and the manner in which consent shall be given.
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| constitute a default in the
duties of the Authority to |
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| holders of bonds and providing the rights or
remedies of |
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| such holders in the event of a default, which may include
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| provisions
restricting individual rights of action by |
6 |
| bondholders.
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| (8) Providing for guarantees, pledges of property, |
8 |
| letters of credit, or
other security,
or insurance for the |
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| benefit of bondholders.
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| (f) No member of the Board, nor any person executing the |
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| bonds, shall be
liable personally on the bonds or subject to |
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| any personal liability by reason
of the issuance of the bonds.
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| with the
provisions of the Local Government Credit Enhancement |
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| Act.
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| (h) A pledge by the Authority of revenues and receipts as |
17 |
| security for an
issue of bonds or for the performance of its |
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| obligations under any casino
management contract shall
be valid |
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| and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues |
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| and
receipts pledged shall immediately be subject to the lien |
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| of the pledge without
any physical delivery or further act,
and |
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| the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding against any |
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| person having
any claim of any kind in tort, contract, or |
24 |
| otherwise against the Authority,
irrespective of whether the |
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| person has notice. No resolution, trust indenture,
management |
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| agreement or financing statement, continuation statement, or |
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instrument adopted or entered into by the Authority need |
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| be filed or recorded
in any public record other than the |
3 |
| records of the Authority in order to
perfect the lien against |
4 |
| third persons, regardless of any contrary provision of
law.
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| (i) Bonds that are being paid or retired by issuance, sale, |
6 |
| or delivery of
bonds, and bonds for which sufficient funds have |
7 |
| been deposited with the paying
agent or trustee to provide for |
8 |
| payment of principal and interest thereon, and
any redemption |
9 |
| premium, as provided in the authorizing resolution, shall not |
10 |
| be
considered outstanding for the purposes of this subsection.
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| (j) The bonds of the Authority shall not be indebtedness of |
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| the
State.
The bonds of the Authority are not general |
13 |
| obligations of the State and are not secured by a pledge of the |
14 |
| full faith and
credit of the State and the holders of bonds of |
15 |
| the Authority may
not require, except as provided in this Act, |
16 |
| the application of State revenues or
funds to the payment of |
17 |
| bonds of the Authority.
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| (k) The State of
Illinois pledges and agrees with the |
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| owners of the bonds that it will not limit
or alter the rights |
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| and powers vested in the Authority by this Act so as to
impair |
21 |
| the terms of any contract made by the Authority with the owners |
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| or in
any way impair the rights and remedies of the owners |
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| until the bonds, together
with interest on them, and all costs |
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| and expenses in connection with any action
or proceedings by or |
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| on behalf of the owners, are fully met and discharged.
The |
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agreement in |
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| (l) No person holding an elective office in this State, |
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| holding a seat in the General Assembly, or serving as a board |
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| member, trustee, officer, or employee of the Authority, |
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| including the spouse of that person, may receive a legal, |
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| banking, consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of |
8 |
| bonds.
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| Section 1-85. Derivative products. With respect to all or |
10 |
| part of any issue
of its bonds, the Authority may enter into |
11 |
| agreements or contracts with any
necessary or appropriate |
12 |
| person, which will have the benefit of providing to
the
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14 |
| basis different
from that provided in the bonds for the payment |
15 |
| of interest. Such agreements
or contracts may include, without |
16 |
| limitation, agreements or contracts commonly
known as |
17 |
| "interest rate swap agreements", "forward payment conversion
|
18 |
| agreements", "futures", "options", "puts", or "calls" and |
19 |
| agreements or
contracts providing for payments based on levels |
20 |
| of or changes in interest
rates, agreements or contracts to |
21 |
| exchange cash flows or a series of payments,
or to hedge |
22 |
| payment, rate spread, or similar exposure.
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| Section 1-90. Legality for investment. The State of |
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| Illinois, all
governmental entities, all public officers, |
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| banks, bankers, trust companies,
savings banks and |
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| institutions, building and loan associations, savings and
loan |
3 |
| associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying |
4 |
| on a
banking
business, insurance companies, insurance |
5 |
| associations, and other persons
carrying on an insurance |
6 |
| business, and all executors, administrators,
guardians, |
7 |
| trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking
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| funds,
moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their |
9 |
| control in
any bonds issued under this Act. However, nothing in |
10 |
| this Section shall be
construed as relieving any person, firm, |
11 |
| or corporation from any duty of
exercising reasonable care in |
12 |
| selecting securities for purchase or investment.
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| Section 1-95. Tax exemption. The Authority and all of its |
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| operations and
property used for public purposes shall be |
15 |
| exempt from all taxation of any kind
imposed by the State of |
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| municipal corporation, or unit of local government of the State |
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| of Illinois.
However, nothing in this Act prohibits the |
19 |
| imposition of any other taxes where
such imposition is not |
20 |
| prohibited by Section 21 of the Illinois Gambling Act.
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fiscal |
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| year. The budget may be modified from time to time in the same |
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and upon the same vote as it may be adopted. The budget |
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Authority's available funds and estimated |
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| revenues and shall provide for
payment of its obligations and |
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| estimated expenditures for the fiscal year,
including, without |
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| limitation, expenditures for administration, operation,
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| maintenance and repairs, debt service, and deposits into |
6 |
| reserve and other
funds
and capital projects.
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| (b) The Board shall annually cause the finances of the |
8 |
| Authority to be
audited by a firm of certified public |
9 |
| accountants and post the firm's audits of the Authority on the |
10 |
| Authority's Internet website.
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12 |
| annual report
setting forth information concerning its |
13 |
| activities in the fiscal year and the
status of the development |
14 |
| of the casino. The annual report shall include the
audited |
15 |
| financial statements of the Authority for the fiscal year, the |
16 |
| budget
for the succeeding fiscal year, and the current capital |
17 |
| plan as of the date of
the report. Copies of the annual report |
18 |
| shall be made available to persons who
request them and shall |
19 |
| be submitted not later than 120 days after the end of
the |
20 |
| Authority's fiscal year to the Governor, the Mayor, the General |
21 |
| Assembly, and the Commission on Government Forecasting and |
22 |
| Accountability.
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| Section 1-110. Deposit and withdrawal of funds. |
24 |
| (a) All funds deposited by the Authority in any bank or |
25 |
| savings and loan
association shall be placed in the name of the |
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or paid out only by check or |
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| draft upon the bank or savings and loan
association, signed by |
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| 2 officers or employees designated by the Board.
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5 |
| may designate
any of its members or any officer or employee of |
6 |
| the Authority to authorize the
wire transfer of funds deposited |
7 |
| by the secretary-treasurer of funds in a bank
or savings and |
8 |
| loan association for the payment of payroll and employee
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| benefits-related expenses.
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| No bank or savings and loan association shall receive |
11 |
| public funds as
permitted by this Section unless it has |
12 |
| complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section |
13 |
| 6 of the Public
Funds Investment Act.
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| (b) If any officer or employee whose signature appears upon |
15 |
| any check
or draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases (after |
16 |
| attaching his signature) to
hold his or her office before the |
17 |
| delivery of such a check or draft to the
payee, his or her |
18 |
| signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all
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| purposes with the same effect as if he or she had remained in |
20 |
| office until
delivery thereof.
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22 |
| operator licensee; disclosure requirements. |
23 |
| (a) A bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor must |
24 |
| disclose the names of all officers and directors. A bidder, |
25 |
| respondent, or offeror, or contractor for contracts with the |
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| identity of every owner, beneficiary, or person with beneficial |
3 |
| interest of more than 1%, or shareholder entitled to receive |
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| more than 1% of the total distributable income of any |
5 |
| corporation, having any interest in the contract in the bidder, |
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| respondent, offeror, or contractor. The disclosure shall be in |
7 |
| writing and attested to by an owner, trustee, corporate |
8 |
| official, or agent. If stock in a corporation is publicly |
9 |
| traded and there is no readily known individual having greater |
10 |
| than a 1% interest, then a statement to that affect attested to |
11 |
| by an officer or agent of the corporation or shall fulfill the |
12 |
| disclosure statement requirement of this Section. A bidder, |
13 |
| respondent, offeror, or contractor shall notify the Authority |
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| of any changes in officers, directors, ownership, or |
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| individuals having a beneficial interest of more than 1%. |
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| (b) A bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor for |
17 |
| contracts with an annual value of $10,000 or for a period to |
18 |
| exceed one year shall disclose all political contributions of |
19 |
| the bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor and any |
20 |
| affiliated person or entity. Disclosure shall include at least |
21 |
| the names and addresses of the contributors and the dollar |
22 |
| amounts of any contributions to any political committee made |
23 |
| within the previous 2 years. The disclosure must be submitted |
24 |
| to the Gaming Board with a copy of the contract prior to Gaming |
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| Board approval of the contract. The Gaming Board shall refuse |
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| to approve any contract that does not include the required |
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| 9-1.4 of the Election Code. |
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| "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any ownership |
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| interest or distributive share of the bidding, responding, or |
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| contracting entity in excess of 1%, (ii) executive employees of |
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| the bidding, responding, or contracting entity, and (iii) the |
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| spouse and minor children of any such persons. |
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| "Affiliated entity" means (i) any parent or subsidiary of |
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| the bidding or contracting entity, (ii) any member of the same |
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| unitary business group, or (iii) any political committee for |
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| which the bidding, responding, or contracting entity is the |
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| sponsoring entity. |
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| (d) The Gaming Board may direct the Authority or a casino |
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| operator licensee to void a contract if a violation of this |
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| Section occurs. The Authority may direct a casino operator |
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| licensee to void a contract if a violation of this Section |
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| occurs. |
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| Section 1-115. Purchasing. |
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| (a) All construction contracts and contracts for supplies, |
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| materials,
equipment, and services,
when the cost thereof to |
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| the Authority exceeds $25,000, shall be let by a competitive |
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| selection process to
the lowest responsible proposer, after |
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| advertising for proposals, except for the
following:
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for
equipment or services previously |
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| furnished or contracted for;
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| (2) Professional services;
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| (3) When services such as water, light, heat, power, |
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| telephone (other than
long-distance service), or telegraph |
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| are required;
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| (4) When contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, |
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| movement, or
installation of data processing equipment, |
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| software, or services and
telecommunications equipment,
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| software, and services are required;
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| (5) Casino management contracts, which shall be |
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| awarded as
set forth in Section 1-45 of this Act.
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| (b) All contracts involving less than $25,000 shall be let |
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| by competitive
selection process whenever possible, and in any |
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| event in a manner calculated to ensure
the best interests of |
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| the public.
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| (c) In determining the responsibility of any proposer, the |
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| Authority may take
into account the proposer's (or an |
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| individual having a beneficial interest,
directly or |
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| indirectly, of more than 1% in such proposing entity) past |
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| record of
dealings with the Authority, the proposer's |
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| experience, adequacy of equipment,
and ability to complete |
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| performance within the time set, and other factors
besides |
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| financial responsibility. No such contract shall be awarded to |
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| any proposer other than the lowest proposer (in case of |
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expenditure) unless authorized or approved by a |
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the Board and such action is |
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| accompanied by a written statement setting forth the reasons |
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| for not awarding the contract to the highest or
lowest |
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| proposer, as the case
may be. The statement shall be kept on |
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| file in the principal office of the
Authority and open to |
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| public inspection.
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| (d) The Authority shall have the right to reject all |
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| proposals and to
re-advertise for proposals. If after
any such |
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| re-advertisement, no responsible and satisfactory proposals, |
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| within the
terms of the re-advertisement, is received, the |
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| Authority may award such
contract without competitive |
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| selection, provided that the Gaming Board must approve the |
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| contract prior to its execution. The contract must not be less
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| advantageous to the Authority than any valid proposal received |
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| pursuant to
advertisement.
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| (e) Advertisements for proposals and re-proposals shall be |
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| published at least once in
a daily newspaper of general |
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| circulation published in the City
at least 10 calendar days |
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| before the time for
receiving proposals, and such |
21 |
| advertisements shall also be posted on readily
accessible |
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| bulletin boards in the principal office of the Authority. Such
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| advertisements shall state the time and
place for receiving and |
24 |
| opening of proposals and, by reference to plans and
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| specifications on file at the time of the first publication or |
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| in the
advertisement itself, shall describe the character of |
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sufficient detail to fully advise |
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to ensure free |
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| and open competitive selection.
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| (f) All proposals in response to advertisements shall be |
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| sealed and shall be
publicly opened by the Authority. All |
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| proposers shall be entitled to be present
in person or by |
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| representatives. Cash or a certified or satisfactory cashier's
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| check, as a deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount to be |
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| fixed by the
Authority before advertising for proposals, shall |
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| be required with the proposal. A bond for faithful performance |
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| of the contract with surety or
sureties satisfactory to the
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| Authority and adequate insurance may be required in reasonable |
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| amounts to be
fixed by the Authority before advertising for |
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| proposals.
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| (g) The contract shall be awarded as promptly as possible |
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| after the opening
of proposals. The proposal of the successful |
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| proposer, as well as the bids of the
unsuccessful proposers, |
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| shall be placed on file and be open to public inspection.
All |
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| proposals shall be void if any disclosure of the terms of any |
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| proposals in response
to an advertisement is made or permitted |
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| to be made by the Authority before the
time fixed for opening |
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| proposals.
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| (h) Notice of each and every contract that is
offered, |
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| including renegotiated contracts and change orders,
shall be |
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| published in an online bulletin. The online bulletin must |
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| include at least the date first offered,
the date submission of |
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| a brief purchase description, the method of source selection,
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| information of how to obtain a comprehensive purchase |
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| description and any
disclosure and contract forms, and |
5 |
| encouragement to prospective vendors to hire qualified |
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| veterans, as defined by Section 45-67 of the Illinois |
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| Procurement Code, and Illinois residents discharged from any |
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| Illinois adult correctional center. Notice of each and every |
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| contract that is let
or awarded, including renegotiated |
10 |
| contracts and change orders, shall be
published in the online |
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| bulletin and
must include at least all of the
information |
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| specified in this item (h), as well as the name of the |
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| successful
responsible proposer or offeror, the contract |
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| price, and the number of unsuccessful
responsive proposers and |
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| any other disclosure specified in this Section. This notice |
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| must be posted in the online electronic bulletin prior to |
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| execution of the contract.
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| ARTICLE 5. |
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| Section 5-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Illinois Casino Development Authority Act.
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| Section 5-5. Definitions.
As used in this Act:
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| "Casino" means one temporary land-based facility and a |
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| permanent land-based facility.
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| operator licensee to operate or manage a casino.
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| "Executive director" means the person appointed by the |
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| State Board to oversee the
daily operations of the State |
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| Authority.
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| "Gaming Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board created by |
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| the Illinois Gambling Act.
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| "State" means the State of Illinois. |
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| "State Authority" means the Illinois Casino Development |
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| Authority created by this
Act. |
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| "State Board" means the board appointed pursuant to this |
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| Act to govern and control
the State Authority.
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| "State casino operator licensee" means any person or entity |
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| selected by the State Authority and approved and licensed by |
16 |
| the Gaming Board to manage and operate a casino within the |
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| State of Illinois pursuant to a casino management contract.
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| Section 5-12. Creation of the State Authority. After the 5 |
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| members of the Illinois Gaming Board are appointed and |
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| qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, if the Gaming Board determines pursuant to subsection |
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| (b) of Section 7.6 of the Illinois Gambling Act that public |
23 |
| ownership of an owners license is in the best interest of the |
24 |
| State, there is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of |
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| State government with only the powers authorized by law, and |
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| Development Authority. |
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| Section 5-13. Duties of the State Authority. It shall be |
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| the duty of the State Authority, as a casino licensee under the |
5 |
| Illinois Gambling Act, to promote, operate, and maintain a |
6 |
| casino in the State. The State Authority shall construct, |
7 |
| equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for that |
8 |
| purpose. The State Authority has the right to contract with a |
9 |
| casino operator licensee and other third parties in order to |
10 |
| fulfill its purpose. The State Authority is granted all rights |
11 |
| and powers necessary to perform such duties. |
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| Section 5-15. State Board. |
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| (a) The governing and administrative powers of the State |
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| Authority shall be vested
in a body known as the State Casino |
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| Development Board. The State Board shall
consist of 3 members |
16 |
| appointed by the Governor pursuant to nominations provided by |
17 |
| the Nomination Panel created under the Illinois Gambling Act in |
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| the manner set forth in Section 5.3 of that Act. All appointees |
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| shall be subject to a background investigation and approval by |
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| the Gaming Board. One of these
members shall be designated
by |
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| the Governor to serve as chairperson.
All of the members
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| appointed by the Governor shall be residents of Illinois.
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| (b) State Board members shall be entitled to reimbursement |
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| of reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of their |
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| removal. |
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| (a) The Governor shall appoint one member of the State |
5 |
| Board for an initial term expiring July 1 of the year following |
6 |
| approval by the Gaming Board, one member for an initial term |
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| expiring July 1 three years following approval by the Gaming |
8 |
| Board, and one member for an initial term expiring July 1 five |
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| years following approval by the Gaming Board.
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| (b) All successors shall hold office for a term of 5 years |
11 |
| from the first day of July of the year in which they are |
12 |
| appointed, except in the case of an appointment to fill a |
13 |
| vacancy. Each member, including the chairperson, shall hold |
14 |
| office until the expiration of his or her term and until his or |
15 |
| her successor is appointed and qualified. Nothing shall |
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| preclude a member from serving consecutive terms. Any member |
17 |
| may resign from office, to take effect when a successor has |
18 |
| been appointed and qualified. A vacancy in office shall occur |
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| in the case of a member's death or indictment, conviction, or |
20 |
| plea of guilty to a felony. A vacancy shall be filled for the |
21 |
| unexpired term by the Governor with the approval of the Gaming |
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| Board.
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| (c) The Governor or the Gaming Board may remove any member |
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| of the State Board upon a finding of incompetence, neglect of |
25 |
| duty, or misfeasance or malfeasance in office or for a |
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| of the State Board for any violation of the Illinois Gambling |
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| Act or the rules and regulations of the Gaming Board.
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| Section 5-25. Organization of State Board; meetings. After |
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| appointment by the Governor and approval of the Gaming Board, |
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| the State Board shall organize for the transaction of business. |
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| The State Board shall prescribe the time and place for |
8 |
| meetings, the manner in which special meetings may be called, |
9 |
| and the notice that must be given to members. All actions and |
10 |
| meetings of the State Board shall be subject to the provisions |
11 |
| of the Open Meetings Act. Two members of the State Board shall |
12 |
| constitute a quorum. All substantive action of the State Board |
13 |
| shall be by resolution with an affirmative vote of a majority |
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| of the members.
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| Section 5-30. Executive director; officers. |
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| (a) The State Board shall appoint
an executive director, |
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| subject to completion of a background investigation and |
18 |
| approval by the Gaming Board, who shall be the chief executive |
19 |
| officer of the
State Authority. The State Board shall fix the |
20 |
| compensation of the executive director.
Subject to the general |
21 |
| control of the State Board, the executive director shall be
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| responsible for the management of the business, properties, and
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| employees of the State Authority. The executive director shall |
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| direct the
enforcement of all resolutions, rules, and |
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perform such other |
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| duties as may be prescribed from
time to time by the State |
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| Board. All employees and independent contractors,
consultants, |
4 |
| engineers, architects, accountants, attorneys, financial |
5 |
| experts,
construction experts and personnel, superintendents, |
6 |
| managers, and other
personnel appointed or employed pursuant to |
7 |
| this Act shall
report to the executive director. In addition to |
8 |
| any other duties set forth in
this Act, the executive director |
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| shall do all of the following:
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| (1) Direct and supervise the administrative affairs |
11 |
| and activities of the
State Authority in accordance with |
12 |
| its rules, regulations, and policies.
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| (2) Attend meetings of the State Board.
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| (3) Keep minutes of all proceedings of the State Board.
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| (4) Approve all accounts for salaries, per diem |
16 |
| payments, and allowable
expenses of the State Board and its |
17 |
| employees and consultants.
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| (5) Report and make recommendations to the State Board |
19 |
| concerning the terms and
conditions of any casino |
20 |
| management contract.
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| (6) Perform any other duty that the State Board |
22 |
| requires for carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
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| (7) Devote his or her full time to the duties of the |
24 |
| office and not hold
any other office or employment.
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| (b) The State Board may select a secretary-treasurer to |
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| hold office at the pleasure of the State Board. The State Board
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| Section 5-31. General rights and powers of the State |
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| Authority. In addition to the duties and powers set forth in |
4 |
| this Act, the State Authority shall have the following rights |
5 |
| and powers: |
6 |
| (1) Adopt and alter an official seal. |
7 |
| (2) Establish and change its fiscal year. |
8 |
| (3) Sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, all in its |
9 |
| own name, and agree to binding arbitration of any dispute |
10 |
| to which it is a party. |
11 |
| (4) Adopt, amend, and repeal by-laws, rules, and |
12 |
| regulations consistent with the furtherance of the powers |
13 |
| and duties provided for. |
14 |
| (5) Maintain its principal office within the State and |
15 |
| such other offices as the State Board may designate. |
16 |
| (6) Select locations for a temporary and a permanent |
17 |
| casino, subject to final approval by the Gaming Board. |
18 |
| (7) Conduct background investigations of potential |
19 |
| State casino operator licenses, including its principals |
20 |
| or shareholders, and State Authority staff. The State |
21 |
| Authority may request the assistance of the Office of |
22 |
| Gaming Enforcement. |
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| (8) Employ, either as regular employees or independent |
24 |
| contractors, consultants, engineers, architects, |
25 |
| accountants, attorneys, financial experts, construction |
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| professional personnel, and such other personnel as may be |
3 |
| necessary in the judgment of the State Board, and fix their |
4 |
| compensation. |
5 |
| (9) Own, acquire, construct, equip, lease, operate, |
6 |
| and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities to carry |
7 |
| out its corporate purposes and duties. |
8 |
| (10) Enter into, revoke, and modify contracts, subject |
9 |
| to final approval of the Gaming Board. |
10 |
| (11) Enter into a casino management contract subject to |
11 |
| the final approval of the Gaming Board. |
12 |
| (12) Develop, or cause to be developed by a third |
13 |
| party, a master plan for the design, planning, and |
14 |
| development of a casino. |
15 |
| (13) Negotiate and enter into intergovernmental |
16 |
| agreements with the State and its agencies and units of |
17 |
| local government, in furtherance of the powers and duties |
18 |
| of the State Board. However, the State Authority may not |
19 |
| enter into an agreement with the State Police. |
20 |
| (14) Receive and disburse funds for its own corporate |
21 |
| purposes or as otherwise specified in this Act. |
22 |
| (15) Borrow money from any source, public or private, |
23 |
| for any corporate purpose, including, without limitation, |
24 |
| working capital for its operations, reserve funds, or |
25 |
| payment of interest, and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise |
26 |
| encumber the property or funds of the State Authority and |
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| connection with any financing, including financial |
3 |
| institutions, issuers of letters of credit, or insurers and |
4 |
| enter into reimbursement agreements with this person or |
5 |
| entity which may be secured as if money were borrowed from |
6 |
| the person or entity. |
7 |
| (16) Issue bonds as provided for under this Act. |
8 |
| (17) Receive and accept from any source, private or |
9 |
| public, contributions, gifts, or grants of money or |
10 |
| property to the State Authority. |
11 |
| (18) Provide for the insurance of any property, |
12 |
| operations, officers, members, agents, or employees of the |
13 |
| State Authority against any risk or hazard, to self-insure |
14 |
| or participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to |
15 |
| insure against such risk or hazard, and to provide for the |
16 |
| indemnification of its officers, members, employees, |
17 |
| contractors, or agents against any and all risks. |
18 |
| (19) Exercise all the corporate powers granted |
19 |
| Illinois corporations under the Business Corporation Act |
20 |
| of 1983, except to the extent that powers are inconsistent |
21 |
| with those of a body politic and corporate of the State. |
22 |
| (20) Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out |
23 |
| the powers granted by this Act. |
24 |
| Section 5-32. Ethical conduct. |
25 |
| (a) State Board members and employees of the State |
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3 |
| confidence in the integrity and conduct of gaming. |
4 |
| (b) Except as may be required in the conduct of official |
5 |
| duties, State Board members and employees of the State |
6 |
| Authority shall not engage in gambling on any riverboat, in any |
7 |
| casino, or in an electronic gaming facility licensed by the |
8 |
| Illinois Gaming Board or engage in legalized gambling in any |
9 |
| establishment identified by State Board action that, in the |
10 |
| judgment of the State Board, could represent a potential for a |
11 |
| conflict of interest. |
12 |
| (c) A State Board member or employee of the State Authority |
13 |
| shall not use or attempt to use his or her official position to |
14 |
| secure or attempt to secure any privilege, advantage, favor, or |
15 |
| influence for himself or herself or others. |
16 |
| (d) State Board members and employees of the State |
17 |
| Authority shall not hold or pursue employment, office, |
18 |
| position, business, or occupation that may conflict with his or |
19 |
| her official duties. Employees may engage in other gainful |
20 |
| employment so long as that employment does not interfere or |
21 |
| conflict with their duties. Such employment must be disclosed |
22 |
| to the Executive Director and approved by the State Board. |
23 |
| (e) State Board members and employees of the State |
24 |
| Authority may not engage in employment, communications, or any |
25 |
| activity that may be deemed a conflict of interest. This |
26 |
| prohibition shall extend to any act identified by State Board |
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| either entity, could represent the potential for or the |
3 |
| appearance of a conflict of interest. |
4 |
| (f) State Board members and employees of the State |
5 |
| Authority may not have a financial interest, directly or |
6 |
| indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name of any other |
7 |
| person, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or other |
8 |
| entity in any contract or subcontract for the performance of |
9 |
| any work for the State Authority. This prohibition shall extend |
10 |
| to the holding or acquisition of an interest in any entity |
11 |
| identified by State Board action or Gaming Board action that, |
12 |
| in the judgment of the either entity, could represent the |
13 |
| potential for or the appearance of a financial interest. The |
14 |
| holding or acquisition of an interest in such entities through |
15 |
| an indirect means, such as through a mutual fund, shall not be |
16 |
| prohibited, expect that the Gaming Board may identify specific |
17 |
| investments or funds that, in its judgment, are so influenced |
18 |
| by gaming holdings as to represent the potential for or the |
19 |
| appearance of a conflict of interest. |
20 |
| (g) State Board members and employees of the State |
21 |
| Authority may not accept any gift, gratuity, service, |
22 |
| compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value, with the |
23 |
| exception of unsolicited items of an incidental nature, from |
24 |
| any person, corporation, or entity doing business with the |
25 |
| State Authority. |
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| (h) No State Board member or employee of the State |
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| termination of employment, knowingly accept employment or |
3 |
| receive compensation or fees for services from a person or |
4 |
| entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has engaged in |
5 |
| business with the State Authority that resulted in contracts |
6 |
| with an aggregate value of at least $25,000 or if that State |
7 |
| Board member or employee has made a decision that directly |
8 |
| applied to the person or entity, or its parent or affiliate. |
9 |
| (i) A spouse, child, or parent of a State Board member or |
10 |
| employee of the State Authority may not have a financial |
11 |
| interest, directly or indirectly, in his or her own name or in |
12 |
| the name of any other person, partnership, association, trust, |
13 |
| corporation, or other entity in any contract or subcontract for |
14 |
| the performance of any work for the State Authority. This |
15 |
| prohibition shall extend to the holding or acquisition of an |
16 |
| interest in any entity identified by State Board action or |
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| Gaming Board action that, in the judgment of the either entity, |
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| could represent the potential for or the appearance of a |
19 |
| conflict of interest. The holding or acquisition of an interest |
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| in such entities through an indirect means, such as through a |
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| mutual fund, shall not be prohibited, expect that the Gaming |
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| Board may identify specific investments or funds that, in its |
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| judgment, are so influenced by gaming holdings as to represent |
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| the potential for or the appearance of a conflict of interest. |
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| (j) A spouse, child, or parent of a State Board member or |
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| employee of the State Authority may not accept any gift, |
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| with the State Authority. |
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| (k) A spouse, child, or parent of a State Board member or |
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| employee of the State Authority may not, within a period of 2 |
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| years immediately after termination of employment, knowingly |
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| accept employment or receive compensation or fees for services |
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| from a person or entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has |
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| engaged in business with the State Authority that resulted in |
11 |
| contracts with an aggregate value of at least $25,000 or if |
12 |
| that State Board member or employee has made a decision that |
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| directly applied to the person or entity, or its parent or |
14 |
| affiliate. |
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| (l) No State Board member or employee of the State |
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| Authority may attempt, in any way, to influence any person or |
17 |
| corporation doing business with the State Authority or any |
18 |
| officer, agent, or employee thereof to hire or contract with |
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| any person or corporation for any compensated work. |
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| (m) Any communication between a State, county, or municipal |
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| elected official and any applicant for or party to a State |
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| casino management contract with the State Authority, or an |
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| officer, director, or employee thereof, concerning any manner |
24 |
| relating in any way to gaming or the State Authority shall be |
25 |
| disclosed to the State Board and the Gaming Board. Such |
26 |
| disclosure shall be in writing by the official within 30 days |
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| identity and job title of the person with whom the |
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| communication was made, a brief summary of the communication, |
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| the action requested or recommended, all responses made, the |
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| identity and job title of the person making the response, and |
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| any other pertinent information. |
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| (n) Any State Board member or employee of the State |
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| Authority who violates any provision of this Section is guilty |
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| of a Class 4 felony.
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| Section 5-45. Casino management contracts. |
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| (a) The State Board shall develop and administer a |
13 |
| competitive sealed bidding process
for the
selection of a |
14 |
| potential State casino operator licensee to develop or operate |
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| a casino within the State.
The State Board shall issue one or |
16 |
| more requests for proposals. The State Board may
establish |
17 |
| minimum financial and investment requirements to determine the
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| eligibility of persons to respond to the State Board's requests |
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| for proposal, and may
establish and consider such other |
20 |
| criteria as it deems appropriate. The State Board
may impose a |
21 |
| fee upon persons who respond to requests for proposal, in order |
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| to
reimburse the State Board for its costs in preparing and |
23 |
| issuing the requests and
reviewing the proposals.
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| (b) Within 5 days after the time limit for submitting bids |
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| and proposals has passed, the State Board shall make all bids |
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| evaluate the responses to its requests for proposal and
the |
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| ability of all persons or entities responding to its request |
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| for proposal
to meet the requirements of this Act and to |
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| undertake and perform the
obligations set forth in its requests |
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| for proposal.
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| (c) After reviewing proposals and subject to Gaming Board |
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| approval, the State Board shall enter into a casino management |
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| contract authorizing the development, construction, or |
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| operation of a casino. Validity of the casino management |
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| contract is contingent upon the issuance of a State casino |
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| operator license to the successful bidder. If the Gaming Board |
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| approves the contract and grants a State casino operator |
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| license, the State Board shall transmit a copy of the executed |
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| casino management contract to the Gaming Board. |
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| (d) After the State Authority has been issued a casino |
17 |
| license, the Gaming Board has issued a State casino operator |
18 |
| license, and the Gaming Board has approved the location of a |
19 |
| temporary facility, the State Authority may conduct gaming |
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| operations at a temporary facility for no longer than 12 months |
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| after gaming operations begin. The Gaming Board may, after |
22 |
| holding a public hearing, grant an extension so long as a |
23 |
| permanent facility is not operational and the State Authority |
24 |
| is working in good faith to complete the permanent facility. |
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| The Gaming Board may grant additional extensions following a |
26 |
| public hearing. Each extension may be for a period of no longer |
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| (e) All amounts received as an upfront fee by the State |
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| an executed State casino management contract must be deposited |
5 |
| into the Illinois Works Fund pursuant to Section 7.11 of the |
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| Illinois Gambling Act.
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| Section 5-50. Transfer of funds. All revenues received by |
8 |
| the State Authority shall be deposited into the Illinois Casino |
9 |
| Development Authority Fund, other than amounts required to be |
10 |
| paid pursuant to the Illinois Gambling Act and amounts required |
11 |
| to pay the
operating expenses of the State Authority, to pay |
12 |
| amounts due the State casino operator licensee pursuant to a |
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| casino management contract, to repay any borrowing of the State |
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| Authority, to pay debt service on any bonds issued, and to pay |
15 |
| any expenses in connection with the issuance of such bonds
or |
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| derivative products.
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| Section 5-60. Auditor General. |
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| (a) Prior to the issuance of bonds under this Act, the |
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| State Authority shall submit to the Auditor General a |
20 |
| certification that: |
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| (1) it is legally authorized to issue bonds; |
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| (2) scheduled annual payments of principal and |
23 |
| interest on the bonds to be issued meet the requirements of |
24 |
| Section 1-75 of this Act; |
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| (4) after payment of costs of issuance and necessary |
3 |
| deposits to funds and accounts established with respect to |
4 |
| debt service on the bonds, the net bond proceeds (exclusive |
5 |
| of any proceeds to be used to refund outstanding bonds) |
6 |
| will be used only for the purposes set forth in this Act. |
7 |
| The State Authority also shall submit to the Auditor |
8 |
| General its projections on revenues to be generated and pledged |
9 |
| to repayment of the bonds as scheduled and such other |
10 |
| information as the Auditor General may reasonably request. |
11 |
| The Auditor General shall examine the certifications and |
12 |
| information submitted and submit a report to the State |
13 |
| Authority and the Gaming Board indicating whether the required |
14 |
| certifications, projections, and other information have been |
15 |
| submitted by the State Authority and that the assumptions |
16 |
| underlying the projections are not unreasonable in the |
17 |
| aggregate. The Auditor General shall submit the report no later |
18 |
| than 60 days after receiving the information required to be |
19 |
| submitted by the State Authority. |
20 |
| The State Authority shall not issue bonds until it receives |
21 |
| the report from the Auditor General indicating the requirements |
22 |
| of this Section have been met. The Auditor General's report |
23 |
| shall not be in the nature of a post-audit or examination and |
24 |
| shall not lead to the issuance of an opinion, as that term is |
25 |
| defined in generally accepted government auditing standards. |
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| The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the State Authority |
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| under this Section. The State Authority shall reimburse in a |
3 |
| timely manner. |
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| (b) The Auditor General has the authority and is required |
5 |
| to conduct a financial and management audit of the State |
6 |
| Authority every 2 years. The Auditor General shall also conduct |
7 |
| one post-construction and financing audit of the casino after |
8 |
| it is completed and in operation. The Auditor General's audits |
9 |
| must be posted on his or her Internet website. The Auditor |
10 |
| General shall submit a bill to the State Authority for costs |
11 |
| associated with the audits required under this Section. The |
12 |
| State Authority shall reimburse in a timely manner.
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| Section 5-65. Acquisition of property; eminent domain |
14 |
| proceedings. For the lawful purposes of this Act, the State |
15 |
| Authority may acquire by eminent
domain or by condemnation |
16 |
| proceedings in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, |
17 |
| real or personal property or interests in real
or personal |
18 |
| property located in the State, and the State may convey to the |
19 |
| State Authority
property so acquired. The acquisition of |
20 |
| property under this Section is
declared to be for a public use.
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| Section 5-70. Local regulation. The casino facilities and |
22 |
| operations therein
shall be subject to all ordinances and |
23 |
| regulations of the municipality in which the casino is located. |
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| The
construction, development, and operation of the casino |
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ordinances, regulations, rules, and |
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| controls of the city in which the casino is located, including |
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| but not
limited to those relating to zoning and planned |
4 |
| development, building, fire
prevention, and land use. However, |
5 |
| the regulation of gaming operations is
subject to the exclusive |
6 |
| jurisdiction of the Gaming Board.
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| Section 5-75. Borrowing. |
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| (a) The State Authority may borrow money and
issue bonds as |
9 |
| provided in this Section. Bonds of the State Authority may be |
10 |
| issued
to provide funds for land acquisition, site assembly and |
11 |
| preparation, and the design and construction of the casino, as |
12 |
| defined in the Illinois Gambling Act, all ancillary and related |
13 |
| facilities comprising the casino complex, and all on-site and |
14 |
| off-site infrastructure improvements required in connection |
15 |
| with the development of the casino; to refund (at the time or |
16 |
| in advance of any maturity or
redemption) or redeem any bonds |
17 |
| of the State Authority; to provide or increase a
debt
service |
18 |
| reserve fund or other reserves with respect to any or all of |
19 |
| its bonds;
or to pay the legal, financial, administrative, bond
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20 |
| insurance, credit enhancement, and other legal expenses of the |
21 |
| authorization,
issuance, or delivery of bonds. In this Act, the |
22 |
| term "bonds" also includes
notes of any kind, interim |
23 |
| certificates, refunding bonds, or any other evidence
of |
24 |
| obligation for borrowed money issued under this Section. Bonds |
25 |
| may be
issued in one or more series and may be payable and |
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with or separately from other bonds.
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| (b) The bonds of the State Authority shall be payable from |
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| one or more of
the following sources: (i) the property or |
4 |
| revenues of the State Authority; (ii)
revenues derived from the |
5 |
| casino; (iii) revenues derived from any State casino
operator |
6 |
| licensee; (iv) fees, bid proceeds, charges, lease payments, |
7 |
| payments required pursuant to any
casino management contract or |
8 |
| other revenues payable to the
State Authority, or any
receipts |
9 |
| of the State Authority; (v) payments by financial institutions, |
10 |
| insurance
companies, or others pursuant to letters or lines of |
11 |
| credit, policies of
insurance, or purchase agreements; (vi) |
12 |
| investment earnings from funds or
accounts maintained pursuant |
13 |
| to a bond resolution or trust indenture; (vii)
proceeds of |
14 |
| refunding bonds; and (viii) any payments by any State casino |
15 |
| operator licensee or others pursuant to any guaranty agreement.
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| (c) Bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the State |
17 |
| Board and may be
secured by a trust indenture by and between |
18 |
| the State Board and a corporate
trustee or trustees, which may |
19 |
| be any trust company or bank having the powers
of a trust |
20 |
| company within or without the State. Bonds shall meet the |
21 |
| following requirements:
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| (1) Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed |
23 |
| the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act.
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| (2) Bonds issued pursuant to this Section must be |
25 |
| issued with principal or mandatory redemption amounts in |
26 |
| equal amounts, with the first maturity issued occurring |
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| within the next succeeding fiscal year, and with bonds |
3 |
| maturing or subject to mandatory redemption each fiscal |
4 |
| year thereafter up to 30 years. |
5 |
| (3) At least 25%, based on total principal amount, of |
6 |
| all bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be sold |
7 |
| pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. No more than |
8 |
| 75%, based on total principal amount, of all bonds issued |
9 |
| pursuant to this Section shall be sold by negotiated sale.
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| (4) Bonds shall be payable at a time or times, in the |
11 |
| denominations and form,
including book entry form, either |
12 |
| coupon, registered, or both, and carry the
registration and |
13 |
| privileges as to exchange, transfer or conversion, and
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| replacement of mutilated, lost, or destroyed bonds as the |
15 |
| resolution or trust
indenture may provide.
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| (5) Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the |
17 |
| United States at a designated
place.
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| (6) Bonds shall be subject to the terms of purchase, |
19 |
| payment, redemption, refunding,
or refinancing that the |
20 |
| resolution or trust indenture provides.
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| (7) Bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile |
22 |
| signatures of the officers
of the State Authority |
23 |
| designated by the State Board, which signatures shall be |
24 |
| valid at
delivery even
for one who has ceased to hold |
25 |
| office.
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determined by the State |
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| (d) The State Authority shall adopt a procurement program |
4 |
| with respect to contracts relating to underwriters, bond |
5 |
| counsel, financial advisors, and accountants. The program |
6 |
| shall include goals for the payment of not less than 30% of the |
7 |
| total dollar value of the fees from these contracts to minority |
8 |
| owned businesses and female owned businesses as defined in the |
9 |
| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
10 |
| Disabilities Act. The State Authority shall conduct outreach to |
11 |
| minority owned businesses and female owned businesses. |
12 |
| Outreach shall include, but is not limited to, advertisements |
13 |
| in periodicals and newspapers, mailings, and other appropriate |
14 |
| media. The State Authority shall submit to the General Assembly |
15 |
| a comprehensive report that shall include, at a minimum, the |
16 |
| details of the procurement plan, outreach efforts, and the |
17 |
| results of the efforts to achieve goals for the payment of |
18 |
| fees. |
19 |
| (e) Subject to the Illinois Gambling Act and rules of the |
20 |
| Gaming Board regarding pledging
of interests in holders of |
21 |
| owners licenses, any resolution or trust indenture may contain |
22 |
| provisions that may be a part of
the contract with the holders |
23 |
| of the bonds as to the following:
|
24 |
| (1) Pledging, assigning, or directing the use, |
25 |
| investment, or disposition
of revenues of the State |
26 |
| Authority or proceeds or benefits of any contract, |
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without limitation, any rights in any casino |
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| management
contract.
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| (2) The setting aside of loan funding deposits, debt |
4 |
| service reserves, replacement or operating reserves, cost |
5 |
| of
issuance accounts and sinking funds, and the regulation, |
6 |
| investment, and
disposition thereof.
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| (3) Limitations on the purposes to which or the |
8 |
| investments in which the
proceeds of sale of any issue of |
9 |
| bonds or the State Authority's revenues and
receipts may be |
10 |
| applied or made.
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11 |
| (4) Limitations on the issue of additional bonds, the |
12 |
| terms upon which
additional bonds may be issued and |
13 |
| secured, the terms upon which additional
bonds may rank on |
14 |
| a parity with, or be subordinate or superior to, other |
15 |
| bonds.
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16 |
| (5) The refunding, advance refunding, or refinancing |
17 |
| of outstanding bonds.
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18 |
| (6) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any |
19 |
| contract with
bondholders may be altered or amended and the |
20 |
| amount of bonds and holders of
which must consent thereto |
21 |
| and the manner in which consent shall be given.
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| (7) Defining the acts or omissions which shall |
23 |
| constitute a default in the
duties of the State Authority |
24 |
| to holders of bonds and providing the rights or
remedies of |
25 |
| such holders in the event of a default, which may include
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| provisions
restricting individual rights of action by |
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3 |
| letters of credit, or
other security,
or insurance for the |
4 |
| benefit of bondholders.
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| (f) No member of the State Board, nor any person executing |
6 |
| the bonds, shall be
liable personally on the bonds or subject |
7 |
| to any personal liability by reason
of the issuance of the |
8 |
| bonds.
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| (g) The State Authority may issue and secure bonds in |
10 |
| accordance with the
provisions of the Local Government Credit |
11 |
| Enhancement Act.
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12 |
| (h) A pledge by the State Authority of revenues and |
13 |
| receipts as security for an
issue of bonds or for the |
14 |
| performance of its obligations under any casino
management |
15 |
| contract shall
be valid and binding from the time when the |
16 |
| pledge is made. The revenues and
receipts pledged shall |
17 |
| immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without
any |
18 |
| physical delivery or further act,
and the lien of any pledge |
19 |
| shall be valid and binding against any person having
any claim |
20 |
| of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the State |
21 |
| Authority,
irrespective of whether the person has notice. No |
22 |
| resolution, trust indenture,
management agreement or financing |
23 |
| statement, continuation statement, or other
instrument adopted |
24 |
| or entered into by the State Authority need be filed or |
25 |
| recorded
in any public record other than the records of the |
26 |
| State Authority in order to
perfect the lien against third |
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law.
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| (i) Bonds that are being paid or retired by issuance, sale, |
3 |
| or delivery of
bonds, and bonds for which sufficient funds have |
4 |
| been deposited with the paying
agent or trustee to provide for |
5 |
| payment of principal and interest thereon, and
any redemption |
6 |
| premium, as provided in the authorizing resolution, shall not |
7 |
| be
considered outstanding for the purposes of this subsection.
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8 |
| (j) The State of
Illinois pledges and agrees with the |
9 |
| owners of the bonds that it will not limit
or alter the rights |
10 |
| and powers vested in the State Authority by this Act so as to
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11 |
| impair the terms of any contract made by the State Authority |
12 |
| with the owners or in
any way impair the rights and remedies of |
13 |
| the owners until the bonds, together
with interest on them, and |
14 |
| all costs and expenses in connection with any action
or |
15 |
| proceedings by or on behalf of the owners, are fully met and |
16 |
| discharged.
The State Authority is authorized to include this |
17 |
| pledge and
agreement in any contract with the owners of bonds |
18 |
| issued under this Section.
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19 |
| (k) No person holding an elective office in this State, |
20 |
| holding a seat in the General Assembly, or serving as a board |
21 |
| member, trustee, officer, or employee of the State Authority, |
22 |
| including the spouse of that person, may receive a legal, |
23 |
| banking, consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of |
24 |
| bonds.
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| Section 5-85. Derivative products. With respect to all or |
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| part of any issue
of its bonds, the State Authority may enter |
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| into agreements or contracts with any
necessary or appropriate |
3 |
| person, which will have the benefit of providing to
the
State |
4 |
| Authority an interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other |
5 |
| basis different
from that provided in the bonds for the payment |
6 |
| of interest. Such agreements
or contracts may include, without |
7 |
| limitation, agreements or contracts commonly
known as |
8 |
| "interest rate swap agreements", "forward payment conversion
|
9 |
| agreements", "futures", "options", "puts", or "calls" and |
10 |
| agreements or
contracts providing for payments based on levels |
11 |
| of or changes in interest
rates, agreements or contracts to |
12 |
| exchange cash flows or a series of payments,
or to hedge |
13 |
| payment, rate spread, or similar exposure.
|
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| Section 5-90. Legality for investment. The State of |
15 |
| Illinois, all
governmental entities, all public officers, |
16 |
| banks, bankers, trust companies,
savings banks and |
17 |
| institutions, building and loan associations, savings and
loan |
18 |
| associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying |
19 |
| on a
banking
business, insurance companies, insurance |
20 |
| associations, and other persons
carrying on an insurance |
21 |
| business, and all executors, administrators,
guardians, |
22 |
| trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking
|
23 |
| funds,
moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their |
24 |
| control in
any bonds issued under this Act. However, nothing in |
25 |
| this Section shall be
construed as relieving any person, firm, |
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exercising reasonable care in |
2 |
| selecting securities for purchase or investment.
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| Section 5-95. Tax exemption. The State Authority and all of |
4 |
| its operations and
property used for public purposes shall be |
5 |
| exempt from all taxation of any kind
imposed by the State of |
6 |
| Illinois or any political subdivision, school district,
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7 |
| municipal corporation, or unit of local government of the State |
8 |
| of Illinois.
However, nothing in this Act prohibits the |
9 |
| imposition of any other taxes where
such imposition is not |
10 |
| prohibited by Section 21 of the Illinois Gambling Act.
|
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| Section 5-105. Budgets and reporting.
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| (a) The State Board shall annually adopt a budget for each
|
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| the same manner
and upon the same vote as it may be adopted. |
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| The budget shall include the
State Authority's available funds |
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| and estimated revenues and shall provide for
payment of its |
17 |
| obligations and estimated expenditures for the fiscal year,
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| including, without limitation, expenditures for |
19 |
| administration, operation,
maintenance and repairs, debt |
20 |
| service, and deposits into reserve and other
funds
and capital |
21 |
| projects.
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| (b) The State Board shall annually cause the finances of |
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| the State Authority to be
audited by a firm of certified public |
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| accountants and post the firm's audits of the State Authority |
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| (c) The State Board shall, for each fiscal year, prepare an |
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| annual report
setting forth information concerning its |
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| activities in the fiscal year and the
status of the development |
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| of the casino. The annual report shall include the
audited |
6 |
| financial statements of the State Authority for the fiscal |
7 |
| year, the budget
for the succeeding fiscal year, and the |
8 |
| current capital plan as of the date of
the report. Copies of |
9 |
| the annual report shall be made available to persons who
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| request them and shall be submitted not later than 120 days |
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| after the end of
the State Authority's fiscal year to the |
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| Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commission on |
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| Government Forecasting and Accountability.
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| Section 5-110. Deposit and withdrawal of funds. |
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| (a) All funds deposited by the State Authority in any bank |
16 |
| or savings and loan
association shall be placed in the name of |
17 |
| the State Authority and shall be withdrawn
or paid out only by |
18 |
| check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan
association, |
19 |
| signed by 2 officers or employees designated by the State |
20 |
| Board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
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| State Board may designate
any of its members or any officer or |
22 |
| employee of the State Authority to authorize the
wire transfer |
23 |
| of funds deposited by the secretary-treasurer of funds in a |
24 |
| bank
or savings and loan association for the payment of payroll |
25 |
| and employee
benefits-related expenses.
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| public funds as
permitted by this Section unless it has |
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| complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section |
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| 6 of the Public
Funds Investment Act.
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| (b) If any officer or employee whose signature appears upon |
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| any check
or draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases (after |
7 |
| attaching his signature) to
hold his or her office before the |
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| delivery of such a check or draft to the
payee, his or her |
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| signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all
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| purposes with the same effect as if he or she had remained in |
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| office until
delivery thereof.
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| Section 5-112. Contracts with the State Authority or State |
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| casino operator licensee; disclosure requirements. |
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| (a) A bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor must |
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| disclose the names of all officers and directors. A bidder, |
16 |
| respondent, or offeror, or contractor for contracts with the |
17 |
| State Authority or State casino operator licensee shall |
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| disclose the identity of every owner, beneficiary, or person |
19 |
| with beneficial interest of more than 1%, or shareholder |
20 |
| entitled to receive more than 1% of the total distributable |
21 |
| income of any corporation, having any interest in the contract |
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| in the bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor. The |
23 |
| disclosure shall be in writing and attested to by an owner, |
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| trustee, corporate official, or agent. If stock in a |
25 |
| corporation is publicly traded and there is no readily known |
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| individual having greater than a 1% interest, then a statement |
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| to that affect attested to by an officer or agent of the |
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| corporation or shall fulfill the disclosure statement |
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| requirement of this Section. A bidder, respondent, offeror, or |
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| contractor shall notify the State Authority of any changes in |
6 |
| officers, directors, ownership, or individuals having a |
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| beneficial interest of more than 1%. |
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| (b) A bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor for |
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| contracts with an annual value of $10,000 or for a period to |
10 |
| exceed one year shall disclose all political contributions of |
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| the bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor and any |
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| affiliated person or entity. Disclosure shall include at least |
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| the names and addresses of the contributors and the dollar |
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| amounts of any contributions to any political committee made |
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| within the previous 2 years. The disclosure must be submitted |
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| to the Gaming Board with a copy of the contract prior to Gaming |
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| Board approval of the contract. The Gaming Board shall refuse |
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| to approve any contract that does not include the required |
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| disclosure. |
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| (c) As used in this Section: |
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| "Contribution" means contribution as defined in Section |
22 |
| 9-1.4 of the Election Code. |
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| "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any ownership |
24 |
| interest or distributive share of the bidding, responding, or |
25 |
| contracting entity in excess of 1%, (ii) executive employees of |
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| the bidding, responding, or contracting entity, and (iii) the |
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| "Affiliated entity" means (i) any parent or subsidiary of |
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| the bidding or contracting entity, (ii) any member of the same |
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| unitary business group, or (iii) any political committee for |
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| which the bidding, responding, or contracting entity is the |
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| sponsoring entity. |
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| (d) The Gaming Board may direct the State Authority or a |
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| State casino operator licensee to void a contract if a |
9 |
| violation of this Section occurs. The State Authority may |
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| direct a State casino operator licensee to void a contract if a |
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| violation of this Section occurs. |
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| Section 5-115. Purchasing. |
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| (a) All construction contracts and contracts for supplies, |
14 |
| materials,
equipment, and services,
when the cost thereof to |
15 |
| the State Authority exceeds $25,000, shall be let by a |
16 |
| competitive selection process to
the lowest responsible |
17 |
| proposer, after advertising for proposals, except for the
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| following:
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| (1) When repair parts, accessories, equipment, or |
20 |
| services are required
for
equipment or services previously |
21 |
| furnished or contracted for;
|
22 |
| (2) Professional services;
|
23 |
| (3) When services such as water, light, heat, power, |
24 |
| telephone (other than
long-distance service), or telegraph |
25 |
| are required;
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| movement, or
installation of data processing equipment, |
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| software, or services and
telecommunications equipment,
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| software, and services are required;
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| (5) Casino management contracts, which shall be |
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| awarded as
set forth in Section 1-45 of this Act.
|
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| (b) All contracts involving less than $25,000 shall be let |
8 |
| by competitive
selection process whenever possible, and in any |
9 |
| event in a manner calculated to ensure
the best interests of |
10 |
| the public.
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| (c) In determining the responsibility of any proposer, the |
12 |
| State Authority may take
into account the proposer's (or an |
13 |
| individual having a beneficial interest,
directly or |
14 |
| indirectly, of more than 1% in such proposing entity) past |
15 |
| record of
dealings with the State Authority, the proposer's |
16 |
| experience, adequacy of equipment,
and ability to complete |
17 |
| performance within the time set, and other factors
besides |
18 |
| financial responsibility. No such contract shall be awarded to |
19 |
| any proposer other than the lowest proposer (in case of |
20 |
| purchase or
expenditure) unless authorized or approved by a |
21 |
| vote of at least 2 members of
the State Board and such action |
22 |
| is accompanied by a written statement setting forth the reasons |
23 |
| for not awarding the contract to the highest or
lowest |
24 |
| proposer, as the case
may be. The statement shall be kept on |
25 |
| file in the principal office of the
State Authority and open to |
26 |
| public inspection.
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| (d) The State Authority shall have the right to reject all |
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| proposals and to
re-advertise for proposals. If after
any such |
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| re-advertisement, no responsible and satisfactory proposals, |
4 |
| within the
terms of the re-advertisement, is received, the |
5 |
| State Authority may award such
contract without competitive |
6 |
| selection, provided that the Gaming Board must approve the |
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| contract prior to its execution. The contract must not be less
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| advantageous to the State Authority than any valid proposal |
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| received pursuant to
advertisement.
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| (e) Advertisements for proposals and re-proposals shall be |
11 |
| published at least once in
a daily newspaper of general |
12 |
| circulation published in the county in which the principal |
13 |
| office of the State Authority is located
at least 10 calendar |
14 |
| days before the time for
receiving proposals, and such |
15 |
| advertisements shall also be posted on readily
accessible |
16 |
| bulletin boards in the principal office of the State Authority. |
17 |
| Such
advertisements shall state the time and
place for |
18 |
| receiving and opening of proposals and, by reference to plans |
19 |
| and
specifications on file at the time of the first publication |
20 |
| or in the
advertisement itself, shall describe the character of |
21 |
| the proposed contract in
sufficient detail to fully advise |
22 |
| prospective proposers of their obligations and
to ensure free |
23 |
| and open competitive selection.
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| (f) All proposals in response to advertisements shall be |
25 |
| sealed and shall be
publicly opened by the State Authority. All |
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| proposers shall be entitled to be present
in person or by |
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| representatives. Cash or a certified or satisfactory cashier's
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| check, as a deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount to be |
3 |
| fixed by the
State Authority before advertising for proposals, |
4 |
| shall be required with the proposal. A bond for faithful |
5 |
| performance of the contract with surety or
sureties |
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| satisfactory to the
State Authority and adequate insurance may |
7 |
| be required in reasonable amounts to be
fixed by the State |
8 |
| Authority before advertising for proposals.
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| (g) The contract shall be awarded as promptly as possible |
10 |
| after the opening
of proposals. The proposal of the successful |
11 |
| proposer, as well as the bids of the
unsuccessful proposers, |
12 |
| shall be placed on file and be open to public inspection.
All |
13 |
| proposals shall be void if any disclosure of the terms of any |
14 |
| proposals in response
to an advertisement is made or permitted |
15 |
| to be made by the State Authority before the
time fixed for |
16 |
| opening proposals.
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| (h) Notice of each and every contract that is
offered, |
18 |
| including renegotiated contracts and change orders,
shall be |
19 |
| published in an online bulletin. The online bulletin must |
20 |
| include at least the date first offered,
the date submission of |
21 |
| offers is due, the location that offers are to be
submitted to, |
22 |
| a brief purchase description, the method of source selection,
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23 |
| information of how to obtain a comprehensive purchase |
24 |
| description and any
disclosure and contract forms, and |
25 |
| encouragement to prospective vendors to hire qualified |
26 |
| veterans, as defined by Section 45-67 of the Illinois |
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| Procurement Code, and Illinois residents discharged from any |
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| Illinois adult correctional center. Notice of each and every |
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| contract that is let
or awarded, including renegotiated |
4 |
| contracts and change orders, shall be
published in the online |
5 |
| bulletin and
must include at least all of the
information |
6 |
| specified in this item (h), as well as the name of the |
7 |
| successful
responsible proposer or offeror, the contract |
8 |
| price, and the number of unsuccessful
responsive proposers and |
9 |
| any other disclosure specified in this Section. This notice |
10 |
| must be posted in the online electronic bulletin prior to |
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| execution of the contract.
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| Section 90-1. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act |
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| is amended by changing Sections 5-50, 20-10, and 20-15 as |
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| follows: |
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| (5 ILCS 430/5-50)
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| Sec. 5-50. Ex parte communications; special government |
18 |
| agents.
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| (a) This Section applies to ex
parte communications made to |
20 |
| any agency listed in subsection (e).
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21 |
| (b) "Ex parte communication" means any written or oral |
22 |
| communication by any
person
that imparts or requests material
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23 |
| information
or makes a material argument regarding
potential |
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licensing
matters pending before or under consideration by |
3 |
| the agency.
"Ex parte
communication" does not include the |
4 |
| following: (i) statements by
a person publicly made in a public |
5 |
| forum; (ii) statements regarding
matters of procedure and |
6 |
| practice, such as format, the
number of copies required, the |
7 |
| manner of filing, and the status
of a matter; and (iii) |
8 |
| statements made by a
State employee of the agency to the agency |
9 |
| head or other employees of that
agency.
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| (b-5) An ex parte communication received by an agency,
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| agency head, or other agency employee from an interested party |
12 |
| or
his or her official representative or attorney shall |
13 |
| promptly be
memorialized and made a part of the record.
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| (c) An ex parte communication received by any agency, |
15 |
| agency head, or
other agency
employee, other than an ex parte |
16 |
| communication described in subsection (b-5),
shall immediately |
17 |
| be reported to that agency's ethics officer by the recipient
of |
18 |
| the communication and by any other employee of that agency who |
19 |
| responds to
the communication. The ethics officer shall require |
20 |
| that the ex parte
communication
be promptly made a part of the |
21 |
| record. The ethics officer shall promptly
file the ex parte |
22 |
| communication with the
Executive Ethics Commission, including |
23 |
| all written
communications, all written responses to the |
24 |
| communications, and a memorandum
prepared by the ethics officer |
25 |
| stating the nature and substance of all oral
communications, |
26 |
| the identity and job title of the person to whom each
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| communication was made,
all responses made, the identity and |
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| job title of the person making each
response,
the identity of |
3 |
| each person from whom the written or oral ex parte
|
4 |
| communication was received, the individual or entity |
5 |
| represented by that
person, any action the person requested or |
6 |
| recommended, and any other pertinent
information.
The |
7 |
| disclosure shall also contain the date of any
ex parte |
8 |
| communication.
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| (d) "Interested party" means a person or entity whose |
10 |
| rights,
privileges, or interests are the subject of or are |
11 |
| directly affected by
a regulatory, quasi-adjudicatory, |
12 |
| investment, or licensing matter.
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| Executive Ethics Commission
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15 |
| Illinois Commerce Commission
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16 |
| Educational Labor Relations Board
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17 |
| State Board of Elections
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| Illinois Gaming Board
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19 |
| Health Facilities Planning Board
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20 |
| Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
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21 |
| Illinois Labor Relations Board
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22 |
| Illinois Liquor Control Commission
|
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| Pollution Control Board
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24 |
| Property Tax Appeal Board
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25 |
| Illinois Racing Board
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| Illinois Purchased Care Review Board
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| Department of State Police Merit Board
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| Motor Vehicle Review Board
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3 |
| Prisoner Review Board
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4 |
| Civil Service Commission
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5 |
| Personnel Review Board for the Treasurer
|
6 |
| Merit Commission for the Secretary of State
|
7 |
| Merit Commission for the Office of the Comptroller
|
8 |
| Court of Claims
|
9 |
| Board of Review of the Department of Employment Security
|
10 |
| Department of Insurance
|
11 |
| Department of Professional Regulation and licensing boards
|
12 |
| under the Department
|
13 |
| Department of Public Health and licensing boards under the
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14 |
| Department
|
15 |
| Office of Banks and Real Estate and licensing boards under
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16 |
| the Office
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17 |
| State Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees
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18 |
| Judges Retirement System Board of Trustees
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| General Assembly Retirement System Board of Trustees
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20 |
| Illinois Board of Investment
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21 |
| State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees
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22 |
| Teachers Retirement System Officers Board of Trustees
|
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| (f) Any person who fails to (i) report an ex parte |
24 |
| communication to an
ethics officer, (ii) make information part |
25 |
| of the record, or (iii) make a
filing
with the Executive Ethics |
26 |
| Commission as required by this Section or as required
by
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.) |
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| (5 ILCS 430/20-10)
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| Sec. 20-10. Offices of Executive Inspectors General.
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| (a) Six Five independent Offices of the Executive Inspector |
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| General are
created,
one each for the Governor, the Attorney |
8 |
| General, the Secretary of State, the
Comptroller, and the |
9 |
| Treasurer and one for gaming activities . Each Office shall be |
10 |
| under the direction and
supervision
of an Executive Inspector |
11 |
| General and shall be a fully independent office with
separate
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12 |
| appropriations.
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| (b) The Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, |
14 |
| Comptroller, and
Treasurer shall each appoint an Executive |
15 |
| Inspector General, and the Director of Gaming Enforcement shall |
16 |
| appoint an Executive Inspector General for gaming activities. |
17 |
| Each appointment must be made without regard to
political |
18 |
| affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and
|
19 |
| demonstrated ability.
Appointments shall be made by and with |
20 |
| the advice and consent of the
Senate by three-fifths of the |
21 |
| elected members concurring by record vote.
Any nomination not |
22 |
| acted upon by the Senate within 60 session days of the
receipt |
23 |
| thereof shall be deemed to have received the advice and consent |
24 |
| of
the Senate. If, during a recess of the Senate, there is a |
25 |
| vacancy in an office
of Executive Inspector General, the |
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temporary appointment until |
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| the next meeting of the Senate when the
appointing authority |
3 |
| shall make a nomination to fill that office. No person
rejected |
4 |
| for an office of Executive Inspector General shall, except by |
5 |
| the
Senate's request, be nominated again for that office at the |
6 |
| same session of
the Senate or be appointed to that office |
7 |
| during a recess of that Senate.
|
8 |
| Nothing in this Article precludes the appointment by the |
9 |
| Governor, Attorney
General,
Secretary of State, Comptroller, |
10 |
| or Treasurer of any other inspector general
required or
|
11 |
| permitted by law. The Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of |
12 |
| State,
Comptroller, and
Treasurer
each may appoint an existing |
13 |
| inspector general as the Executive Inspector
General
required |
14 |
| by this
Article, provided that such an inspector general is not |
15 |
| prohibited by law,
rule,
jurisdiction, qualification, or |
16 |
| interest from serving as the Executive
Inspector General
|
17 |
| required by
this Article.
An appointing authority may not |
18 |
| appoint a relative as an Executive Inspector
General.
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19 |
| Each Executive Inspector General shall have the following |
20 |
| qualifications:
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21 |
| (1) has not been convicted of any felony under the laws |
22 |
| of this State,
another State, or the United States;
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23 |
| (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an |
24 |
| institution of higher
education; and
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| (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with |
26 |
| a federal,
State, or
local law enforcement agency, at least |
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| 2 years of which have been in a
progressive investigatory |
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| capacity; (B)
as a
federal, State, or local prosecutor; (C)
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| as a
senior manager or executive of a federal, State, or |
4 |
| local
agency; (D) as a member, an officer,
or a State
or |
5 |
| federal judge; or (E) representing any combination of (A) |
6 |
| through (D).
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| The term of each initial Executive Inspector General shall
|
8 |
| commence upon qualification and shall run through June 30, |
9 |
| 2008. The
initial appointments shall be made within 60 days |
10 |
| after the effective
date of this Act.
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11 |
| After the initial term, each Executive Inspector General |
12 |
| shall serve
for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year |
13 |
| of appointment
and running through June 30 of the fifth |
14 |
| following year. An
Executive Inspector General may be |
15 |
| reappointed to one or more
subsequent terms.
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16 |
| A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term shall |
17 |
| be filled
by the appointing authority only for the balance of |
18 |
| the term of the Executive
Inspector General whose office is |
19 |
| vacant.
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20 |
| Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is |
21 |
| filled.
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22 |
| (c) The Executive Inspector General appointed by the |
23 |
| Attorney General shall
have jurisdiction over the Attorney |
24 |
| General and all officers and employees of,
and vendors and |
25 |
| others doing business with,
State agencies within the |
26 |
| jurisdiction of the Attorney General. The Executive
Inspector |
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| jurisdiction
over the Secretary of State and all officers and |
3 |
| employees of, and vendors and
others doing business with, State |
4 |
| agencies within the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of State. The |
5 |
| Executive Inspector General
appointed by the Comptroller shall |
6 |
| have jurisdiction over the Comptroller and
all officers and |
7 |
| employees of, and vendors and others doing business with,
State |
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| agencies within the jurisdiction of the Comptroller. The
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| Executive Inspector General appointed by the Treasurer shall |
10 |
| have jurisdiction
over the Treasurer and all officers and |
11 |
| employees of, and vendors and others
doing business with, State |
12 |
| agencies within the jurisdiction
of the Treasurer. The |
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| Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor
shall |
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| have jurisdiction over the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, |
15 |
| and all
officers and employees of, and vendors and others doing |
16 |
| business with,
executive branch State agencies under the |
17 |
| jurisdiction of the
Executive Ethics Commission and not within |
18 |
| the jurisdiction of the
Attorney
General, the Secretary of |
19 |
| State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer , or the Executive |
20 |
| Inspector General for gaming activities .
The Executive |
21 |
| Inspector General for gaming activities appointed by the |
22 |
| Director of Gaming Enforcement has jurisdiction over the |
23 |
| Illinois Gaming Board, Illinois Racing Board, the Office of |
24 |
| Gaming Enforcement, and all
officers and employees of
those |
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| agencies.
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| The jurisdiction of each Executive Inspector General is to |
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allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, |
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| misconduct, nonfeasance,
misfeasance,
malfeasance, or |
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| violations of this Act or violations of other related
laws and |
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| rules.
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| General shall be
determined by the Executive Ethics Commission. |
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| The actual compensation for each
Executive Inspector General |
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| shall be determined by the appointing executive
branch
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| constitutional officer and must be at or above the minimum |
10 |
| compensation level
set by
the Executive Ethics Commission. |
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| Subject to Section 20-45 of this Act, each
Executive Inspector |
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| General has full
authority
to organize his or her Office of the |
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| Executive Inspector General, including the
employment and |
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| determination of the compensation of staff, such as deputies,
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| assistants, and other employees, as appropriations permit. A |
16 |
| separate
appropriation
shall be made for each Office of |
17 |
| Executive Inspector General.
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| (e) No Executive Inspector General or employee of the |
19 |
| Office of
the Executive Inspector General may, during his or |
20 |
| her term of appointment or
employment:
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| (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
|
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| (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
|
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| except for appointments on governmental advisory boards
or |
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| study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by |
25 |
| law;
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| (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any |
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political organization; or
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| (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
|
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| elective office.
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| In this subsection an appointed public office means a |
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| position authorized by
law that is filled by an appointing |
6 |
| authority as provided by law and does not
include employment by |
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| hiring in the ordinary course of business.
|
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| (e-1) No Executive Inspector General or employee of the |
9 |
| Office of the
Executive Inspector General may, for one year |
10 |
| after the termination of his or
her appointment or employment:
|
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| (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
|
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| (2) hold any elected public office; or
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| (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local judicial |
14 |
| office.
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| (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may |
16 |
| be waived by the
Executive Ethics Commission.
|
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| (f) An Executive Inspector General may be removed only for |
18 |
| cause and may
be removed only by the appointing constitutional |
19 |
| officer. At the time of the
removal,
the appointing |
20 |
| constitutional officer must report to the Executive Ethics
|
21 |
| Commission the
justification for the
removal.
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| (5 ILCS 430/20-15)
|
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| Sec. 20-15. Duties of the Executive Ethics
Commission. In |
25 |
| addition to duties otherwise assigned by
law, the Executive |
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following duties:
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| (1) To promulgate rules
governing the performance of |
3 |
| its duties and the
exercise of its powers and governing the |
4 |
| investigations of the
Executive Inspectors General.
It is |
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| declared to be in the public interest, safety, and welfare |
6 |
| that the
Commission adopt emergency rules under the |
7 |
| Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act to initially perform |
8 |
| its duties under this subsection.
|
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| (2) To conduct administrative hearings and rule on |
10 |
| matters
brought before the Commission only upon the receipt |
11 |
| of pleadings
filed by an Executive Inspector General and |
12 |
| not upon its own
prerogative, but may appoint special |
13 |
| Executive Inspectors General as provided
in Section 20-21. |
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| Any other allegations of misconduct received by the
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| Commission from a person other than an Executive Inspector |
16 |
| General
shall be referred to the Office of the appropriate |
17 |
| Executive Inspector General.
|
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| (3) To prepare and publish manuals and guides and, |
19 |
| working with
the Office of the Attorney General, oversee
|
20 |
| training of employees under its jurisdiction that explains |
21 |
| their duties.
|
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| (4) To prepare public information materials to |
23 |
| facilitate
compliance, implementation, and enforcement of |
24 |
| this Act.
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| (5) To submit reports as required by this Act.
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| (6) To the extent authorized by this Act, to make |
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if appropriate,
in
connection with the |
3 |
| implementation and interpretation of this Act.
The powers |
4 |
| and duties of the
Commission are limited to matters clearly |
5 |
| within the purview of this
Act.
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| (7) To issue subpoenas with respect to matters pending |
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| before the Commission,
subject to the provisions of this |
8 |
| Article and in the
discretion of the Commission,
to compel |
9 |
| the attendance of witnesses for purposes of testimony and
|
10 |
| the production of documents and other items for inspection |
11 |
| and
copying.
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| (8) To appoint special Executive Inspectors General as |
13 |
| provided in Section
20-21.
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| (9) Pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Illinois Gambling |
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| Act, select members as required to review applications and |
16 |
| appoint members to the Nomination Panel established under |
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| the Illinois Gambling Act. |
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| (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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| Section 90-2. The Executive Reorganization Implementation |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
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| (15 ILCS 15/3.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1803.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. "Agency directly responsible to the Governor" or |
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| "agency" means
any office, officer, division, or part thereof,
|
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| and any other office, nonelective officer, department, |
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board, or commission in the executive branch |
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| of State government,
except that it does not apply to any |
3 |
| agency whose primary function is service
to the General |
4 |
| Assembly or the Judicial Branch of State government, or to
any |
5 |
| agency administered by the Attorney General, Secretary of |
6 |
| State, State
Comptroller or State Treasurer. In addition the |
7 |
| term does not apply to
the following agencies created by law |
8 |
| with the primary responsibility of
exercising regulatory
or |
9 |
| adjudicatory functions independently of the Governor:
|
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| (1) the State Board of Elections;
|
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| (2) the State Board of Education;
|
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| (3) the Illinois Commerce Commission;
|
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| (4) the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission;
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| (5) the Civil Service Commission;
|
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| (6) the Fair Employment Practices Commission;
|
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| (7) the Pollution Control Board;
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| (8) the Department of State Police Merit Board ; |
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| (9) the Illinois Gaming Board; |
19 |
| (10) the Office of Gaming Enforcement; and |
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| (11) the Illinois Racing Board .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| Section 90-5. The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and |
23 |
| Dependency Act is amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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| Sec. 5-20. Compulsive gambling program.
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| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall |
3 |
| establish a program for
public education, research, and |
4 |
| training regarding problem and compulsive
gambling and the |
5 |
| treatment and prevention of problem and compulsive gambling.
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| Subject to specific appropriation for these stated purposes, |
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| the program must
include all of the following:
|
8 |
| (1) Establishment and maintenance of a toll-free "800" |
9 |
| telephone number
to provide crisis counseling and referral |
10 |
| services to families experiencing
difficulty as a result of |
11 |
| problem or compulsive gambling.
|
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| (2) Promotion of public awareness regarding the |
13 |
| recognition and
prevention of problem and compulsive |
14 |
| gambling.
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| (3) Facilitation, through in-service training and |
16 |
| other means, of the
availability of effective assistance |
17 |
| programs for problem and compulsive
gamblers.
|
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| (4) Conducting studies to identify adults and |
19 |
| juveniles in this
State who are, or who are at risk of |
20 |
| becoming, problem or compulsive gamblers.
|
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall either |
22 |
| establish and
maintain the program or contract with a private |
23 |
| or public entity for the
establishment and maintenance of the |
24 |
| program. Subject to appropriation, either
the Department or the |
25 |
| private or public entity shall implement the toll-free
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| telephone number, promote public awareness, and conduct |
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concerning problem and compulsive |
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| (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall produce |
4 |
| and supply the
signs specified in Section 10.7 of the Illinois |
5 |
| Lottery Law, Section 34.1 of
the Illinois Horse Racing Act of |
6 |
| 1975, Section 4.3 of the Bingo License and Tax
Act, Section 8.1 |
7 |
| of the Charitable Games Act, and Section 13.1 of the Illinois |
8 |
| Riverboat
Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-374, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
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| Section 90-7. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
11 |
| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-530 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-530 new)
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| Sec. 605-530. The Depressed Communities Economic |
15 |
| Development Board. |
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| (a) The Depressed Communities Economic Development Board |
17 |
| is created as an advisory board within the Department of |
18 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The Board shall consist of |
19 |
| 10 members as follows: |
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| (1) 2 members appointed by the President of the Senate, |
21 |
| one of whom is appointed to serve an initial term of one |
22 |
| year and one of whom is appointed to serve an initial term |
23 |
| of 2 years. |
24 |
| (2) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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| of one year and one of whom is appointed to serve an |
3 |
| initial term of 2 years. |
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| (3) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
5 |
| Representatives, one of whom is appointed to serve an |
6 |
| initial term of one year and one of whom is appointed to |
7 |
| serve an initial term of 2 years. |
8 |
| (4) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
9 |
| House of Representatives, one of whom is appointed to serve |
10 |
| an initial term of one year and one of whom is appointed to |
11 |
| serve an initial term of 2 years. |
12 |
| (5) 2 members appointed by the Governor with the advice |
13 |
| and consent of the Senate, one of whom is appointed to |
14 |
| serve an initial term of one year and one of whom is |
15 |
| appointed to serve an initial term of 2 years as chair of |
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| the Board at the time of appointment. |
17 |
| After the initial terms, each member shall be appointed to |
18 |
| serve a term of 2 years and until his or her successor has been |
19 |
| appointed and assumes office. If a vacancy occurs in the Board |
20 |
| membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as |
21 |
| the initial appointment. |
22 |
| (b) Board members shall serve without compensation but may |
23 |
| be reimbursed for their reasonable travel expenses from funds |
24 |
| available for that purpose. The Department of Commerce and |
25 |
| Economic Opportunity shall provide staff and administrative |
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| support services to the Board. |
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3 |
| grants from amounts appropriated to the Department from the |
4 |
| Depressed Communities Economic Development Fund. The |
5 |
| Department must make grants to public or private entities |
6 |
| submitting proposals to the Board to revitalize an Illinois |
7 |
| depressed community within Cook County. Grants may be used by |
8 |
| these entities only for those purposes conditioned with the |
9 |
| grant. For the purposes of this subsection (c), plans for |
10 |
| revitalizing an Illinois depressed community include plans |
11 |
| intended to curb high levels of poverty, unemployment, job and |
12 |
| population loss, and general distress. An Illinois depressed |
13 |
| community (i) is an area within Cook County where the poverty |
14 |
| rate, as determined by using the most recent data released by |
15 |
| the United States Census Bureau, is at least 3% greater than |
16 |
| the State poverty rate as determined by using the most recent |
17 |
| data released by the United States Census Bureau; or (ii) is an |
18 |
| area within following zip codes:
60104, 60153, 60160, 60402, |
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| 60406, 60409, 60411, 60419, 60426, 60429, 60432, 60472, 60473, |
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| 60608, 60609, 60612, 60614, 60615, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, |
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| 60622, 60623, 60624, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60632, 60636, 60637, |
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| 60638, 60639, 60641, 60643, 60644, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60652, |
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| 60653, 60655, 60804, and 60827.
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| Section 90-10. The Department of Revenue Law of the
Civil |
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| Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section |
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| Sec. 2505-305. Investigators.
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| (a) The Department has the power to
appoint investigators |
5 |
| to conduct all investigations,
searches, seizures, arrests, |
6 |
| and other duties imposed under the provisions
of any law |
7 |
| administered by the Department
or the Illinois Gaming Board .
|
8 |
| Except as provided in subsection (c), these investigators have
|
9 |
| and
may exercise all the powers of peace officers solely for |
10 |
| the purpose of
enforcing taxing measures administered by the |
11 |
| Department
or the Illinois Gaming Board .
|
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| (b) The Director must authorize to each investigator |
13 |
| employed under this
Section and
to any other employee of the |
14 |
| Department exercising the powers of a peace
officer a
distinct |
15 |
| badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is
|
16 |
| authorized
by the
Department and (ii)
contains a unique |
17 |
| identifying number.
No other badge shall be authorized by
the |
18 |
| Department.
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| (c) Investigators appointed under this Section who are |
20 |
| assigned to the
Illinois Gaming Board have and may exercise all
|
21 |
| the rights and powers
of peace officers,
provided that these |
22 |
| powers shall be limited to offenses or violations occurring
or |
23 |
| committed on a riverboat or dock, as defined in subsections (d) |
24 |
| and (f) of
Section 4 of the Riverboat
Gambling Act.
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| Section 90-12. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 3-1 as follows:
|
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| (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
|
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| Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor |
6 |
| General has
jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post |
7 |
| audits and investigations
authorized by or under this Act or |
8 |
| the Constitution.
|
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| The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local government |
10 |
| agencies
and private agencies only:
|
11 |
| (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under |
12 |
| this Act as are
necessary and incidental to a post audit of |
13 |
| a State agency or of a
program administered by a State |
14 |
| agency involving public funds of the
State, but this |
15 |
| jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
local |
16 |
| governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt, |
17 |
| expenditure or
use of public funds of the State that are |
18 |
| granted without limitation or
condition imposed by law, |
19 |
| other than the general limitation that such
funds be used |
20 |
| for public purposes;
|
21 |
| (b) to make investigations authorized by or under this |
22 |
| Act or the
Constitution; and
|
23 |
| (c) to make audits of the records of local government |
24 |
| agencies to verify
actual costs of state-mandated programs |
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Legislative Audit Commission |
2 |
| at the request of the State Board of Appeals
under the |
3 |
| State Mandates Act.
|
4 |
| In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may |
5 |
| conduct an
audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition |
6 |
| Authority, the
Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban |
7 |
| Bus Division, the Commuter
Rail Division and the Chicago |
8 |
| Transit Authority and any other subsidized
carrier when |
9 |
| authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such audit
may |
10 |
| be a financial, management or program audit, or any combination |
11 |
| thereof.
|
12 |
| The audit shall determine whether they are operating in |
13 |
| accordance with
all applicable laws and regulations. Subject to |
14 |
| the limitations of this
Act, the Legislative Audit Commission |
15 |
| may by resolution specify additional
determinations to be |
16 |
| included in the scope of the audit.
|
17 |
| In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must also |
18 |
| conduct a
financial audit of
the Illinois Sports Facilities |
19 |
| Authority's expenditures of public funds in
connection with the |
20 |
| reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, extension, or
|
21 |
| improvement of all or substantially all of any existing |
22 |
| "facility", as that
term is defined in the Illinois Sports |
23 |
| Facilities Authority Act.
|
24 |
| The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when |
25 |
| authorized by
the Legislative Audit Commission, of any hospital |
26 |
| which receives 10% or
more of its gross revenues from payments |
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Department of Healthcare and Family |
2 |
| Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), Medical |
3 |
| Assistance Program.
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| The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial and |
5 |
| compliance
audits of the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation |
6 |
| and the Illinois
Conservation Foundation.
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7 |
| As soon as practical after the effective date of this |
8 |
| amendatory Act of
1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a |
9 |
| compliance and management audit of
the City of
Chicago and any |
10 |
| other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago O'Hare
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11 |
| International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and Merrill C. |
12 |
| Meigs Field. The
audit shall include, but not be limited to, an |
13 |
| examination of revenues,
expenses, and transfers of funds; |
14 |
| purchasing and contracting policies and
practices; staffing |
15 |
| levels; and hiring practices and procedures. When
completed, |
16 |
| the audit required by this paragraph shall be distributed in
|
17 |
| accordance with Section 3-14.
|
18 |
| The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and |
19 |
| compliance and program
audit of distributions from the |
20 |
| Municipal Economic Development Fund
during the immediately |
21 |
| preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of
the |
22 |
| Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or |
23 |
| incorporated town
that received the distributions.
|
24 |
| The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health |
25 |
| Facilities Planning
Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the |
26 |
| Illinois Health Facilities Planning
Act.
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| The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Chicago |
2 |
| Casino Development Authority pursuant to Section 1-60 of the |
3 |
| Chicago Casino Development Authority Act and the Illinois |
4 |
| Casino Development Authority pursuant to Section 5-60 of the |
5 |
| Illinois Casino Development Authority Act. |
6 |
| The Auditor General of the State of Illinois shall annually |
7 |
| conduct or
cause to be conducted a financial and compliance |
8 |
| audit of the books and records
of any county water commission |
9 |
| organized pursuant to the Water Commission Act
of 1985 and |
10 |
| shall file a copy of the report of that audit with the Governor |
11 |
| and
the Legislative Audit Commission. The filed audit shall be |
12 |
| open to the public
for inspection. The cost of the audit shall |
13 |
| be charged to the county water
commission in accordance with |
14 |
| Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The
county water |
15 |
| commission shall make available to the Auditor General its |
16 |
| books
and records and any other documentation, whether in the |
17 |
| possession of its
trustees or other parties, necessary to |
18 |
| conduct the audit required. These
audit requirements apply only |
19 |
| through July 1, 2007.
|
20 |
| The Auditor General must conduct audits of the Rend Lake |
21 |
| Conservancy
District as provided in Section 25.5 of the River |
22 |
| Conservancy Districts Act.
|
23 |
| The Auditor General must conduct financial audits of the |
24 |
| Southeastern Illinois Economic Development Authority as |
25 |
| provided in Section 70 of the Southeastern Illinois Economic |
26 |
| Development Authority Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| Section 90-15. The State Finance Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 8h and adding Sections 5.710, 5.711, 5.712, 5.713, |
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| 5.714, and 6z-73 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.710 new)
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| Sec. 5.710. The Illinois Works Fund. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.711 new)
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| Sec. 5.711. The Focusing on Children, Uplifting Schools |
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| (FOCUS) Fund. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.712 new)
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| Sec. 5.712. The Depressed Communities Economic Development |
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| Fund. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.713 new)
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| Sec. 5.713. The Illinois Works Debt Service Fund. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.714 new)
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| Sec. 5.714. The Illinois Casino Development Authority |
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| Fund. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/6z-73 new) |
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| Sec. 6z-73. FOCUS Fund. |
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| (a) There is created the Focusing on Children, Uplifting |
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| Schools (FOCUS) Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. |
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| All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, |
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| by the State Board of Education as provided in this Section. |
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| (b) The State Board of Education shall distribute the money |
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| in the FOCUS Fund as follows: |
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| (1) Twenty percent of money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed to a school district organized under Article 34 |
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| of the School Code. |
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| (2) Twenty percent of the money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed on a per capita basis to depressed school |
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| districts and school districts that accept for enrollment |
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| military-dependent children whose parents or guardians |
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| reside in federal military housing. To determine which |
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| school districts qualify as depressed school districts, |
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| the State Board shall use its final data for the previous |
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| school year concerning those school districts that have the |
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| lowest 30% of available local resources, as defined under |
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| Section 18-8.05 of the School Code. School districts |
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| organized under Article 34 of the School Code are not |
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| eligible for these funds. |
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| (3) Fifteen percent of the money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed to school districts as a supplement to their |
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| School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant |
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| Program. School districts organized under Article 34 of the |
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| School Code are not eligible for these funds. |
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| the School Code to school districts that qualify. |
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| (5) Ten percent of the money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed to the Regional Offices of Education for a |
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| program to re-enroll dropouts. |
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| (6) Fifteen percent of the money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed as a booster grant to school districts and |
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| laboratory schools in proportion to their general state aid |
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| and supplemental state aid grants. School districts |
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| organized under Article 34 of the School Code are not |
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| eligible for these funds. |
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| (7) Ten percent of the money in the Fund must be |
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| distributed through an Early Childhood Education Block |
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| Grant under Section 1C-2 of the School Code. |
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| (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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| Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. |
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| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and |
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| Section 8n of this Act, and
notwithstanding any other
State law |
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| to the contrary, the Governor
may, through June 30, 2007, from |
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| time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to |
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| transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by the State |
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| Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to help defray |
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| the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. The total |
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| transfer under this Section from any fund in any
fiscal year |
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| shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the revenues to be |
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| deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year or (ii) an |
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| amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% of the July |
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| 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year 2005 only, |
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| prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final balances, the |
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| Governor may calculate and direct the State Treasurer with the |
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| Comptroller to transfer additional amounts determined by |
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| applying the formula authorized in Public Act 93-839 to the |
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| funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may be made from a |
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| fund under this Section that would have the
effect of reducing |
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| the available balance in the fund to an amount less than
the |
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| amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total |
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| appropriation
from that fund estimated to be expended for that |
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| fiscal year. This Section does not apply to any
funds that are |
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| restricted by federal law to a specific use, to any funds in
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| the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Fund, the |
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| Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, the |
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| Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Reviewing Court |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, the Voters' Guide Fund, |
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| the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, the Lawyers' Assistance |
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| Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund, the |
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| Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, the Supplemental |
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| Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good Samaritan Energy |
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| Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility |
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| Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing Equity Trust |
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| Fund, the Racing Industry Workers' Trust Fund, the Illinois |
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| Equine Research Trust Fund, the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse |
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| Distribution Fund, the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund, |
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| the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund, the Illinois |
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund, the Metabolic Screening and |
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| Treatment Fund, or the Hospital Basic Services Preservation |
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| Fund, or to any
funds to which Section 70-50 of the Nurse |
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| Practice Act applies. No transfers may be made under this |
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| Section from the Pet Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding |
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| any
other provision of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the |
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| total transfer under this Section from the Road Fund or the |
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| State
Construction Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of |
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| (i) 5% of the revenues to be deposited
into the fund during |
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| that fiscal year or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the |
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| fund.
For fiscal year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts |
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| may be transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the |
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| State Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice |
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| Information Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency |
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| Fund, or the Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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| In determining the available balance in a fund, the |
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| Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and |
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| other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that |
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| fiscal year.
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| The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the |
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| amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be |
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| practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the |
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| Governor.
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| (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on |
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| or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19, |
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| 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-774) shall be |
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| redirected as provided in Section 8n of this Act.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The |
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| Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior |
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| Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1, |
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| 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor |
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| and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund. |
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| (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization |
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| Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of |
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| Unclaimed Property Act.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the |
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| Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric |
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| scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric |
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| Scholarship and Residency Act. |
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| (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may |
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| be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization |
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| Fund.
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| (f) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may |
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| be made under this Section from, the Illinois Power Agency |
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| Operations Fund, the Illinois Power Agency Facilities Fund, the |
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| Illinois Power Agency Debt Service Fund, and the Illinois Power |
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| Agency Trust Fund.
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| (g)
(f) This Section does not apply to the Veterans Service |
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| Organization Reimbursement Fund.
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| Historic Preservation Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, |
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| eff. 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; |
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| 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. |
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| 11-2-05; 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, |
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| eff. 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; |
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| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-410, eff. |
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| 8-24-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-629, eff. 9-25-07; 95-639, |
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| eff. 10-5-07; 95-695, eff. 11-5-07; revised 11-2-07.)
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| Section 90-21. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 50-70 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 500/50-70)
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| Sec. 50-70. Additional provisions. This Code is subject
to |
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| applicable provisions of
the following Acts:
|
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| (1) Article 33E of the Criminal Code of 1961;
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| (2) the Illinois Human Rights Act;
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| (3) the Discriminatory Club Act;
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| (4) the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act;
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| (5) the State Prompt Payment Act;
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| (6) the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act;
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| (7) the Drug Free Workplace Act; and
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| (8) the Illinois Power Agency Act ; .
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| (9)
(8) the Employee Classification Act ; and .
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| (10) the Illinois Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-26, eff. 1-1-08; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; revised |
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| 11-2-07.)
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| Section 90-22. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
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| changing Sections 14-110, 14-111, 14-152.1, 18-127, and 18-169 |
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| as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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| Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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| (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less |
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| than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained |
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| age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not |
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| less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has |
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| attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either |
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| of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in |
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| service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the |
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| member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a |
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| retirement annuity
computed as follows:
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| (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if |
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| retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
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| average compensation for each year of creditable service; |
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| if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of |
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| final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years |
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| of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years |
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| to
and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% |
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creditable service above 20 years; and
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| covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January |
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| 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year |
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| of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January |
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| 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of |
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| the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the |
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| next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such |
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| service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for |
10 |
| each year in excess of 30.
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| Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final |
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| average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, |
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| 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if |
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| retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
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| These rates shall not be applicable to any service |
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| performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not |
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| eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee |
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| which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to |
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| the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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| (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable |
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| service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one |
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| or more of the following
positions:
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| (1) State policeman;
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| department;
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| (6) conservation police officer;
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| (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue ; |
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| (7.5) investigator for the Office of Gaming |
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| Enforcement ;
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| (8) security employee of the Department of Human |
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| Services;
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| (9) Central Management Services security police |
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| officer;
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| (10) security employee of the Department of |
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| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
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| (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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| (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
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| (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
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| General;
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| (14) controlled substance inspector;
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| (15) investigator for the Office of the State's |
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| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
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| (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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| (17) arson investigator;
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| (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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| A person employed in one of the positions specified in this |
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| subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for |
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| service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the |
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| basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law |
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completion of that |
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For |
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| police
training course shall be deemed performance of the |
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| duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not |
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| a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
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| position
in the Department of State Police that is held by |
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| an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
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| (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection |
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| service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire |
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| protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant |
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| fire chiefs.
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description on file in the Department of |
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| Central Management Services, or
in the department by which |
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| he is employed if that department is not covered
by the |
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| Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the |
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| operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; |
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| however, the change in this
definition made by this |
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| amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any |
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| noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes |
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| of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
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| reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, |
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Division of |
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| Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
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| other Division or organizational
entity in the Department |
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| of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain |
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| public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of |
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| this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests |
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| and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any |
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| title or position in the Department
of State Police that is |
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| held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
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| means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of |
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| State and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
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Security Act |
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| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
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| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| A person who became employed as an investigator for the |
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| Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, |
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| 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age |
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| 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service |
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| of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated |
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| before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his |
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| retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with |
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| subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 |
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| years of credit for such service.
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vested with such law |
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| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
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| 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The |
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| term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions |
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| of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
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| Conservation Police Administrator.
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| Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of |
11 |
| Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
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| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act |
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| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
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| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| (7.5) The term "investigator for the Office of Gaming |
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| Enforcement" means any
person employed as such by the |
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| Office of Gaming Enforcement and vested with such
peace |
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| officer duties as render the person ineligible for coverage |
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| under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections |
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| 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1)
of that Act, but |
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| only to the extent that a member received creditable |
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| service under this Section prior to such employment.
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| (8) The term "security employee of the Department of |
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| Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department |
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| of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental |
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| Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents |
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| facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact |
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| with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed |
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| at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a |
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| security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
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| 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, |
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| or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health |
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| police officer" means any person employed by the Department |
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| of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the |
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| Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities |
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| functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as |
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| render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social |
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| Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
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| 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. "Security unit" |
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| means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the |
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| care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to |
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| the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent |
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| persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not |
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| guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past |
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| employment,
references to the Department of Human Services |
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| include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health |
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| and Developmental Disabilities.
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| The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public |
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| Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January |
25 |
| 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
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person employed by the Department of |
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vested with such law |
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| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
5 |
| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (10) For a member who first became an employee under |
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| this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security |
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| employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department |
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| of Juvenile Justice"
means any employee of the Department |
10 |
| of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the |
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| former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee |
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| of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with |
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| inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility |
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| or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile |
15 |
| Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
|
16 |
| direct contact with committed persons in the performance of |
17 |
| his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an |
18 |
| employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the |
19 |
| term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or |
20 |
| the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the |
21 |
| following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional |
22 |
| facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of |
24 |
| the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence |
25 |
| unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an |
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| investigator.
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| person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human |
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| Services.
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| (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State |
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| Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State |
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| Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic |
7 |
| Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement |
8 |
| powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
|
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| Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
10 |
| 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
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| General" means any
person who is employed as such by the |
13 |
| Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such |
14 |
| investigative duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
15 |
| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
16 |
| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For |
17 |
| the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all |
18 |
| persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of |
19 |
| the Attorney General, without regard to social security |
20 |
| status.
|
21 |
| (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person |
22 |
| who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional |
23 |
| Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties |
24 |
| as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
|
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| Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
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| 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of
that Act. The term |
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| Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program |
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| Executive of Enforcement.
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| (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the |
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| State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person |
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| employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the |
7 |
| authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
|
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| Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
|
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| (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any |
10 |
| person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is |
11 |
| vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him |
12 |
| ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by |
13 |
| reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
|
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| 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is |
16 |
| employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal |
17 |
| and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render |
18 |
| the person ineligible for coverage under the Social |
19 |
| Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
20 |
| 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. A person who was |
21 |
| employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is |
22 |
| no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement |
23 |
| annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
|
24 |
| employment as an arson investigator into eligible |
25 |
| creditable service by paying
to the System the difference |
26 |
| between the employee contributions actually paid
for that |
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| service and the amounts that would have been contributed if |
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| the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to |
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| persons with the same
social security status earning |
4 |
| eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
|
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| (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means |
6 |
| a person who is
either of the following:
|
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| (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
8 |
| Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position |
9 |
| of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead |
10 |
| worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy |
11 |
| construction equipment operator,
power shovel |
12 |
| operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal |
13 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
14 |
| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that |
15 |
| form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable |
16 |
| condition for vehicular traffic.
|
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| (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
18 |
| Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position |
19 |
| of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment |
20 |
| operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
|
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| mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
|
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| water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger |
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| H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
|
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| roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
|
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| painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal |
26 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
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| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's |
2 |
| tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular |
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| traffic.
|
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| (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or |
5 |
| the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of |
6 |
| the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health |
7 |
| police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative |
8 |
| retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she |
9 |
| meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the |
10 |
| time of retirement:
|
11 |
| (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; |
12 |
| or
|
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| (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible |
14 |
| creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible |
15 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
|
16 |
| (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible |
17 |
| creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible |
18 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
|
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| (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible |
20 |
| creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible |
21 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
|
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| (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible |
23 |
| creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible |
24 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
|
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| (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible |
26 |
| creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55.
|
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| Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this |
3 |
| Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
4 |
| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the |
5 |
| Department
of Human Services in a position requiring |
6 |
| certification as a teacher may
count such service toward |
7 |
| establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements |
8 |
| of this Section; but such service may be used only for
|
9 |
| establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of |
10 |
| increasing or
calculating any benefit.
|
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| (e) If a member enters military service while working in a |
12 |
| position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, |
13 |
| and returns to State
service in the same or another such |
14 |
| position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions |
15 |
| prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, |
16 |
| such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
|
17 |
| service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed |
18 |
| in this Section.
|
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| (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
20 |
| this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, |
21 |
| 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the |
22 |
| position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental |
23 |
| health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of |
24 |
| State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered |
25 |
| employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior |
26 |
| to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the |
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| employee
contributions that would have been required for such |
2 |
| service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee |
3 |
| contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after |
4 |
| July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item |
5 |
| (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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| For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
7 |
| this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, |
8 |
| 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the |
9 |
| position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be |
10 |
| deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided |
11 |
| that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an |
12 |
| amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee |
13 |
| contributions
that would have been required for such service as |
14 |
| a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions |
15 |
| actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, |
16 |
| 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from |
17 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
|
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| (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, |
19 |
| 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 |
20 |
| years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing |
21 |
| a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an |
22 |
| amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the |
23 |
| difference between the amount of employee and employer
|
24 |
| contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, |
25 |
| and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such |
26 |
| contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for |
2 |
| each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the |
3 |
| date of payment.
|
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
5 |
| policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish |
6 |
| eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service |
7 |
| as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by |
8 |
| filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by |
9 |
| payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to |
10 |
| (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer |
11 |
| contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 |
12 |
| and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those |
13 |
| contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State |
14 |
| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for |
15 |
| each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
|
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| date of payment.
|
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| (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
18 |
| policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect |
19 |
| to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of |
20 |
| his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written |
21 |
| election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and |
22 |
| paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
|
23 |
| determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between |
24 |
| the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred |
25 |
| to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would |
26 |
| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the |
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| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon |
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| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from |
3 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
|
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
5 |
| policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for |
6 |
| the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible |
7 |
| creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's |
8 |
| law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written |
9 |
| election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and |
10 |
| paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be |
11 |
| determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between |
12 |
| the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred |
13 |
| to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would |
14 |
| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the |
15 |
| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon |
16 |
| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from |
17 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
|
18 |
| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
19 |
| policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for |
20 |
| the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible |
21 |
| creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police |
22 |
| officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a |
23 |
| sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of |
24 |
| the county police department under Article 9, or a police |
25 |
| officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the |
26 |
| Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by |
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equal to (i) the difference between the amount of |
2 |
| employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System |
3 |
| under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 |
4 |
| and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
|
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| contributions been made at the rates applicable to State |
6 |
| policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for |
7 |
| each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the |
8 |
| date of payment. |
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| (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service |
10 |
| established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), |
11 |
| and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
|
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| (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an |
13 |
| investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate |
14 |
| Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
|
15 |
| establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his |
16 |
| service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law |
17 |
| enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written |
18 |
| election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to |
19 |
| be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between |
20 |
| the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred |
21 |
| to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
|
22 |
| that would have been contributed had such contributions been |
23 |
| made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) |
24 |
| interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, |
25 |
| compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of |
26 |
| payment.
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| (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this |
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| Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish |
3 |
| eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time |
4 |
| law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer |
5 |
| employed by the federal government or by a state or local
|
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| government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not |
7 |
| held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement |
8 |
| system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a |
9 |
| written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, |
10 |
| accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board |
11 |
| and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal |
12 |
| to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, |
13 |
| based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an |
14 |
| alternative formula employee after the employment
for which |
15 |
| credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
|
16 |
| alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by |
17 |
| the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits |
18 |
| accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular |
19 |
| interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day |
20 |
| as an alternative formula employee after the employment for |
21 |
| which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
|
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| (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security |
23 |
| employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later |
24 |
| than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for |
25 |
| up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under |
26 |
| Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
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| accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the |
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| Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of |
3 |
| employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System |
4 |
| under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been |
5 |
| contributed had such contributions been made at the rates |
6 |
| applicable
to security employees of the Department of |
7 |
| Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate |
8 |
| for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to |
9 |
| the date of payment.
|
10 |
| (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this |
11 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) |
12 |
| security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice |
13 |
| employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective |
14 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and |
15 |
| transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this |
16 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons |
17 |
| employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the |
18 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
19 |
| Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 |
20 |
| of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or |
21 |
| advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a |
22 |
| specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, |
23 |
| social work, or a closely related social science or, in the |
24 |
| case of persons who provide vocational training, who are |
25 |
| required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they |
26 |
| are providing the vocational training.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-530, |
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| eff. 8-28-07.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-111)
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| Sec. 14-111. Re-entry After retirement.
|
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| (a) An annuitant who re-enters the service of a department |
6 |
| and receives
compensation on a regular payroll shall receive no |
7 |
| payments of the
retirement annuity during the time he is so |
8 |
| employed, with the following
exceptions:
|
9 |
| (1) An annuitant who is employed by a department while |
10 |
| he or she is a
continuing participant in the General |
11 |
| Assembly Retirement System under
Sections 2-117.1 and |
12 |
| 14-105.4 will not be considered to have made a
re-entry |
13 |
| after retirement within the meaning of this Section for the
|
14 |
| duration of such continuing participation. Any person who |
15 |
| is a continuing
participant under Sections 2-117.1 and |
16 |
| 14-105.4 on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of |
17 |
| 1991 and whose retirement annuity has been suspended
under |
18 |
| this Section shall be entitled to receive from the System a |
19 |
| sum equal
to the annuity payments that have been withheld |
20 |
| under this Section, and
shall receive the benefit of this |
21 |
| amendment without regard to Section
1-103.1.
|
22 |
| (2) An annuitant who accepts temporary employment from |
23 |
| such a
department for a period not exceeding 75 working |
24 |
| days in any calendar year
is not considered to make a |
25 |
| re-entry after retirement within the meaning of
this |
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| Section. Any part of a day on temporary employment is |
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| considered a
full day of employment.
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| (3) An annuitant who accepts employment as a member of |
4 |
| the Illinois Gaming Board or as the Director of Gaming |
5 |
| Enforcement may elect to not participate in this System |
6 |
| with respect to that service. An annuitant who elects to |
7 |
| not participate in this System with respect to that service |
8 |
| is not considered to make a re-entry after retirement |
9 |
| within the meaning of this Section. |
10 |
| (b) If such person re-enters the service of a department, |
11 |
| not as a
temporary employee, contributions to the system shall |
12 |
| begin as of the
date of re-employment and additional creditable |
13 |
| service shall begin to
accrue. He shall assume the status of a |
14 |
| member entitled to all rights
and privileges in the system, |
15 |
| including death and disability benefits,
excluding a refund of |
16 |
| contributions.
|
17 |
| Upon subsequent retirement, his retirement annuity shall |
18 |
| consist of:
|
19 |
| (1) the amounts of the annuities terminated by re-entry |
20 |
| into
service; and
|
21 |
| (2) the amount of the additional retirement annuity |
22 |
| earned by the
member during the period of additional |
23 |
| membership service which shall
not be subject to |
24 |
| reversionary annuity if any.
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25 |
| The total retirement annuity shall not, however, exceed the |
26 |
| maximum
applicable to the member at the time of original |
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| retirement.
In the computation of any such retirement annuity, |
2 |
| the time that the
member was on retirement shall not interrupt |
3 |
| the continuity of service
for the computation of final average |
4 |
| compensation and the additional
membership service shall be |
5 |
| considered, together with service rendered
before the previous |
6 |
| retirement, in establishing final average
compensation.
|
7 |
| A person who re-enters the service of a department within 3 |
8 |
| years
after retiring may qualify to have the retirement annuity |
9 |
| computed as
though the member had not previously retired by |
10 |
| paying to
the System, within 5 years after re-entry and prior |
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| to subsequent
retirement, in a lump sum or in installment |
12 |
| payments in accordance with
such rules as may be adopted by the |
13 |
| Board, an amount equal to all
retirement payments received, |
14 |
| including any payments received in accordance
with subsection |
15 |
| (c) or (d) of Section 14-130, plus regular interest from
the |
16 |
| date retirement payments were suspended to the date of |
17 |
| repayment.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-794.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
|
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| Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit |
21 |
| increases. |
22 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means |
23 |
| an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this |
24 |
| Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for |
25 |
| any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment |
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| effective date of Public Act 94-4)
this amendatory Act of the |
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| 94th General Assembly . "New benefit increase", however, does |
4 |
| not include any benefit increase resulting from the changes |
5 |
| made to this Article by this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
6 |
| Assembly.
|
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| (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any |
8 |
| subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase |
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| is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted |
10 |
| only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with |
11 |
| the provisions of this Section.
|
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| (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must |
13 |
| identify and provide for payment to the System of additional |
14 |
| funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual |
15 |
| increase in cost to the System as it accrues. |
16 |
| Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General |
17 |
| Assembly providing the additional funding required under this |
18 |
| subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and |
19 |
| Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional |
20 |
| funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and |
21 |
| shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the |
22 |
| Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. A new |
23 |
| benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not include |
24 |
| the additional funding required under this subsection is null |
25 |
| and void. If the Public Pension Division determines that the |
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| additional funding provided for a new benefit increase under |
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| to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the absence |
3 |
| of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new benefit |
4 |
| increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in which |
5 |
| the certification is made.
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| (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after |
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| its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified |
8 |
| in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided |
9 |
| under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General |
10 |
| Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase |
11 |
| by law. |
12 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating |
13 |
| the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires |
14 |
| under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied |
15 |
| and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit |
16 |
| increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and |
17 |
| alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any |
18 |
| other person, including without limitation a person who |
19 |
| continues in service after the expiration date and did not |
20 |
| apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new |
21 |
| benefit increase was in effect.
|
22 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
|
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| (40 ILCS 5/18-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-127)
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| Sec. 18-127. Retirement annuity - suspension on |
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| reemployment.
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| regularly
employed for compensation by an employer other than a |
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| county, in any
capacity, shall have his or her retirement |
4 |
| annuity payments suspended
during such employment. Upon |
5 |
| termination of such employment, retirement
annuity payments at |
6 |
| the previous rate shall be resumed.
|
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| If such a participant resumes service as a judge, he or she
|
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| shall receive credit for any additional service. Upon |
9 |
| subsequent
retirement, his or her retirement annuity shall be |
10 |
| the amount previously
granted, plus the amount earned by the |
11 |
| additional judicial service under
the provisions in effect |
12 |
| during the period of such additional service.
However, if the |
13 |
| participant was receiving the maximum rate of annuity at
the |
14 |
| time of re-employment, he or she may elect, in a written |
15 |
| direction
filed with the board, not to receive any additional |
16 |
| service credit during
the period of re-employment. In such |
17 |
| case, contributions shall not be
required during the period of |
18 |
| re-employment. Any such election shall be
irrevocable.
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| (b) Beginning January 1, 1991, any participant receiving a |
20 |
| retirement
annuity who accepts temporary employment from an |
21 |
| employer other than a
county for a period not exceeding 75 |
22 |
| working days in any calendar year
shall not be deemed to be |
23 |
| regularly employed for compensation or to have
resumed service |
24 |
| as a judge for the purposes of this Article. A day shall
be |
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| considered a working day if the annuitant performs on it any of |
26 |
| his
duties under the temporary employment agreement.
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| 1, 1993,
retirement annuities shall not be subject to |
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| suspension upon resumption of
employment for an employer, and |
4 |
| any retirement annuity that is then so
suspended shall be |
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| reinstated on that date.
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| (d) The changes made in this Section by this amendatory Act |
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| of 1993
shall apply to judges no longer in service on its |
8 |
| effective date, as well as to
judges serving on or after that |
9 |
| date.
|
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| (e) A participant receiving a retirement
annuity under this |
11 |
| Article who (i) serves as a part-time employee in any of the |
12 |
| following positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special |
13 |
| Legislative Inspector General, employee of the Office of the |
14 |
| Legislative Inspector General, Executive Director of the |
15 |
| Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative |
16 |
| Ethics Commission or (ii) serves on the Illinois Gaming Board |
17 |
| or as the Director of Gaming Enforcement , but has not elected |
18 |
| to participate in the Article 14 System with respect to that |
19 |
| service, shall not be deemed to be regularly employed for |
20 |
| compensation by an employer other than a county, nor to have
|
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| resumed service as a judge, on the basis of that service, and |
22 |
| the retirement annuity payments and other benefits of that |
23 |
| person under this Code shall not be suspended, diminished, or |
24 |
| otherwise impaired solely as a consequence of that service. |
25 |
| This subsection (e) applies without regard to whether the |
26 |
| person is in service as a judge under this Article on or after |
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| Assembly. In this subsection, a "part-time employee" is a |
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| person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per week.
|
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| The changes made to this subsection (e) by this amendatory Act |
5 |
| of the 95th General Assembly apply without regard to whether |
6 |
| the person is in service as a judge under this Article on or |
7 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
8 |
| General Assembly.
|
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| (f) A participant receiving a retirement annuity under this |
10 |
| Article who has made an election under Section 1-123 and who is |
11 |
| serving either as legal counsel in the Office of the Governor |
12 |
| or as Chief Deputy Attorney General shall not be deemed to be |
13 |
| regularly employed for compensation by an employer other than a |
14 |
| county, nor to have resumed service as a judge, on the basis of |
15 |
| that service, and the retirement annuity payments and other |
16 |
| benefits of that person under this Code shall not be suspended, |
17 |
| diminished, or otherwise impaired solely as a consequence of |
18 |
| that service. This subsection (f) applies without regard to |
19 |
| whether the person is in service as a judge under this Article |
20 |
| on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
21 |
| 93rd General Assembly.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 93-685, eff. 7-8-04; 93-1069, eff. 1-15-05.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/18-169)
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| Sec. 18-169. Application and expiration of new benefit |
25 |
| increases. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means |
2 |
| an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this |
3 |
| Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for |
4 |
| any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment |
5 |
| to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 ( the |
6 |
| effective date Public Act 94-4)
of this amendatory Act of the |
7 |
| 94th General Assembly . "New benefit increase", however, does |
8 |
| not include any benefit increase resulting from the changes |
9 |
| made to this Article by this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
10 |
| Assembly. |
11 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any |
12 |
| subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase |
13 |
| is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted |
14 |
| only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with |
15 |
| the provisions of this Section.
|
16 |
| (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must |
17 |
| identify and provide for payment to the System of additional |
18 |
| funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual |
19 |
| increase in cost to the System as it accrues. |
20 |
| Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General |
21 |
| Assembly providing the additional funding required under this |
22 |
| subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and |
23 |
| Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional |
24 |
| funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and |
25 |
| shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the |
26 |
| Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. A new |
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| benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not include |
2 |
| the additional funding required under this subsection is null |
3 |
| and void. If the Public Pension Division determines that the |
4 |
| additional funding provided for a new benefit increase under |
5 |
| this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so certify |
6 |
| to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the absence |
7 |
| of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new benefit |
8 |
| increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in which |
9 |
| the certification is made.
|
10 |
| (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after |
11 |
| its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified |
12 |
| in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided |
13 |
| under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General |
14 |
| Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase |
15 |
| by law. |
16 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating |
17 |
| the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires |
18 |
| under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied |
19 |
| and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit |
20 |
| increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and |
21 |
| alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any |
22 |
| other person, including without limitation a person who |
23 |
| continues in service after the expiration date and did not |
24 |
| apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new |
25 |
| benefit increase was in effect.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.) |
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| Section 90-25. The Joliet Regional Port District Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 5.1 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1825/5.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 255.1)
|
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| Sec. 5.1. Riverboat gambling. Notwithstanding any other |
5 |
| provision of
this Act, the District may not regulate the |
6 |
| operation, conduct, or
navigation of any riverboat gambling |
7 |
| casino licensed under the Illinois Riverboat
Gambling Act, and |
8 |
| the District
may not license, tax, or otherwise levy any |
9 |
| assessment of any kind on
any riverboat gambling casino |
10 |
| licensed under the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act. The
General |
11 |
| Assembly declares that the powers to regulate the operation,
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12 |
| conduct, and navigation of riverboat gambling casinos and to |
13 |
| license, tax,
and levy assessments upon riverboat gambling |
14 |
| casinos are exclusive powers of
the State of Illinois and the |
15 |
| Illinois Gaming Board as provided in the Illinois
Riverboat |
16 |
| Gambling Act.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1175.)
|
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| Section 90-30. The Consumer Installment Loan Act is amended |
19 |
| by changing Section 12.5 as follows:
|
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| (205 ILCS 670/12.5)
|
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| Sec. 12.5. Limited purpose branch.
|
22 |
| (a) Upon the written approval of the Director, a licensee |
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limited purpose branch for the sole purpose of |
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| making loans as permitted by
this Act. A limited purpose branch |
3 |
| may include an automatic loan machine. No
other activity shall |
4 |
| be conducted at the site, including but not limited to,
|
5 |
| accepting payments, servicing the accounts, or collections.
|
6 |
| (b) The licensee must submit an application for a limited |
7 |
| purpose branch to
the Director on forms prescribed by the |
8 |
| Director with an application fee of
$300. The approval for the |
9 |
| limited purpose branch must be renewed concurrently
with the |
10 |
| renewal of the licensee's license along with a renewal fee of |
11 |
| $300 for
the limited purpose branch.
|
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| (c) The books, accounts, records, and files of the limited |
13 |
| purpose branch's
transactions shall be maintained at the |
14 |
| licensee's licensed location. The
licensee shall notify the |
15 |
| Director of the licensed location at which the books,
accounts, |
16 |
| records, and files shall be maintained.
|
17 |
| (d) The licensee shall prominently display at the limited |
18 |
| purpose branch the
address and telephone number of the |
19 |
| licensee's licensed location.
|
20 |
| (e) No other business shall be conducted at the site of the |
21 |
| limited purpose
branch unless authorized by the Director.
|
22 |
| (f) The Director shall make and enforce reasonable rules |
23 |
| for the conduct of
a limited purpose branch.
|
24 |
| (g) A limited purpose branch may not be located
in within |
25 |
| 1,000 feet of a facility operated by an inter-track wagering |
26 |
| licensee or
an organization licensee subject to the Illinois |
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| Horse Racing Act of 1975,
on a riverboat , in a casino, or in an |
2 |
| electronic gaming facility subject to
the Illinois Riverboat |
3 |
| Gambling Act, or within 1,000 feet of any such the location at |
4 |
| which the
riverboat docks .
|
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| (Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98.)
|
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| Section 90-35. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is |
7 |
| amended by changing
Sections 1.2, 1.3, 3.071, 3.077, 3.12, |
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| 3.20, 3.22, 3.23, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 20, 25, 26, 26.1, 27, 28.1, 30, |
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| 30.5, 31, 36, 42, 45, and 54.5 and
adding
Sections 2.5, 3.24, |
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| 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.29, 6.5, 12.5, 21.5, 31.2, 31.3, |
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| 34.3, 56, and 57 as follows:
|
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| (230 ILCS 5/1.2)
|
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| Sec. 1.2. Legislative intent. This Act is intended to |
14 |
| benefit the people of
the State of Illinois by encouraging the |
15 |
| breeding and production of race
horses, assisting economic |
16 |
| development , and promoting Illinois tourism.
The General |
17 |
| Assembly finds and declares it to be the public policy of the |
18 |
| State
of Illinois to:
|
19 |
| (a) support and enhance Illinois' horse racing industry, |
20 |
| which is a
significant
component within the agribusiness |
21 |
| industry;
|
22 |
| (b) ensure that Illinois' horse racing industry remains |
23 |
| competitive with
neighboring states;
|
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| (c) stimulate growth within Illinois' horse racing |
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| industry, thereby
encouraging
new investment and development |
2 |
| to produce additional tax revenues and to
create additional |
3 |
| jobs;
|
4 |
| (d) promote the further growth of tourism;
|
5 |
| (e) encourage the breeding of thoroughbred and |
6 |
| standardbred horses in this
State; and
|
7 |
| (f) ensure that public confidence and trust in the |
8 |
| credibility and integrity
of
racing operations and the |
9 |
| regulatory process is maintained.
|
10 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 5/1.3)
|
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| Sec. 1.3. Legislative findings.
|
13 |
| (a) The General Assembly finds that the Illinois gaming |
14 |
| industry is a single
industry consisting of horse racing , and |
15 |
| riverboat and casino gambling , and electronic gaming . Reports |
16 |
| issued by
the Economic and Fiscal Commission (now Commission on |
17 |
| Government Forecasting and Accountability) in 1992, 1994, and |
18 |
| 1998 have
found that horse racing and riverboat gambling:
|
19 |
| (1) "share many of the same characteristics" and are |
20 |
| "more alike than
different";
|
21 |
| (2) are planned events;
|
22 |
| (3) have similar odds of winning;
|
23 |
| (4) occur in similar settings; and
|
24 |
| (5) compete with each other for limited gaming dollars.
|
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| (b) The General Assembly declares it to be the public |
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| policy of this State
to ensure the viability of all both horse |
2 |
| racing and riverboat aspects of the
Illinois gaming industry.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 5/2.5 new)
|
5 |
| Sec. 2.5. Separation from Department of Revenue. On the |
6 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
7 |
| Assembly, all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, |
8 |
| employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and |
9 |
| unexpended appropriations of the Department of Revenue related |
10 |
| to the administration and enforcement of this Act are |
11 |
| transferred to the Illinois Racing Board. |
12 |
| The status and rights of the transferred employees, and the |
13 |
| rights of the State of Illinois and its agencies, under the |
14 |
| Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements |
15 |
| or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan are not |
16 |
| affected (except as provided in the Illinois Pension Code) by |
17 |
| that transfer or by any other provision of this amendatory Act |
18 |
| of the 95th General Assembly.
|
19 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.071) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-3.071)
|
20 |
| Sec. 3.071. Inter-track wagering. "Inter-track Wagering" |
21 |
| means a legal wager on the outcome of a
simultaneously |
22 |
| televised
horse race taking place at an Illinois race track |
23 |
| placed or accepted at any
location authorized to accept wagers |
24 |
| under this Act, excluding the Illinois
race track at which that |
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| horse race is being conducted , and advance deposit wagering |
2 |
| through an advance deposit wagering licensee .
|
3 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
|
4 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.077)
|
5 |
| Sec. 3.077. Non-host licensee. "Non-host licensee" means a |
6 |
| licensee operating concurrently
with a host track , but does not |
7 |
| include an advance deposit wagering licensee .
|
8 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.12) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-3.12)
|
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| Sec. 3.12. Pari-mutuel system of
wagering.
"Pari-mutuel |
11 |
| system of
wagering" means a form of wagering on the outcome of
|
12 |
| horse races in which
wagers are made in various
denominations |
13 |
| on a horse or horses
and
all wagers for each race are pooled |
14 |
| and held by a licensee
for distribution in a manner approved by |
15 |
| the Board. Wagers may be placed via any method or at any |
16 |
| location authorized under this Act.
|
17 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
|
18 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.20)
|
19 |
| Sec. 3.20. Licensee.
"Licensee" means an individual |
20 |
| organization licensee, an
inter-track wagering licensee, an
or
|
21 |
| inter-track wagering location licensee , or an advance deposit |
22 |
| wagering licensee , as
the context of this Act requires.
|
23 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.22)
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| Sec. 3.22. Wagering facility.
"Wagering facility" means |
3 |
| any location at which a licensee , other than an advance deposit |
4 |
| wagering licensee,
may
accept or receive pari-mutuel wagers |
5 |
| under this Act.
|
6 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
|
7 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.23)
|
8 |
| Sec. 3.23. Wagering.
"Wagering" means, collectively, the |
9 |
| pari-mutuel system of
wagering, inter-track wagering, and
|
10 |
| simulcast wagering , and advance deposit wagering .
|
11 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
|
12 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.24 new)
|
13 |
| Sec. 3.24. Adjusted gross receipts. "Adjusted gross |
14 |
| receipts" means the gross receipts from
electronic gaming less |
15 |
| winnings paid to wagerers.
|
16 |
| (230 ILCS 5/3.25 new)
|
17 |
| Sec. 3.25. Electronic gaming. "Electronic gaming" means |
18 |
| slot machine gambling, video games of chance, and electronic |
19 |
| games as defined in the Illinois Gambling Act, that is |
20 |
| conducted at a
race track pursuant to an electronic gaming |
21 |
| license.
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.26 new)
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| Sec. 3.26. Electronic gaming license. "Electronic gaming |
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| license" means a license to conduct
electronic gaming issued |
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| under Section 56.
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.27 new)
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| Sec. 3.27. Electronic gaming facility. "Electronic gaming |
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| facility" means that portion of an
organization licensee's race |
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| track facility at which electronic gaming is
conducted.
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.28 new)
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| Sec. 3.28. Advance deposit wagering licensee. "Advance |
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| deposit wagering licensee" means a person licensed by the Board |
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| to conduct advance deposit wagering. An advance deposit |
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| wagering licensee shall be an organization licensee or a person |
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| or third party who contracts with an organization licensee in |
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| order to conduct advance deposit wagering. |
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| (230 ILCS 5/3.29 new)
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| Sec. 3.29. Advance deposit wagering. "Advance deposit |
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| wagering" means a method of pari-mutuel wagering in which an |
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| individual may establish an account, deposit money into the |
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| account, and use the account balance to pay for pari-mutuel |
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| wagering authorized by this Act. An advance deposit wager may |
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| be placed in person at a wagering facility or from any other |
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| location via a telephone-type device or any other electronic |
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| licensee shall be considered in violation of this Act and the |
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| Criminal Code of 1961. Any advance deposit wager placed in |
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| person at a wagering facility shall be deemed to have been |
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| placed at that wagering facility.
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| (230 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-4)
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| Sec. 4. Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the The Board shall consist of 11 |
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| members to be appointed by
the Governor
with the advice and |
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| consent of the Senate, not more than 6 of
whom shall be of the
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| same political party, and one of whom shall be designated by |
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| the Governor
to be chairman.
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| The new Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by the |
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| Governor from nominations presented to the Governor by the |
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| Nomination Panel and with the advice and consent of the Senate. |
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| Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, |
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| the term of office of each member of the Board sitting on the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly ends when all 7 members of the new Board are appointed |
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| and qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act. |
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| Each member shall have a reasonable knowledge of harness or |
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| thoroughbred
racing practices
and procedure and of the |
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| principles of harness or thoroughbred racing and
breeding and,
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| at the time of his appointment, shall be a resident of the |
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and shall have
resided therein for a period |
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| of at least 5 years next preceding his appointment
and |
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| qualification
and he shall be a qualified voter therein and not |
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| less than 25 years of age. The Board should reflect the ethnic, |
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| cultural, and geographic diversity of the State.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-5)
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| Sec. 5. As soon as practicable following the effective date |
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| of this
amendatory Act of 1995, the Governor shall appoint, |
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| with the advice and consent
of the Senate, members to the Board |
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| as follows: 3 members for terms expiring
July 1, 1996; 3 |
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| members for terms expiring July 1, 1998; and 3 members for
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| terms expiring July 1, 2000. Of the 2 additional members |
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| appointed pursuant
to this amendatory Act of the 91st General |
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| Assembly, the initial term of one
member shall expire on July |
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| 1, 2002 and the initial term of the other member
shall expire |
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| on July 1, 2004. Thereafter, the terms of office of the Board
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| members shall be 6 years. Incumbent members on the effective |
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| date of this
amendatory Act of 1995 shall continue to serve |
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| only until their successors are
appointed and have qualified.
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| The terms of office of the initial Board members appointed |
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| pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly |
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| will commence from the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| and run as follows, to be determined by lot: one for a term |
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| expiring July 1 of the year following confirmation, 2 for a |
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| term expiring July 1 three years following confirmation, and 2 |
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| Upon the expiration of the foregoing terms, the successors of |
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| such members shall serve a term of 4 years and until their |
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| Each member of the Board shall receive $300 per day for |
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| each day the Board
meets and for each day the member conducts a |
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| hearing pursuant to Section 16 of
this Act, provided that no |
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| Board member shall receive more than $5,000 in
such fees during |
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| any calendar year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review
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| Board, whichever is greater. Members of the Board shall
also be |
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| reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and |
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| disbursements
incurred in the
execution of their official |
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| duties.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| Sec. 6. Restrictions on Board members. |
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| (a) No person shall be appointed a member of the Board or |
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| continue to be a member of the Board if the person or any |
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| member of their immediate family is a member of the Board of |
22 |
| Directors, employee, or financially interested in any of the |
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| following: (i) any licensee or other person who has applied for |
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| racing dates to the Board, or the operations thereof including, |
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| but not limited to, concessions, data processing, track |
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| located, scheduled or doing business within the State of |
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| Illinois, (ii) any licensee or other person in any race horse |
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| competing at a meeting under the Board's jurisdiction, or (iii) |
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| any licensee under the Illinois Gambling Act. No person shall |
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| be appointed a member of the Board or continue
to be
a member |
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| of the Board who is (or any member of whose family is) a member |
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| of the
Board of Directors of, or who is a person financially |
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| interested in, any
licensee or other person who has applied for |
10 |
| racing dates to the
Board, or the operations thereof including, |
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| but not
limited to, concessions, data
processing, track |
12 |
| maintenance, track security and pari-mutuel operations,
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| located, scheduled
or doing business within the State of |
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| Illinois, or in any race horse competing
at a meeting
under the |
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| Board's jurisdiction. No Board member shall hold any other |
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| public
office for which he
shall receive compensation other |
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| than necessary travel or other incidental
expenses.
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| (b) No person shall be a member of the Board who is not of |
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| good moral
character or who
has been convicted of, or is under |
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| indictment for, a felony under the laws
of Illinois or any
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| other state, or the United States.
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| (c) No member of the Board or employee shall engage in any |
23 |
| political activity. For the purposes of this Section, |
24 |
| "political" means any activity in support of or in connection |
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| with any campaign for State or local elective office or any |
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| political organization, but does not include activities (i) |
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| relating to the support or opposition of any executive, |
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| legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are |
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| defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii) |
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| relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise |
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| in furtherance of the person's official State duties or |
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| governmental and public service functions. |
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| (d) Board members and employees may not engage in |
8 |
| communications or any activity that may cause or have the |
9 |
| appearance of causing a conflict of interest. A conflict of |
10 |
| interest exists if a situation influences or creates the |
11 |
| appearance that it may influence judgment or performance of |
12 |
| regulatory duties and responsibilities. This prohibition shall |
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| extend to any act identified by Board action that, in the |
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| judgment of the Board, could represent the potential for or the |
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| appearance of a conflict of interest. |
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| (e) Board members and employees may not accept any gift, |
17 |
| gratuity, service, compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of |
18 |
| value, with the exception of unsolicited items of an incidental |
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| nature, from any person, corporation, or entity doing business |
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| with the Board. |
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| (f) A Board member or employee shall not use or attempt to |
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| use his or her official position to secure, or attempt to |
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| secure, any privilege, advantage, favor, or influence for |
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| himself or herself or others. No Board member or employee of |
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| the Board may attempt, in any way, to influence any person or |
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| corporation doing business with the Authority or any officer, |
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| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| Sec. 6.5. Ex parte communications. |
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| (a) For the purpose of this Section: |
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| "Ex parte communication" means any written or oral |
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| communication by any person that imparts or requests material |
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| information or makes a material argument regarding potential |
10 |
| action concerning regulatory, quasi regulatory, investment, or |
11 |
| licensing matters pending before or under consideration by the |
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| Illinois Racing Board. "Ex parte communication" does not |
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| include the following: (i) statements by a person publicly made |
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| in a public forum; (ii) statements regarding matters of |
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| procedure and practice, such as format, the number of copies |
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| required, the manner of filing, and the status of a matter; |
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| (iii) statements regarding recommendation for pending or |
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| approved legislation; (iv) statements made by a State employee |
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| of the agency to the agency head or other employees of that |
20 |
| agency. |
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| "Ex parte communication" does not include conversations |
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| concerning qualifications to serve on the Board between members |
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| of the Senate and nonmembers for the Board that occur in the |
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| time period between nomination by the Governor and either |
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| confirmation or rejection by the Senate. |
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| affected by a regulatory, quasi-adjudicatory, investment, or |
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| licensing matter of the Board. |
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| (b) A constitutional officer, a member of the General |
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| Assembly, a special government agent as that term is defined in |
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| Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, a |
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| director, secretary, or other employee of the executive branch |
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| of the State, an employee of the legislative branch of the |
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| State, or an interested party may not engage in any ex parte |
11 |
| communication with a member of the Board or an employee. A |
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| member of the Board or an employee must immediately report any |
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| ex parte communication to the Board's Ethics Officer. A |
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| (c) A constitutional officer, a member of the General |
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| Assembly, a special government agent as that term is defined in |
17 |
| Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, a |
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| director, secretary, or other employee of the executive branch |
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| of the State, an employee of the legislative branch of the |
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| State, or an interested party may not engage in any ex parte |
21 |
| communication with a nominee for a position on the Board. A |
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| person is deemed a nominee once he or she has submitted |
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| information to the Nomination Panel. A nominee must immediately |
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| report any ex parte communication to the Board's Ethics |
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| Officer. A violation of this subsection (c) is a Class 4 |
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| (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, if a |
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| State constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly |
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| or his or her designee determines that potential or actual |
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| Illinois Gaming Board, Illinois Racing Board, or Director of |
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| Gaming Enforcement business would affect the health, safety, |
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| and welfare of the people of the State of Illinois, then the |
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| State constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly |
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| may submit questions or comments by written medium to the |
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| Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, Chairman of the Illinois |
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| Racing Board, and Director of Gaming Enforcement. Upon receipt |
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| of the message or question, the Chairman or Director shall |
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| submit the message or question to the entire board for |
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| consideration.
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| Sec. 7. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for the |
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| unexpired term
in like manner as original appointments. Each |
17 |
| member of the Board shall be
eligible for reappointment , |
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| subject to the nomination process of the Nomination Panel, by |
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| in the discretion of the Governor with
the advice and consent |
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| of
the Senate.
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(from Ch. 8, par. 37-9)
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| proper to fully and
effectively execute the provisions of this |
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limited to, the following:
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| over all race
meetings in this State, over all licensees doing |
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| business in this
State, over all occupation licensees, and over |
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| all persons on the
facilities of any licensee. Such |
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| jurisdiction shall
include the power to issue licenses to the |
7 |
| Illinois Department of
Agriculture authorizing the pari-mutuel |
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| system of wagering
on harness and Quarter Horse races held (1) |
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| at the Illinois State Fair in
Sangamon County, and (2) at the |
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| DuQuoin State Fair in Perry County. The
jurisdiction of the |
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county |
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| Agricultural Fair Act, as now or hereafter amended, or their |
14 |
| agents,
authorizing the pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse
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| races
conducted at the county fairs receiving such licenses. |
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| Such licenses shall be
governed by subsection (n) of this |
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| Section.
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| Upon application, the Board shall issue a license to the |
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| Illinois Department
of Agriculture to conduct harness and |
20 |
| Quarter Horse races at the Illinois State
Fair and at the |
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| DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
during the scheduled dates of each |
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| fair. The Board shall not require and the
Department of |
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| Agriculture shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections
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(g), and (h) of Section 20, and Sections 21, 24 |
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| and 25. The Board and the Department
of
Agriculture may extend |
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| meetings
when the Board determines that this would best serve |
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| the public interest and
the interest of horse racing.
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| shall be lawful for
any licensee to operate pari-mutuel |
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| wagering
or
contract with the Department of Agriculture to |
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the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds |
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| or for the Department to enter into contracts
with a licensee, |
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| employ its owners,
employees
or
agents and employ such other |
11 |
| occupation licensees as the Department deems
necessary in |
12 |
| connection with race meetings and wagerings.
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| reasonable
rules and regulations for the purpose of |
15 |
| administering the provisions of
this Act and to prescribe |
16 |
| reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
under which all |
17 |
| horse race meetings or wagering in the State shall be
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| conducted. Such reasonable rules and regulations are to provide |
19 |
| for the
prevention of practices detrimental to the public |
20 |
| interest and to promote the best
interests of horse racing and |
21 |
| to impose penalties for violations thereof.
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| (c) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it |
23 |
| delegates
this power, is vested with the power to enter the |
24 |
| facilities and other places of business of any licensee to |
25 |
| determine whether there has been compliance with
the provisions |
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power, is vested with the authority to |
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the provisions of this Act, |
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| its reasonable rules and regulations, orders
and final |
5 |
| decisions; the Board shall take appropriate disciplinary |
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| action
against any licensee or occupation licensee for |
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| violation
thereof or
institute appropriate legal action for the |
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| enforcement thereof.
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| person or persons to whom it delegates this power ,
may eject or |
11 |
| exclude from any race meeting or the facilities of any |
12 |
| licensee,
or any part thereof, any occupation licensee or any |
13 |
| other individual whose
conduct or reputation is such that his |
14 |
| or her presence on those facilities may, in the
opinion of the |
15 |
| Board, call into question the honesty and integrity of horse
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| racing or wagering or interfere with the orderly conduct of |
17 |
| horse racing or
wagering; provided, however, that no person |
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| shall be excluded or ejected from
the facilities of any |
19 |
| licensee solely on the grounds of race, color, creed,
national |
20 |
| origin, ancestry, or sex. The power to eject or exclude an |
21 |
| occupation
licensee or other individual may be exercised for |
22 |
| just cause by the licensee , or
the Board, or the Office of |
23 |
| Gaming Enforcement, subject to subsequent hearing by the Board |
24 |
| as to the propriety of
said exclusion.
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26 |
| establish, maintain and
operate (or provide by contract to |
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| maintain and operate) testing laboratories
and related |
2 |
| facilities, for the purpose of conducting saliva, blood, urine |
3 |
| and
other tests on the horses run or to be run in any horse race |
4 |
| meeting and to purchase all equipment and
supplies deemed |
5 |
| necessary or desirable in connection with any such testing
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| laboratories and related facilities and all such tests.
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| (f-5) The Department of Agriculture is vested with the |
8 |
| power to acquire, establish, maintain, and operate (or provide |
9 |
| by contract to maintain and operate) testing laboratories and |
10 |
| related facilities for the purpose of conducting saliva, blood, |
11 |
| urine, and other tests on the horses run or to be run in any |
12 |
| county fair horse race meeting and of purchasing all equipment |
13 |
| and supplies deemed necessary or desirable in connection with |
14 |
| any such testing laboratories and related facilities and all |
15 |
| such tests in any county fair horse race.
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17 |
| financial or other
statements of any licensee or any person |
18 |
| affiliated with the licensee who is
involved directly or |
19 |
| indirectly in the activities of any licensee as regulated
under |
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| this Act to the extent that those financial or other statements |
21 |
| relate to
such activities be kept in
such manner as prescribed |
22 |
| by the Board, and that Board employees shall have
access to |
23 |
| those records during reasonable business
hours. Within 120 days |
24 |
| of the end of its fiscal year, each licensee shall
transmit to
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25 |
| the Board
an audit of the financial transactions and condition |
26 |
| of the licensee's total
operations. All audits shall be |
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Each certified |
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| public accountant must be registered in the State of Illinois
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| under the Illinois Public Accounting Act. The compensation for |
4 |
| each certified
public accountant shall be paid directly by the |
5 |
| licensee to the certified
public accountant. A licensee shall |
6 |
| also submit any other financial or related
information the |
7 |
| Board deems necessary to effectively administer this Act and
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| all rules, regulations, and final decisions promulgated under |
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| this Act.
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10 |
| (h) The Board shall name and appoint in the manner provided |
11 |
| by the rules
and regulations of the Board: an Executive |
12 |
| Director; a State director
of mutuels; State veterinarians and |
13 |
| representatives to take saliva, blood,
urine and other tests on |
14 |
| horses; licensing personnel; revenue
inspectors; and State |
15 |
| seasonal employees (excluding admission ticket
sellers and |
16 |
| mutuel clerks). All of those named and appointed as provided
in |
17 |
| this subsection shall serve during the pleasure of the Board; |
18 |
| their
compensation shall be determined by the Board and be paid |
19 |
| in the same
manner as other employees of the Board under this |
20 |
| Act.
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| (i) The Board shall require that there shall be 3 stewards |
22 |
| at each horse
race meeting, at least 2 of whom shall be named |
23 |
| and appointed by the Board.
Stewards appointed or approved by |
24 |
| the Board, while performing duties
required by this Act or by |
25 |
| the Board, shall be entitled to the same rights
and immunities |
26 |
| as granted to Board members and Board employees in Section
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| (j) The Board may discharge any Board employee
who fails or |
3 |
| refuses for any reason to comply with the rules and
regulations |
4 |
| of the Board, or who, in the opinion of the Board,
is guilty of |
5 |
| fraud, dishonesty or who is proven to be incompetent.
The Board |
6 |
| shall have no right or power to determine who shall be |
7 |
| officers,
directors or employees of any licensee, or their |
8 |
| salaries
except the Board may, by rule, require that all or any |
9 |
| officials or
employees in charge of or whose duties relate to |
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| the actual running of
races be approved by the Board.
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| (k) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
delegates |
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| to execute any of the powers granted to it under this Section
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| for the purpose of administering this Act and any rules or |
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| regulations
promulgated in accordance with this Act.
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| (l) The Board is vested with the power to impose civil |
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| penalties of up to
$5,000 against an individual and up to |
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| $10,000 against a
licensee for each
violation of any provision |
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| of this Act, any rules adopted by the Board, any
order of the |
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| Board or any other action which, in the Board's discretion, is
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| a detriment or impediment to horse racing or wagering.
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| (m) The Board is vested with the power to prescribe a form |
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| to be used
by licensees as an application for employment for |
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| employees of
each licensee.
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| (n) The Board shall have the power to issue a license
to |
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| any county fair, or its
agent, authorizing the conduct of the |
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| pari-mutuel system of
wagering. The Board is vested with the |
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reasonable rules, regulations and |
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meetings licensed |
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| pursuant to this subsection shall be held and conducted,
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| including rules, regulations and conditions for the conduct of |
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| the
pari-mutuel system of wagering. The rules, regulations and
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| conditions shall provide for the prevention of practices |
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| detrimental to the
public interest and for the best interests |
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| of horse racing, and shall
prescribe penalties for violations |
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| thereof. Any authority granted the
Board under this Act shall |
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| extend to its jurisdiction and supervision over
county fairs, |
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| or their agents, licensed pursuant to this subsection.
However, |
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| the Board may waive any provision of this Act or its rules or
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| regulations which would otherwise apply to such county fairs or |
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| their agents.
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| (o) Whenever the Board is authorized or
required by law to |
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| consider some aspect of criminal history record
information for |
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| the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and
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| responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in |
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| conformance
with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of
the |
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| Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), the |
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| Department of State Police is
authorized to furnish, pursuant |
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| to positive identification, such
information contained in |
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| State files as is necessary to fulfill the request.
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| (p) To insure the convenience, comfort, and wagering |
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| accessibility of
race track patrons, to provide for the |
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| maximization of State revenue, and
to generate increases in |
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require any |
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| licensee to staff the pari-mutuel department with
adequate |
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| personnel.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Sec. 12.5. Contractor disclosure of political |
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| (a) As used in this Section: |
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| "Contracts" means any agreement for services or goods for a |
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| period to exceed one year or with an annual value of at least |
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| $10,000. |
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| "Contribution" means contribution as defined in this Act. |
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| "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any ownership |
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| interest or distributive share of the bidding or contracting |
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| entity in excess of 1%, (ii) executive employees of the bidding |
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| or contracting entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children |
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| of any such persons. |
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| "Affiliated entity" means (i) any parent or subsidiary of |
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| the bidding or contracting entity, (ii) any member of the same |
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| unitary business group, or (iii) any political committee for |
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| which the bidding or contracting entity is the sponsoring |
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| entity. |
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| (b) A bidder, respondent, offeror, or contractor for |
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| contracts with a licensee shall disclose all political |
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| contributions of the bidder, respondent, offeror, or |
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| to the Board with a copy of the contract prior to Board |
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| approval of the contract. The disclosure of each successful |
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| bidder, respondent, or offeror shall become part of the |
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| publicly available record. |
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| (c) Disclosure by the bidder, respondent, offeror, or |
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| contractor shall include at least the names and addresses of |
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| the contributors and the dollar amounts of any contributions to |
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| any political committee made within the previous 2 years. |
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| (d) The Board shall refuse to approve any contract that |
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| does not include the required disclosure. The Board must |
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| include the disclosure on its website.
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(from Ch. 8, par. 37-20)
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| Sec. 20. (a) Any person desiring to conduct a horse race |
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| meeting may
apply to the Board for an organization license. The |
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| application shall be
made on a form prescribed and furnished by |
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| the Board. The application shall
specify:
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| (1) the dates on which
it intends to conduct the horse |
20 |
| race meeting, which
dates shall be provided
under Section |
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| 21;
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| (2) the hours of each racing day between which it |
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| intends to
hold or
conduct horse racing at such meeting;
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| (3) the location where it proposes to conduct the
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for each horse race meeting
which such person |
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| proposes to hold. Any such application, if made by an
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| individual, or by any individual as trustee, shall be
signed |
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| and verified under oath by such individual. If
made by |
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| individuals or a partnership, it shall be signed and
verified |
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| under oath by at least 2 of such individuals or members of such
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| partnership as the case may be. If made by an association, |
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| corporation,
corporate trustee or any other entity, it shall be |
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| signed by the president
and attested by the secretary or |
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| assistant secretary under the seal
of such association, trust |
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| or corporation if it has a seal, and shall
also be verified |
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| under oath by one of the signing officers.
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| (c) The application shall specify the name of the
persons, |
17 |
| association, trust, or corporation making such application and |
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| the
post office address of the applicant; if the applicant is a |
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| trustee, the
names and addresses of the beneficiaries; if a |
20 |
| corporation, the names and
post office addresses of all |
21 |
| officers, stockholders and directors; or if
such
stockholders |
22 |
| hold stock as a nominee or fiduciary, the names and post
office |
23 |
| addresses of these persons, partnerships, corporations, or |
24 |
| trusts
who are the beneficial owners thereof or who are |
25 |
| beneficially interested
therein; and if a partnership, the |
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| names and post office addresses of all
partners, general or |
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of the |
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| state of its incorporation shall be specified.
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| (d) The applicant shall execute and file with the Board a |
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| good faith
affirmative action plan to recruit, train, and |
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| upgrade minorities in all
classifications within the |
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| association.
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| (e) With such application there shall be delivered to the |
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| Board a certified
check or bank draft payable to the order of |
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| the Board for an amount equal to
$1,000. All applications for |
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| the issuance of an organization license shall be
filed with the |
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| Board before August 1 of the year prior to the year for which
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| application is made and shall be acted upon by the Board at a |
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| meeting to be
held on such date as shall be fixed by the Board |
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| during the last 15 days of
September of such prior year. At |
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| such meeting, the Board shall announce the
award of the racing |
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| meets, live racing schedule, and designation of host track
to |
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| the applicants and its approval or disapproval of each |
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| application. No
announcement shall be considered binding until |
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| a formal order is executed by
the Board, which shall be |
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| executed no later than October 15 of that prior year.
Absent |
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| the agreement of the affected organization licensees, the Board |
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| shall
not grant overlapping race meetings to 2 or more tracks |
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| that are within 100
miles of each other to conduct the |
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| thoroughbred racing.
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| (e-1) In awarding racing dates for calendar year 2008 and |
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| thereafter, the
Board
shall award at least 625 racing days. In |
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under this subsection (e-1), the Board |
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those racing dates among |
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| Board must reserve an amount of racing days to standardbred |
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| races in an amount equal to 90% of the amount of days awarded |
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| to standardbred races in calendar year 2005. Each racing day |
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| awarded for standardbred races must be comprised of at least 12 |
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| races, with not less than 8 horses competing per race.
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| (e-2) In each county in which an organization licensee is |
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| located, the Board shall award a minimum total of 25 |
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| standardbred racing
dates to one or more organization |
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| licensees.
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| (e-3) The Board may waive the requirements of subsection |
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| (e-1) only if a lesser schedule of live racing is appropriate |
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| because of (A) weather or unsafe track conditions due to acts |
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| of God; (B)
an agreement between the organization licensee and |
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| the associations
representing the
largest number of owners, |
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| trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
horses at
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| that organization licensee's racing meeting; or (C) a finding |
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| by the Board of
extraordinary circumstances and that it was in |
21 |
| the best interest of the public
and the sport to conduct fewer |
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| days of live racing. |
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| (e-4) For each calendar year after 2007 in which an |
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| electronic gaming licensee
requests a number of racing days |
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| under its organization license that is less
than 90% of the |
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| number of days of live racing it was awarded in 2007, the
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| (e-5) In reviewing an application for the purpose of |
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| granting an
organization license consistent with
the best |
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| interests of the public and the
sport of horse racing, the |
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| Board shall consider:
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| (1) the character, reputation, experience, and |
7 |
| financial integrity of the
applicant and of any other |
8 |
| separate person that either:
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| (i) controls the applicant, directly or |
10 |
| indirectly, or
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| (ii) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by |
12 |
| that applicant or by a
person who controls, directly or |
13 |
| indirectly, that applicant;
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| (2) the applicant's facilities or proposed facilities |
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| for conducting
horse
racing;
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| (3) the total revenue without regard to Section 32.1 to |
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| be derived by
the State and horsemen from the applicant's
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| conducting a race meeting;
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| (4) the applicant's good faith affirmative action plan |
20 |
| to recruit, train,
and upgrade minorities in all employment |
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| classifications;
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| (5) the applicant's financial ability to purchase and |
23 |
| maintain adequate
liability and casualty insurance;
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| (6) the applicant's proposed and prior year's |
25 |
| promotional and marketing
activities and expenditures of |
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| the applicant associated with those activities;
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subsection (b) of Section 21 of this Act; |
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| and
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| (8) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets |
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| other standards for
the issuance of an organization license |
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| that the Board shall adopt by rule.
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| In granting organization licenses and allocating dates for |
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| horse race
meetings, the Board shall have discretion to |
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| determine an overall schedule,
including required simulcasts |
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| of Illinois races by host tracks that will, in
its judgment, be |
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| conducive to the best interests of the public and the sport of
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| horse racing.
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| apply to
administrative procedures of the Board under this Act |
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| for the granting of an
organization license, except that (1) |
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| notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (b) of Section |
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| 10-40 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
regarding |
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| cross-examination, the
Board may prescribe rules limiting the |
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| right of an applicant or participant in
any proceeding to award |
20 |
| an organization license to conduct cross-examination of
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| witnesses at that proceeding where that cross-examination |
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| would unduly obstruct
the timely award of an organization |
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| license under subsection (e) of Section 20
of this Act; (2) the |
24 |
| provisions of Section 10-45 of the Illinois Administrative
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| Procedure Act regarding proposals for decision are excluded |
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| under this Act; (3)
notwithstanding the provisions of |
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Illinois Administrative |
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Board may |
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| prescribe rules allowing ex parte communications with |
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| applicants or
participants in a proceeding to award an |
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| organization license where conducting
those communications |
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| would be in the best interest of racing, provided all
those |
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| communications are made part of the record of that proceeding |
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| pursuant
to subsection (c) of Section 10-60 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative
Procedure Act; (4) the provisions of Section 14a |
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| of this Act and the rules of
the Board promulgated under that |
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| Section shall apply instead of the provisions
of Article 10 of |
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| the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act regarding
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| administrative law judges; and (5) the provisions of subsection |
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| (d)
of Section 10-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
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| Act that prevent
summary suspension of a license pending |
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| revocation or other action shall not
apply.
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| licensee for more
than one calendar year but for no more than 3 |
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| successive calendar years in
advance, provided that the Board |
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| shall review such allotment for more than
one calendar year |
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| prior to each year for which such allotment has been
made. The |
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| granting of an organization license to a person constitutes a
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| privilege to conduct a horse race meeting under the provisions |
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| of this Act, and
no person granted an organization license |
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| shall be deemed to have a vested
interest, property right, or |
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| future expectation to receive an organization
license in any |
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| if the
organization licensee has violated any provision of this |
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| Act
or the rules and regulations promulgated under this Act or |
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| has been convicted
of a crime or has failed to disclose or has |
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| stated falsely any information
called for in the application |
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| for an organization license. Any
organization license |
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| revocation
proceeding shall be in accordance with Section 16 |
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| regarding suspension and
revocation of occupation licenses.
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| the racing dates
awarded by the Board as required under part |
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| (1) of subsection (h) of this
Section 20, or (ii) an |
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| organization licensee has its license suspended or
revoked |
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| under this Act, the Board, upon conducting an emergency hearing |
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| as
provided for in this Act, may reaward on an emergency basis |
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| pursuant to
rules established by the Board, racing dates not |
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| accepted or the racing
dates
associated with any suspension or |
18 |
| revocation period to one or more organization
licensees, new |
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| applicants, or any combination thereof, upon terms and
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| conditions that the Board determines are in the best interest |
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| of racing,
provided, the organization licensees or new |
22 |
| applicants receiving the awarded
racing dates file an |
23 |
| acceptance of those reawarded racing dates as
required under |
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| paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of this Section 20 and comply
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| with the other provisions of this Act. The Illinois |
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Act shall not apply to the |
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basis.
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| (g) (Blank).
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executed order by certified mail addressed to the |
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| applicant at the
address stated in his application, which |
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| notice shall be mailed within 5 days
of the date the formal |
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| order is executed.
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| of the
final executed order of the Board awarding
racing dates:
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award in
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prescribed by the Board;
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| for each
racing date awarded; and
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| (3) file with the Board the bonds required in Sections |
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| 21
and 25 at least
20 days prior to the first day of each |
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| race meeting.
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| (3) of
this subsection (h), the applicant shall be issued an
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| organization license.
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| to pay the organization license fees herein provided, no |
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| organization
license shall be issued to such applicant.
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| Sec. 21.5. License fees; deposit. Upon issuance or the |
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| first renewal of an organization license after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, an |
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| organization licensee shall deposit $100,000 into a fund held |
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| by the Director of the Office of Gaming Enforcement separate |
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| from State moneys. The moneys in the fund shall be used by the |
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| Director of the Office of Gaming Enforcement for the purpose of |
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| conducting any investigation concerning that licensee. Upon |
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| each subsequent renewal of an organization license, the |
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| organization licensee shall deposit the amount necessary to |
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| bring the moneys in the fund attributable to that licensee to |
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| $100,000.
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| Sec. 25. Admission fee. |
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| (a) There shall be paid to the Board at such time or times |
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| as
it shall prescribe, the sum of fifteen cents (15¢) for each |
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| person entering
the grounds or enclosure of each organization |
19 |
| licensee and
inter-track wagering licensee upon a ticket of |
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| admission except as provided
in subsection (b) of this Section |
21 |
| and subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act. If
tickets are |
22 |
| issued for more than one day then the sum of fifteen cents
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23 |
| (15¢) shall be paid for each person using such ticket on each |
24 |
| day that the
same shall be used. Provided, however, that no |
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| charge shall be made on
tickets of admission issued to and in |
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| the name of directors, officers,
agents or employees of the |
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| organization licensee, or inter-track wagering
licensee, or to |
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| owners, trainers, jockeys,
drivers and their employees or to |
4 |
| any person or persons entering the
grounds or enclosure for the |
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| transaction of business in connection with such
race meeting. |
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| The organization licensee or inter-track wagering licensee
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| may, if it desires, collect such amount from
each ticket holder |
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| in addition to the amount or amounts charged for such
ticket of |
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| admission.
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| Accurate records and books shall at all times be kept and |
11 |
| maintained by
the organization licensees and inter-track |
12 |
| wagering licensees
showing the admission tickets issued and |
13 |
| used on each racing
day and the attendance thereat of each |
14 |
| horse racing meeting. The Board or
its duly authorized |
15 |
| representative or representatives shall at all
reasonable |
16 |
| times have access to the admission records of any organization
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17 |
| licensee and inter-track wagering licensee for
the purpose of |
18 |
| examining and checking the same and ascertaining whether or
not |
19 |
| the proper amount has been or is being paid the State of |
20 |
| Illinois as
herein provided. The Board shall also require, |
21 |
| before issuing any license,
that the licensee shall execute and |
22 |
| deliver to it a bond, payable to the
State of Illinois, in such |
23 |
| sum as it shall determine, not, however, in
excess of fifty |
24 |
| thousand dollars ($50,000), with a surety or sureties to be
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25 |
| approved by it, conditioned for the payment of all sums due and |
26 |
| payable or
collected by it under this Section upon admission |
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| fees received for any
particular racing meetings. The Board may |
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| also from time to time require sworn
statements of the number |
3 |
| or numbers of such admissions and may prescribe blanks
upon |
4 |
| which such reports shall be made. Any organization licensee or
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| inter-track wagering licensee failing or
refusing to pay the |
6 |
| amount found to be due as herein provided, shall be
deemed |
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| guilty of a business offense and upon conviction shall be |
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| punished by a
fine of not more than five thousand dollars |
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| ($5,000) in addition to the amount
due from such organization |
10 |
| licensee or inter-track wagering licensee as
herein provided. |
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| All fines paid into court by an organization
licensee or |
12 |
| inter-track wagering licensee found guilty of violating this
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| Section shall be transmitted and paid
over by the clerk of the |
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| court to the Board.
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| (b) A person who exits the grounds or enclosure of each |
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| organization licensee and inter-track wagering licensee and |
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| reenters such grounds or enclosure within the same day shall be |
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| subject to only the initial admissions tax. |
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| (Source: P.A. 88-495; 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/26)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
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| Sec. 26. Wagering.
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| (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel |
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| system of
wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on |
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| horse races conducted by
an Illinois organization licensee or |
25 |
| conducted at a racetrack located in
another state or country |
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| and televised in Illinois in accordance with
subsection (g) of |
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| Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
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| Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order |
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| to guarantee a
minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of |
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| wagering shall not, under any
circumstances if conducted under |
6 |
| the provisions of this Act, be held or
construed to be |
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| unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
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| notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering |
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| promulgated by the
Board, any licensee may accept wagers in |
10 |
| advance of the day of the race wagered
upon occurs.
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| (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 56, no other |
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| method of
betting, pool making, wagering or gambling shall be |
13 |
| used or permitted by the
licensee. Each licensee may retain, |
14 |
| subject to the payment of all applicable
taxes and purses, an |
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| amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered under
subsection |
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| (a) of this Section, except as may otherwise be permitted under |
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| this
Act.
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| (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel |
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| system from
any licensed location authorized under this Act |
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| provided that wager is
electronically recorded in the manner |
21 |
| described in Section 3.12 of this Act.
Any wager made |
22 |
| electronically by an individual while physically on the |
23 |
| premises
of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the |
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| premises of that
licensee.
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| (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for |
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| payment of
outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior |
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| to December 31 of the
next year, shall be retained by the |
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| licensee for payment of
such tickets until that date. Within 10 |
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| days thereafter, the balance of
such sum remaining unclaimed, |
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| less any uncashed supplements contributed by such
licensee for |
5 |
| the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions
of any |
6 |
| pari-mutuel pool, shall be
paid to the
Illinois
Veterans'
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| Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided |
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| in subsection
(g) of Section 27 of this Act.
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| (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any |
10 |
| licensee for payment
of
outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if |
11 |
| unclaimed prior to December 31 of the
next year, shall be |
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| retained by the licensee for payment of
such tickets until that |
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| date ; except that the balance of the sum of all outstanding |
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| pari-mutuel tickets generated from simulcast wagering by an |
15 |
| organization licensee located in Madison County or any licensee |
16 |
| that derives its license from that organization licensee shall |
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| be evenly distributed between the organization licensee and the |
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| purse account of the organization licensee. Additionally, the |
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| balance of the sum of all outstanding pari-mutuel tickets |
20 |
| generated from inter-track wagering from an organization |
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| licensee located in Madison County shall be evenly distributed |
22 |
| between the purse account of the organization licensee from |
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| which the inter-track wagering licensee and the inter-track |
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| wagering location licensee derive their licenses and the |
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| organization licensee . Within 10 days thereafter, the balance |
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| of
such sum remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements |
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| contributed by such
licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing |
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| minimum distributions
of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly |
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| distributed to the purse account of
the organization licensee |
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| and the organization licensee.
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| (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31 |
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| of the
next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same |
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| and may
charge the amount thereof against unpaid money |
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| similarly accumulated on account
of pari-mutuel tickets not |
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| presented for payment.
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| (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
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| than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer,
jockey, |
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| driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
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| program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any |
14 |
| minor to be a
patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering |
15 |
| conducted or
supervised by it. The admission of any |
16 |
| unaccompanied minor, other than
an employee of the licensee or |
17 |
| an owner, trainer, jockey,
driver, or employee thereof at a |
18 |
| race track is a Class C
misdemeanor.
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| (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
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| organization licensee may contract
with an entity in another |
21 |
| state or country to permit any legal
wagering entity in another |
22 |
| state or country to accept wagers solely within
such other |
23 |
| state or country on races conducted by the organization |
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| licensee
in this State.
Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
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| shall not be subject to State
taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
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| when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
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| to 7 1/2% of
all monies received by the organization licensee |
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| from entities in other states
or countries pursuant to such |
4 |
| contracts is imposed on the organization
licensee, and such |
5 |
| privilege tax shall be remitted to the
Department of Revenue
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| within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast. |
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| When the
out-of-State entity conducts a
combined pari-mutuel |
8 |
| pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10%
of |
9 |
| all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of |
10 |
| the
receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
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| in which the race was conducted.
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| An organization licensee may permit one or more of its |
13 |
| races to be
utilized for
pari-mutuel wagering at one or more |
14 |
| locations in other states and may
transmit audio and visual |
15 |
| signals of races the organization licensee
conducts to one or
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| more locations outside the State or country and may also permit |
17 |
| pari-mutuel
pools in other states or countries to be combined |
18 |
| with its gross or net
wagering pools or with wagering pools |
19 |
| established by other states.
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| (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on |
21 |
| horse
races conducted in other states or countries and shall |
22 |
| control the
number of signals and types of breeds of racing in |
23 |
| its simulcast program,
subject to the disapproval of the Board. |
24 |
| The Board may prohibit a simulcast
program only if it finds |
25 |
| that the simulcast program is clearly
adverse to the integrity |
26 |
| of racing. The host track
simulcast program shall
include the |
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| signal of live racing of all organization licensees.
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| non-host licensees shall carry the host track simulcast program |
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| and
accept wagers on all races included as part of the |
4 |
| simulcast
program upon which wagering is permitted.
The costs |
5 |
| and expenses
of the host track and non-host licensees |
6 |
| associated
with interstate simulcast
wagering, other than the |
7 |
| interstate
commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and |
8 |
| all
non-host licensees
incurring these costs.
The interstate |
9 |
| commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
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| interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of |
11 |
| the Board. The
Board shall promulgate rules under which it may |
12 |
| permit
interstate commission
fees in excess of 5%. The |
13 |
| interstate commission
fee and other fees charged by the sending |
14 |
| racetrack, including, but not
limited to, satellite decoder |
15 |
| fees, shall be uniformly applied
to the host track and all |
16 |
| non-host licensees.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and with |
18 |
| the consent of the horsemen association representing the |
19 |
| largest number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred |
20 |
| drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's racing |
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| meeting, an organization licensee may maintain a system whereby |
22 |
| advance deposit wagering may take place or may contract with |
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| another person to carry out a system of advance deposit |
24 |
| wagering. Any modifications or renegotiations to a contract |
25 |
| entered into under this subsection shall also be subject to the |
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| consent of that horsemen association. All advance deposit |
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| wagers placed from within Illinois must be placed through a |
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| Board-approved advance deposit wagering licensee; no other |
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| entity may accept an advance deposit wager from a person within |
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| Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules |
5 |
| adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to |
6 |
| regulate advance deposit wagering through the use of emergency |
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| rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that |
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| the adoption of rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is |
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| deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest, |
11 |
| safety, and welfare. After payment of the State pari-mutuel |
12 |
| tax, an advance deposit wagering licensee may retain all moneys |
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| as agreed to by contract with an organization licensee. Any |
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| moneys retained by the organization licensee from advance |
15 |
| deposit wagering, not including moneys retained by the advance |
16 |
| deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the |
17 |
| organization licensee's purse account, with the purse account |
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| share for races that start on or after 6:30 a.m. but before |
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| 6:30 p.m. Illinois time allocated to thoroughbred purses and |
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| the purse account share for races that start on or after 6:30 |
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| p.m. but before 6:30 a.m. Illinois time allocated to |
22 |
| standardbred purses, and 50% to the organization licensee. All |
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| breakage from advance deposit wagering shall be allocated as |
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| provided in Section 26.1. To the extent any fees from advance |
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| deposit wagering conducted in Illinois for wagers in Illinois |
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| or other states have been placed in escrow or otherwise |
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| withheld from wagers pending a determination of the legality of |
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| advance deposit wagering, no action shall be brought to declare |
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| such wagers or the disbursement of any fees previously escrowed |
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| illegal.
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| (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
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| intertrack wagering
licensee other than the host track may |
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| supplement the host track simulcast
program with |
8 |
| additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that |
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| between
January 1 and the third Friday in February of any |
10 |
| year, inclusive, if no live
thoroughbred racing is |
11 |
| occurring in Illinois during this period, only
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| thoroughbred races may be used
for supplemental interstate |
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| simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold
approval for a |
14 |
| supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
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| simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A |
16 |
| supplemental
interstate simulcast may be transmitted from |
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| an intertrack wagering licensee to
its affiliated non-host |
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| licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
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| supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the |
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| non-host licensee and
its affiliated non-host licensees |
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| receiving the simulcast.
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| (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
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| intertrack wagering
licensee other than the host track may |
24 |
| receive supplemental interstate
simulcasts only with the |
25 |
| consent of the host track, except when the Board
finds that |
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| the simulcast is
clearly adverse to the integrity of |
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| racing. Consent granted under this
paragraph (2) to any |
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| intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to
all |
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| non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the |
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| supplemental
interstate simulcast shall be paid
by all |
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| participating non-host licensees.
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| (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast |
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| wagering may retain,
subject to the payment of all |
8 |
| applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to
exceed |
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| 17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the |
10 |
| pari-mutuel
system wagering on races conducted at |
11 |
| racetracks in another state or country,
each such race or |
12 |
| race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
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| the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing |
14 |
| the privilege tax of
that daily handle as provided in |
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| subsection (a) of Section 27.
Until January 1, 2000,
from |
16 |
| the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this |
17 |
| subsection, each
intertrack wagering location licensee |
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| shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
wagered on simulcast |
19 |
| wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
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| to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of |
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| subsection (h) of
Section 26 of this Act.
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| (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may |
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| combine its gross
or net pools with pools at the sending |
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| racetracks pursuant to rules established
by the Board. All |
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| licensees combining their gross pools
at a
sending |
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| racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the |
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A licensee may also establish a separate |
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| pool and takeout structure for
wagering purposes on races |
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| conducted at race tracks outside of the
State of Illinois. |
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| The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
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| states or
countries to be combined with its gross or net |
6 |
| wagering pools or other
wagering pools.
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| (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee |
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| (except for the
interstate commission
fee on a supplemental |
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| interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host
track |
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| and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and |
11 |
| all applicable
State and local
taxes, except as provided in |
12 |
| subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the
remainder of |
13 |
| moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
|
14 |
| subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as |
15 |
| follows:
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| (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host |
17 |
| track, 50% to the
host
track and 50% to purses at the |
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| host track.
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| (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast |
20 |
| races, supplemental
simulcasts as defined in |
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| subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
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| conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a |
23 |
| non-host
licensee, 25% to the host
track, 25% to the |
24 |
| non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host |
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| track.
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| (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the |
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licensees
who derive their licenses |
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| excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River |
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| may receive
supplemental interstate simulcast races at all |
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| times subject to Board approval,
which shall be withheld |
6 |
| only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
|
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| simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
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| (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the |
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| contrary, after
payment of all applicable State and local |
10 |
| taxes and interstate commission fees,
non-host licensees |
11 |
| who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
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| with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the |
13 |
| Mississippi River
shall retain 50% of the retention from |
14 |
| interstate simulcast wagers and shall
pay 50% to purses at |
15 |
| the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
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| license as follows:
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| (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in |
18 |
| February, inclusive, if no
live thoroughbred racing is |
19 |
| occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
|
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| interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse |
21 |
| share to its
standardbred purse account;
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| (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in |
23 |
| February, inclusive, if no
live thoroughbred racing is |
24 |
| occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
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25 |
| interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse |
26 |
| share to its interstate
simulcast purse pool to be |
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4 |
| February, inclusive, if
live thoroughbred racing is |
5 |
| occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
p.m. |
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| the purse share from wagers made during this time |
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| period to its
thoroughbred purse account and between |
8 |
| 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share
from wagers |
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| made during this time period to its standardbred purse |
10 |
| accounts;
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| (D) Between the third Saturday in February and |
12 |
| December 31, when the
interstate simulcast occurs |
13 |
| between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the
purse |
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| share to its thoroughbred purse account;
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15 |
| (E) Between the third Saturday in February and |
16 |
| December 31, when the
interstate simulcast occurs |
17 |
| between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the
purse |
18 |
| share to its standardbred purse account.
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| (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act |
20 |
| to the contrary,
if
no
standardbred racing is conducted at |
21 |
| a racetrack located in Madison County
during any
calendar |
22 |
| year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all
moneys |
23 |
| derived by
that racetrack from simulcast wagering and |
24 |
| inter-track wagering that (1) are to
be used
for purses and |
25 |
| (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 |
26 |
| a.m.
during that
calendar year shall
be paid as follows:
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| that racetrack
requests from the Board at least as many |
3 |
| racing dates as were conducted in
calendar year 2000, |
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| 80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account; |
5 |
| and
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| (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the |
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| Illinois Colt Stakes
Purse
Distribution
Fund and shall |
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| be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois |
9 |
| conceived
and foaled horses conducted at any county |
10 |
| fairgrounds.
The moneys deposited into the Fund |
11 |
| pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be
deposited
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12 |
| within 2
weeks after the day they were generated, shall |
13 |
| be in addition to and not in
lieu of any other
moneys |
14 |
| paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall |
15 |
| not be commingled
with other moneys paid into that |
16 |
| Fund. The moneys deposited
pursuant to this |
17 |
| subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
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| Department of Agriculture, with the advice and |
19 |
| assistance of the Illinois
Standardbred
Breeders Fund |
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| Advisory Board.
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| (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act |
22 |
| to the contrary, if
no
thoroughbred racing is conducted at |
23 |
| a racetrack located in Madison County
during any
calendar |
24 |
| year beginning on or after January 1,
2002, all
moneys |
25 |
| derived by
that racetrack from simulcast wagering and |
26 |
| inter-track wagering that (1) are to
be used
for purses and |
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| p.m.
during that
calendar year shall
be deposited as |
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| follows:
|
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| (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at |
5 |
| that racetrack
requests from the
Board at least
as many |
6 |
| racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000, |
7 |
| 80%
shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
|
8 |
| account; and
|
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| (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the |
10 |
| Illinois Colt Stakes
Purse
Distribution Fund. Moneys |
11 |
| deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
|
12 |
| Distribution Fund
pursuant to this subparagraph (B) |
13 |
| may be used (i) at the discretion of the Department, |
14 |
| for drug testing as authorized in Section 34.3 of this |
15 |
| Act and for distribution to Illinois county fairs to |
16 |
| supplement premiums offered in junior classes and (ii) |
17 |
| by the Department of Agriculture for the
purposes |
18 |
| identified in paragraphs (2), (2.5), (4), (4.1), (6), |
19 |
| (7), (8), and
(9) of
subsection (g) of Section 30, |
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| subsection (e) of Section 30.5, paragraphs (1),
(2), |
21 |
| (3),
(5), and (8) of subsection (g) of Section 31, and |
22 |
| for standardbred bonus
programs
for owners of horses |
23 |
| that win multiple stakes races that are limited to
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| Illinois conceived and foaled horses. Any balance |
25 |
| shall be paid to Illinois
conceived and foaled |
26 |
| thoroughbred breeders' programs
and to thoroughbred |
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| purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds |
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| for
Illinois conceived
and foaled horses at the |
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| discretion of the
Department of Agriculture, with the |
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| advice and assistance of
the Illinois Thoroughbred |
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| Breeders Fund Advisory
Board. The moneys deposited |
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| into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution
Fund
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| pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited |
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| within 2 weeks
after the day they were generated, shall |
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| be in addition to and not in
lieu of any other moneys |
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| paid to thoroughbred purses
under this Act, and shall |
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| not be commingled with other moneys deposited into
that |
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| Fund.
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| (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a |
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| racetrack located
in
Madison
County in calendar year 2000 |
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| or 2001,
an organization licensee who is licensed
to |
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| conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before |
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| January 1, 2002, pay
all
moneys derived from simulcast |
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| wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar
years 2000 |
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| and 2001 and
paid into the licensee's standardbred purse |
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| account as follows:
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| (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred |
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| purse account to
be used for thoroughbred purses; and
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| (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes |
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| Purse Distribution
Fund.
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| Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes |
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| Purse Distribution
Fund before January 1, 2002
shall
result |
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| in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
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| license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track |
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| wagering location
license.
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| Moneys paid into the Illinois
Colt Stakes Purse |
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| Distribution Fund pursuant to this
paragraph (7.3) shall be |
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| paid to purses for standardbred
races for Illinois |
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| conceived and foaled horses conducted
at any county
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| fairgrounds.
Moneys paid into the Illinois
Colt Stakes |
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| Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this
paragraph (7.3) |
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| shall be used as determined by the
Department of |
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| Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the
Illinois |
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in |
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| addition to
and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to |
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| standardbred purses under this Act,
and shall not be |
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| commingled
with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
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| (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a |
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| racetrack located in
Madison
County at any time in calendar |
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| year 2001 before the payment required
under
paragraph (7.3) |
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| has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
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| conduct
racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys |
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| derived by that racetrack from
simulcast
wagering and |
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| inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001 |
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| that (1)
are to be
used for purses and (2) are generated |
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| between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
a.m.
during 2000 or |
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| 2001 to the standardbred purse account at that
racetrack to
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| be used for standardbred purses.
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| (7.5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the |
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| contrary, if live standardbred racing and live |
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| thoroughbred racing are both conducted at a racetrack |
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| located in
Madison
County at any time in a calendar year, |
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| all
moneys derived by
that racetrack from simulcast |
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| wagering and inter-track wagering between the hours of 6:30 |
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| p.m. and 6:30 a.m. that are to
be used
for purses shall
be |
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| deposited as follows: 70% shall be paid to its thoroughbred |
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| purse account and 30% shall be paid to its standardbred |
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| purse account.
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| (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the |
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| contrary, an
organization licensee from a track located in |
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| a county with a population in
excess of 230,000 and that |
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| borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated
non-host |
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| licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention |
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| generated on
racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast |
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| wagering at any other Illinois
wagering facility.
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| (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the |
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| contrary, if 2
organization licensees
are conducting |
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| standardbred race meetings concurrently
between the hours |
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| of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
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| State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the |
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| remainder of the
amount retained from simulcast wagering |
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| otherwise attributable to the host
track and to host track |
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| purses shall be split daily between the 2
organization |
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| licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2 |
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| organization
licensees, respectively, based on each |
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| organization licensee's share
of the total live handle for |
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| that day,
provided that this provision shall not apply to |
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| any non-host licensee that
derives its license from a track |
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| located in a county with a population in
excess of 230,000 |
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| and that borders the Mississippi River.
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| (9) (Blank).
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| (10) (Blank).
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| (11) (Blank).
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| (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host |
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| tracks to receive
the simulcast of any or all races |
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| conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State
fairgrounds |
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| and include all such races as part of their simulcast |
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| programs.
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| (13)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, |
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| in
the event that
the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on |
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| Illinois horse races at all wagering
facilities in any |
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| calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
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| pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such |
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| wagering facilities for
calendar year 1994, then each |
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| wagering facility that has an annual total
Illinois |
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| pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less |
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| than 75% of
the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on |
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| Illinois horse races at such wagering
facility for calendar |
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| year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
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| otherwise
payable to the purse account at the race track |
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| with which the wagering facility
is affiliated in the |
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| succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
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| differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on |
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| Illinois horse
races at the wagering facility between that |
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| calendar year in question and 1994
provided, however, that |
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| a
wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such |
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| payment until the Board
certifies in writing to the |
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| wagering facility the amount to which the wagering
facility |
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| is entitled
and a schedule for payment of the amount to the |
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| wagering facility, based on:
(i) the racing dates awarded |
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| to the race track affiliated with the wagering
facility |
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| during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or |
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| anticipated to
be available in the purse account of the |
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| race track affiliated with the
wagering facility for purses |
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| during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to
ensure |
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| reasonable purse levels during the payment period.
The |
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| Board's certification
shall be provided no later than |
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| January 31 of the succeeding year.
In the event a wagering |
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| facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph
(13) is |
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| affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts |
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| for both
standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount |
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| to be paid to the wagering
facility shall be divided |
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| between each purse account pro rata, based on the
amount of |
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| Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred |
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| racing
respectively at the wagering facility during the |
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| previous calendar year.
Annually, the General Assembly |
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| shall appropriate sufficient funds from the
General |
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| Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment |
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| into the
thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse |
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| accounts at
Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to |
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| each purse account shall be
the amount certified by the |
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| Illinois Racing Board in January to be
transferred from |
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| each account to each eligible racing facility in
accordance |
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| with the provisions of this Section. For the calendar year |
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| in which an organization licensee that is eligible to
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| receive a
payment under this paragraph (13) begins |
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| conducting electronic gaming pursuant
to an
electronic |
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| gaming license, the amount of that payment shall be reduced |
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| by a
percentage
equal to the percentage of the year |
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| remaining after the organization licensee
begins
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| conducting electronic gaming pursuant to its electronic |
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| gaming license.
An organization licensee shall no longer be |
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| able to receive payments under
this paragraph (13) |
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| beginning on the January 1 first occurring after the
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| licensee begins conducting electronic gaming pursuant to |
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| an electronic gaming
license issued under Section 7.7 of |
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| the Illinois Gambling Act.
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| (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of |
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| inter-track wagering
and simulcast wagering by inter-track |
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| wagering licensees and inter-track
wagering location licensees |
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| subject to the following terms and conditions:
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| (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i) |
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| at a track where
60 or more days of racing were conducted |
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| during the immediately preceding
calendar year or where |
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| over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an
average |
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| of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be |
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| issued an
inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
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| located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi |
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| River, which has a
population of less than 150,000 |
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| according to the 1990 decennial census, and an
average of |
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| at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993 |
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| may be
issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at |
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| a track
located in Madison
County that conducted at least |
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| 100 days of live racing during the immediately
preceding
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| calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering |
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| license, unless a lesser
schedule of
live racing is the |
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| result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
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| acts of God; (B)
an agreement between the organization |
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| licensee and the associations
representing the
largest |
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| number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred |
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| drivers who race
horses at
that organization licensee's |
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| racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
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| extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best |
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| interest of the public
and the sport to conduct fewer than |
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| 100 days of live racing. Any such person
having operating |
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| control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
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| inter-track wagering
location licenses. In no event shall |
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| more than 6 inter-track wagering
locations be established |
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| for each eligible race track, except that an
eligible race |
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| track located in a county that has a population of more |
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| than
230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River |
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| may establish up to 7
inter-track wagering locations.
An |
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| application for
said license shall be filed with the Board |
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| prior to such dates as may be
fixed by the Board. With an |
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| application for an inter-track
wagering
location license |
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| there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
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| bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount |
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| equal to $500.
The application shall be on forms prescribed |
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| and furnished by the Board. The
application shall comply |
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| with all other rules,
regulations and conditions imposed by |
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| the Board in connection therewith.
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| (2) The Board shall examine the applications with |
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| respect to their
conformity with this Act and the rules and |
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| regulations imposed by the
Board. If found to be in |
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| compliance with the Act and rules and regulations
of the |
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| Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct |
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| inter-track
wagering and simulcast wagering to such |
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| applicant. All such applications
shall be acted upon by the |
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| Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be
fixed |
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| by the Board.
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| (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track |
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| wagering and simulcast
wagering, the Board shall give due |
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| consideration to
the best interests of the
public, of horse |
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| racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
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| (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct |
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| inter-track wagering
and simulcast wagering,
the applicant |
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| shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of |
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| Illinois
in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant |
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| and a surety company or
companies authorized to do business |
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| in this State, and conditioned upon
(i) the payment by the |
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| licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1
and any |
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| other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
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| distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the |
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| winning ticket or
tickets, of all sums payable to the |
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| patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
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| (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and |
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| simulcast
wagering shall specify the person
to whom it is |
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| issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
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| the track or location where the wagering is to be |
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| conducted.
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| (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this |
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| Act and to the
rules and regulations from time to time |
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| prescribed by the Board, and every
such license issued by |
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| the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
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| (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track |
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| wagering location
licensee may accept wagers at the track |
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| or location
where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided |
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| under this Act.
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| (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall |
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| not be
conducted
at any track less than 5 miles from a |
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| track at which a racing meeting is in
progress.
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| (8.1) Inter-track wagering location
licensees who |
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| derive their licenses from a particular organization |
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| licensee
shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast |
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| wagering only at locations
which are either within 90
miles |
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| of that race track where the particular organization |
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| licensee is
licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles |
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| of that race track
where
the particular organization |
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| licensee is licensed to conduct racing
in the case
of race |
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| tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating |
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| on or
before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering |
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| and simulcast wagering
shall not
be conducted by those |
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| licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race
track |
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| at which a
horse race meeting has been licensed in the |
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| current year, unless the person
having operating control of |
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| such race track has given its written consent
to such |
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| inter-track wagering location licensees,
which consent
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| must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time |
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| application is made.
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| (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall |
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| not be
conducted by an inter-track
wagering location |
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| licensee at any location within 500 feet of an
existing
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| church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the |
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| residences
of more than 50 registered voters without
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| receiving written permission from a majority of the |
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| registered
voters at such residences.
Such written |
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| permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
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| distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part |
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| of any
building
used for worship services, education |
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| programs, residential purposes, or
conducting inter-track |
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| wagering by an inter-track wagering location
licensee, and |
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| not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering |
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| or
simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500 |
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| feet of
a church, school or residences
of 50 or more |
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| registered voters if such church, school
or residences have |
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| been erected
or established, or such voters have been |
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| registered, after
the Board issues
the original |
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| inter-track wagering location license at the site in |
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| question.
Inter-track wagering location licensees may |
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| conduct inter-track wagering
and simulcast wagering only |
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| in areas that are zoned for
commercial or manufacturing |
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| purposes or
in areas for which a special use has been |
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| approved by the local zoning
authority. However, no license |
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| to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
wagering |
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| shall be
granted by the Board with respect to any |
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| inter-track wagering location
within the jurisdiction of |
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| any local zoning authority which has, by
ordinance or by |
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| resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
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| wagering location within its jurisdiction. However, |
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| inter-track wagering
and simulcast wagering may be |
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| conducted at a site if such ordinance or
resolution is |
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| enacted after
the Board licenses the original inter-track |
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| wagering location
licensee for the site in question.
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| (9) (Blank).
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| (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an |
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| inter-track wagering
location licensee may retain, subject |
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| to the
payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an |
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| amount not to
exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program |
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| of racing conducted by
each inter-track wagering licensee |
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| or inter-track wagering location
licensee shall be |
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| considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
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| determining the daily handle and computing the privilege |
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| tax or pari-mutuel
tax on such daily
handle as provided in |
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| Section 27.
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| (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section |
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| 27 of this Act,
inter-track wagering location licensees |
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| shall pay 1% of the
pari-mutuel handle at each location to |
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| the municipality in which such
location is situated and 1% |
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| of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
the county in |
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| which such location is situated. In the event that an
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| inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an |
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| unincorporated
area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2% |
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| of the pari-mutuel handle from
such location to such |
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| county.
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| (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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| Act, with respect to
intertrack wagering at a race track |
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| located in a
county that has a population of
more than |
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| 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the |
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| first race
track"), or at a facility operated by an |
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| inter-track wagering licensee or
inter-track wagering |
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| location licensee that derives its license from the
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| organization licensee that operates the first race track, |
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| on races conducted at
the first race track or on races |
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| conducted at another Illinois race track
and |
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| simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a |
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| facility operated
by an inter-track wagering licensee or |
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| inter-track wagering location licensee
that derives its |
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| license from the organization licensee that operates the |
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| first
race track, those moneys shall be allocated as |
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| follows:
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| (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on |
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| standardbred racing that is
required under this Act to |
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| be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
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| standardbred races.
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| (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on |
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| thoroughbred racing
that is required under this Act to |
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| be paid to purses shall be paid to purses
for |
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| thoroughbred races.
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| (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel |
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| tax, any other
applicable
taxes, and
the costs and expenses |
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| in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
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| dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of |
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| inter-track wagering,
the remainder of the monies retained |
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| under either Section 26 or Section 26.2
of this Act by the |
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| inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
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| shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the
2 |
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| participating licensees and 50% to purses, except
that an |
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| intertrack wagering licensee that derives its
license from |
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| a track located in a county with a population in excess of |
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| 230,000
and that borders the Mississippi River shall not |
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| divide any remaining
retention with the Illinois |
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| organization licensee that provides the race or
races, and |
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| an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on |
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| races
conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a |
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| race meet in a county
with a population in excess of |
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| 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
shall not |
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| divide any remaining retention with that organization |
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| licensee.
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| (B) From the
sums permitted to be retained pursuant to |
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| paragraph (10) of this subsection (h),
this Act each |
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| inter-track wagering
location licensee shall pay the |
18 |
| following: |
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| (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the
State; |
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| (ii) the following percentages
4.75%
of the
|
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| pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at such |
22 |
| location on
races as purses, except that
an intertrack |
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| wagering location licensee that derives its license |
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| from a
track located in a county with a population in |
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| excess of 230,000 and that
borders the Mississippi |
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| River shall retain all purse moneys for its own purse
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| account consistent with distribution set forth in this |
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| subsection (h), and
intertrack wagering location |
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| licensees that accept wagers on races
conducted
by an |
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| organization licensee located in a county with a |
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| population in excess of
230,000 and that borders the |
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| Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
moneys to |
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| purses at the operating host track : |
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| (I) until 6 months after the organizational |
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| licensee from which the inter-track wagering |
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| location licensee derives its license begins |
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| conducting electronic gaming, 4.75%; |
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| (II) beginning 6 months after the |
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| organizational licensee from which the inter-track |
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| wagering location licensee derives its license |
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| begins conducting electronic gaming and until 12 |
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| months after that date, 5.75%; and |
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| (III) beginning 12 months after the |
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| organizational licensee from which the inter-track |
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| wagering location licensee derives its license |
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| begins conducting electronic gaming, 6.75% ; |
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| (iii) until January 1, 2000,
except as
provided in
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| subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the
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| pari-mutuel handle wagered on inter-track wagering and |
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| simulcast wagering at
each inter-track wagering
|
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| location licensee facility to the Horse Racing Tax |
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| Allocation Fund, provided
that, to the extent the total |
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| Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h) during |
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| any calendar year
exceeds the amount collected and |
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| distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation
Fund |
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| during calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be |
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| redistributed (I)
to all inter-track wagering location |
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| licensees, based on each licensee's
pro-rata share of |
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| the total handle from inter-track wagering and |
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| simulcast
wagering for all inter-track wagering |
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| location licensees during the calendar
year in which |
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| this provision is applicable; then (II) the amounts |
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| redistributed
to each inter-track wagering location |
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| licensee as described in subpart (I)
shall be further |
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| redistributed as provided in subparagraph (B) of |
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| paragraph (5)
of subsection (g) of this Section 26 |
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| provided first, that the shares of those
amounts, which |
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| are to be redistributed to the host track or to purses |
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| at the
host track under subparagraph (B) of paragraph |
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| (5) of subsection (g) of this
Section 26 shall be
|
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| redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share |
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| of the total
inter-track
wagering and simulcast |
22 |
| wagering handle at all host tracks during the calendar
|
23 |
| year in question, and second, that any amounts |
24 |
| redistributed as described in
part (I) to an |
25 |
| inter-track wagering location licensee that accepts
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| wagers on races conducted by an organization licensee |
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| that conducts a race meet
in a county with a population |
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| in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
Mississippi |
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| River shall be further redistributed as provided in |
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| subparagraphs
(D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of |
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| subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the
portion of |
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| that
further redistribution allocated to purses at |
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| that organization licensee to be
divided between |
8 |
| standardbred purses and thoroughbred purses based on |
9 |
| the
amounts otherwise allocated to purses at that |
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| organization licensee during the
calendar year in |
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| question; and |
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| (iv) the following percentages
8% of the |
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| pari-mutuel handle on
inter-track wagering wagered at
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| such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of |
15 |
| conducting its wagering. The
remainder of the monies |
16 |
| retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
|
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| shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% |
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| to the organization
licensee which provides the |
19 |
| Illinois races to the location, except that an
|
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| intertrack wagering location
licensee that derives its |
21 |
| license from a track located in a county with a
|
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| population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the |
23 |
| Mississippi River shall
not divide any remaining |
24 |
| retention with the organization licensee that provides
|
25 |
| the race or races and an intertrack wagering location |
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| licensee that accepts
wagers on races conducted by an |
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| organization licensee that conducts a race meet
in a |
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| county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that |
3 |
| borders the
Mississippi River shall not divide any |
4 |
| remaining retention with the
organization licensee : |
5 |
| (I) until 6 months after the organizational |
6 |
| licensee from which the inter-track wagering |
7 |
| location licensee derives its license begins |
8 |
| conducting electronic gaming, 8%; |
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| (II) beginning 6 months after the |
10 |
| organizational licensee from which the inter-track |
11 |
| wagering location licensee derives its license |
12 |
| begins conducting electronic gaming and until 12 |
13 |
| months after that date, 7.5%; and |
14 |
| (III) beginning 12 months after the |
15 |
| organizational licensee from which the inter-track |
16 |
| wagering location licensee derives its license |
17 |
| begins conducting electronic gaming, 6.75% .
|
18 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and |
19 |
| (iv) of this
paragraph, in the case of the additional |
20 |
| inter-track wagering location licenses
authorized under |
21 |
| paragraph (1) of this subsection (h) by this amendatory
Act |
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| of 1991, those licensees shall pay the percentage of the |
23 |
| pari-mutuel handle required under clause (ii) of this |
24 |
| paragraph (B)
following amounts as purses . The
:
during the |
25 |
| first 12 months the licensee is in operation, 5.25% of
the
|
26 |
| pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on races; during |
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| the second 12
months, 5.25%; during the third 12 months, |
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| 5.75%;
during
the fourth 12 months,
6.25%; and during the |
3 |
| fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
following |
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| amounts shall be retained by the licensee shall retain the |
5 |
| percentage of the pari-mutuel handle required under clause |
6 |
| (iv) of this paragraph (B) to satisfy all costs
and |
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| expenses of conducting its wagering : during the first 12 |
8 |
| months the
licensee is in operation, 8.25% of the |
9 |
| pari-mutuel handle wagered
at the
location; during the |
10 |
| second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12 months,
7.75%; |
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| during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and during the fifth 12 |
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| months and
thereafter, 6.75% . For additional intertrack |
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| wagering location licensees
authorized under Public Act |
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| 89-16, after all taxes are paid, of the remainder, 50% |
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| shall be retained by the licensee and 50% shall be paid to |
16 |
| purses.
this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for the first |
17 |
| 12 months
the licensee is in operation shall be 5.75% of |
18 |
| the pari-mutuel wagered at the
location, purses for the |
19 |
| second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
|
20 |
| 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For additional |
21 |
| intertrack
location licensees authorized under this |
22 |
| amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee
shall be allowed to |
23 |
| retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
|
24 |
| pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first |
25 |
| 12 months of
operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months |
26 |
| of operation, and 6.75%
thereafter.
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| (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax |
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| Allocation Fund
which shall remain in existence until |
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| December 31, 1999. Moneys
remaining in the Fund after |
4 |
| December 31, 1999
shall be paid into the
General Revenue |
5 |
| Fund. Until January 1, 2000,
all monies paid into the Horse |
6 |
| Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this
paragraph (11) |
7 |
| by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
|
8 |
| districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a |
9 |
| municipality that is not
included within any park district |
10 |
| but is included within a conservation
district and is the |
11 |
| county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
|
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| of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257 |
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| according to the United
States Bureau of the Census, and |
14 |
| operating on May 1, 1994 shall be
allocated by |
15 |
| appropriation as follows:
|
16 |
| Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture. |
17 |
| Fifty percent of
this two-sevenths shall be used to |
18 |
| promote the Illinois horse racing and
breeding |
19 |
| industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of |
20 |
| Agriculture
upon the advice of a 9-member committee |
21 |
| appointed by the Governor consisting of
the following |
22 |
| members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve |
23 |
| as
chairman; 2 representatives of organization |
24 |
| licensees conducting thoroughbred
race meetings in |
25 |
| this State, recommended by those licensees; 2 |
26 |
| representatives
of organization licensees conducting |
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| standardbred race meetings in this State,
recommended |
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| by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
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| Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation, |
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| recommended by that
Foundation; a representative of |
5 |
| the Illinois Standardbred Owners and
Breeders |
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| Association, recommended
by that Association; a |
7 |
| representative of
the Horsemen's Benevolent and |
8 |
| Protective Association or any successor
organization |
9 |
| thereto established in Illinois comprised of the |
10 |
| largest number of
owners and trainers, recommended by |
11 |
| that
Association or that successor organization; and a
|
12 |
| representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
|
13 |
| Association, recommended by that Association. |
14 |
| Committee members shall
serve for terms of 2 years, |
15 |
| commencing January 1 of each even-numbered
year. If a |
16 |
| representative of any of the above-named entities has |
17 |
| not been
recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered |
18 |
| year, the Governor shall
appoint a committee member to |
19 |
| fill that position. Committee members shall
receive no |
20 |
| compensation for their services as members but shall be
|
21 |
| reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and |
22 |
| disbursements incurred
in the performance of their |
23 |
| official duties. The remaining 50% of this
|
24 |
| two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for |
25 |
| premiums and
rehabilitation as set forth in the |
26 |
| Agricultural Fair Act;
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| Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities |
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| that do not have a
park district of 500,000 population |
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| or less for museum purposes (if an
inter-track wagering |
4 |
| location licensee is located in such a park district) |
5 |
| or
to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an |
6 |
| inter-track wagering
location licensee is located in a |
7 |
| municipality that is not included within any
park |
8 |
| district but is included within a conservation |
9 |
| district and is the county
seat of a county that (i) is |
10 |
| contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a
1990 |
11 |
| population of 88,257 according to the United States |
12 |
| Bureau of the Census,
except that if the conservation |
13 |
| district does not maintain a museum, the monies
shall |
14 |
| be allocated equally between the county and the |
15 |
| municipality in which the
inter-track wagering |
16 |
| location licensee is located for general purposes) or |
17 |
| to a
municipal recreation board for park purposes (if |
18 |
| an inter-track wagering
location licensee is located |
19 |
| in a municipality that is not included within any
park |
20 |
| district and park maintenance is the function of the |
21 |
| municipal recreation
board and the municipality has a |
22 |
| 1990 population of 9,302 according to the
United States |
23 |
| Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are |
24 |
| distributed
to each park district or conservation |
25 |
| district or municipality that does not
have a park |
26 |
| district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the |
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| amount
collected by each inter-track wagering location |
2 |
| licensee within the park
district or conservation |
3 |
| district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that
were |
4 |
| paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before |
5 |
| the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an |
6 |
| inter-track wagering location licensee
located in a |
7 |
| municipality that is not included within any park |
8 |
| district but is
included within a conservation |
9 |
| district as provided in this paragraph shall, as
soon |
10 |
| as practicable after the effective date of this |
11 |
| amendatory Act of 1991, be
allocated and paid to that |
12 |
| conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
|
13 |
| Any park district or municipality not maintaining a |
14 |
| museum may deposit the
monies in the corporate fund of |
15 |
| the park district or municipality where the
|
16 |
| inter-track wagering location is located, to be used |
17 |
| for general purposes;
and
|
18 |
| One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be |
19 |
| used for distribution
to agricultural home economics |
20 |
| extension councils in accordance with "An
Act in |
21 |
| relation to additional support and finances for the |
22 |
| Agricultural and
Home Economic Extension Councils in |
23 |
| the several counties of this State and
making an |
24 |
| appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
|
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| Until January 1, 2000, all other
monies paid into the |
26 |
| Horse Racing Tax
Allocation Fund pursuant to
this paragraph |
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| (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
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| Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture. |
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| Fifty percent of this
two-sevenths shall be used to |
4 |
| promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
|
5 |
| industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of |
6 |
| Agriculture upon the
advice of a 9-member committee |
7 |
| appointed by the Governor consisting of the
following |
8 |
| members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve |
9 |
| as chairman; 2
representatives of organization |
10 |
| licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings
in |
11 |
| this State, recommended by those licensees; 2 |
12 |
| representatives of
organization licensees conducting |
13 |
| standardbred race meetings in this State,
recommended |
14 |
| by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois |
15 |
| Thoroughbred
Breeders and Owners Foundation, |
16 |
| recommended by that Foundation; a
representative of |
17 |
| the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders |
18 |
| Association,
recommended by that Association; a |
19 |
| representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent
and |
20 |
| Protective Association or any successor organization |
21 |
| thereto established
in Illinois comprised of the |
22 |
| largest number of owners and trainers,
recommended by |
23 |
| that Association or that successor organization; and a
|
24 |
| representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's |
25 |
| Association, recommended by
that Association. |
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| Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
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| commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a |
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| representative of any of
the above-named entities has |
3 |
| not been recommended by January 1 of any
even-numbered |
4 |
| year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to |
5 |
| fill that
position. Committee members shall receive no |
6 |
| compensation for their services
as members but shall be |
7 |
| reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
|
8 |
| disbursements incurred in the performance of their |
9 |
| official duties. The
remaining 50% of this |
10 |
| two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
|
11 |
| premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the |
12 |
| Agricultural Fair Act;
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13 |
| Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in |
14 |
| park districts of over
500,000 population; provided |
15 |
| that the monies are distributed in accordance with
the |
16 |
| previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax |
17 |
| for such museums and
aquariums as provided in Section 2 |
18 |
| of the Park District Aquarium and Museum
Act; and
|
19 |
| One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be |
20 |
| used for distribution
to agricultural home economics |
21 |
| extension councils in accordance with "An Act
in |
22 |
| relation to additional support and finances for the |
23 |
| Agricultural and
Home Economic Extension Councils in |
24 |
| the several counties of this State and
making an |
25 |
| appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
This |
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| subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force |
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after January 1, 2000.
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| (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this |
3 |
| subsection (h),
with respect to purse allocation from |
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| intertrack wagering, the monies so
retained shall be |
5 |
| divided as follows:
|
6 |
| (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee, |
7 |
| except an intertrack
wagering licensee that |
8 |
| derives its license from an organization
licensee |
9 |
| located in a county with a population in excess of |
10 |
| 230,000 and bounded
by the Mississippi River, is |
11 |
| not conducting its own
race meeting during the same |
12 |
| dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be
to |
13 |
| purses at the track where the races wagered on are |
14 |
| being conducted.
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15 |
| (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee, |
16 |
| except an intertrack
wagering licensee that |
17 |
| derives its license from an organization
licensee |
18 |
| located in a county with a population in excess of |
19 |
| 230,000 and bounded
by the Mississippi River, is |
20 |
| also
conducting its own
race meeting during the |
21 |
| same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
|
22 |
| follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races |
23 |
| wagered on are
being conducted; 50% to purses at |
24 |
| the track where the inter-track
wagering licensee |
25 |
| is accepting such wagers.
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26 |
| (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being |
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| conducted by an inter-track
wagering location |
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| licensee, except an intertrack wagering location |
3 |
| licensee
that derives its license from an |
4 |
| organization licensee located in a
county with a |
5 |
| population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the |
6 |
| Mississippi
River, the entire purse allocation for |
7 |
| Illinois races shall
be to purses at the track |
8 |
| where the race meeting being wagered on is being
|
9 |
| held.
|
10 |
| (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and |
11 |
| proper to fully
supervise and control the conduct of
|
12 |
| inter-track wagering and simulcast
wagering by inter-track |
13 |
| wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
|
14 |
| licensees, including, but not
limited to the following:
|
15 |
| (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate |
16 |
| reasonable rules and
regulations for the purpose of |
17 |
| administering the
conduct of this
wagering and to |
18 |
| prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions |
19 |
| under
which such wagering shall be held and conducted. |
20 |
| Such rules and regulations
are to provide for the |
21 |
| prevention of practices detrimental to the public
|
22 |
| interest and for
the best interests of said wagering |
23 |
| and to impose penalties
for violations thereof.
|
24 |
| (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it |
25 |
| delegates this
power, is vested with the power to enter |
26 |
| the
facilities of any licensee to determine whether |
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| there has been
compliance with the provisions of this |
2 |
| Act and the rules and regulations
relating to the |
3 |
| conduct of such wagering.
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4 |
| (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it |
5 |
| delegates this
power, may eject or exclude from any |
6 |
| licensee's facilities, any person whose
conduct or |
7 |
| reputation
is such that his presence on such premises |
8 |
| may, in the opinion of the Board,
call into the |
9 |
| question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere |
10 |
| with the
orderly conduct of such wagering; provided, |
11 |
| however, that no person shall
be excluded or ejected |
12 |
| from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
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13 |
| color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
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14 |
| (D) (Blank).
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15 |
| (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint |
16 |
| delegates to execute
any of the powers granted to it |
17 |
| under this Section for the purpose of
administering |
18 |
| this wagering and any
rules and
regulations
|
19 |
| promulgated in accordance with this Act.
|
20 |
| (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State |
21 |
| director of this wagering
who shall be a representative |
22 |
| of the Board and whose
duty it shall
be to supervise |
23 |
| the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided |
24 |
| for
by the rules and regulations of the Board; such |
25 |
| rules and regulation shall
specify the method of |
26 |
| appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
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| duties.
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| (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose |
3 |
| civil penalties of up
to $5,000 against individuals and |
4 |
| up to $10,000 against
licensees for each violation of |
5 |
| any provision of
this Act relating to the conduct of |
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| this wagering, any
rules adopted
by the Board, any |
7 |
| order of the Board or any other action which in the |
8 |
| Board's
discretion, is a detriment or impediment to |
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| such wagering.
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| (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into |
11 |
| agreements with
licensees authorizing such licensees to |
12 |
| conduct inter-track
wagering on races to be held at the |
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| licensed race meetings conducted by the
Department of |
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| Agriculture. Such
agreement shall specify the races of the |
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| Department of Agriculture's
licensed race meeting upon |
16 |
| which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the
event |
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| that a licensee
conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering |
18 |
| on races from the Illinois State Fair
or DuQuoin State Fair |
19 |
| which are in addition to the licensee's previously
approved |
20 |
| racing program, those races shall be considered a separate |
21 |
| racing day
for the
purpose of determining the daily handle |
22 |
| and computing the privilege or
pari-mutuel tax on
that |
23 |
| daily handle as provided in Sections 27
and 27.1. Such
|
24 |
| agreements shall be approved by the Board before such |
25 |
| wagering may be
conducted. In determining whether to grant |
26 |
| approval, the Board shall give
due consideration to the |
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| provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
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| subsection (h) of this
Section which are not specified in |
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| this paragraph (13) shall not apply to
licensed race |
5 |
| meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
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| Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State |
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| Fair in Perry
County, or to any wagering conducted on
those |
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| race meetings.
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| (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the |
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| conduct of
wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all |
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| days, except as limited by
subsection (b) of Section 19 of this |
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| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99; 92-211, eff. 8-2-01.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/26.1)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-26.1)
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| Sec. 26.1. For all pari-mutuel wagering conducted pursuant |
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| to this Act,
breakage shall be at all times computed on the |
17 |
| basis of not to exceed 10¢ on
the dollar. If there is a minus |
18 |
| pool, the breakage shall be computed on the
basis of not to |
19 |
| exceed 5¢ on the dollar. Breakage shall be calculated only
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| after the amounts retained by licensees pursuant to Sections 26 |
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| and 26.2 of
this Act, and all applicable surcharges, are taken |
22 |
| out of winning wagers and
winnings from wagers. From
Beginning
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| January 1, 2000 until the first day electronic gaming is |
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| conducted by an organization licensee , all breakage shall be |
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| retained by licensees, with 50% of breakage to be
used by |
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| licensees for racetrack improvements at the racetrack from |
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| which the
wagering facility derives its license. The remaining |
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| 50% is to be allocated
50% to the purse account for the |
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| licensee from which the wagering facility
derives its license |
5 |
| and 50% to the licensee. Beginning on the first day electronic |
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| gaming is conducted by an organization licensee, all
breakage |
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| shall be retained by licensees, with 50% of breakage to be used |
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| by
licensees for racetrack improvements at the racetrack from |
9 |
| which the wagering
facility derives its license. The remaining |
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| 50% is to be allocated to the
purse account for the licensee |
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| from which the wagering facility derives its
license.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/27) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-27)
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| Sec. 27. (a) Beginning on the date an organization licensee |
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| begins conducting electronic gaming pursuant to an electronic |
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| gaming license, the following pari-mutuel tax is imposed upon |
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| an organization licensee on Illinois races at that licensee's |
18 |
| race track as follows: |
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| 1.5% of the pari-mutuel handle at or below the average |
20 |
| daily pari-mutuel handle for 2007. |
21 |
| 2% of the pari-mutuel handle above the average daily |
22 |
| pari-mutuel handle for 2007 up to 125% of the average daily |
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| pari-mutuel handle for 2007. |
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| 2.5% of the pari-mutuel handle 125% or more above the |
25 |
| average daily pari-mutuel handle for 2007 up to 150% of the |
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| 3% of the pari-mutuel handle 150% or more above the |
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| average daily pari-mutuel handle for 2007 up to 175% of the |
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| average daily pari-mutuel handle for 2007. |
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| 3.5% of the pari-mutuel handle 175% or more above the |
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| average daily pari-mutuel handle for 2007. |
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| The pari-mutuel tax imposed by this subsection (a) shall be |
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| remitted to the Board within 48 hours after the close of the |
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| racing day upon which it is assessed or within such other time |
10 |
| as the Board prescribes. In addition to the organization |
11 |
| license fee provided
by this Act, until January 1, 2000, a
|
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| graduated privilege tax is hereby
imposed for conducting
the |
13 |
| pari-mutuel system of wagering permitted under this
Act. Until |
14 |
| January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
|
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| Section 27 of this Act, all of
the breakage of each racing day |
16 |
| held by any licensee in the State shall be paid
to the State.
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| Until January 1, 2000, such daily graduated privilege tax shall |
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| be paid by
the
licensee from the amount permitted to be |
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| retained under this Act.
Until January 1, 2000, each day's
|
20 |
| graduated privilege tax, breakage, and Horse Racing Tax |
21 |
| Allocation
funds shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue |
22 |
| within 48 hours after the
close of the racing day upon which it |
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| is assessed or within such other time as
the Board prescribes. |
24 |
| The privilege tax hereby imposed, until January
1, 2000, shall |
25 |
| be a flat tax at
the rate of 2% of the daily pari-mutuel handle |
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| except as provided in Section
27.1.
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| provided in Section 27.1 of this Act, which conducts multiple
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| wagering shall pay, until January 1, 2000,
as a privilege tax |
4 |
| on multiple
wagers an amount
equal to 1.25% of all moneys |
5 |
| wagered each day on such multiple wagers,
plus an additional |
6 |
| amount equal to 3.5% of the amount wagered each day on any
|
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| other multiple wager which involves a single
betting interest |
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| on 3 or more horses. The licensee shall remit the amount of
|
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| such taxes to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after |
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| the close of
the racing day on which it is assessed or within |
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| such other time as the Board
prescribes.
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| This subsection (a) shall be inoperative and of no force |
13 |
| and effect on and
after January 1, 2000.
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| (a-5) Except as provided in this subsection (a-5) and |
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| subsection (a) of this Section, Beginning on January 1, 2000, a
|
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| flat
pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 1.5% of
the daily
|
17 |
| pari-mutuel handle is imposed on at all pari-mutuel wagering |
18 |
| facilities, except as otherwise provided for in this subsection |
19 |
| (a-5) . Until an organization licensee located in a county that |
20 |
| borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the |
21 |
| previous year begins conducting electronic gaming pursuant an |
22 |
| electronic gaming license Beginning on the effective date of |
23 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and until |
24 |
| moneys deposited pursuant to Section 54 are distributed and |
25 |
| received , a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 0.25% of the daily |
26 |
| pari-mutuel handle is imposed on at a pari-mutuel wagering |
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| conducted by that licensee facility whose license is derived |
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| from a track located in a county that borders the Mississippi |
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| River and conducted live racing in the previous year . When an |
4 |
| organization licensee located in a county that borders the |
5 |
| Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the previous |
6 |
| year begins conducting electronic gaming pursuant an |
7 |
| electronic gaming license After moneys deposited pursuant to |
8 |
| Section 54 are distributed and received , a pari-mutuel tax at |
9 |
| the rate of 1.5% of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed on |
10 |
| at a pari-mutuel wagering conducted by that licensee facility |
11 |
| whose license is derived from a track located in a county that |
12 |
| borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the |
13 |
| previous year . The pari-mutuel tax imposed by this subsection |
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| (a-5)
shall be remitted to the Department of
Revenue within 48 |
15 |
| hours after the close of the racing day upon which it is
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| assessed or within such other time as the Board prescribes.
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| (b) On or before December 31, 1999, in
the event that any |
18 |
| organization
licensee conducts
2 separate programs
of races on |
19 |
| any day, each such program shall be considered a separate
|
20 |
| racing day for purposes of determining the daily handle and |
21 |
| computing
the privilege tax on such daily handle as provided in |
22 |
| subsection (a) of
this Section.
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| (c) Licensees shall at all times keep accurate
books
and |
24 |
| records of all monies wagered on each day of a race meeting and |
25 |
| of
the taxes paid to the Department of Revenue under the |
26 |
| provisions of this
Section. The Board or its duly authorized |
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| representative or
representatives shall at all reasonable |
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| times have access to such
records for the purpose of examining |
3 |
| and checking the same and
ascertaining whether the proper |
4 |
| amount of taxes is being paid as
provided. The Board shall |
5 |
| require verified reports and a statement of
the total of all |
6 |
| monies wagered daily at each wagering facility upon which
the |
7 |
| taxes are assessed and may prescribe forms upon which such |
8 |
| reports
and statement shall be made.
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| (d) Any licensee failing or refusing to pay the amount
of |
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| any tax due under this Section shall be guilty of a business |
11 |
| offense
and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $5,000 |
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| in addition to
the amount found due as tax under this Section. |
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| Each day's violation
shall constitute a separate offense. All |
14 |
| fines paid into Court by a licensee hereunder shall be |
15 |
| transmitted and paid over by
the Clerk of the Court to the |
16 |
| Board.
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| (e) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax, or
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| racing fee, except as provided in this Act, shall be assessed |
19 |
| or
collected from any such licensee by the State.
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| (f) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax or |
21 |
| racing fee shall be
assessed or collected from any such |
22 |
| licensee by units of local government
except as provided in |
23 |
| paragraph 10.1 of subsection (h) and subsection (f) of
Section |
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| 26 of this Act. However, any municipality that has a Board |
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| licensed
horse race meeting at a race track wholly within its |
26 |
| corporate boundaries or a
township that has a Board licensed |
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| horse race meeting at a race track wholly
within the |
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| unincorporated area of the township may charge a local
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| amusement tax not to exceed 10¢ per admission to such horse |
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| race meeting
by the enactment of an ordinance. However, any |
5 |
| municipality or county
that has a Board licensed inter-track |
6 |
| wagering location facility wholly
within its corporate |
7 |
| boundaries may each impose an admission fee not
to exceed $1.00 |
8 |
| per admission to such inter-track wagering location facility,
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| so that a total of not more than $2.00 per admission may be |
10 |
| imposed.
Except as provided in subparagraph (g) of Section 27 |
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| of this Act, the
inter-track wagering location licensee shall |
12 |
| collect any and all such fees
and within 48 hours remit the |
13 |
| fees to the Board, which shall, pursuant to
rule, cause the |
14 |
| fees to be distributed to the county or municipality.
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| (g) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the |
16 |
| contrary, if in any
calendar year the total taxes and fees from |
17 |
| wagering on live racing and from
inter-track wagering required |
18 |
| to be collected from
licensees and distributed under this Act |
19 |
| to all State and local governmental
authorities exceeds the |
20 |
| amount of such taxes and fees distributed to each State
and |
21 |
| local governmental authority to which each State and local |
22 |
| governmental
authority was entitled under this Act for calendar |
23 |
| year 1994, then the first
$11 million of that excess amount |
24 |
| shall be allocated at the earliest possible
date for |
25 |
| distribution as purse money for the succeeding calendar year.
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| Upon reaching the 1994 level, and until the excess amount of |
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| taxes and fees
exceeds $11 million, the Board shall direct all |
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| licensees to cease paying the
subject taxes and fees and the |
3 |
| Board shall direct all licensees to allocate any such excess |
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| amount for purses as
follows:
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| (i) the excess amount shall be initially divided |
6 |
| between thoroughbred and
standardbred purses based on the |
7 |
| thoroughbred's and standardbred's respective
percentages |
8 |
| of total Illinois live wagering in calendar year 1994;
|
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| (ii) each thoroughbred and standardbred organization |
10 |
| licensee issued an
organization licensee in that |
11 |
| succeeding allocation year shall
be
allocated an amount |
12 |
| equal to the product of its percentage of total
Illinois
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13 |
| live thoroughbred or standardbred wagering in calendar |
14 |
| year 1994 (the total to
be determined based on the sum of |
15 |
| 1994 on-track wagering for all organization
licensees |
16 |
| issued organization licenses in both the allocation year |
17 |
| and the
preceding year) multiplied by
the total amount |
18 |
| allocated for standardbred or thoroughbred purses, |
19 |
| provided
that the first $1,500,000 of the amount allocated |
20 |
| to standardbred
purses under item (i) shall be allocated to |
21 |
| the Department of
Agriculture to be expended with the |
22 |
| assistance and advice of the Illinois
Standardbred |
23 |
| Breeders Funds Advisory Board for the purposes listed in
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24 |
| subsection (g) of Section 31 of this Act, before the amount |
25 |
| allocated to
standardbred purses under item (i) is |
26 |
| allocated to standardbred
organization licensees in the |
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| succeeding allocation year.
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| To the extent the excess amount of taxes and fees to be |
3 |
| collected and
distributed to State and local governmental |
4 |
| authorities exceeds $11 million,
that excess amount shall be |
5 |
| collected and distributed to State and local
authorities as |
6 |
| provided for under this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-805, eff. 5-26-06.)
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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 |
11 |
| Department of
Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section |
12 |
| 26 or Section 27
of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse |
13 |
| Racing Fund, which is hereby
created as a special fund in the |
14 |
| State Treasury.
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| (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General
Assembly, |
16 |
| may be made from
the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
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17 |
| salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
directors |
18 |
| of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
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| clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the |
20 |
| Board, and
all expenses of the Board incident to the |
21 |
| administration of this Act,
including, but not limited to, all |
22 |
| expenses and salaries incident to the
taking of saliva and |
23 |
| urine samples in accordance with the rules and
regulations of |
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| the Board.
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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 |
5 |
| existence on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 |
6 |
| 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 |
11 |
| this Act in calendar year
1998. Beginning on the effective date |
12 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments |
13 |
| to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General |
14 |
| Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to |
15 |
| that park district for museum purposes under this Act in |
16 |
| calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this |
17 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of |
18 |
| payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes, |
19 |
| payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the |
20 |
| General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts |
21 |
| paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under |
22 |
| this Act in calendar year 2005.
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| (e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under |
24 |
| subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park |
25 |
| districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums, |
26 |
| aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the |
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| Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on |
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| Chicago Park District property.
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| (f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum |
4 |
| in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General |
5 |
| Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts |
6 |
| paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this |
7 |
| Section in calendar year 2006.
|
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| (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the |
9 |
| contrary,
moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes |
10 |
| Distribution Fund may be distributed by the Department of |
11 |
| Agriculture to
Illinois county fairs to supplement premiums |
12 |
| offered in junior classes. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-813, eff. 5-26-06; 95-222, eff. 8-16-07.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/30)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-30)
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| Sec. 30. (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the |
16 |
| policy of
this State to encourage the breeding of thoroughbred |
17 |
| horses in this
State and the ownership of such horses by |
18 |
| residents of this State in
order to provide for: sufficient |
19 |
| numbers of high quality thoroughbred
horses to participate in |
20 |
| thoroughbred racing meetings in this State,
and to establish |
21 |
| and preserve the agricultural and commercial benefits
of such |
22 |
| breeding and racing industries to the State of Illinois. It is
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23 |
| the intent of the General Assembly to further this policy by |
24 |
| the
provisions of this Act.
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| (b) Each organization licensee conducting a thoroughbred |
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| racing meeting
pursuant to this Act shall provide at least two |
2 |
| races each day limited to
Illinois conceived and foaled horses |
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| or Illinois foaled horses or both. A
minimum of 6 races shall |
4 |
| be conducted each week limited to Illinois conceived
and foaled |
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| or Illinois foaled horses or both. Subject to the daily
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| availability of horses, one of the 6 races scheduled per week |
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| that are limited
to Illinois conceived and foaled or Illinois |
8 |
| foaled horses or both shall be
limited to Illinois conceived |
9 |
| and foaled or Illinois foaled maidens.
No horses shall be |
10 |
| permitted to start in such races unless duly registered
under |
11 |
| the rules of the Department of Agriculture.
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| (c) Conditions of races under subsection (b) shall be |
13 |
| commensurate
with past performance, quality, and class of |
14 |
| Illinois conceived and foaled
and Illinois foaled horses
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15 |
| available. If, however, sufficient competition cannot be had |
16 |
| among
horses of that class on any day, the races may, with |
17 |
| consent of the
Board, be eliminated for that day and substitute |
18 |
| races provided.
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| (d) There is hereby created a special fund of the State |
20 |
| Treasury to be known
as the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders |
21 |
| Fund.
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22 |
| Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this |
23 |
| Act, 8.5% of all
the monies received by the State as privilege |
24 |
| taxes on Thoroughbred racing
meetings shall be paid into the |
25 |
| Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
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| (e) The Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund shall be |
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| administered by
the Department of Agriculture
with the advice |
2 |
| and assistance of the
Advisory Board created in subsection (f) |
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| of this Section.
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| (f) The Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board |
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| shall
consist of the Director of the Department of Agriculture, |
6 |
| who shall
serve as Chairman; a member of the Illinois Racing |
7 |
| Board, designated by
it; 2 representatives of the organization |
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| licensees
conducting thoroughbred
racing meetings, recommended |
9 |
| by them; 2 representatives of the Illinois
Thoroughbred |
10 |
| Breeders and Owners Foundation, recommended by it; and 2
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| representatives of the Horsemen's Benevolent Protective |
12 |
| Association or any
successor organization established in |
13 |
| Illinois comprised of the largest number
of owners and |
14 |
| trainers,
recommended
by it, with one representative of the |
15 |
| Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective
Association to come from |
16 |
| its Illinois Division, and one from its Chicago
Division. |
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| Advisory Board members shall serve for 2 years commencing |
18 |
| January 1
of each odd numbered year. If representatives of the |
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| organization licensees
conducting thoroughbred racing |
20 |
| meetings, the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and
Owners |
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| Foundation, and the Horsemen's Benevolent Protection |
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| Association have
not been recommended by January 1, of each odd |
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| numbered year, the Director of
the Department of Agriculture |
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| shall make an appointment for the organization
failing to so |
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| recommend a member of the Advisory Board. Advisory Board |
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| members
shall receive no compensation for their services as |
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reimbursed for all actual and necessary |
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| expenses and disbursements incurred in
the execution of their |
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| official duties.
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| (g)
No monies shall be expended from the Illinois
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund except as appropriated by the |
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| General
Assembly. Monies
appropriated from the Illinois |
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund shall be expended by
the Department |
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| of Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, for the following |
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| purposes only:
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| (1) To provide purse supplements to owners of horses |
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| participating
in races limited to Illinois conceived and |
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| foaled and Illinois foaled
horses. Any such purse |
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| supplements shall not be included in and shall
be paid in |
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| addition to any purses, stakes, or breeders' awards offered
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| by each organization licensee as determined by agreement |
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| between such
organization licensee and an organization |
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| representing the horsemen. No
monies from the Illinois |
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund shall be used to provide
purse |
20 |
| supplements for claiming races in which the minimum |
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| claiming price is
less than $7,500.
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| (2) To provide stakes and awards to be paid to the |
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| owners of the
winning horses in certain races limited to |
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| Illinois conceived and foaled
and Illinois foaled horses |
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| designated as stakes races.
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| (2.5) To provide an award to the owner or owners of an |
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conceived and foaled or Illinois foaled horse that |
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| wins a
maiden special weight, an allowance, overnight |
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| handicap race, or
claiming race with claiming price of |
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| $10,000 or more providing the race
is not restricted
to |
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| Illinois conceived and foaled or Illinois foaled horses.
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| Awards shall
also be provided to the owner or owners of |
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| Illinois conceived and foaled and
Illinois foaled horses |
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| that place second or third in those races. To the
extent
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| that additional moneys are required to pay the minimum |
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| additional awards of 40%
of the purse the horse earns for |
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| placing first, second or third in those races
for Illinois |
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| foaled horses and of 60% of the purse the horse earns for |
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| placing
first, second or third in those races for Illinois
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| conceived and foaled horses, those moneys shall be provided |
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| from the purse
account at the track where earned.
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| (3) To provide stallion awards to the owner or owners |
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| of any stallion that
is duly registered with the Illinois |
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Program prior
to the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of 1995 whose duly registered
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| Illinois conceived and foaled offspring wins a race |
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| conducted at an Illinois
thoroughbred racing meeting other |
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| than a claiming race. Such award shall not be
paid to the |
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| owner or owners of an Illinois stallion that served outside |
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| this
State at any time during the calendar year in which |
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| such race was conducted.
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| (4) To provide $75,000 annually for purses to be
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| distributed to
county fairs that provide for the running of |
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| races during each county
fair exclusively for the |
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| thoroughbreds conceived and foaled in
Illinois. The |
4 |
| conditions of the races shall be developed by the county
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| fair association and reviewed by the Department with the |
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| advice and
assistance of
the Illinois Thoroughbred |
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| Breeders Fund Advisory Board. There shall be no
wagering of |
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| any kind on the running
of
Illinois conceived and foaled |
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| races at county fairs.
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| (4.1)
To provide purse money for an Illinois stallion
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| stakes program.
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| (5) No less than 80% of all monies appropriated
from
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| the
Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund shall be expended |
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| for the purposes in (1),
(2), (2.5), (3), (4), (4.1), and |
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| (5) as shown above.
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| (6) To provide for educational programs regarding the |
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| thoroughbred
breeding industry.
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| (7) To provide for research programs concerning the |
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| health,
development and care of the thoroughbred horse.
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| (8) To provide for a scholarship and training program |
21 |
| for students
of equine veterinary medicine.
|
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| (9) To provide for dissemination of public information |
23 |
| designed to
promote the breeding of thoroughbred horses in |
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| Illinois.
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| (10) To provide for all expenses incurred in the |
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| administration of
the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
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Whenever the Governor finds that the amount in the
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| Illinois
Thoroughbred Breeders Fund is more than the total of |
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| the outstanding
appropriations from such fund, the Governor |
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| shall notify the State
Comptroller and the State Treasurer of |
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| such fact. The Comptroller and
the State Treasurer, upon |
6 |
| receipt of such notification, shall transfer
such excess amount |
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| from the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund to the
General |
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| Revenue Fund.
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| (i) A sum equal to 17%
12 1/2% of the first prize money of |
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| every purse
won by an Illinois foaled or an Illinois conceived |
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| and foaled horse in
races not limited to Illinois foaled horses |
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| or Illinois conceived and
foaled horses, or both, shall be paid |
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| by the organization licensee
conducting the horse race meeting. |
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| Such sum shall be paid from the organization
licensee's share |
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| of the money wagered as follows: 15%
11 1/2% to the breeder of
|
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| the winning horse and 2%
1% to the organization representing |
17 |
| thoroughbred breeders
and owners whose representative serves |
18 |
| on the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
Fund Advisory Board for |
19 |
| verifying the amounts of breeders' awards earned,
assuring |
20 |
| their distribution in accordance with this Act, and servicing |
21 |
| and
promoting the Illinois thoroughbred horse racing industry. |
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| The
organization representing thoroughbred breeders and owners |
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| shall cause all
expenditures of monies received under this |
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| subsection (i) to be audited
at least annually by a registered |
25 |
| public accountant. The organization
shall file copies of each |
26 |
| annual audit with the Racing Board, the Clerk of
the House of |
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| Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, and shall
make |
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| copies of each annual audit available to the public upon |
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| request
and upon payment of the reasonable cost of photocopying |
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| the requested
number of copies. Such payments shall not reduce |
5 |
| any award to the owner of the
horse or reduce the taxes payable |
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| under this Act. Upon completion of its
racing meet, each |
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| organization licensee shall deliver to the organization
|
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| representing thoroughbred breeders and owners whose |
9 |
| representative serves on
the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders |
10 |
| Fund Advisory Board a listing of all the
Illinois foaled and |
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| the Illinois conceived and foaled horses which won
breeders' |
12 |
| awards and the amount of such breeders' awards under this |
13 |
| subsection
to verify accuracy of payments and assure proper |
14 |
| distribution of breeders'
awards in accordance with the |
15 |
| provisions of this Act. Such payments shall be
delivered by the |
16 |
| organization licensee within 30 days of the end of each race
|
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| meeting.
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| (j) A sum equal to 17%
12 1/2% of the first prize money won |
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| in each race
limited to Illinois foaled horses or Illinois |
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| conceived and foaled
horses, or both, shall be paid in the |
21 |
| following manner by the
organization licensee conducting the |
22 |
| horse race meeting, from the
organization licensee's share of |
23 |
| the money wagered: 15%
11 1/2% to the breeders of
the horses in |
24 |
| each such race which are the official first, second, third
and |
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| fourth finishers and 2%
1% to the organization representing |
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| thoroughbred
breeders and owners whose representative serves |
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| on the Illinois Thoroughbred
Breeders Fund Advisory Board for |
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| verifying the amounts of breeders' awards
earned, assuring |
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| their proper distribution in accordance with this Act, and
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| servicing and promoting the Illinois thoroughbred horse racing |
5 |
| industry. The
organization representing thoroughbred breeders |
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| and owners shall cause all
expenditures of monies received |
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| under this subsection (j) to be audited
at least annually by a |
8 |
| registered public accountant. The organization
shall file |
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| copies of each annual audit with the Racing Board, the Clerk of
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| the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, |
11 |
| and shall
make copies of each annual audit available to the |
12 |
| public upon request
and upon payment of the reasonable cost of |
13 |
| photocopying the requested
number of copies.
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| The 17%
11 1/2% paid to the breeders in accordance with |
15 |
| this subsection
shall be distributed as follows:
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| (1) 60% of such sum shall be paid to the breeder of the |
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| horse which
finishes in the official first position;
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| (2) 20% of such sum shall be paid to the breeder of the |
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| horse which
finishes in the official second position;
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| (3) 15% of such sum shall be paid to the breeder of the |
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| horse which
finishes in the official third position; and
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| (4) 5% of such sum shall be paid to the breeder of the |
23 |
| horse which
finishes in the official fourth position.
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| Such payments shall not reduce any award to the owners of a |
25 |
| horse or
reduce the taxes payable under this Act. Upon |
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| completion of its racing meet,
each organization licensee shall |
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| deliver to the organization representing
thoroughbred breeders |
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| and owners whose representative serves on the Illinois
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board a listing of all the |
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| Illinois foaled
and the Illinois conceived and foaled horses |
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| which won breeders' awards and the
amount of such breeders' |
6 |
| awards in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Such |
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| payments shall be delivered by the organization licensee within |
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| 30 days of
the end of each race meeting.
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| (k) The term "breeder", as used herein, means the owner of |
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| the mare at the
time the foal is dropped. An "Illinois foaled |
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| horse" is a foal dropped by a
mare which enters this State on |
12 |
| or before December 1, in the year in which the
horse is bred, |
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| provided the mare remains continuously in
this State until its |
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| foal is born. An "Illinois foaled horse" also means a foal
born |
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| of a mare in the same year as the mare enters this State on or |
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| before
March 1, and remains in this State at least 30 days |
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| after foaling, is bred back
during the season of the foaling to |
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| an Illinois Registered Stallion (unless a
veterinarian |
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| certifies that the mare should not be bred for health reasons),
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| and is not bred to a stallion standing in any other state |
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| during the season of
foaling. An "Illinois foaled horse" also |
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| means a foal born in Illinois of a
mare purchased at public |
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| auction subsequent to the mare entering this State
prior to |
24 |
| March 1
February 1 of the foaling year providing the mare is
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| owned solely by one or more Illinois residents or an Illinois |
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| entity that is
entirely owned by one or more Illinois |
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| (l) The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule, with the |
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| advice and
assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders |
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| Fund Advisory Board:
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| (1) Qualify stallions for Illinois breeding; such |
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| stallions to stand for
service within the State of Illinois |
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| at the time of a foal's conception. Such
stallion must not |
8 |
| stand for service at any place outside the State of |
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| Illinois
during the calendar year in which the foal is |
10 |
| conceived. The Department of
Agriculture may assess and |
11 |
| collect an application fee of up to
$500
fees for the |
12 |
| registration of each Illinois-eligible stallion
stallions . |
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| All fees collected are to be paid into the Illinois
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14 |
| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund and with the advice and |
15 |
| assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
Fund |
16 |
| Advisory Board shall be used for stallion awards .
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| (2) Provide for the registration of Illinois conceived |
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| and foaled
horses and Illinois foaled horses. No such horse |
19 |
| shall compete in
the races limited to Illinois conceived |
20 |
| and foaled horses or Illinois
foaled horses or both unless |
21 |
| registered with the Department of
Agriculture. The |
22 |
| Department of Agriculture may prescribe such forms as
are |
23 |
| necessary to determine the eligibility of such horses. The |
24 |
| Department of
Agriculture may assess and collect |
25 |
| application fees for the registration of
Illinois-eligible |
26 |
| foals. All fees collected are to be paid into the Illinois
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| Thoroughbred Breeders Fund. No person
shall knowingly |
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| prepare or cause preparation of an application for
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| registration of such foals containing false information.
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| (m) The Department of Agriculture, with the advice and |
5 |
| assistance of
the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Advisory |
6 |
| Board, shall provide that certain races
limited to Illinois |
7 |
| conceived and foaled and Illinois foaled horses be
stakes races |
8 |
| and determine the total amount of stakes and awards to be paid
|
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| to the owners of the winning horses in such races.
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| In determining the stakes races and the amount of awards |
11 |
| for such races,
the Department of Agriculture shall consider |
12 |
| factors, including but not
limited to, the amount of money |
13 |
| appropriated for the Illinois Thoroughbred
Breeders Fund |
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| program, organization licensees' contributions,
availability |
15 |
| of stakes caliber horses as demonstrated by past performances,
|
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| whether the race can be coordinated into the proposed racing |
17 |
| dates within
organization licensees' racing dates, opportunity |
18 |
| for
colts and fillies
and various age groups to race, public |
19 |
| wagering on such races, and the
previous racing schedule.
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| (n) The Board and the organizational licensee shall
notify |
21 |
| the Department of the conditions and minimum purses for races
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22 |
| limited to Illinois conceived and foaled and Illinois foaled |
23 |
| horses
conducted for each organizational licensee conducting a |
24 |
| thoroughbred racing
meeting. The Department of Agriculture |
25 |
| with the advice and assistance of
the Illinois Thoroughbred |
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| Breeders Fund Advisory Board may allocate monies
for purse |
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| supplements for such races. In determining whether to allocate
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| money and the amount, the Department of Agriculture shall |
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| consider factors,
including but not limited to, the amount of |
4 |
| money appropriated for the
Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund |
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| program, the number of races that may
occur, and the |
6 |
| organizational licensee's purse structure.
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| (o) (Blank).
In order to improve the breeding quality of |
8 |
| thoroughbred
horses in the
State, the General Assembly |
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| recognizes that existing provisions of this Section
to |
10 |
| encourage such quality breeding need to be revised and |
11 |
| strengthened. As
such, a Thoroughbred Breeder's Program Task |
12 |
| Force is to be appointed by the
Governor by September 1, 1999 |
13 |
| to make recommendations to the General Assembly
by no later |
14 |
| than March 1, 2000. This task force is to be composed of 2
|
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| representatives from the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and |
16 |
| Owners Foundation,
2 from the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's |
17 |
| Association, 3 from Illinois race
tracks operating |
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| thoroughbred race meets for an average of at least 30 days in
|
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| the past 3 years, the Director of Agriculture, the Executive |
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| Director of the
Racing Board, who shall serve as Chairman.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/30.5)
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| Sec. 30.5. Illinois Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
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| (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of |
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| this State to
encourage the breeding of racing quarter horses |
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| in this State and the ownership
of such horses by residents of |
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| this State in order to provide for sufficient
numbers of high |
3 |
| quality racing quarter horses in this State and to establish
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| and
preserve the agricultural and commercial benefits of such |
5 |
| breeding and racing
industries to the State of Illinois. It is |
6 |
| the intent of the General Assembly
to
further this policy by |
7 |
| the provisions of this Act.
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| (b) There is hereby created a special fund in the State |
9 |
| Treasury to be
known as the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse |
10 |
| Breeders Fund. Except as provided
in
subsection (g) of Section |
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| 27 of this Act, 8.5% of all the moneys received by
the
State as |
12 |
| pari-mutuel taxes on quarter horse racing shall be paid into |
13 |
| the
Illinois
Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
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| (c) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall |
15 |
| be administered
by the Department of Agriculture with the |
16 |
| advice and assistance of the Advisory
Board created in |
17 |
| subsection (d) of this Section.
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| (d) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund |
19 |
| Advisory Board shall
consist of the Director of the Department |
20 |
| of Agriculture, who shall serve as
Chairman; a member of the |
21 |
| Illinois Racing Board, designated by it; one
representative of |
22 |
| the organization licensees conducting pari-mutuel
quarter |
23 |
| horse racing meetings,
recommended by them; 2 representatives |
24 |
| of the Illinois Running Quarter Horse
Association, recommended |
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| by it; and the Superintendent of Fairs and Promotions
from the |
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| Department of Agriculture. Advisory Board members shall serve |
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| for 2
years commencing January 1 of each odd numbered year. If |
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| representatives have
not
been recommended by January 1 of each |
3 |
| odd numbered year, the Director of the
Department of |
4 |
| Agriculture may make an appointment for the organization |
5 |
| failing
to
so recommend a member of the Advisory Board. |
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| Advisory Board members shall
receive
no compensation for their |
7 |
| services as members but may be reimbursed for all
actual and |
8 |
| necessary expenses and disbursements incurred in the execution |
9 |
| of
their official duties.
|
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| (e)
No moneys shall be expended from the Illinois Racing |
11 |
| Quarter Horse
Breeders Fund except as appropriated by the |
12 |
| General Assembly. Moneys
appropriated
from the Illinois Racing |
13 |
| Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be expended by the
Department |
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| of Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
|
15 |
| Racing
Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory Board, for the |
16 |
| following purposes only:
|
17 |
| (1) To provide stakes and awards to be paid to the
|
18 |
| owners of the winning horses in certain races. This |
19 |
| provision
is limited to Illinois conceived and foaled |
20 |
| horses.
|
21 |
| (2) To provide an award to the owner or owners of an |
22 |
| Illinois
conceived and foaled horse that wins a race when |
23 |
| pari-mutuel wagering is
conducted; providing the race is |
24 |
| not restricted to Illinois conceived and
foaled horses.
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| (3) To provide purse money for an Illinois stallion |
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| stakes program.
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| (4) To provide for purses to be distributed for the |
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| running of races
during the Illinois State Fair and the |
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| DuQuoin State Fair exclusively for
quarter horses |
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| conceived and foaled in Illinois.
|
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| (5) To provide for purses to be distributed for the |
6 |
| running of races
at Illinois county fairs exclusively for |
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| quarter horses conceived and foaled
in Illinois.
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| (6) To provide for purses to be distributed for running |
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| races
exclusively for quarter horses conceived and foaled |
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| in Illinois at locations
in Illinois determined by the |
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| Department of Agriculture with advice and
consent of the |
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| Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory Board.
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| (7) No less than 90% of all moneys appropriated from |
14 |
| the Illinois
Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be |
15 |
| expended for the purposes in
items (1), (2), (3), (4), and |
16 |
| (5) of this subsection (e).
|
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| (8) To provide for research programs concerning the |
18 |
| health,
development, and care of racing quarter horses.
|
19 |
| (9) To provide for dissemination of public information |
20 |
| designed to
promote the breeding of racing quarter horses |
21 |
| in Illinois.
|
22 |
| (10) To provide for expenses incurred in the |
23 |
| administration of the
Illinois Racing Quarter Horse |
24 |
| Breeders Fund.
|
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| (f) The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule, with the |
26 |
| advice and
assistance of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse |
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| Breeders Fund Advisory Board:
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| (1) Qualify stallions for Illinois breeding; such |
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| stallions to stand
for service within the State of |
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| Illinois, at the time of a foal's
conception. Such stallion |
5 |
| must not stand for service at any place outside
the State |
6 |
| of Illinois during the calendar year in which the foal is
|
7 |
| conceived. The Department of Agriculture may assess and |
8 |
| collect application
fees for the registration of |
9 |
| Illinois-eligible stallions. All fees collected
are to be |
10 |
| paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
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| (2) Provide for the registration of Illinois conceived |
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| and foaled
horses. No such horse shall compete in the races |
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| limited to Illinois
conceived and foaled horses unless it |
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| is registered with the Department of
Agriculture. The |
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| Department of Agriculture may prescribe such forms as are
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| necessary to determine the eligibility of such horses. The |
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| Department of
Agriculture may assess and collect |
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| application fees for the registration of
Illinois-eligible |
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| foals. All fees collected are to be paid into the Illinois
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| Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund. No person shall |
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| knowingly prepare or
cause preparation of an application |
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| for registration of such foals that
contains false |
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| information.
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| (3) Allow 150 days after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly to grandfather |
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| any quarter horse conceived and foaled in Illinois into the |
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| (g) The Department of Agriculture, with the advice and |
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| assistance of the
Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund |
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| Advisory Board, shall provide that
certain races limited to |
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| Illinois conceived and foaled be stakes races and
determine the |
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| total amount of stakes and awards to be paid to the owners of |
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| the
winning horses in such races.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/31)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-31)
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| Sec. 31. (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the |
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| policy of
this State to encourage the breeding of standardbred |
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| horses in this
State and the ownership of such horses by |
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| residents of this State in
order to provide for: sufficient |
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| numbers of high quality standardbred
horses to participate in |
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| harness racing meetings in this State, and to
establish and |
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| preserve the agricultural and commercial benefits of such
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| breeding and racing industries to the State of Illinois. It is |
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| the
intent of the General Assembly to further this policy by |
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| the provisions
of this Section of this Act.
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| (b) Each organization licensee conducting a harness
racing |
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| meeting pursuant to this Act shall provide for at least two |
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| races each
race program limited to
Illinois conceived and |
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| foaled horses. A minimum of 6 races shall be
conducted each |
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| week limited to Illinois conceived and foaled horses. No
horses |
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| registered
under the rules of the Department of Agriculture.
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| (b-5) Each organization licensee conducting a harness |
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| racing meeting
pursuant to this Act shall provide stakes races |
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| and early closer races for
Illinois conceived and foaled horses |
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| so the total purses distributed for such
races shall be no less |
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| than an amount equal to (i) the total of the horsemen's |
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| payments and entry fees, plus (ii) 17% of the total purses |
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| distributed at the meeting.
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| (b-10) Each organization licensee conducting a harness |
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| racing meeting
pursuant to this Act shall provide an owner |
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| award to be paid from the purse
account equal to 25% of the |
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| amount earned by Illinois conceived and foaled
horses in races |
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| that are not restricted to Illinois conceived and foaled
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| horses.
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| (c) Conditions of races under subsection (b) shall be |
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| commensurate
with past performance, quality and class of |
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| Illinois conceived and
foaled horses available. If, however, |
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| sufficient competition cannot be
had among horses of that class |
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| on any day, the races may, with consent
of the Board, be |
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| eliminated for that day and substitute races provided.
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| (d) There is hereby created a special fund of the State |
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| Treasury to
be known as the Illinois Standardbred Breeders |
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| Fund.
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| During the calendar year 1981, and each year thereafter, |
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| except as provided
in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, |
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| eight and one-half
per cent of all the monies received by the |
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| State as privilege taxes on
harness racing meetings shall be |
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| paid into the Illinois Standardbred
Breeders Fund.
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| (e) The Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund shall be |
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| administered by
the Department of Agriculture with the |
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| assistance and advice of the
Advisory Board created in |
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| subsection (f) of this Section.
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| (f) The Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board |
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| is hereby
created. The Advisory Board shall consist of the |
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| Director of the
Department of Agriculture, who shall serve as |
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| Chairman; the
Superintendent of the Illinois State Fair; a |
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| member of the Illinois
Racing Board, designated by it; a |
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| representative of the Illinois
Standardbred Owners and |
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| Breeders Association, recommended by it; a
representative of |
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| the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs,
recommended by |
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| it, such representative to be from a fair at which
Illinois |
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| conceived and foaled racing is conducted; a representative of
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| the organization licensees conducting harness racing
meetings, |
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| recommended by them
and a representative of the Illinois |
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| Harness Horsemen's Association,
recommended by it. Advisory |
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| Board members shall serve for 2 years
commencing January 1, of |
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| each odd numbered year. If representatives of
the Illinois |
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| Standardbred Owners and Breeders Associations, the Illinois
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| Association of Agricultural Fairs, the Illinois Harness |
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| Horsemen's
Association, and the organization licensees |
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| conducting
harness racing meetings
have not been recommended by |
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| January 1, of each odd numbered year, the
Director of the |
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| Department of Agriculture shall make an appointment for
the |
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| organization failing to so recommend a member of the Advisory |
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| Board.
Advisory Board members shall receive no compensation for |
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| their services
as members but shall be reimbursed for all |
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| actual and necessary expenses
and disbursements incurred in the |
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| execution of their official duties.
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| (g)
No monies shall be expended from the Illinois |
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| Standardbred
Breeders Fund except as appropriated by the |
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| General Assembly. Monies
appropriated from the Illinois |
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund shall be
expended by the Department |
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| of Agriculture, with the assistance and
advice of the Illinois |
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board for the
following |
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| purposes only:
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| 1. To provide purses for races limited to Illinois |
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| conceived and
foaled horses at the State Fair and the |
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| DuQuoin State Fair .
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| 2. To provide purses for races limited to Illinois |
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| conceived and
foaled horses at county fairs.
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| 3. To provide purse supplements for races limited to |
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| Illinois
conceived and foaled horses conducted by |
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| associations conducting harness
racing meetings.
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| 4. No less than 75% of all monies in the Illinois |
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| Standardbred
Breeders Fund shall be expended for purses in |
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| 1, 2 and 3 as shown above.
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| 4.5. To provide for bonus programs to pay owners of |
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| 5. In the discretion of the Department of Agriculture |
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| to provide
awards to harness breeders of Illinois conceived |
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| and foaled horses which
win races conducted by organization |
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| licensees
conducting harness racing meetings.
A breeder is |
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| the owner of a mare at the time of conception. No more
than |
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| 10% of all monies appropriated from the Illinois
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund shall
be expended for such |
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| harness breeders awards. No more than 25% of the
amount |
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| expended for harness breeders awards shall be expended for
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| expenses incurred in the administration of such harness |
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| breeders awards.
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| 6. To pay for the improvement of racing facilities |
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| located at the
State Fair and County fairs.
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| 7. To pay the expenses incurred in the administration |
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| of the
Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund.
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| 8. To promote the sport of harness racing , including |
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| grants up to a
maximum of $7,500 per fair per year for the |
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| cost of a totalizator system to be
used for conducting |
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| pari-mutuel wagering during the advertised dates of a
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| county fair .
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| (h)
Whenever the Governor finds that the amount in the |
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| Illinois
Standardbred Breeders Fund is more than the total of |
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| the outstanding
appropriations from such fund, the Governor |
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| shall notify the State
Comptroller and the State Treasurer of |
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| such fact. The Comptroller and
the State Treasurer, upon |
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| receipt of such notification, shall transfer
such excess amount |
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| from the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund to the
General |
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| Revenue Fund.
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| (i) A sum equal to 12 1/2% of the first prize money of the |
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| gross
every purse
won by an Illinois conceived and foaled horse |
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| shall be paid by the
organization licensee conducting the horse |
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| race meeting to the breeder
of such winning horse from the |
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| organization licensee's account
share of
the money wagered . |
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| Such payment shall not reduce any award to the owner of
the |
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| horse or reduce the taxes payable under this Act. Such payment |
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| shall be
delivered by the organization licensee at the end of |
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| each month
race
meeting .
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| (j) The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule, with the |
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| assistance and
advice of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders |
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| Fund Advisory Board:
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| 1. Qualify stallions for Illinois Standardbred Breeders |
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| Fund breeding; such
stallion shall be owned by a resident of |
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| the State of Illinois or by an
Illinois corporation all of |
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| whose shareholders, directors, officers and
incorporators are |
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| residents of the State of Illinois. Such stallion shall
stand |
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| for service at and within the State of Illinois at the time of |
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| a foal's
conception, and such stallion must not stand for |
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| service at any place, nor
may semen from such stallion be |
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| transported, outside the State of Illinois
during that calendar |
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| year in which the foal is conceived and that the owner of
the |
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| The articles
of agreement of any partnership, joint venture, |
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| limited partnership, syndicate,
association or corporation and |
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| any bylaws and stock
certificates must contain a restriction |
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| that provides that the ownership or
transfer of interest by any |
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| one of the persons a party to the agreement can
only be made to |
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| a person who qualifies as an Illinois resident.
Foals conceived |
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| outside the State of Illinois from shipped semen from a
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| stallion qualified for breeders' awards under this Section are
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| not eligible to participate in the Illinois conceived and |
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| foaled program.
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| 2. Provide for the registration of Illinois conceived and |
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| foaled
horses and no such horse shall compete in the races |
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| limited to Illinois
conceived and foaled horses unless |
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| registered with the Department of
Agriculture. The Department |
16 |
| of Agriculture may prescribe such forms as
may be necessary to |
17 |
| determine the eligibility of such horses. No person
shall |
18 |
| knowingly prepare or cause preparation of an application for
|
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| registration of such foals containing false information.
A mare |
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| (dam) must be in the state at least 30 days prior to foaling or
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| remain in the State at least 30 days at the time of foaling.
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| Beginning with the 1996 breeding season and for foals of 1997 |
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| and thereafter,
a foal conceived in the State of Illinois by |
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| transported fresh semen may be
eligible for Illinois
conceived |
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| and foaled registration provided all breeding and foaling
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| requirements are met. The stallion must be qualified for |
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inseminated within the State of |
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| Illinois. The foal must be dropped in Illinois
and properly |
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| registered with the Department of Agriculture in accordance |
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| with
this Act.
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| 3. Provide that at least a 5 day racing program shall be |
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| conducted
at the State Fair each year, which program shall |
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| include at least the
following races limited to Illinois |
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| conceived and foaled horses: (a) a
two year old Trot and Pace, |
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| and Filly Division of each; (b) a three
year old Trot and Pace, |
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| and Filly Division of each; (c) an aged Trot and Pace,
and Mare |
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| Division of each.
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| 4. Provide for the payment of nominating, sustaining and |
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| starting
fees for races promoting the sport of harness racing |
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| and for the races
to be conducted at the State Fair as provided |
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| in
subsection (j) 3 of this Section provided that the |
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| nominating,
sustaining and starting payment required from an |
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| entrant shall not
exceed 2% of the purse of such race. All |
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| nominating, sustaining and
starting payments shall be held for |
20 |
| the benefit of entrants and shall be
paid out as part of the |
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| respective purses for such races.
Nominating, sustaining and |
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| starting fees shall be held in trust accounts
for the purposes |
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| as set forth in this Act and in accordance with Section
205-15 |
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| of the Department of Agriculture Law (20 ILCS
205/205-15).
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| 5. Provide for the registration with the Department of |
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| Agriculture
of Colt Associations or county fairs desiring to |
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| sponsor races at county
fairs.
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| (k) The Department of Agriculture, with the advice and |
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| assistance of the
Illinois
Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory |
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| Board, may allocate monies for purse
supplements for such |
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| races. In determining whether to allocate money and
the amount, |
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| the Department
of Agriculture shall consider factors, |
7 |
| including but not limited to, the
amount of money appropriated |
8 |
| for the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
program, the number |
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| of races that may occur, and an organizational
licensee's purse |
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| structure. The organizational licensee shall notify the
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| Department of Agriculture of the conditions and minimum purses |
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| for races
limited to Illinois conceived and foaled horses to be |
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| conducted by each
organizational licensee conducting a harness |
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| racing meeting for which purse
supplements have been |
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| negotiated.
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| (l) All races held at county fairs and the State Fair which |
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| receive funds
from the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund |
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| shall be conducted in
accordance with the rules of the United |
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| States Trotting Association unless
otherwise modified by the |
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| Department of Agriculture.
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| (m) At all standardbred race meetings held or conducted |
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| under authority of a
license granted by the Board, and at all |
23 |
| standardbred races held at county
fairs which are approved by |
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| the Department of Agriculture or at the
Illinois or DuQuoin |
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| State Fairs, no one shall jog, train, warm up or drive
a |
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| standardbred horse unless he or she is wearing a protective |
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| safety helmet,
with the
chin strap fastened and in place, which |
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| meets the standards and
requirements as set forth in the 1984 |
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| Standard for Protective Headgear for
Use in Harness Racing and |
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| Other Equestrian Sports published by the Snell
Memorial |
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| Foundation, or any standards and requirements for headgear the
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| Illinois Racing Board may approve. Any other standards and |
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| requirements so
approved by the Board shall equal or exceed |
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| those published by the Snell
Memorial Foundation. Any |
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| equestrian helmet bearing the Snell label shall
be deemed to |
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| have met those standards and requirements.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/31.2 new)
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| Sec. 31.2. Racing Industry Workers' Trust Fund; advisory |
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| board. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds that backstretch workers |
16 |
| play a critical role in the success and prosperity of the |
17 |
| racing industry. The General Assembly finds that there is a |
18 |
| need to improve the quality and viability of live racing in |
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| Illinois by providing new resources to increase purse sizes and |
20 |
| to improve race track facilities. The General Assembly finds |
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| that there is a concomitant responsibility and duty to address |
22 |
| the human service and housing needs of backstretch workers. |
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| (b) There is hereby created a non-appropriated trust fund |
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| to be known as the Racing Industry Workers' Trust Fund, which |
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| is administered by the Board and held separate and apart from |
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| State moneys. The Fund shall consist of moneys paid into it |
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| under subsection (b) of Section 56 of this Act.
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| (c) The Board is authorized to use funds in the Racing |
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| Industry Workers' Trust Fund to fund programs and initiatives |
5 |
| that improve the quality of life of backstretch workers. |
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| Initiatives funded by the Board shall address needs such as |
7 |
| illiteracy, substance dependence, primary health care, child |
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| care, housing, and any other social service need determined by |
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| the Board. |
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| (d) On December 31st of each year the Board shall report to |
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| the General Assembly and the Governor on the programs funded by |
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| the Board during the preceding fiscal year, the number of |
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| persons served, and the working and living conditions of |
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| backstretch workers. |
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| (e) The Board shall appoint a Backstretch Programs Advisory |
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| Board, who shall report to and advise the Board on matters |
17 |
| concerning backstretch conditions and needs. The Backstretch |
18 |
| Programs Advisory Board shall consist of the following 7 |
19 |
| members:
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| (1) 2 persons who represent the interests of an |
21 |
| organization licensee; |
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| (2) one person who represents the interests of |
23 |
| standardbred horsemen; |
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| (3) one person who represents the interests of |
25 |
| thoroughbred horsemen; |
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| (4) one person who is or was a backstretch worker; |
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| workers; and |
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| (6) one person who has significant experience in |
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| administering social services. |
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| (f) The Board shall hire, in its sole discretion, a |
6 |
| backstretch workers' Program Coordinator who shall serve under |
7 |
| the direction of the Board to supervise and coordinate the |
8 |
| programs funded by the Racing Industry Workers' Trust Fund. The |
9 |
| Program Coordinator shall be paid from the Racing Industry |
10 |
| Workers' Trust Fund.
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| (230 ILCS 5/31.3 new)
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| Sec. 31.3. Illinois Equine Research Trust Fund. There is |
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| created a trust fund to be known
as the Illinois Equine |
14 |
| Research Trust Fund, which is administered by the Department of |
15 |
| Agriculture and held separate and apart from State moneys. The |
16 |
| Fund shall consist of moneys paid into it under subsection (b) |
17 |
| of Section 56 of this Act. The Department may use funds in the |
18 |
| Illinois Equine Research Trust Fund to award 2 equal grants to |
19 |
| the University of Illinois and to Southern Illinois University |
20 |
| for equine research. The total amount of each grant award shall |
21 |
| be used for only the direct costs of research. |
22 |
| (230 ILCS 5/34.3 new)
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| Sec. 34.3. Drug testing. The Illinois Racing Board and the |
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| Department of Agriculture shall jointly establish a program for |
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| the purpose of conducting random drug testing of horses at |
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| county fairs and shall adopt any rules necessary for |
3 |
| enforcement of the program. The rules shall include appropriate |
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| penalties for violations.
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| (230 ILCS 5/36)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-36)
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| Sec. 36. (a) Whoever administers or conspires to administer |
7 |
| to
any horse a hypnotic, narcotic, stimulant, depressant or any |
8 |
| chemical
substance which may affect the speed of a horse at any |
9 |
| time in any race
where the purse or any part of the purse is |
10 |
| made of money authorized by any
Section of this Act , except |
11 |
| those chemical substances permitted by ruling of
the Board, |
12 |
| internally, externally or by hypodermic method in a race or |
13 |
| prior
thereto, or whoever knowingly enters a horse in any race |
14 |
| within a period of 24
hours after any hypnotic, narcotic, |
15 |
| stimulant, depressant or any other chemical
substance which may |
16 |
| affect the speed of a horse at any time, except those
chemical |
17 |
| substances permitted by ruling of the Board, has been |
18 |
| administered to
such horse either internally or externally or |
19 |
| by hypodermic method for the
purpose of increasing or retarding |
20 |
| the speed of such horse shall be guilty of a
Class 4 felony. |
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| The Board shall suspend or revoke such violator's license.
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| (b) The term "hypnotic" as used in this Section includes |
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| all barbituric
acid preparations and derivatives.
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| (c) The term "narcotic" as used in this Section includes |
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| opium and
all its alkaloids, salts, preparations and |
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| derivatives, cocaine
and all its salts, preparations and |
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| derivatives and substitutes.
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| (d) The provisions of this Section 36 and the treatment |
4 |
| authorized herein
apply to horses entered in and competing in |
5 |
| race meetings as defined in
Section 3.47 of this Act and to |
6 |
| horses entered in and competing at any county
fair.
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| (e) Drug testing for horses entered in and competing at any |
8 |
| county fair shall be conducted by the Department of |
9 |
| Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Board. The |
10 |
| Department of Agriculture, with the assistance of the Board, |
11 |
| shall adopt rules for drug testing, for horses entered in and |
12 |
| competing at any county fair.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1185.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/42)
(from Ch. 8, par. 37-42)
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| Sec. 42. (a) Except as to the distribution of monies |
16 |
| provided for by
Sections 28, 29, 30 , and 31 and the treating of
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| horses as provided in Section 36 , nothing whatsoever in this |
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| Act
shall
be held or taken to apply to county fairs and State |
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| Fairs or to
agricultural and livestock exhibitions where the |
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| pari-mutuel system of wagering
upon the result of horses is not
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| permitted or conducted.
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| (b) Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the |
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| pari-mutuel method of
wagering upon any race track unless such |
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| race
track is licensed under this Act. It is hereby declared to |
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| be
unlawful for any person to permit, conduct or supervise upon |
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wagering except |
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| in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
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| (c) Whoever violates subsection (b) of this Section is |
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| guilty of
a Class 4 felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/45) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-45)
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| Sec. 45. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General and |
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| the
various State's attorneys in this State in cooperation with |
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| the Office of Gaming Enforcement Department
of State Police to |
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| enforce
this Act. The Director of Gaming Enforcement Governor |
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| may, upon request of the Board Department of State Police ,
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| order the law enforcing officers of the various cities and
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| counties to assign a sufficient number of deputies to aid |
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| members of the
Department of State Police
in preventing horse |
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| racing at any track
within the respective jurisdiction of such |
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| cities or counties an
organization license for which has been |
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| refused, suspended or revoked by
the Board. The Director of |
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| Gaming Enforcement Governor may similarly assign such deputies |
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| to aid the
local law enforcement Department of State Police
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| when, by his determination, additional
forces are needed to |
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| preserve the health, welfare or safety of any
person or animal |
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| within the grounds of any race track in the State.
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| Sec. 54.5. Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund. |
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| (a) There is created a Fund to be known as the Horse
Racing
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| Equity Trust Fund, which is a non-appropriated trust fund held |
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| separate and apart from State moneys. The Fund shall consist of |
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| moneys paid into it by owners licensees under
the Illinois |
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| Riverboat Gambling Act for the purposes described in this |
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| Section. The Fund shall
be administered
by the Board. Moneys in |
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| the Fund shall be distributed as directed and certified by the |
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| Board in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b).
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| (b) The moneys deposited into the Fund, plus any accrued |
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| interest on those moneys, shall be distributed
within 10 days |
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| after those moneys are deposited into the Fund as follows:
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| (1) Sixty percent of all moneys distributed under this |
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| subsection shall be
distributed to organization licensees |
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| to be distributed at their race
meetings as purses. |
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| Fifty-seven percent of the amount distributed under this
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| paragraph (1) shall be distributed for thoroughbred race |
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| meetings and
43% shall be distributed for standardbred race |
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| meetings. Within each
breed, moneys shall be allocated to |
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| each organization licensee's purse
fund in accordance with |
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| the ratio between the purses generated for that
breed by |
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| that licensee during the prior calendar year and the total |
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| purses
generated throughout the State for that breed during |
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| the prior calendar
year by licensees in the current |
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| calendar year.
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subsection (b) shall be distributed as follows:
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| (A) 11% shall be distributed to any person (or its |
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| successors or assigns) who had operating control of a |
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| racetrack that conducted live racing in 2002 at a |
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| racetrack in a
county with at least 230,000 inhabitants |
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| that borders the Mississippi River and is a licensee in |
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| the current year; and
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| (B) the remaining 89% shall be distributed pro rata
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| according to the aggregate
proportion of total handle |
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| from wagering on live races conducted in Illinois |
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| (irrespective of where the wagers are placed) for |
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| calendar years 2004 and 2005
to any person (or its
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| successors or assigns) who (i) had
majority operating |
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| control of a racing facility at which live racing was |
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| conducted in
calendar year 2002, (ii) is a licensee in |
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| the current
year, and (iii) is not eligible to receive |
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| moneys under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (2).
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| The moneys received by an organization licensee |
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| under this paragraph (2) shall be used by each |
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| organization licensee to improve, maintain, market, |
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| and otherwise operate its racing facilities to conduct |
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| live racing, which shall include backstretch services |
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| and capital improvements related to live racing and the |
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| backstretch. Any organization licensees sharing common |
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| ownership may pool the moneys received and spent at all |
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| racing facilities commonly owned in order to meet these |
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| requirements.
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| If any person identified in this paragraph (2) becomes
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| ineligible to receive moneys from the Fund, such amount |
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| shall be redistributed
among the remaining persons in |
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| proportion to their percentages otherwise
calculated.
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| (c) The Board shall monitor organization licensees to |
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| ensure that moneys paid to organization licensees under this |
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| Section are distributed by the organization licensees as |
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| provided in subsection (b).
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| (d) The Horse
Racing
Equity Trust Fund shall not be subject |
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| to administrative charges or charge backs, including, but not
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| limited to, those authorized under Section 8h of the State |
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| Finance Act. |
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|
(d) This Section is repealed 2 years after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-804, eff. 5-26-06.)
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| (230 ILCS 5/56 new)
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| Sec. 56. Electronic gaming.
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| (a) An organization licensee may apply to the Gaming Board |
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| for an electronic
gaming license pursuant to Section 7.7 of the |
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| Illinois Gambling Act. An electronic gaming licensee may not |
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| permit persons under 21 years
of age to be present in its |
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| electronic gaming facility,
but the licensee may accept wagers |
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| on live racing and inter-track
wagers at its electronic gaming |
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| facility.
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| (a-5) An amount equal to 15% of the total adjusted gross |
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| receipts received by an electronic gaming licensee from |
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| electronic gaming shall be paid to purse accounts. |
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| Moneys paid into purse equity accounts by licensees at |
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| tracks located in counties other than Madison County shall be |
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| maintained separately from moneys paid into purse equity |
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| accounts by a licensee at a track located in Madison County. |
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| Of the moneys paid to purse equity accounts by an |
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| electronic gaming licensee located in a county other than |
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| Madison County, 57% of the moneys shall be paid into a single |
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| thoroughbred purse pool and 43% of the moneys shall be paid |
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| into a single standardbred
purse pool. Each calendar year, |
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| moneys in the thoroughbred purse pool shall be distributed |
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| equally for each awarded racing date to the thoroughbred purse |
16 |
| accounts of each organization licensee that
paid money into the |
17 |
| thoroughbred purse pool. Each calendar year, moneys in the |
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| standardbred purse pool shall be distributed equally for each |
19 |
| awarded racing date to the standardbred purse accounts of each |
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| organization licensee that
paid money into the standardbred |
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| purse pool. |
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| Of the moneys paid into purse equity accounts by an |
23 |
| electronic gaming licensee located in Madison County, 70% shall |
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| be paid to its thoroughbred purse account and 30% shall be paid |
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| to its standardbred purse account. |
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| (b) After payment required under subsection (a-5) of this |
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| Section and Section 13 of the Illinois Gambling Act, the |
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| adjusted gross receipts received by all electronic gaming |
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| licensees
from electronic gaming shall be distributed as |
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| follows:
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| (1) a total of $4,100,000 annually shall be paid to the |
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| Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund; |
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| (2) a total of $250,000 annually shall be paid to the |
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| Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund; |
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| (3) a total of $500,000 annually shall be paid to the |
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| Illinois Equine Research Trust Fund; |
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| (4) a total of $1,000,000 annually shall be paid to the |
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| Racing Industry Workers' Trust Fund;
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| (5) an amount equal to 2.25% of adjusted gross receipts |
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| from each electronic gaming licensee shall be paid to the |
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| Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund and the
Illinois |
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| Standardbred Breeders Fund, divided pro rata based on the |
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| proportion
of live thoroughbred racing and live |
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| standardbred racing conducted at that
licensee's race |
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| track; and
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| (6) an amount equal to 0.25% of adjusted gross receipts |
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| from each electronic gaming licensee shall be paid to the |
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| licensee's live racing and horse ownership
promotional |
23 |
| account; and
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| (7) the remainder shall be retained by the licensee. |
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| (c) The moneys collected pursuant to items (1), (2), (3), |
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| and (4) of subsection (b) of this Section is payable by the |
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| licensees on a pro-rated basis, based on each licensee's |
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| adjusted gross receipts. The Illinois Gaming Board shall |
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| provide the Illinois Racing Board with the information needed |
4 |
| to make this determination. The Illinois Racing Board shall |
5 |
| adopt rules for the administration of this Section. |
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| (d) Moneys distributed under this subsection (b) shall be |
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| distributed as directed by the Board. |
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| (e) As a condition of licensure, an electronic gaming |
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| licensee must expend an amount equal to the sum of (i) amounts |
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| expended in 2007; (ii) the amounts required in item (6) of |
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| subsection (b) of this Section; and (iii) the amount of |
12 |
| pari-mutuel tax credit received under Section 32.1 of this Act |
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| for the purpose of live racing and horse ownership promotion. |
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| The Board shall adopt rules to enforce this subsection (e), |
15 |
| including reasonable fines and penalties for noncompliance. |
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| (230 ILCS 5/57 new)
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| Sec. 57. Compliance report. |
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| (a) The Board shall prepare a report twice per year |
19 |
| regarding the compliance of each electronic gaming licensee |
20 |
| with this Act and the electronic gaming licensee's support of |
21 |
| live racing. The Board shall determine whether each electronic |
22 |
| gaming licensee has maintained an appropriate level of live |
23 |
| horse racing. In making that determination, the Board shall |
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| consider all of the following factors: |
25 |
| (1) The increase, if any, in the on-track handle at the |
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| race track where the electronic gaming facility is located. |
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| (2) The increase, if any, in purses at the racing |
3 |
| facility where electronic gaming facility is located. |
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| (3) Investments in capital improvements made by the |
5 |
| organization licensee to the racing facility, excluding |
6 |
| electronic gaming areas. |
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| (b) If the Board finds that a licensee has failed to comply |
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| with this Act or has substantially failed to support live |
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| racing, then the Board may do any of the following: |
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| (1) Issue a warning to the organization licensee. |
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| (2) Impose a civil penalty upon the organization |
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| licensee. |
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| (3) Recommend to the Illinois Gaming Board that the |
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| organization licensee's electronic gaming license be |
15 |
| suspended or revoked. If the Illinois Gaming Board does not |
16 |
| accept the Illinois Racing Board's recommendation to |
17 |
| suspend or revoke the electronic gaming license, then they |
18 |
| must provide a written, detailed explanation for why such |
19 |
| conduct does not merit revocation. If 2 succeeding |
20 |
| recommendations for revocation of an electronic gaming |
21 |
| license are given by the Illinois Racing Board to the |
22 |
| Illinois Gaming Board, then the electronic gaming license |
23 |
| shall be automatically revoked. The gaming positions |
24 |
| associated with the revoked electronic gaming license |
25 |
| shall be retained by the Illinois Gaming Board and |
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| allocated in equal amounts to the remaining electronic |
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| gaming licensees as provided in Section 7.7 of the Illinois |
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| Gambling Act.
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| Section 90-40. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by |
4 |
| changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 5.1, 6, 7, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8, 9, |
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| 11, 11.1, 11.2, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, and 20 and by adding |
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| Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10, 7.11, |
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| 7.11a, 7.12, 7.14, 7.15, 7.25, 7.30, 9.3, 9.5, 12.1, 13.2, |
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| 14.5, 17.2, 22.5, and 22.6 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 2401)
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| Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be |
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| cited as the
Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 2402)
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| Sec. 2. Legislative intent; findings Intent .
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| (a) This Act is intended to benefit the
people of the State |
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| of Illinois
by assisting economic development and promoting |
17 |
| Illinois tourism
and by increasing the amount of revenues |
18 |
| available to the State for infrastructure and capital programs |
19 |
| and to assist and
support education.
|
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| (b) While authorization of riverboat gambling will enhance |
21 |
| investment,
development and tourism in Illinois, it is |
22 |
| recognized that it will do so
successfully only if public |
23 |
| confidence and trust in the credibility and
integrity of the |
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| gambling operations and the regulatory process is
maintained. |
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| Therefore, regulatory provisions of this Act are designed to
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| strictly regulate the facilities, persons, associations and |
4 |
| practices
related to gambling operations pursuant to the police |
5 |
| powers of the State,
including comprehensive law enforcement |
6 |
| supervision.
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| (c) The Illinois Gaming Board established under this Act |
8 |
| should, as soon
as possible, inform each applicant for an |
9 |
| owners license of the Board's
intent to grant or deny a |
10 |
| license.
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| (d) The General Assembly finds that the Illinois gaming |
12 |
| industry does not include a fair proportion of minority and |
13 |
| female ownership participation in the gaming industry. It is |
14 |
| vital to the gaming industry in this State to promote diverse |
15 |
| interests in order to create social and economic parity. As a |
16 |
| result of historical exclusion within the gaming industry, |
17 |
| there is a need to increase the number of minority and female |
18 |
| owners within the State. The State shall require that at least |
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| 20% of an owners licensee's equity interest be awarded to |
20 |
| minorities and at least 5% of an owners licensee's equity |
21 |
| interest be awarded to women. |
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| (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/3)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2403)
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| Sec. 3. Riverboat Gambling Authorized.
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| (a) Riverboat gambling
operations , casino gambling |
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| operations, and electronic gaming operations
and the system of |
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| wagering
incorporated therein , as defined in this Act, are |
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| hereby authorized to the
extent that they are carried out in |
4 |
| accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
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| (b) This Act does not apply to the pari-mutuel system of |
6 |
| wagering or to advance deposit wagering used
or intended to be |
7 |
| used in connection with the horse-race meetings as
authorized |
8 |
| under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, lottery games
|
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| authorized under the Illinois Lottery Law, bingo authorized |
10 |
| under the Bingo
License and Tax Act, charitable games |
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| authorized under the Charitable Games
Act or pull tabs and jar |
12 |
| games conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar
Games Act.
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| (c) Riverboat gambling conducted pursuant to this Act may |
14 |
| be authorized
upon any water within the State of Illinois or |
15 |
| any
water other than Lake Michigan which constitutes a boundary |
16 |
| of the State
of Illinois.
A casino licensee shall not conduct |
17 |
| gaming upon any water or lakefront within the City of Chicago. |
18 |
| Notwithstanding any provision in this subsection (c) to the |
19 |
| contrary, a licensee may conduct gambling at its home dock |
20 |
| facility as provided in Sections 7 and 11. A licensee may |
21 |
| conduct riverboat gambling authorized under this Act
|
22 |
| regardless of whether it conducts excursion cruises. A licensee |
23 |
| may permit
the continuous ingress and egress of passengers for |
24 |
| the purpose of
gambling.
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| (d) Gambling that is conducted in accordance with this Act |
26 |
| using slot
machines, video games of chance, and electronic |
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| gambling games shall be authorized at electronic gaming
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| facilities as provided in this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 2404)
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| Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Authority" means the Chicago Casino Development |
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| Authority. |
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| "State Authority" means the Illinois Casino Development |
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| Authority. |
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| (a) "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
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| (b) "Occupational license" means a license issued by the |
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| Board to a
person or entity to perform an occupation which the |
13 |
| Board has identified as
requiring a license to engage in |
14 |
| riverboat gambling in Illinois.
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| (c) "Gambling game" includes, but is not limited to, |
16 |
| baccarat,
twenty-one, poker, craps, slot machine, video game of |
17 |
| chance, roulette
wheel, klondike table, punchboard, faro |
18 |
| layout, keno layout, numbers
ticket, push card, jar ticket, or |
19 |
| pull tab which is authorized by the Board
as a wagering device |
20 |
| under this Act.
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| (d) "Riverboat" means a self-propelled excursion boat, a
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| permanently moored barge, or permanently moored barges that are |
23 |
| permanently
fixed together to operate as one vessel, on which |
24 |
| lawful gambling is
authorized and licensed as
provided in this |
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| Act.
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| (e) "Managers license" means a license issued by the Board |
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| to a person or
entity
to manage gambling operations conducted |
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| by the State pursuant to Section 7.3.
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| (f) "Dock" means the location where a riverboat moors for |
5 |
| the purpose of
embarking passengers for and disembarking |
6 |
| passengers from the riverboat.
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| (g) "Gross receipts" means the total amount of cash or any |
8 |
| instrument exchangeable for cash money exchanged for the
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| purchase of chips, tokens or electronic cards by riverboat |
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| patrons on a riverboat, in a casino, or at an electronic gaming |
11 |
| facility . "Gross receipts" includes revenues derived by the |
12 |
| gaming licensee from the conduct of electronic poker.
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| (h) "Adjusted gross receipts" means the gross receipts less
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| winnings paid to wagerers.
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| (i) "Cheat" means to alter the selection of criteria which |
16 |
| determine the
result of a gambling game or electronic poker |
17 |
| outcome or the amount or frequency of payment in a gambling
|
18 |
| game or electronic poker .
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| (j) "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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| (k) "Gambling operation" means the conduct of authorized |
21 |
| gambling games
and electronic poker authorized under this Act |
22 |
| on upon a riverboat , in a casino, or at an electronic gaming |
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| facility as authorized under this Act .
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| (l) "License bid" means the lump sum amount of money that |
25 |
| an applicant
bids and agrees to pay the State in return for an |
26 |
| owners license that is
re-issued on or after July 1, 2003.
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| (m) The terms "minority person" and "female" shall have the |
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| same meaning
as
defined in
Section 2 of the Business Enterprise |
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| for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
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| "Casino" means a land-based facility at which lawful |
5 |
| gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this Act.
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| "Owners license" means a license to conduct riverboat |
7 |
| gambling operations,
but does not include a casino license or |
8 |
| an electronic gaming license.
|
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| "Electronic gaming license" means a license issued by the |
10 |
| Board under
Section 7.7 of this Act authorizing electronic |
11 |
| gaming at an electronic gaming
facility.
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| "Electronic gaming" means the conduct of gambling using |
13 |
| slot machines, video games of chance, and electronic gambling |
14 |
| games
at a race track licensed under the Illinois Horse
Racing |
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| Act of 1975 pursuant to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 |
16 |
| and this
Act.
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17 |
| "Electronic gaming facility" means the area where the Board |
18 |
| has
authorized electronic gaming at a race track of an |
19 |
| organization licensee under the
Illinois Horse Racing Act of |
20 |
| 1975 that holds an electronic gaming license. |
21 |
| "Organization license" means a license issued by the |
22 |
| Illinois Racing
Board authorizing the conduct of pari-mutuel |
23 |
| wagering in accordance with the Illinois Horse
Racing Act of |
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| 1975.
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| "Gaming license" includes an owners license, a casino |
26 |
| license, an electronic gaming license, a managers license, and |
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| a casino operator license. |
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| "Licensed facility" means a riverboat, a casino, or an |
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| electronic gaming facility. |
4 |
| "Electronic poker" means a form of gambling operation by |
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| which players can play poker electronically via a network of |
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| machines at the same or any other licensed facility in this |
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| State. "Electronic poker" is not considered a gambling game as |
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| defined by this Act. |
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| "Casino license" means the license held by the Authority to |
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| conduct or cause to be conducted gambling operations at a |
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| casino in the City of Chicago pursuant to this Act and the |
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| Chicago Casino Development Authority Act. |
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| "Casino operator license" means the license held by the |
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| person or entity selected by the Authority to manage and |
15 |
| operate a casino within the City of Chicago pursuant to a |
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| casino management contract, as provided for under the Chicago |
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| Casino Development Authority Act. |
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| "License" includes all licenses authorized under this Act, |
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| including a gaming license, an occupational license, and |
20 |
| suppliers license. |
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| "State casino license" means the license held by the State |
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| Authority to conduct or cause to be conducted gambling |
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| operations at a casino pursuant to this Act and the Illinois |
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| Casino Development Authority Act. |
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| "State casino operator license" means the license held by |
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| the person or entity selected by the State Authority to manage |
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| management contract, as provided for under the Illinois Casino |
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| Development Authority Act. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/5)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2405)
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| Sec. 5. Gaming Board.
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| (a) (1) There is hereby established the within the |
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| Department of Revenue an
Illinois Gaming Board , which shall |
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| have the powers and duties specified in
this Act, and all other |
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| powers necessary and proper to fully and
effectively execute |
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| this Act for the purpose of administering and , regulating ,
and |
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| enforcing the system of riverboat gambling established by this |
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| Act. Its
jurisdiction shall extend under this Act to every |
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| person, association,
corporation, partnership and trust |
15 |
| involved in riverboat gambling
operations in the State of |
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| Illinois.
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| (2) The Board shall consist of 5 members to be appointed by |
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| the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of |
19 |
| whom shall be designated
by the Governor to be chairperson |
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| chairman . Each member shall have a reasonable
knowledge of the |
21 |
| practice, procedure and principles of gambling operations.
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| Each member shall either be a resident of Illinois or shall |
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| certify that he
or she will become a resident of Illinois |
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| before taking office. The term of office of each member of the |
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| Board serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| appointed and qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly. Members appointed pursuant to this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and their |
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| successors shall serve on a full-time basis and may not hold |
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| any other employment for which they are compensated. |
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the Board shall consist of 5 members |
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| appointed by the Governor from nominations presented to the |
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| Governor by the Nomination Panel and with the advice and |
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| consent of the Senate. The Board must include the following: |
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| (1) One member must have, at a minimum, a bachelor's |
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| degree from an accredited school and at least 10 years of |
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| verifiable training and experience in the fields of |
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| investigation and law enforcement. |
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| (2) One member must be a certified public accountant |
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| with experience in auditing and with knowledge of complex |
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| corporate structures and transactions. |
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| (3) Two members must have 5 years' experience as a |
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| principal, senior officer, or director of a company or |
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| business with either material responsibility for the daily |
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| operations and management of the overall company or |
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| business or material responsibility for the policy making |
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| of the company or business. |
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| (4) One member must be a former judge elected or |
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| appointed to judicial office in Illinois or former federal |
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| No more than 3 members of the Board may be from the same |
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| political party. No more than 3 members may reside within Cook, |
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| Will, Lake, DuPage, or Kane County. The Board should reflect |
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| the ethnic, cultural, and geographic diversity of the State. |
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| Each member shall have a reasonable knowledge of the practice, |
7 |
| procedures, and principles of gambling operations. No Board |
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| member, within a period of 2 years immediately preceding |
9 |
| nomination, shall have been employed or received compensation |
10 |
| or fees for services from a person or entity, or its parent or |
11 |
| affiliate, that has engaged in business with the Board, a |
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| licensee, or a licensee under the Horse Racing Act of 1975. |
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| Each member shall either be a resident of Illinois or shall |
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| certify that he or she will become a resident of Illinois |
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| before taking office. At least one member
shall be experienced |
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| in law enforcement and criminal investigation, at
least one |
17 |
| member shall be a certified public accountant experienced in
|
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| accounting and auditing, and at least one member shall be a |
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| lawyer licensed
to practice law in Illinois.
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| (3) The terms of office of the Board members shall be 4 3 |
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| years, except
that the terms of office of the initial Board |
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| members appointed pursuant to
this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly Act will commence from the effective date of |
24 |
| this amendatory Act and run as
follows , to be determined by |
25 |
| lot : one for a term ending July 1 of the year following |
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| confirmation , 1991 , one 2 for a term ending July 1 two years |
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| following confirmation ,
1992 , one and 2 for a term ending July |
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| 1 three years following confirmation , and 2 for a term ending |
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| July 1 four years following confirmation 1993 . Upon the |
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| expiration of the
foregoing terms, the successors of such |
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| members shall serve a term for 4 3
years and until their |
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| successors are appointed and qualified for like terms.
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| Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term |
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| in like
manner as original appointments. Each member of the |
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| Board shall be
eligible for reappointment , subject to the |
10 |
| nomination process of the Nomination Panel, by at the |
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| discretion of the Governor with the
advice and consent of the |
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| Senate.
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| Until all 5 members of the Board are appointed and |
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| qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, the Illinois Gaming Board may not act with regard to |
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| any license under which gambling operations are not being |
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| conducted on the effective date of this amendatory Act, |
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| excluding the dormant license as defined in subsection (a-3) of |
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| Section 13; however, the Board may authorize additional |
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| positions at riverboats in operation on the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act and issue electronic gaming licenses |
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| pursuant to this amendatory Act. |
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| (4) The chairman of the Board shall receive an annual |
24 |
| salary equal to the annual salary of a State appellate court |
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| judge. Other members of the Board shall receive an annual |
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| salary equal to the annual salary of a State circuit court |
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| judge. Each member of the Board shall receive $300 for each day |
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| the
Board meets and for each day the member conducts any |
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| hearing pursuant to
this Act. Each member of the Board shall |
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| also be reimbursed for all actual
and necessary expenses and |
5 |
| disbursements incurred in the execution of official
duties.
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| (5) (Blank). No person shall be appointed a member of the |
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| Board or continue to be
a member of the Board who is, or whose |
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| spouse, child or parent is, a member
of the board of directors |
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| of, or a person financially interested in, any
gambling |
10 |
| operation subject to the jurisdiction of this Board, or any |
11 |
| race
track, race meeting, racing association or the operations |
12 |
| thereof subject
to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Racing |
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| Board. No Board member shall
hold any other public office for |
14 |
| which he shall receive compensation other
than necessary travel |
15 |
| or other incidental expenses. No person shall be a
member of |
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| the Board who is not of good moral character or who has been
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| convicted of, or is under indictment for, a felony under the |
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| laws of
Illinois or any other state, or the United States.
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| (6) Any member of the Board may be removed by the Governor |
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| for neglect
of duty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance |
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| in office or for engaging in any political activity .
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| (7) Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his |
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| office, each
member of the Board shall take an oath that he |
24 |
| will faithfully execute the
duties of his office according to |
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| the laws of the State and the rules and
regulations adopted |
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| therewith and shall give bond to the State of Illinois,
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| approved by the Governor, in the sum of $25,000. Every such |
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| bond, when
duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in the |
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| office of the
Secretary of State. Whenever the Governor |
4 |
| determines that the bond of any
member of the Board has become |
5 |
| or is likely to become invalid or
insufficient, he shall |
6 |
| require such member forthwith to renew his bond,
which is to be |
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| approved by the Governor. Any member of the Board who fails
to |
8 |
| take oath and give bond within 30 days from the date of his |
9 |
| appointment,
or who fails to renew his bond within 30 days |
10 |
| after it is demanded by the
Governor, shall be guilty of |
11 |
| neglect of duty and may be removed by the
Governor. The cost of |
12 |
| any bond given by any member of the Board under this
Section |
13 |
| shall be taken to be a part of the necessary expenses of the |
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| Board.
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| (8) The Upon the request of the Board , the Department shall |
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| employ such
personnel as may be necessary to carry out its the |
17 |
| functions and shall determine the salaries of all personnel, |
18 |
| except those personnel whose salaries are determined under the |
19 |
| terms of a collective bargaining agreement of the Board . No
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| person shall be employed to serve the Board who is, or whose |
21 |
| spouse, parent
or child is, an official of, or has a financial |
22 |
| interest in or financial
relation with, any operator engaged in |
23 |
| gambling operations within this
State or any organization |
24 |
| engaged in conducting horse racing within this
State. For the 2 |
25 |
| years immediately preceding employment, an employee shall not |
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| have been employed or received compensation or fees for |
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| services from a person or entity, or its parent or affiliate, |
2 |
| that has engaged in business with the Board, a licensee, or a |
3 |
| licensee under the Horse Racing Act of 1975. Any employee |
4 |
| violating these prohibitions shall be subject to
termination of |
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| employment.
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| (9) An Administrator shall perform any and all duties that |
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| the Board
shall assign him. The salary of the Administrator |
8 |
| shall be determined by
the Board and approved by the Director |
9 |
| of the Department and, in addition,
he shall be reimbursed for |
10 |
| all actual and necessary expenses incurred by
him in discharge |
11 |
| of his official duties. The Administrator shall keep
records of |
12 |
| all proceedings of the Board and shall preserve all records,
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| books, documents and other papers belonging to the Board or |
14 |
| entrusted to
its care. The Administrator shall devote his full |
15 |
| time to the duties of
the office and shall not hold any other |
16 |
| office or employment.
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| (b) The Board shall have general responsibility for the |
18 |
| implementation
of this Act. Its duties include, without |
19 |
| limitation, the following:
|
20 |
| (1) To decide promptly and in reasonable order all |
21 |
| license applications.
Any party aggrieved by an action of |
22 |
| the Board denying, suspending,
revoking, restricting or |
23 |
| refusing to renew a license may request a hearing
before |
24 |
| the Board. A request for a hearing must be made to the |
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| Board in
writing within 5 days after service of notice of |
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| the action of the Board.
Notice of the action of the Board |
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delivery or by certified |
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| mail, postage prepaid, to the aggrieved party.
Notice |
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| served by certified mail shall be deemed complete on the |
4 |
| business
day following the date of such mailing. The Board |
5 |
| shall conduct all
requested hearings promptly and in |
6 |
| reasonable order;
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| (2) To conduct all hearings pertaining to civil |
8 |
| violations of this Act
or rules and regulations promulgated |
9 |
| hereunder;
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| (3) To promulgate such rules and regulations as in its |
11 |
| judgment may be
necessary to protect or enhance the |
12 |
| credibility and integrity of gambling
operations |
13 |
| authorized by this Act and the regulatory process |
14 |
| hereunder;
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| (4) To provide for the establishment and collection of |
16 |
| all license and
registration fees and taxes imposed by this |
17 |
| Act and the rules and
regulations issued pursuant hereto. |
18 |
| All such fees and taxes shall be
deposited into the State |
19 |
| Gaming Fund , unless otherwise provided for ;
|
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| (5) To provide for the levy and collection of penalties |
21 |
| and fines for the
violation of provisions of this Act and |
22 |
| the rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder. All such |
23 |
| fines and penalties shall be deposited
into the Education |
24 |
| Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the
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| State of Illinois;
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| (6) (Blank) To be present through its inspectors and |
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| agents any time gambling
operations are conducted on any |
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| riverboat
for the purpose of certifying the
revenue |
3 |
| thereof, receiving complaints from the public, and |
4 |
| conducting such
other investigations into the conduct of |
5 |
| the gambling games and the
maintenance of the equipment as |
6 |
| from time to time the Board may deem
necessary and proper ;
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| (7) To review and rule upon any complaint by a licensee
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| regarding any investigative procedures of the State which |
9 |
| are unnecessarily
disruptive of gambling operations. The |
10 |
| need to inspect and investigate
shall be presumed at all |
11 |
| times. The disruption of a licensee's operations
shall be |
12 |
| proved by clear and convincing evidence, and establish |
13 |
| that: (A)
the procedures had no reasonable law enforcement |
14 |
| purposes, and (B) the
procedures were so disruptive as to |
15 |
| unreasonably inhibit gambling operations;
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| (8) (Blank) To hold at least one meeting each quarter |
17 |
| of the fiscal
year. In addition, special meetings may be |
18 |
| called by the Chairman or any 2
Board members upon 72 hours |
19 |
| written notice to each member. All Board
meetings shall be |
20 |
| subject to the Open Meetings Act. Three members of the
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| Board shall constitute a quorum, and 3 votes shall be |
22 |
| required for any
final determination by the Board. The |
23 |
| Board shall keep a complete and
accurate record of all its |
24 |
| meetings. A majority of the members of the Board
shall |
25 |
| constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, |
26 |
| for the
performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any |
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requires the Board members to |
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that, upon |
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| order of the Board, one of the Board members or an
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| administrative law judge designated by the Board may |
5 |
| conduct any hearing
provided for under this Act or by Board |
6 |
| rule and may recommend findings and
decisions to the Board. |
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| The Board member or administrative law judge
conducting |
8 |
| such hearing shall have all powers and rights granted to |
9 |
| the
Board in this Act. The record made at the time of the |
10 |
| hearing shall be
reviewed by the Board, or a majority |
11 |
| thereof, and the findings and decision
of the majority of |
12 |
| the Board shall constitute the order of the Board in
such |
13 |
| case ;
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| (9) To maintain records which are separate and distinct |
15 |
| from the records
of any other State board or commission. |
16 |
| Such records shall be available
for public inspection and |
17 |
| shall accurately reflect all Board proceedings;
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| (10) (Blank) To file a written annual report with the |
19 |
| Governor on or before
March 1 each year and such additional |
20 |
| reports as the Governor may request.
The annual report |
21 |
| shall include a statement of receipts and disbursements
by |
22 |
| the Board, actions taken by the Board, and any additional |
23 |
| information
and recommendations which the Board may deem |
24 |
| valuable or which the Governor
may request ;
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enforcement of the Bingo License and Tax |
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| Act, the Charitable Games Act, and
the Pull Tabs and Jar |
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| Games Act if such responsibility is delegated to it
by the |
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| Director of Revenue.
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6 |
| and enforcement
of operations at electronic gaming |
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| facilities pursuant to this Act.
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| (c) The Board shall have jurisdiction over and shall |
9 |
| supervise all
gambling operations governed by this Act. The |
10 |
| Board shall have all powers
necessary and proper to fully and |
11 |
| effectively execute the provisions of
this Act, including, but |
12 |
| not limited to, the following:
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14 |
| eligibility of
applicants for licenses and to select among |
15 |
| competing applicants the
applicants which best serve the |
16 |
| interests of the citizens of Illinois.
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18 |
| riverboat gambling
operations authorized under this Act
in |
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| this State and all persons in
places
on riverboats where |
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| gambling
operations are conducted.
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| (3) To promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose |
22 |
| of administering
the provisions of this Act and to |
23 |
| prescribe rules, regulations and
conditions under which |
24 |
| all riverboat gambling operations subject to this
Act
in |
25 |
| the State shall be
conducted. Such rules and regulations |
26 |
| are to provide for the prevention of
practices detrimental |
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| regarding the
inspection of licensed facilities
such |
4 |
| riverboats and the
review of any permits or licenses
|
5 |
| necessary to operate a licensed facility riverboat under |
6 |
| any laws or regulations applicable
to licensed facilities |
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| riverboats, and to impose penalties for violations |
8 |
| thereof.
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| (4) (Blank). To enter the office, riverboats, |
10 |
| facilities, or other
places of business of a licensee, |
11 |
| where evidence of the compliance or
noncompliance with the |
12 |
| provisions of this Act is likely to be found.
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14 |
| the
rules of the Board and to take appropriate disciplinary
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| action against a licensee or a holder of an occupational |
16 |
| license for a
violation, or institute appropriate legal |
17 |
| action for enforcement, or both.
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| (6) To adopt standards for the licensing of all persons |
19 |
| under this Act,
as well as for electronic or mechanical |
20 |
| gambling games, and to establish
fees for such licenses.
|
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| (7) To adopt appropriate standards for all licensed
|
22 |
| facilities authorized under this Act
riverboats
and
|
23 |
| facilities .
|
24 |
| (8) To require that the records, including financial or |
25 |
| other statements
of any licensee under this Act, shall be |
26 |
| kept in such manner as prescribed
by the Board and that any |
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management of |
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| gambling operations submit to the Board an annual balance
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| sheet and profit and loss statement, list of the |
4 |
| stockholders or other
persons having a 1% or greater |
5 |
| beneficial interest in the gambling
activities of each |
6 |
| licensee, and any other information the Board deems
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| necessary in order to effectively administer this Act and |
8 |
| all rules,
regulations, orders and final decisions |
9 |
| promulgated under this Act.
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10 |
| (9) To conduct hearings, issue subpoenas for the |
11 |
| attendance of
witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum for the |
12 |
| production of books, records
and other pertinent documents |
13 |
| in accordance with the Illinois
Administrative Procedure |
14 |
| Act, and to administer oaths and affirmations to
the |
15 |
| witnesses, when, in the judgment of the Board, it is |
16 |
| necessary to
administer or enforce this Act or the Board |
17 |
| rules.
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18 |
| (10) To prescribe a form to be used by any licensee |
19 |
| involved in the
ownership or management of gambling |
20 |
| operations as an
application for employment for their |
21 |
| employees.
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22 |
| (11) To revoke or suspend licenses, as the Board may |
23 |
| see fit and in
compliance with applicable laws of the State |
24 |
| regarding administrative
procedures, and to review |
25 |
| applications for the renewal of licenses. |
26 |
| (11.5) To The
Board may suspend a an owners license, |
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notice or hearing , upon a
determination that the |
2 |
| safety or health of patrons or employees is
jeopardized by |
3 |
| continuing a gambling operation conducted under that |
4 |
| license
a riverboat's operation . The suspension may
remain |
5 |
| in effect until the Board determines that the cause for |
6 |
| suspension
has been abated. After such a suspension, the |
7 |
| The Board may revoke a the owners license upon a
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8 |
| determination that the licensee
owner has not made |
9 |
| satisfactory
progress toward
abating the hazard.
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| (12) (Blank). To eject or exclude or authorize the |
11 |
| ejection or exclusion of, any
person from riverboat |
12 |
| gambling facilities where
such person is
in violation
of |
13 |
| this Act, rules and regulations thereunder, or final orders |
14 |
| of the
Board, or where such person's conduct or reputation |
15 |
| is such that his
presence within the riverboat gambling |
16 |
| facilities may, in the opinion of
the Board, call into |
17 |
| question the honesty and integrity of the gambling
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| operations or interfere with orderly conduct thereof; |
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| provided that the
propriety of such ejection or exclusion |
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| is subject to subsequent hearing
by the Board.
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| (13) To require all gaming licensees of gambling |
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| operations to utilize a
cashless wagering system whereby |
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| all players' money is converted to tokens,
electronic |
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| cards, or chips which shall be used only for wagering in |
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| the
gambling establishment.
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| require the
removal of a licensee or an employee of a |
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| licensee for a violation of this
Act or a Board rule or for |
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| engaging in a fraudulent practice, and to
impose civil |
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| penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and up to
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| $10,000 or an amount equal to the daily gross receipts, |
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| whichever is
larger, against licensees for each violation |
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| of any provision of the Act,
any rules adopted by the |
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| Board, any order of the Board or any other action
which, in |
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| the Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to |
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| riverboat
gambling operations.
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| (16) To hire employees to gather information, conduct |
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| investigations
and carry out any other tasks contemplated |
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| under this Act.
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| (17) To establish minimum levels of insurance to be |
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| maintained by
licensees.
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| (18) To authorize a gaming licensee to sell or serve |
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| alcoholic liquors, wine or
beer as defined in the Liquor |
19 |
| Control Act of 1934 in a licensed facility on board a |
20 |
| riverboat
and to have exclusive authority to establish the |
21 |
| hours for sale and
consumption of alcoholic liquor in a |
22 |
| licensed facility on board a riverboat , notwithstanding |
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| any
provision of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 or any |
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| local ordinance, and
regardless of whether the riverboat |
25 |
| makes excursions. The
establishment of the hours for sale |
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| and consumption of alcoholic liquor in a licensed facility |
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| on
board a riverboat is an exclusive power and function of |
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| the State. A home
rule unit may not establish the hours for |
3 |
| sale and consumption of alcoholic
liquor in a licensed |
4 |
| facility on board a riverboat . This subdivision (18)
|
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| amendatory Act of
1991 is a denial and
limitation of home |
6 |
| rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of
Section 6 |
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| of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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| (19) After consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of |
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| Engineers, to
establish binding emergency orders upon the |
10 |
| concurrence of a majority of
the members of the Board |
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| regarding the navigability of water, relative to
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| excursions,
in the event
of extreme weather conditions, |
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| acts of God or other extreme circumstances.
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| (20) To delegate the execution of any of its powers |
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| under this Act for
the purpose of administering and |
16 |
| enforcing this Act and its rules and
regulations hereunder.
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| (21) To make rules concerning the conduct of electronic |
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| gaming.
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| (22) To make rules concerning the conduct of electronic |
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| poker. |
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| (23) To review all contracts entered into by gaming |
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| licensees authorized under this Act. The Board must review |
23 |
| and approve all contracts entered into by a gaming licensee |
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| for an aggregate amount of $10,000 or more or for a term to |
25 |
| exceed 365 days. If an electronic gaming licensee enters |
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| into a contract that is exclusively related to the |
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| Board approval is necessary. If there is any doubt as to |
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| whether a contract entered into is exclusively related to |
4 |
| the operation of the licensee's race track, then the |
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| contract shall be determined to be subject to the |
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| jurisdiction of the Board. If a contract has been entered |
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| into prior to Board authorization of a requested action, |
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| including without limitation a contract for a construction |
9 |
| project for expansion of a facility, or for construction of |
10 |
| a relocated facility, then the contract is not valid until |
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| the Board approves both the requested action and the |
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| contract itself.
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(21) To take any other action as may be reasonable |
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| or
appropriate to
enforce this Act and rules and |
15 |
| regulations hereunder.
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| (d) (Blank). The Board may seek and shall receive the |
17 |
| cooperation of the
Department of State Police in conducting |
18 |
| background investigations of
applicants and in fulfilling its |
19 |
| responsibilities under
this Section. Costs incurred by the |
20 |
| Department of State Police as
a result of such cooperation |
21 |
| shall be paid by the Board in conformance
with the requirements |
22 |
| of Section 2605-400 of the Department of State Police Law
(20 |
23 |
| ILCS 2605/2605-400).
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| (e) (Blank). The Board must authorize to each investigator |
25 |
| and to any other
employee of the Board exercising the powers of |
26 |
| a peace officer a distinct badge
that, on its face, (i) clearly |
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| states that the badge is authorized by the Board
and
(ii) |
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| contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be |
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| authorized
by the Board.
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| (f) Except as provided in subsection (h) of Section 5.4, |
5 |
| all Board meetings are subject to the Open Meetings Act. Three |
6 |
| members of the Board constitute a quorum, and 3 votes are |
7 |
| required for any final determination by the Board. The Board |
8 |
| shall keep a complete and accurate record of all its meetings. |
9 |
| A majority of the members of the Board constitute a quorum for |
10 |
| the transaction of any business, for the performance of any |
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| duty, or for the exercise of any power that this Act requires |
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| the Board members to transact, perform, or exercise en banc, |
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| except that, upon order of the Board, one of the Board members |
14 |
| or an administrative law judge designated by the Board may |
15 |
| conduct any hearing provided for under this Act or by Board |
16 |
| rule and may recommend findings and decisions to the Board. The |
17 |
| Board member or administrative law judge conducting such |
18 |
| hearing has all powers and rights granted to the Board in this |
19 |
| Act. The record made at the time of the hearing shall be |
20 |
| reviewed by the Board, or a majority thereof, and the findings |
21 |
| and decision of the majority of the Board constitutes the order |
22 |
| of the Board in such case. |
23 |
| (g) The Board shall carry on a continuous study of the |
24 |
| operation and administration of gaming laws that may be in |
25 |
| effect in other jurisdictions, literature on this subject that |
26 |
| may from time to time become available, federal laws that may |
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| affect the operation of gaming in this State, and the reaction |
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| of Illinois citizens to existing and potential features of |
3 |
| gaming under this Act. The Board is responsible for |
4 |
| ascertaining any defects in this Act or in the rules adopted |
5 |
| thereunder, formulating recommendations for changes in this |
6 |
| Act to prevent abuses thereof, guarding against the use of this |
7 |
| Act as a cloak for the carrying on of illegal gambling or other |
8 |
| criminal activities, and insuring that this Act and the rules |
9 |
| are in such form and so administered as to serve the true |
10 |
| purposes of this Act. |
11 |
| (h) Prior to the issuance of the additional license |
12 |
| authorized by Section 7(e), the Board shall conduct a study of |
13 |
| the feasibility of granting the license to a publicly owned |
14 |
| authority as opposed to a privately owned authority. In |
15 |
| conducting this study, the Board shall consider: |
16 |
| (1) the highest prospective total revenue to be derived |
17 |
| by the State from the conduct of gambling as operated by a |
18 |
| publicly owned authority as opposed to a privately owned |
19 |
| authority; |
20 |
| (2) whether granting the license to a publicly owned |
21 |
| authority will maintain public confidence and trust in the |
22 |
| credibility and integrity of the gambling operations; |
23 |
| (3) the operation and administration of publicly owned |
24 |
| gaming operations in other jurisdictions; |
25 |
| (4) the reaction of Illinois citizens to a publicly |
26 |
| owned authority; |
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| financial ability to insure against liability and |
3 |
| casualty; |
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| (6) whether a publicly owned authority can more |
5 |
| adequately assure capitalization to provide and maintain, |
6 |
| for the duration of a license, a gaming operation; and |
7 |
| (7) the extent to which a publicly owned authority |
8 |
| exceeds or meets the standards for the issuance of an |
9 |
| owner's license which the Board may adopt by rule. |
10 |
| (i) The Board shall file with the Governor and the General |
11 |
| Assembly an annual report of (i) all revenues, expenses, and |
12 |
| disbursements, (ii) actions taken by the Board, (iii) activity |
13 |
| at Responsible Play Information Centers at licensed |
14 |
| facilities, and (iv) any recommendations for changes in this |
15 |
| Act as the Board deems necessary or desirable. The Board shall |
16 |
| also report recommendations that promote more efficient |
17 |
| operations of the Board. |
18 |
| (j) The Board shall report immediately to the Governor and |
19 |
| the General Assembly any matters that in its judgment require |
20 |
| immediate changes in the laws of this State in order to prevent |
21 |
| abuses and evasions of this Act or of its rules or to rectify |
22 |
| undesirable conditions in connection with the operation and |
23 |
| regulation of gambling operations. |
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 1-1-00; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-883, |
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| eff.
1-1-01.)
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| Sec. 5.1. Disclosure of records.
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| (a) Notwithstanding any applicable statutory provision to |
4 |
| the contrary,
the Board shall, on written request from any |
5 |
| person, provide
information furnished by an applicant for a |
6 |
| gaming license or a gaming licensee concerning the applicant
or |
7 |
| licensee, his products, services or gambling enterprises and |
8 |
| his
business holdings, as follows:
|
9 |
| (1) The name, business address and business telephone |
10 |
| number of any
applicant or licensee.
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| (2) An identification of any applicant or licensee |
12 |
| including, if an
applicant or licensee is not an |
13 |
| individual, the state of incorporation or
registration, |
14 |
| the corporate officers, and the identity of all |
15 |
| shareholders
or participants. If an applicant or licensee |
16 |
| has a pending registration
statement filed with the |
17 |
| Securities and Exchange Commission, only the names
of those |
18 |
| persons or entities holding interest of 1% 5% or more must |
19 |
| be provided.
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20 |
| (3) An identification of any business, including, if |
21 |
| applicable, the
state of incorporation or registration, in |
22 |
| which an applicant or licensee
or an applicant's or |
23 |
| licensee's spouse or children has an equity interest
of |
24 |
| more than 1% 5% . If an applicant or licensee is a |
25 |
| corporation, partnership
or other business entity, the |
26 |
| applicant or licensee shall identify any
other |
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| corporation, partnership or business entity in which it has |
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| an equity
interest of 1% 5% or more, including, if |
3 |
| applicable, the state of
incorporation or registration. |
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| This information need not be provided by a
corporation, |
5 |
| partnership or other business entity that has a pending
|
6 |
| registration statement filed with the Securities and |
7 |
| Exchange Commission.
|
8 |
| (4) Whether an applicant or licensee has been indicted, |
9 |
| convicted,
pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or forfeited |
10 |
| bail concerning any
criminal offense under the laws of any |
11 |
| jurisdiction, either felony or
misdemeanor (except for |
12 |
| traffic violations), including the date, the name
and |
13 |
| location of the court, arresting agency and prosecuting |
14 |
| agency, the
case number, the offense, the disposition and |
15 |
| the location and length of
incarceration.
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| (5) Whether an applicant or licensee has had any |
17 |
| license or
certificate issued by a licensing authority in |
18 |
| Illinois or any other
jurisdiction denied, restricted, |
19 |
| suspended, revoked or not renewed and a
statement |
20 |
| describing the facts and circumstances concerning the |
21 |
| denial,
restriction, suspension, revocation or |
22 |
| non-renewal, including the licensing
authority, the date |
23 |
| each such action was taken, and the reason for each
such |
24 |
| action.
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| (6) Whether an applicant or licensee has ever filed or |
26 |
| had filed against
it a proceeding in bankruptcy or has ever |
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| been involved in any formal
process to adjust, defer, |
2 |
| suspend or otherwise work out the payment of any
debt |
3 |
| including the date of filing, the name and location of the |
4 |
| court, the
case and number of the disposition.
|
5 |
| (7) Whether an applicant or licensee has filed, or been |
6 |
| served with a
complaint or other notice filed with any |
7 |
| public body, regarding the
delinquency in the payment of, |
8 |
| or a dispute over the filings concerning the
payment of, |
9 |
| any tax required under federal, State or local law, |
10 |
| including
the amount, type of tax, the taxing agency and |
11 |
| time periods involved.
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| (8) A statement listing the names and titles of all |
13 |
| public officials
or officers of any unit of government, and |
14 |
| relatives of said
public officials or officers who, |
15 |
| directly or indirectly, own
any financial interest in, have |
16 |
| any beneficial interest in, are the
creditors of or hold |
17 |
| any debt instrument issued by, or hold or have any
interest |
18 |
| in any contractual or service relationship with, an |
19 |
| applicant
or licensee.
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| (9) Whether an applicant or licensee has made, directly |
21 |
| or indirectly,
any political contribution, or any loans, |
22 |
| donations or other payments, to
any candidate or office |
23 |
| holder, within 5 years from the date of filing the
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24 |
| application, including the amount and the method of |
25 |
| payment.
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| (10) The name and business telephone number of the |
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representing an applicant or licensee in matters |
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| before the Board.
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| (11) A description of any proposed or approved gambling |
4 |
| riverboat
gaming operation, including the type of boat (if |
5 |
| applicable) , home dock location, expected
economic benefit |
6 |
| to the community, anticipated or actual number of
|
7 |
| employees, any statement from an applicant or licensee |
8 |
| regarding compliance
with federal and State affirmative |
9 |
| action guidelines, projected or actual
admissions and |
10 |
| projected or actual adjusted gross gaming receipts.
|
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| (12) A description of the product or service to be |
12 |
| supplied by an
applicant for a supplier's license.
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13 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any applicable statutory provision to |
14 |
| the contrary,
the Board shall, on written request from any |
15 |
| person, also provide
the following information furnished by an |
16 |
| applicant for a gaming license or gaming licensee :
|
17 |
| (1) The amount of the wagering tax and admission tax |
18 |
| paid daily to the
State of Illinois by the holder of an |
19 |
| owner's license.
|
20 |
| (2) Whenever the Board finds an applicant for an |
21 |
| owner's license
unsuitable for licensing, a copy of the |
22 |
| written letter outlining the
reasons for the denial.
|
23 |
| (3) Whenever the Board has refused to grant leave for |
24 |
| an applicant to
withdraw his application, a copy of the |
25 |
| letter outlining the reasons for
the refusal.
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information which would be barred by:
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| (1) Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act; or
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3 |
| (2) The statutes, rules, regulations or |
4 |
| intergovernmental agreements
of any jurisdiction.
|
5 |
| (d) The Board may assess fees for the copying of |
6 |
| information in
accordance with Section 6 of the Freedom of |
7 |
| Information Act.
|
8 |
| (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/5.2 new)
|
10 |
| Sec. 5.2. Separation from Department of Revenue. On the |
11 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
12 |
| Assembly, all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, |
13 |
| employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and |
14 |
| unexpended appropriations of the Department of Revenue related |
15 |
| to the administration and enforcement of this Act are |
16 |
| transferred to the Illinois Gaming Board and the Office of |
17 |
| Gaming Enforcement. |
18 |
| The status and rights of the transferred employees, and the |
19 |
| rights of the State of Illinois and its agencies, under the |
20 |
| Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements |
21 |
| or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan are not |
22 |
| affected (except as provided in the Illinois Pension Code) by |
23 |
| that transfer or by any other provision of this amendatory Act |
24 |
| of the 95th General Assembly.
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| Sec. 5.3. Nomination Panel. |
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| (a) The Nomination Panel is established to provide a list |
4 |
| of nominees to the Governor for appointment to the Illinois |
5 |
| Gaming Board, the Illinois Racing Board, the Illinois Casino |
6 |
| Development Board, and the position of Director of Gaming |
7 |
| Enforcement. Members of the Nomination Panel shall be the |
8 |
| following: (1) the Executive Ethics Commissioner appointed by |
9 |
| the Secretary of State; (2) the Executive Ethics Commissioner |
10 |
| appointed by the Treasurer; (3) the Executive Ethics |
11 |
| Commissioner appointed by the Comptroller; (4) the Executive |
12 |
| Ethics Commissioner appointed by the Attorney General; and (5) |
13 |
| one Executive Ethics Commissioner appointed by the Governor. |
14 |
| However, the appointing authorities as of the effective date of |
15 |
| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall remain |
16 |
| empowered to fill vacancies on the Nomination Panel until all |
17 |
| members of the new Gaming Board, Racing Board, and Illinois |
18 |
| Casino Development Board and the Director of Gaming Enforcement |
19 |
| have been appointed and qualified, regardless of whether such |
20 |
| appointing authorities remain members of the Executive Ethics |
21 |
| Commission. In the event of such appointing authority's |
22 |
| disqualification, resignation, or refusal to serve as an |
23 |
| appointing authority, the Constitutional officer that |
24 |
| appointed the Executive Ethics Commissioner may name a designee |
25 |
| to serve as an appointing authority for the Nomination Panel. |
26 |
| The appointing authorities may hold so many public or |
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| may utilize the staff and budget of the Executive Ethics |
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| Commission in carrying out their duties; provided, however, |
4 |
| that a final vote on appointees to the Nomination Panel shall |
5 |
| take place in a meeting governed by the Open Meetings Act. Any |
6 |
| ex parte communications regarding the Nomination Panel must be |
7 |
| made a part of the record at the next public meeting and part |
8 |
| of a written record. The appointing authorities shall file a |
9 |
| list of members of the Nomination Panel with the Secretary of |
10 |
| State within 60 days after the effective date of this |
11 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. A vacancy on the |
12 |
| Nomination Panel due to disqualification or resignation must be |
13 |
| filled within 60 days of a vacancy and the appointing |
14 |
| authorities must file the name of the new appointee with the |
15 |
| Secretary of State. |
16 |
| (b) Candidates for nomination to the Illinois Gaming Board, |
17 |
| the Illinois Racing Board, or the position of Director of |
18 |
| Gaming Enforcement may apply or be nominated. All candidates |
19 |
| must fill out a written application and submit to a background |
20 |
| investigation to be eligible for consideration. The written |
21 |
| application must include, at a minimum, a sworn statement |
22 |
| disclosing any communications that the applicant has engaged in |
23 |
| with a constitutional officer, a member of the General |
24 |
| Assembly, a special government agent (as that term is defined |
25 |
| in Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act), a |
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| director, secretary, or other employee of the executive branch |
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2 |
| State related to the regulation of gaming within the last year. |
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| A person who provides false or misleading information on |
4 |
| the application or fails to disclose a communication required |
5 |
| to be disclosed in the sworn statement under this Section is |
6 |
| guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
7 |
| (c) Once an application is submitted to the Nomination |
8 |
| Panel and until (1) the candidate is rejected by the Nomination |
9 |
| Panel, (2) the candidate is rejected by the Governor, (3) the |
10 |
| candidate is rejected by the Senate, or (4) the candidate is |
11 |
| confirmed by the Senate, whichever is applicable, a candidate |
12 |
| may not engage in ex parte communications, as that term is |
13 |
| defined in Section 5.7 of this Act. |
14 |
| (d) For the purpose of making the initial nominations after |
15 |
| the effective date of the amendatory Act of the 95th General |
16 |
| Assembly, the Nomination Panel shall request the assistance of |
17 |
| the Illinois State Police to conduct the background |
18 |
| investigation. The Nomination Panel shall have 60 days after |
19 |
| approval with the Illinois State Police to conduct background |
20 |
| investigations of candidates under consideration of the |
21 |
| Nomination Panel. |
22 |
| (e) The Nomination Panel must review written applications, |
23 |
| determine eligibility for oral interviews, confirm |
24 |
| satisfactory background investigations, and hold public |
25 |
| hearings on qualifications of candidates. Initial interviews |
26 |
| of candidates need not be held in meetings subject to the Open |
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| Meetings Act; members or staff may arrange for informal |
2 |
| interviews. Prior to recommendation, however, the Nomination |
3 |
| Panel must question candidates in a meeting subject to the Open |
4 |
| Meetings Act under oath. |
5 |
| (f) The Nomination Panel must review written applications, |
6 |
| determine eligibility for oral interviews, confirm |
7 |
| satisfactory criminal history records checks, and hold public |
8 |
| hearings on qualifications of candidates. |
9 |
| (g) The Nomination Panel must recommend candidates for |
10 |
| nomination to the Illinois Gaming Board, the Illinois Racing |
11 |
| Board, and the Director of Gaming Enforcement. The Governor may |
12 |
| choose only from the Nomination Panel's recommendations; |
13 |
| however, within 30 days, he or she must accept or reject the |
14 |
| original recommendations and request additional |
15 |
| recommendations from the Nomination Panel, if necessary. The |
16 |
| Nomination Panel shall recommend to the Governor 3 candidates |
17 |
| for every open position for the Illinois Racing Board, the |
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| The Nomination Panel shall recommend candidates to the Governor |
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| within 10 days upon request by the Governor for additional |
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| candidates. The Nomination Panel shall file the names of |
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| nominees with the Senate and the Secretary of State. The |
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| Secretary of State shall indicate the date and time of filing. |
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| Any nominations not forwarded by the Governor to the Senate |
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| within 30 days are disapproved. |
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| (h) Selections by the Governor must receive the consent of |
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| the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Its jurisdiction shall |
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| extend under this Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 |
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| to every licensee, person, association, corporation, |
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| partnership and trust involved in gambling operations in the |
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| State of Illinois. |
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| (b) The Office shall have an officer as its head who shall |
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| be known as the Director and who shall execute the powers and |
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| discharge the duties given to the Office by this Act and the |
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| Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. The Director must have at |
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| least 10 years experience in law enforcement and investigatory |
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| methods at the federal or state level, but not necessarily in |
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| Illinois, with a preference given for experience in regulation |
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| or investigation in the gaming industry. Nominations for the |
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| position of Director must be made by the Nomination Panel as |
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| provided in Section 5.3. The Director of the Office may be |
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| removed by the Governor for neglect of duty, misfeasance, |
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| malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office. The Director shall |
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| receive an annual salary equal to the annual salary of a State |
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| appellate court judge and shall hold no other employment for |
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| which he or she receives compensation. The Director may not |
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| entity while in office. |
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| (c) The Director shall employ such personnel as may be |
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| necessary to carry out the functions of the Office and shall |
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| determine the salaries of all personnel, except those personnel |
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| whose salaries are determined under the terms of a collective |
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| bargaining agreement. An employee or the employee's spouse, |
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| parent, or child, may not, for 2 years before employment, |
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| during employment, and for 5 years after employment by the |
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| Office have a financial interest in or financial relationship |
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| with, any operator engaged in gambling operations within this |
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| State or any organization engaged in conducting horse racing |
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| within this State. Any employee violating these prohibitions is |
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| subject to termination of employment. |
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| (d) The Office shall have general responsibility for the |
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| investigation and enforcement under this Act and the Illinois |
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| Horse Racing Act of 1975. Its duties include without limitation |
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| the following: |
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| (1) To be present through its inspectors and agents any |
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| time gambling operations are conducted for the purpose of |
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| certifying the revenue thereof, receiving complaints from |
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| the public, and conducting such other investigations into |
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| the conduct of the gambling games and the maintenance of |
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| the equipment as from time to time the Board may deem |
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| (2) To supervise all gambling operations authorized |
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| and all persons in places where gambling operations are |
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| conducted. |
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| (3) To promulgate rules regarding the inspection of |
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| riverboats, casinos, and electronic gaming facilities. |
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| (4) To enter the licensed facility or other places of |
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| business of a licensee under this Act or the Illinois Horse |
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| Racing Act of 1975 where evidence of the compliance or |
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| noncompliance with the provisions of those Acts are likely |
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| to be found. |
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| (5) To exchange fingerprint data with, and receive |
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| criminal history record information from, the Federal |
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| Bureau of Investigation, to the extent possible, and the |
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| Department of State Police for use in considering |
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| applicants for any license. |
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| (6) To eject or exclude or authorize the ejection or |
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| exclusion of any person from licensed facilities where the |
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| person is in violation of this Act or the Illinois Horse |
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| Racing Act of 1975, rules thereunder, or final orders of |
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| the appropriate Board, or where such person's conduct or |
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| reputation is such that his or her presence within the |
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| licensed facilities may call into question the honesty and |
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| integrity of the gambling operations or interfere with the |
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| orderly conduct thereof; provided that the propriety of |
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| (7) To hire employees to gather information, conduct |
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| investigations, and carry out any other tasks contemplated |
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| under this Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. |
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| (8) To conduct investigations on its own initiative or |
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| as requested by the Illinois Gaming Board, Illinois Racing |
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| Board, or the Nomination Panel, including without |
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| limitation investigations for suspected violations of this |
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| Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and |
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| investigations for issuance or renewal of a license. |
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| (e) The Office must issue to each investigator and to any |
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| other employee of the Office exercising the powers of a peace |
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| officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states |
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| that the badge is authorized by the Office and (ii) contains a |
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| unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized |
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| by the Office. |
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| (f) The Office is a law enforcement agency, and its |
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| employees and agents shall have such law enforcement powers as |
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| may be delegated to them by the Attorney General to effectuate |
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| the purposes of this Act. |
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| (g) Whenever the Office has reason to believe that any |
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| person may be in possession, custody, or control of any |
23 |
| documentary material or information relevant to an |
24 |
| investigation, the Office may, before commencing a civil |
25 |
| proceeding under this Act, issue in writing and cause to be |
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| served upon such person, a subpoena requiring such person:
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(B) to answer, in writing, written
interrogatories |
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| with respect to such documentary material or information,
(C) |
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| to give oral testimony concerning such
documentary material or |
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| information, or
(D) to furnish any combination of such |
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| material,
answers, or testimony. |
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| (h) The Office may order any person to answer a question or |
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| questions or produce evidence of any kind and confer immunity |
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| as provided in this subsection. If, in the course of any |
10 |
| investigation or hearing conducted under this Act, a person |
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| refuses to answer a question or produce evidence on the ground |
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| that he or she will be exposed to criminal prosecution thereby, |
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| then in addition to any other remedies or sanctions provided |
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| for by this Act, the Office may, by resolution of the Board and |
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| after the written approval of the Attorney General, issue an |
16 |
| order to answer or to produce evidence with immunity.
Hearings, |
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| documents, and other communications regarding the granting of |
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| immunity are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act or |
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| the Open Meetings Act. If, upon issuance of such an order, the |
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| person complies therewith, he or she shall be immune from |
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| having such responsive answer given by him or her or such |
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| responsive evidence produced by him or her, or evidence derived |
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| therefrom, used to expose him or her to criminal prosecution, |
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| except that such person may nevertheless be prosecuted for any |
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| perjury committed in such answer or in producing such evidence, |
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| however, that no period of incarceration for contempt shall |
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| exceed 18 months in duration. Any such answer given or evidence |
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| produced shall be admissible against him or her upon any |
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| criminal investigation, proceeding, or trial against him or her |
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| for such perjury; upon any investigation, proceeding or trial |
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| against him or her for such contempt; or in any manner |
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| consistent with State and constitutional provisions. |
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| (i) When the Office or any entity authorized under this Act |
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| or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is authorized or |
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| required by law to conduct a background investigation, the |
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| Office shall: |
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| (1) conduct a criminal history record check |
14 |
| investigation to obtain any information currently or |
15 |
| subsequently contained in the files of the State Police |
16 |
| and, if possible, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, |
17 |
| regarding possible criminal behavior, including |
18 |
| misdemeanor and felony convictions; |
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| (2) conduct a civil action record check investigation |
20 |
| to obtain information regarding any civil matters to which |
21 |
| the person was a party, witness, or in any way |
22 |
| substantially participated in the matter; |
23 |
| (3) conduct investigation of personal and professional |
24 |
| references and acquaintances, including, but not limited |
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| to, current and former employers or employees; or |
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| (4) conduct investigation of financial history. |
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| (a) Conflict of interest. Board members, members of the |
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| Nomination Panel, the Director of Gaming Enforcement, and |
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| employees may not engage in communications or any activity that |
6 |
| may cause or have the appearance of causing a conflict of |
7 |
| interest. A conflict of interest exists if a situation |
8 |
| influences or creates the appearance that it may influence |
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| judgment or performance of regulatory duties and |
10 |
| responsibilities. This prohibition shall extend to any act |
11 |
| identified by Board action that, in the judgment of the Board, |
12 |
| could represent the potential for or the appearance of a |
13 |
| conflict of interest. |
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| (b) No State constitutional officer or member of the |
15 |
| General Assembly nor an entity from which the State |
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| constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly |
17 |
| receives compensation may own an interest, either directly or |
18 |
| indirectly, in a riverboat or land-based casino or have a |
19 |
| financial interest or relationship, either directly or |
20 |
| indirectly, with any entity that owns, operates, or is an |
21 |
| affiliate of a riverboat or land-based casino for a period of 5 |
22 |
| years after the State constitutional officer or member of |
23 |
| General Assembly leaves office. The holding or acquisition of |
24 |
| an interest in such entities through indirect means, such as |
25 |
| through a mutual fund, shall not be prohibited. For purposes of |
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| State constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly. |
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| A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class 4 felony. |
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| (c) Financial interest. Board members, members of the |
6 |
| Nomination Panel, the Director of Gaming Enforcement, and |
7 |
| employees may not have a financial interest, directly or |
8 |
| indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name of any other |
9 |
| person, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or other |
10 |
| entity, in any contract or subcontract for the performance of |
11 |
| any work for the Board or for any licensee. This prohibition |
12 |
| shall extend to the holding or acquisition of an interest in |
13 |
| any entity identified by Board action that, in the judgment of |
14 |
| the Board, could represent the potential for or the appearance |
15 |
| of a financial interest. The holding or acquisition of an |
16 |
| interest in such entities through an indirect means, such as |
17 |
| through a mutual fund, shall not be prohibited, except that |
18 |
| Board may identify specific investments or funds that, in its |
19 |
| judgment, are so influenced by gaming holdings as to represent |
20 |
| the potential for or the appearance of a conflict of interest. |
21 |
| (d) Gambling. Except as may be required in the conduct of |
22 |
| official duties, Board members and employees and the Director |
23 |
| of Gaming Enforcement shall not engage in gambling on any |
24 |
| riverboat, in any casino, or in an electronic gaming facility |
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| licensed by the Board or engage in legalized gambling in any |
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| establishment identified by Board action that, in the judgment |
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| (e) Outside employment. A Board member, an employee, or the |
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| Director of Gaming Enforcement may not, within a period of 5 |
5 |
| years immediately after termination of employment, knowingly |
6 |
| accept employment or receive compensation or fees for services |
7 |
| from a person or entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has |
8 |
| engaged in business with the Board that resulted in contracts |
9 |
| with an aggregate value of at least $25,000 or if that Board |
10 |
| member, employee, or the Director has made a decision that |
11 |
| directly applied to the person or entity, or its parent or |
12 |
| affiliate. Board members and employees shall not hold or pursue |
13 |
| employment, office, position, business, or occupation that |
14 |
| conflict with his or her official duties. Board members shall |
15 |
| not engage in other employment. Employees may engage in other |
16 |
| gainful employment so long as that employment does not |
17 |
| interfere or conflict with their duties and such employment is |
18 |
| approved by the Board. |
19 |
| (f) Gift ban. Board members, the Director of Gaming |
20 |
| Enforcement, and employees may not accept any gift, gratuity, |
21 |
| service, compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value, with |
22 |
| the exception of unsolicited items of an incidental nature, |
23 |
| from any person, corporation or entity doing business with the |
24 |
| Board. For the Director and employees of the Office of Gaming |
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| Enforcement, this ban shall also apply to any person, |
26 |
| corporation, or entity doing business with the Illinois Racing |
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| shall not use or attempt to use his or her official position to |
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| secure, or attempt to secure, any privilege, advantage, favor, |
6 |
| or influence for himself or herself or others. No Board member, |
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| member of the Nomination Panel, Director of Gaming Enforcement, |
8 |
| or employee of the Authority may attempt, in any way, to |
9 |
| influence any person or corporation doing business with the |
10 |
| Authority or any officer, agent, or employee thereof to hire or |
11 |
| contract with any person or corporation for any compensated |
12 |
| work. |
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| (h) Political activity. No member of the Board, employee, |
14 |
| or the Director of Gaming Enforcement shall engage in any |
15 |
| political activity. For the purposes of this subsection, |
16 |
| "political activity" means any activity in support of or in |
17 |
| connection with any campaign for State or local elective office |
18 |
| or any political organization, but does not include activities |
19 |
| (i) relating to the support of opposition of any executive, |
20 |
| legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are |
21 |
| defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii) |
22 |
| relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise |
23 |
| in furtherance of the person's official State duties or |
24 |
| governmental and public service functions. |
25 |
| (i) A spouse, child, or parent of a Board member, the |
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| in his or her own name or in the name of any other person, |
3 |
| partnership, association, trust, corporation, or other |
4 |
| entity, in any contract or subcontract for the performance |
5 |
| of any work for the Board of any licensee. This prohibition |
6 |
| shall extend to the holding or acquisition of an interest |
7 |
| in any entity identified by Board action that, in the |
8 |
| judgment of the Board, could represent the potential for or |
9 |
| the appearance of a conflict of interest. The holding or |
10 |
| acquisition of an interest in such entities through an |
11 |
| indirect means, such as through a mutual fund, shall not be |
12 |
| prohibited, expect that the Board may identify specific |
13 |
| investments or funds that, in its judgment, are so |
14 |
| influenced by gaming holdings as to represent the potential |
15 |
| for or the appearance of a conflict of interest. |
16 |
| (2) Accept any gift, gratuity, service, compensation, |
17 |
| travel, lodging, or thing of value, with the exception of |
18 |
| unsolicited items of an incidental nature, from any person, |
19 |
| corporation or entity doing business with the Board. |
20 |
| (3) Within a period of 2 years immediately after |
21 |
| termination of employment, knowingly accept employment or |
22 |
| receive compensation or fees for services from a person or |
23 |
| entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has engaged in |
24 |
| business with the Board or Office of Gaming Enforcement |
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| that resulted in contracts with an aggregate value of at |
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| least $25,000 or if the Board or Office has made a decision |
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| (j) Any Board member, member of the Nomination Panel, |
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| Director of Gaming Enforcement, or employee or spouse, child, |
5 |
| or parent of a Board member, member of the Nomination Panel, |
6 |
| Director of Gaming Enforcement, or employee who violates any |
7 |
| provision of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
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| Sec. 5.7. Ex parte communications. |
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| (a) For the purpose of this Section: |
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| "Ex parte communication" means any written or oral |
12 |
| communication by any person that imparts or requests material |
13 |
| information or makes a material argument regarding potential |
14 |
| action concerning regulatory, quasi regulatory, investment, or |
15 |
| licensing matters pending before or under consideration by the |
16 |
| Illinois Gaming Board. "Ex parte communication" does not |
17 |
| include the following: (i) statements by a person publicly made |
18 |
| in a public forum; (ii) statements regarding matters of |
19 |
| procedure and practice, such as format, the number of copies |
20 |
| required, the manner of filing, and the status of a matter; |
21 |
| (iii) statements regarding recommendation for pending or |
22 |
| approved legislation; (iv) statements made by a State employee |
23 |
| of the agency to the agency head or other employees of that |
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| agency. |
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| "Ex parte communication" does not include conversations |
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| of Gaming Enforcement between members of the Senate and |
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| nominees to the Board that occur in the time period between |
4 |
| nomination by the Governor and either confirmation or rejection |
5 |
| by the Senate. |
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| "Interested party" means a person or entity whose rights, |
7 |
| privileges, or interests are the subject of or are directly |
8 |
| affected by a regulatory, quasi-adjudicatory, investment, or |
9 |
| licensing matter of the Board. |
10 |
| (b) A constitutional officer, a member of the General |
11 |
| Assembly, a special government agent as that term is defined in |
12 |
| Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, a |
13 |
| director, secretary, or other employee of the executive branch |
14 |
| of the State, an employee of the legislative branch of the |
15 |
| State, or an interested party may not engage in any ex parte |
16 |
| communication with a member of the Board or an employee. A |
17 |
| member of the Board or an employee must immediately report any |
18 |
| ex parte communication to the Inspector General for gaming |
19 |
| activities. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class 4 |
20 |
| felony. |
21 |
| (c) A constitutional officer, a member of the General |
22 |
| Assembly, a special government agent as that term is defined in |
23 |
| Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, a |
24 |
| director, secretary, or other employee of the executive branch |
25 |
| of the State, an employee of the legislative branch of the |
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| State, or an interested party may not engage in any ex parte |
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| once they have submitted information to the nomination panel. A |
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| nominee must immediately report any ex parte communication to |
5 |
| the Inspector General for gaming activities. A violation of |
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| this subsection (c) is a Class 4 felony. |
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| (d) Any ex parte communication from a constitutional |
8 |
| officer, a member of the General Assembly, a special government |
9 |
| agent as that term is defined in Section 4A-101 of the Illinois |
10 |
| Governmental Ethics Act, a director, secretary, or other |
11 |
| employee of the executive branch of the State, an employee of |
12 |
| the legislative branch of the State, or an interested party |
13 |
| received by a member of the Nomination Panel or employee |
14 |
| assisting the Nomination Panel must be immediately |
15 |
| memorialized and made a part of the record at the next meeting. |
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| Report of the communication shall include all written |
17 |
| communications along with a statement describing the nature and |
18 |
| substance of all oral communications, any action the person |
19 |
| requested or recommended, the identity and job title of the |
20 |
| person to whom each communication was made, all responses made |
21 |
| by the member. A violation of this subsection (d) is Class A |
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| misdemeanor. |
23 |
| (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, if a |
24 |
| State constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly |
25 |
| or his or her designee determines that potential or actual |
26 |
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| and welfare of the people of the State of Illinois, then the |
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| State constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly |
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| may submit questions or comments by written medium to the |
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| Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, Chairman of the Illinois |
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| Racing Board, or Director of Gaming Enforcement. Upon receipt |
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| of the message or question, the Chairman or Director shall |
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| submit the message or question to the entire board for a vote.
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apply to the Board for an owners |
12 |
| license to
conduct a riverboat gambling operation as provided |
13 |
| in this Act. The
application shall be made on forms provided by |
14 |
| the Board and shall contain
such information as the Board |
15 |
| prescribes, including but not limited to the
identity of the |
16 |
| riverboat on which such gambling operation is to be
conducted |
17 |
| and the exact location where such riverboat will be docked, a
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| certification that the riverboat will be registered under this |
19 |
| Act at all
times during which gambling operations are conducted |
20 |
| on board, detailed
information regarding the ownership and |
21 |
| management of the applicant, and
detailed personal information |
22 |
| regarding the applicant. Any application for an
owners license |
23 |
| to be re-issued on or after June 1, 2003 shall also
include the |
24 |
| applicant's license bid in a form prescribed by the Board.
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| basis for a thorough
background investigation which the Board |
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| shall conduct with respect to each
applicant. An incomplete |
3 |
| application shall be cause for denial of a license
by the |
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| Board.
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| (a-5) In addition to any other information required under |
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| this Section, each application for an owners license must |
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| include the following information: |
8 |
| (1) The history and success of the applicant and each |
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| person and entity disclosed under subsection (c) of this |
10 |
| Section in developing tourism facilities ancillary to |
11 |
| gaming, if applicable. |
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| (2) The likelihood that granting a license to the |
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| applicant will lead to the creation of quality, living wage |
14 |
| jobs and permanent, full-time jobs for residents of the |
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| State and residents of the unit of local government that is |
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| designated as the home dock of the proposed facility where |
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| gambling is to be conducted by the applicant. |
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| (3) The projected number of jobs that would be created |
19 |
| if the license is granted and the projected number of new |
20 |
| employees at the proposed facility where gambling is to be |
21 |
| conducted by the applicant. |
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| (4) The record of the applicant and its developer in |
23 |
| meeting commitments to local agencies, community-based |
24 |
| organizations, and employees at other locations where the |
25 |
| applicant or its developer has performed similar functions |
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| as they would perform if the applicant were granted a |
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| (5) Identification of adverse effects that might be |
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| caused by the proposed facility where gambling is to be |
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| conducted by the applicant, including the costs of meeting |
5 |
| increased demand for public health care, child care, public |
6 |
| transportation, affordable housing, and social services, |
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| and a plan to mitigate those adverse effects. |
8 |
| (6) The record of the applicant and its developer |
9 |
| regarding compliance with: |
10 |
| (A) Federal, State, and local discrimination, wage |
11 |
| and hour, disability, and occupational and |
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| environmental health and safety laws. |
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| (B) State and local labor relations and employment |
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| laws. |
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| (7) The applicant's record in dealing with its |
16 |
| employees and their representatives at other locations. |
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| (8) A plan concerning the utilization of minority |
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| person-owned and female-owned businesses and concerning |
19 |
| the hiring of minority persons and females. For the |
20 |
| purposes of this item (8), the terms "minority person" and |
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| "female" have the meanings provided in Section 2 of the |
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| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons |
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| with Disabilities Act. |
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| Each applicant must submit evidence to the Board that |
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| minority persons and females hold ownership interests in the |
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| applicant of at least 20% and 5%, respectively. |
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| documents,
resolutions, and letters of support from the |
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| governing body that represents
the municipality or county |
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| wherein the licensee will dock.
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| (c) Each applicant shall disclose the identity of every |
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| person,
association, trust or corporation having a greater than |
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| 1% direct or
indirect pecuniary interest in the riverboat |
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| gambling operation with
respect to which the license is sought. |
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| If the disclosed entity is a
trust, the application shall |
10 |
| disclose the names and addresses of the
beneficiaries; if a |
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| corporation, the names and
addresses of all stockholders and |
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| directors; if a partnership, the names
and addresses of all |
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| partners, both general and limited.
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| (d) An application shall be filed and considered in |
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| accordance with the rules of the Board with the Board by |
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| January 1 of the
year preceding any calendar year for which an |
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| applicant seeks an owners
license; however, applications for an |
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| owners license permitting
operations on January 1, 1991 shall |
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| be filed by July 1, 1990 . A non-refundable An
application fee |
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| of $250,000 $50,000 shall be paid at the time of filing
and |
21 |
| shall be applied to the initial license fee if the application |
22 |
| is approved. to defray the costs associated with the
background |
23 |
| investigation conducted by the Board. If the costs of the
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| investigation exceed $50,000, the applicant shall pay the |
25 |
| additional amount
to the Board. If the costs of the |
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| investigation are less than $50,000, the
applicant shall |
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information, |
2 |
| records, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda or other
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3 |
| data supplied to or used by the Board in the course of its |
4 |
| review or
investigation of an application for a license under |
5 |
| this Act shall be
privileged, strictly confidential and shall |
6 |
| be used only for the purpose of
evaluating an applicant. Such |
7 |
| information, records, interviews, reports,
statements, |
8 |
| memoranda or other data shall not be admissible as evidence,
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| nor discoverable in any action of any kind in any court or |
10 |
| before any
tribunal, board, agency or person, except for any |
11 |
| action deemed necessary
by the Board.
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| (e) (Blank). The Board shall charge each applicant a fee |
13 |
| set by the Department of
State Police to defray the costs |
14 |
| associated with the search and
classification of fingerprints |
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| obtained by the Board with respect to the
applicant's |
16 |
| application. These fees shall be paid into the State Police
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17 |
| Services Fund.
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| (f) The licensed owner shall be the person primarily |
19 |
| responsible for the
boat itself. Only one riverboat gambling |
20 |
| operation may be authorized
by the Board on any riverboat. The |
21 |
| applicant must identify each riverboat
it intends to use and |
22 |
| certify that the riverboat: (1) has the authorized
capacity |
23 |
| required in this Act; (2) is accessible to disabled persons; |
24 |
| and
(3) is fully registered and licensed in accordance
with any |
25 |
| applicable laws.
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| (f-1) The Gaming Board having the authority to grant any |
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| owner's licenses after the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly shall establish a process for |
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| determining minority ownership participation for any new |
4 |
| owner's licenses authorized by this Act. The process shall |
5 |
| determine which minority and female bidders may purchase an |
6 |
| ownership interest in the new owner's license. The statutory |
7 |
| ownership requirement for the new owner's license shall be 20% |
8 |
| minority and 5% female. |
9 |
| Any rules promulgated by the Gaming Board shall conform to |
10 |
| the following guidelines prioritized as follows: 1) promoting |
11 |
| the empowerment of minorities and females to have meaningful |
12 |
| participation in the ownership, operation, and management of |
13 |
| riverboat gaming, 2) providing the most transparency in the |
14 |
| process of providing ownership interests 3) provide minority |
15 |
| and female investors with the greatest return on their |
16 |
| investment, and 4) obtain the greatest amount of revenue for |
17 |
| the State of Illinois. |
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| The Gaming Board is required to promulgate such rules in an |
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| expeditious manner. |
20 |
| (g) A person who knowingly makes a false statement on an |
21 |
| application is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407)
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| Sec. 7. Owners Licenses.
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| (a) The Board shall issue owners licenses to persons, firms |
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corporations which apply for such licenses upon payment to |
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| the Board of the
non-refundable license fee set by the Board |
3 |
| pursuant to this Act , upon payment of a $25,000
license fee for |
4 |
| the first year of operation and a $5,000 license fee for
each |
5 |
| succeeding year and upon a determination by the Board that the
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| applicant is eligible for an owners license pursuant to this |
7 |
| Act and the
rules of the Board. From May 26, 2006 ( For a period |
8 |
| of 2 years beginning on the effective date of Public Act |
9 |
| 94-804) until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
10 |
| 95th General Assembly
this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly , as a condition of licensure and as an alternative |
12 |
| source of payment for those funds payable under subsection |
13 |
| (c-5) of Section 13 of this
the Riverboat Gambling Act, any |
14 |
| owners licensee that holds or receives its owners license on or |
15 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th |
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| General Assembly, other than an owners licensee operating a |
17 |
| riverboat with adjusted gross receipts in calendar year 2004 of |
18 |
| less than $200,000,000, must pay into the Horse Racing Equity |
19 |
| Trust Fund, in addition to any other payments required under |
20 |
| this Act, an amount equal to 3% of the adjusted gross receipts |
21 |
| received by the owners licensee. The payments required under |
22 |
| this Section shall be made by the owners licensee to the State |
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| Treasurer no later than 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day after the |
24 |
| day when the adjusted gross receipts were received by the |
25 |
| owners licensee. A person, firm or corporation is ineligible to |
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| receive
an owners license if:
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| laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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| (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of |
4 |
| Article 28 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially |
5 |
| similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
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6 |
| (3) the person has submitted an application for a |
7 |
| license under this
Act which contains false information;
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| (4) the person is
a member of the Board;
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| (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) is an |
10 |
| officer, director or
managerial employee of the firm or |
11 |
| corporation;
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| (6) the firm or corporation employs a person defined in |
13 |
| (1), (2), (3) or
(4) who participates in the management or |
14 |
| operation of gambling operations
authorized under this |
15 |
| Act;
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| (7) (blank); or
|
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| (8) a license of the person, firm or corporation issued |
18 |
| under
this Act, or a license to own or operate gambling |
19 |
| facilities
in any other jurisdiction, has been revoked.
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| (a-5) The Board shall establish annual fees for the |
21 |
| issuance or renewal of owners licenses by rule. The issuance |
22 |
| fee shall be based upon the cost of investigation and |
23 |
| consideration of the license application and shall not be less |
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| than $250,000. |
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| (a-10) From any amounts received for the reissuance of an |
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| owners license that was revoked before the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the sum of |
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| $1,750,000 shall be paid by the licensee to the County of |
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| JoDaviess in recompense for expenses incurred by that unit of |
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| government with respect to former riverboat operations within |
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| the corporate limits of that county and the sum of $1,750,000 |
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| shall be paid by the licensee to the City of East Dubuque in |
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| recompense for expenses incurred by that unit of government |
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| with respect to former riverboat operations within the |
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| corporate limits of that municipality. |
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| (b) In determining whether to grant an owners license , |
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| reissue a revoked owners license, or non-renew an owners |
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| license to an applicant, the
Board shall consider:
|
13 |
| (1) the character, reputation, experience and |
14 |
| financial integrity of the
applicants and of any other or |
15 |
| separate person that either:
|
16 |
| (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such |
17 |
| applicant, or
|
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| (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such |
19 |
| applicant or by a
person which controls, directly or |
20 |
| indirectly, such applicant;
|
21 |
| (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the |
22 |
| conduct of riverboat
gambling;
|
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| (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be derived |
24 |
| by the State
from the conduct of riverboat gambling;
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| (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant |
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| reflects the
diversity of the State by including minority |
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and the good faith affirmative action |
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| plan of
each applicant to recruit, train and upgrade |
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| minority persons and females in all employment |
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| classifications;
|
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| (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase |
6 |
| and maintain
adequate liability and casualty insurance;
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| (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization |
8 |
| to provide and
maintain, for the duration of a license, a |
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| riverboat;
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| (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets |
11 |
| other standards
for the issuance of an owners license which |
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| the Board may adopt by rule;
and
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| (8) The amount of the applicant's license bid made |
14 |
| pursuant to Section 7.5 .
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| (c) Each owners license shall specify the place where
|
16 |
| riverboats shall
operate and dock.
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| (d) Each applicant shall submit with his application, on |
18 |
| forms
provided by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints.
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| (e)
The Board may issue up to 11 10 licenses authorizing |
20 |
| the holders of such
licenses to own riverboats. In the |
21 |
| application for an owners license, the
applicant shall state |
22 |
| the dock at which the riverboat is based and the water
on which |
23 |
| the riverboat will be located. The Board shall issue 5 licenses |
24 |
| to
become effective not earlier than January 1, 1991. Three of |
25 |
| such licenses
shall authorize riverboat gambling on the |
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| Mississippi River, or, with approval
by the municipality in |
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| which the
riverboat was docked on August 7, 2003 and with Board |
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| approval, be authorized to relocate to a new location,
in a
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| municipality that (1) borders on the Mississippi River or is |
4 |
| within 5
miles of the city limits of a municipality that |
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| borders on the Mississippi
River and (2), on August 7, 2003, |
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| had a riverboat conducting riverboat gambling operations |
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| pursuant to
a license issued under this Act; one of which shall |
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| authorize riverboat
gambling from a home dock in the city of |
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| East St. Louis. One other license
shall
authorize riverboat |
10 |
| gambling on
the Illinois River south of Marshall County. The |
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| Board shall issue one
additional license to become effective |
12 |
| not earlier than March 1, 1992, which
shall authorize riverboat |
13 |
| gambling on the Des Plaines River in Will County.
The Board may |
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| issue 4 additional licenses to become effective not
earlier |
15 |
| than
March 1, 1992. After the 5 members of the Board are |
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| appointed and qualified pursuant to this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly, the Board may issue one additional |
18 |
| license subject to the competitive bidding process described in |
19 |
| Section 7.5. In determining the water upon which riverboats |
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| will operate,
the Board shall consider the economic benefit |
21 |
| which riverboat gambling confers
on the State, and shall seek |
22 |
| to assure that all regions of the State share
in the economic |
23 |
| benefits of riverboat gambling.
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| In granting all licenses, the Board may give favorable |
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| consideration to
economically depressed areas of the State, to |
26 |
| applicants presenting plans
which provide for significant |
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area, and to |
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The Board shall review all applications for owners |
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| licenses,
and shall inform each applicant of the Board's |
5 |
| decision.
The Board may grant an owners license to an
applicant |
6 |
| that has not submitted the highest license bid, but if it does |
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| not
select the highest bidder, the Board shall issue a written |
8 |
| decision explaining
why another
applicant was selected and |
9 |
| identifying the factors set forth in this Section
that favored |
10 |
| the winning bidder.
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| (e-5) In addition to any other revocation powers granted to |
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| the Board under this
Act,
the Board may revoke the owners |
13 |
| license of a licensee which fails
to begin conducting gambling |
14 |
| within 12
15 months
of receipt of the
Board's approval of the |
15 |
| application if the Board determines that license
revocation is |
16 |
| in the best interests of the State. The Board may, after |
17 |
| holding a public hearing, grant extensions so long as an owners |
18 |
| licensee is working in good faith to begin conducting gambling. |
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| The extension may be for a period of 6 months. If, after the |
20 |
| period of the extension, a licensee has not begun to conduct |
21 |
| gambling, another public hearing must be held by the Board |
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| before it may grant another extension.
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| (f) The first 10 owners licenses issued under this Act |
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| shall permit the
holder to own the riverboat
up to 2 riverboats |
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| and equipment thereon
for a period of 3 years after the |
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| effective date of the license. Holders of
the first 10 owners |
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| years during which they are authorized to conduct gambling |
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| operations own riverboats .
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| (g) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of each |
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| owners license
of the first
10 licenses, which shall be issued |
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| for a 3 year period , all licenses are
renewable for a period of |
7 |
| 4 years, unless the Board sets a shorter period, annually upon |
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| payment of the fee and a determination by the Board
that the |
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| licensee continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act |
10 |
| and the
Board's rules.
However, for licenses renewed on or |
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| after May 1, 1998, renewal shall be
for a period of 4 years, |
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| unless the Board sets a shorter period.
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| (h) An owners license shall entitle the licensee to operate |
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| 1,200 gaming positions plus any additional positions |
15 |
| authorized and obtained under subsection (h-2) of this Section |
16 |
| or subsection (f) of Section 7.7. |
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| (h-2) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Board shall make an equal |
19 |
| portion of an additional 3,500 positions available to each |
20 |
| owners licensee conducting gambling operations on the |
21 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act subject to an initial fee |
22 |
| of $50,000 per position, plus the reconciliation payment as |
23 |
| required under subsection (h-5). Within 30 days after the Board |
24 |
| offers the positions, owners licensees may apply to the Board |
25 |
| to operate any portion of their allocated positions. The |
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| $50,000 fee per position is payable in full at the time |
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| positions are awarded. Any positions that are not obtained by |
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| an owners licensee shall be retained by the Board and shall be |
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| offered in equal amounts to owners licensees who have purchased |
4 |
| the full amount of positions offered to them. This process |
5 |
| shall continue in a timely manner until all positions have been |
6 |
| purchased. In the event that any positions remain unpurchased, |
7 |
| those positions shall first be made available in equal amounts |
8 |
| to all electronic gaming licensees under Section 7.7, subject |
9 |
| to the payment of all applicable fees. In the event that |
10 |
| positions remain unpurchased after being offered to electronic |
11 |
| gaming licensees, those positions shall be held by the Board |
12 |
| for an owners licensee that was not conducting gambling |
13 |
| operations on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly. All positions obtained pursuant to this |
15 |
| process must be in operation within 12 months after they were |
16 |
| obtained or the licensee forfeits the right to operate all of |
17 |
| the positions, but is not entitled to a refund of any fees |
18 |
| paid. The Board may, after holding a public hearing, grant |
19 |
| extensions so long as an organization licensee is working in |
20 |
| good faith to begin conducting electronic gaming. The extension |
21 |
| may be for a period of 6 months. If, after the period of the |
22 |
| extension, a licensee has not begun to conduct electronic |
23 |
| gaming, another public hearing must be held by the Board before |
24 |
| it may grant another extension. |
25 |
| Subject to approval by the Board, owners licensees |
26 |
| conducting gambling operations on the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may make |
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| modifications and additions to their facilities, including the |
3 |
| portion that sits on land, to accommodate any additional |
4 |
| positions obtained under this subsection (h-2). A minimum of |
5 |
| 1,200 positions must operate on water. The positions allowed on |
6 |
| land must be located in a single structure no farther than 100 |
7 |
| yards from the water-based portion of the facility. Subject to |
8 |
| approval by the Board, the positions may be placed in a |
9 |
| temporary location for up to 12 months after the positions are |
10 |
| obtained, but the Board may grant extensions as provided in |
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| this subsection (h-2). |
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| (h-5) An owners licensee who purchases additional |
13 |
| positions under subsection (h-2) must make a reconciliation |
14 |
| payment 4 years after the date the owners license begins |
15 |
| operating the additional positions in an amount equal to 75% of |
16 |
| the owner licensee's annual adjusted gross receipts for the |
17 |
| most lucrative 12-month period of operations within the |
18 |
| previous 4 years, minus (i) the owners licensee's annual |
19 |
| adjusted gross receipts from 2007 and (ii) an amount equal to |
20 |
| $50,000 per additional position obtained pursuant to |
21 |
| subsection (h-2). If this calculation results in a negative |
22 |
| amount, then the owners licensee is not entitled to any |
23 |
| reimbursement of fees previously paid. This reconciliation |
24 |
| payment may be made in installments over a period on no more |
25 |
| than 5 years, subject to Board approval.
own up to 2
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A licensee shall limit the number of gambling participants |
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| to
1,200 for any such owners license.
A licensee may operate |
3 |
| both of its riverboats concurrently, provided that the
total |
4 |
| number of gambling participants on both riverboats does not |
5 |
| exceed
1,200. Riverboats licensed to operate on the
Mississippi |
6 |
| River and the Illinois River south of Marshall County shall
|
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| have an authorized capacity of at least 500 persons. Any other |
8 |
| riverboat
licensed under this Act shall have an authorized |
9 |
| capacity of at least 400
persons.
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10 |
| (i) An owners licensee A licensed owner is authorized to |
11 |
| apply to the Board for and, if
approved therefor, to receive |
12 |
| all licenses from the Board necessary for the
operation of a |
13 |
| licensed facility riverboat , including a liquor license, a |
14 |
| license
to prepare and serve food for human consumption, and |
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| other necessary
licenses. All use, occupation and excise taxes |
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| which apply to the sale of
food and beverages in this State and |
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| all taxes imposed on the sale or use
of tangible personal |
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| property apply to such sales in a licensed facility aboard the |
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| riverboat .
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| (j) The Board may issue or re-issue a license authorizing a |
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| riverboat to
dock
in a municipality or approve a relocation |
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| under Section 11.2 only if, prior
to the issuance or |
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| re-issuance of
the license or approval, the governing body of |
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| the municipality in which
the riverboat will dock has by a |
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| majority vote approved the docking of
riverboats in the |
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relocation under Section 11.2 |
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of the license
or |
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| approval, the
governing body of the county has by a majority |
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| vote approved of the docking of
riverboats within such areas.
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| Sec. 7.3. State conduct of gambling operations.
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| (a) If, after reviewing each application for a new or |
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| re-issued gaming license, the
Board determines that it is in |
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| the best interest of the people of the State of Illinois for |
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| the the highest prospective total revenue to the State would
be |
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| derived from State to conduct gambling operations conduct of |
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| the gambling operation in lieu of issuing or re-issuing
the |
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| gaming license, the Board shall inform each applicant of its |
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| decision. The Board
shall thereafter have the authority, |
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| without obtaining a gaming an owners license, to
conduct |
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| riverboat gambling operations as
previously authorized by the |
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| new, terminated, expired, revoked, or nonrenewed
license |
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| through a licensed manager selected pursuant to an open and |
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| competitive
bidding
process as set forth in Section 7.5 and as |
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| provided in Section 7.4.
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| (a-5) If, prior to the issuance of one additional license |
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| authorized by Section 7(e), the Board determines that the |
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| Development Authority as opposed to a privately owned |
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| authority, the Board shall inform each applicant of its |
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| decision. The Illinois Casino Development Authority shall |
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| thereafter have the authority to obtain a gaming license from |
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| the Board authorizing the conduct of gaming operations in a |
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| casino. The Board shall have the same authority over the |
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| (b) The Board may locate any riverboat on which a gambling |
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| operation is
conducted by the State in any home dock location |
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| authorized by Section 3(c)
upon receipt of approval from a |
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| majority vote of the governing body of the
municipality or |
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| county, as the case may be, in which the riverboat will dock.
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| (c) The Board shall have jurisdiction over and shall |
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| supervise all
gambling operations conducted by the State |
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| provided for in this Act and shall
have all powers necessary |
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| and proper to fully and effectively execute the
provisions of |
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| this Act relating to gambling operations conducted by the |
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| State.
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| (d) The maximum number of owners licenses authorized under |
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| Section 7
7(e)
shall be reduced by one for each instance in |
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| which the Board authorizes the
State to conduct a riverboat |
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| gambling operation under subsection (a) in lieu of
issuing or |
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| re-issuing a license to an applicant under Section 7.1 .
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| Sec. 7.4. Managers licenses.
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| (a) A qualified person may apply to the Board for a |
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| managers license to
operate
and manage any gambling operation |
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| conducted by the State. The application shall
be
made on forms |
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| provided by the Board and shall contain such information as the
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prescribes, including but not limited to information |
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| required in Sections 6(a),
(b), and
(c) and information |
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| relating to the applicant's proposed price to manage State
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operations and to provide the riverboat, gambling |
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| equipment, and supplies
necessary to
conduct State gambling |
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| operations.
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| (b) (Blank). Each applicant must submit evidence to the |
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and
females hold ownership |
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| interests in the applicant of at least 16% and 4%,
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| (c) A person, firm, or corporation is ineligible to receive |
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| a managers
license if:
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| (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under the |
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| laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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| (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of |
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| Article 28 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially |
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| similar laws of any other
jurisdiction;
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| (3) the person has submitted an application for a |
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Act which contains false information;
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| (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3), or (4) is an |
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| officer, director, or
managerial employee of the firm or |
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| corporation;
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| (6) the firm or corporation employs a person defined in |
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| (1), (2), (3),
or (4) who participates in the management or |
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| operation of gambling
operations authorized under this |
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| Act; or
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| (7) a license of the person, firm, or corporation |
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| issued under this Act,
or
a license to own or operate |
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| gambling facilities in any other jurisdiction, has
been |
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| revoked.
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| (d) Each applicant shall submit with his or her |
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| application, on forms
prescribed by
the Board, 2 sets of his or |
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| her fingerprints.
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| (e) The Board shall charge each applicant a fee, set by the |
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| Board, to defray
the costs associated with the background |
19 |
| investigation conducted by the
Board.
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| (f) A person who knowingly makes a false statement on an |
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| application is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (g) The managers license shall be for a term not to exceed |
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| 10 years, shall
be
renewable at the Board's option, and shall |
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| contain such terms and
provisions as the Board deems necessary |
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| to protect or enhance the
credibility and integrity of State |
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| gambling operations, achieve the highest
prospective total |
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| (h) Issuance of a managers license shall be subject to an |
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| open and
competitive bidding
process. The Board may select an |
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| applicant other than the lowest bidder by
price. If it does not |
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| select the lowest bidder, the Board shall issue a notice
of who
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| the lowest bidder was and a written decision as to why another |
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| bidder was
selected.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.5)
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| Sec. 7.5. Competitive Bidding. When the Board issues or |
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| re-issues an owners license authorized under Section 7 or |
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| determines that it will re-issue an owners license pursuant to
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| an
open and competitive bidding process, as set forth in |
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| Section 7.1, or that it
will issue a managers license pursuant |
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| to an open and competitive bidding
process, as set forth in |
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| Section 7.4, the open and competitive bidding process
shall |
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| adhere to the following procedures:
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| (1) The Board shall make applications for owners and |
20 |
| managers
licenses available to the public and allow a |
21 |
| reasonable time for applicants to
submit applications to the |
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| Board.
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| (2) During the filing period for owners or managers license |
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| applications,
the
Board may retain the services of an |
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| investment banking firm to assist the Board
in conducting the |
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| (3) After receiving all of the bid proposals, the Board |
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| shall open all of
the
proposals in a public forum and disclose |
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| the prospective owners or managers
names, venture partners, if |
5 |
| any, and, in the case of applicants for owners
licenses, the |
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| locations of the proposed development sites.
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| (4) The Board shall summarize the terms of the proposals |
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| and may make this
summary available to the public.
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| (5) The Board shall evaluate the proposals within a |
10 |
| reasonable time and
select no
more than 3 final applicants to |
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| make presentations of their
proposals to the Board.
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| (6) The final applicants shall make their presentations to |
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| the
Board on
the same day during an open session of the Board.
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| (7) As soon as practicable after the public presentations |
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| by the final
applicants,
the Board, in its
discretion, may |
16 |
| conduct further negotiations among the 3 final applicants.
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| During such negotiations, each final applicant may increase its |
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| license bid or
otherwise enhance its bid proposal. At the |
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| conclusion of such
negotiations, the Board shall
select the |
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| winning proposal. In the case of negotiations for
an owners |
21 |
| license, the Board may, at the conclusion of such negotiations,
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| make the determination allowed under Section 7.3(a).
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| (8) Upon selection of a winning bid, the Board shall |
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| evaluate the winning
bid
within a reasonable period of time for |
25 |
| licensee suitability in accordance with
all applicable |
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| statutory and regulatory criteria.
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bidder does not satisfy the suitability |
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| requirements), the Board may, on the
same criteria, select from |
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| the remaining bidders or make the determination
allowed under |
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| Section 7.3(a).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03.)
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| Sec. 7.7. Electronic gaming. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds that the horse racing and |
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| riverboat
gambling industries share many similarities and |
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| collectively comprise the bulk
of the State's gaming industry. |
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| One feature in common to both industries is
that each is highly |
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| regulated by the State of Illinois.
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| The General Assembly further finds, however, that despite |
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| their shared
features each industry is distinct from the other |
17 |
| in that horse racing is and
continues to be intimately tied to |
18 |
| Illinois' agricultural economy and is, at
its core, a spectator |
19 |
| sport. This distinction requires the General Assembly to
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| utilize different methods to regulate and promote the horse |
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| racing industry
throughout the State.
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| The General Assembly finds that in order to promote live |
23 |
| horse racing as a
spectator sport in Illinois and the |
24 |
| agricultural economy of this State, it is
necessary to allow |
25 |
| electronic gaming at Illinois race tracks given the success
of |
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| other states in increasing live racing purse accounts and |
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| improving the
quality of horses participating in horse race |
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| meetings.
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| The General Assembly finds, however, that even though the |
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| authority to
conduct electronic gaming is a uniform means to |
6 |
| improve live horse racing in
this State, electronic gaming must |
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| be regulated and implemented differently in
southern Illinois |
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| versus the Chicago area. The General Assembly finds that
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| Fairmount Park is the only race track operating on a year-round |
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| basis that offers live racing and for that matter only conducts
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| live thoroughbred racing. The General Assembly finds that the |
12 |
| current state of
affairs deprives spectators and standardbred |
13 |
| horsemen residing in southern
Illinois of the opportunity to |
14 |
| participate in live standardbred racing in a
manner similar to |
15 |
| spectators, thoroughbred horsemen, and standardbred horsemen
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| residing in the Chicago area. The General Assembly declares |
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| that southern
Illinois spectators and standardbred horsemen |
18 |
| are entitled to have a similar
opportunity to participate in |
19 |
| live standardbred racing as spectators in the
Chicago area. The |
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| General Assembly declares that in order to remove this
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| disparity between southern Illinois and the Chicago area, it is |
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| necessary for
the State to mandate standardbred racing |
23 |
| throughout the State by tying the authorization to conduct
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| electronic gaming to a commitment to conduct at least 25 days |
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| of standardbred
racing in any county in which an organization |
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| licensee is operating.
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| (b) The Board shall award one electronic gaming license to |
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the Illinois Horse Racing Act |
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| of 1975, subject to application and eligibility
requirements of |
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| this Act, including the payment of all applicable fees. |
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| (c) As soon as practical after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Board may |
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| authorize up to 3,600 aggregate
electronic gambling positions |
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| statewide as provided in this Section. The authority to
operate |
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| positions under this Section shall be allocated
as follows: |
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| (1) The organization licensee operating at Arlington |
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| Park Race Course may
operate up to 1,100 gaming positions |
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| at a time;
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| (2) The organization licensees operating at Hawthorne |
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| Race Course,
including
the organization licensee formerly |
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| operating at Sportsman's Park, may
collectively operate up |
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| to 900 gaming positions at a time;
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| (3) The organization licensee operating at Balmoral |
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| Park may operate up to
300 gaming positions at a time;
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| (4) The organization licensee operating at Maywood |
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| Park may operate up to
800 gaming positions at a time; and
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| (5) The organization licensee operating at Fairmount |
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| Park may operate up to
500 gaming positions at a time. |
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| (d) Any positions that are not obtained by an organization |
24 |
| licensee shall be retained by the Gaming Board and shall be |
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| offered in equal amounts to electronic gaming licensees who |
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| operation within 12 months after they were obtained or the |
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| electronic gaming licensee forfeits the right to operate all of |
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| the positions, but is not entitled to a refund of any fees |
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| paid. The Board may, after holding a public hearing, grant |
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| extensions so long as an gaming licensee is working in good |
8 |
| faith to begin conducting electronic gaming. The extension may |
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| be for a period of 6 months. If, after the period of the |
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| extension, a licensee has not begun to conduct electronic |
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| gaming, another public hearing must be held by the Board before |
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| it may grant another extension. |
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| (e) In the event that any positions remain unpurchased, |
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| those positions shall first be made available in equal amounts |
15 |
| to owners licensees conducting gambling operations on the |
16 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly under subsection (h-2) of Section 7, subject to the |
18 |
| payment of all applicable fees. In the event the positions |
19 |
| remain unpurchased after being offered to owners licensees |
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| conducting gambling operations on the effective date of this |
21 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, those positions |
22 |
| shall be held by the Board for any owners licensee that was not |
23 |
| conducting gambling operations on the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act. |
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| (f) The Gaming Board shall determine hours of operation for |
26 |
| electronic gaming facilities by rule.
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| organization licensee
must (i) obtain an electronic gaming |
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| license, (ii) hold an organization license
under the Illinois |
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| Horse Racing Act of 1975, (iii) hold an inter-track wagering
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| license, (iv) pay an initial fee of $50,000 for each position |
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| it is authorized to operate, plus make the reconciliation |
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| payment required under subsection (i), (v) meet the live racing |
8 |
| requirements set forth in Section 20 of the Illinois Horse |
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| Racing Act of 1975, and (vi) meet all other requirements of |
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| this Act that apply to
owners licensees. The $50,000 fee per |
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| position is payable in full at the time the positions are |
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| awarded. |
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| (h) Each organization licensee who obtains electronic |
14 |
| gaming positions must make a reconciliation payment 4 years |
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| after the date the electronic gaming licensee begins operating |
16 |
| the positions in an amount equal to 75% of the net adjusted |
17 |
| gross receipts from electronic gaming for the most lucrative |
18 |
| 12-month period of operations, minus an amount equal to $50,000 |
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| per electronic gaming position. If this calculation results in |
20 |
| a negative amount, then the electronic gaming licensee is not |
21 |
| entitled to any reimbursement of fees previously paid. This |
22 |
| reconciliation payment may be made in installments over a |
23 |
| period of no more than 5 years, subject to Board approval. For |
24 |
| the purpose of this subsection (h), "net adjusted gross |
25 |
| receipts" has the same meaning as that term is given in |
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| subsection (a-5) of Section 13.
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| (i) For each calendar year after 2007 in which an |
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| electronic gaming licensee
requests a number of racing days |
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| under its organization license that is less
than 90% of the |
4 |
| number of days of live racing it was awarded in 2007, the
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| electronic gaming licensee may not conduct electronic gaming.
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| (j) In any calendar year that an organization licensee with |
7 |
| an electronic gaming license conducts fewer races than they |
8 |
| were awarded in that calendar year, except for the reasons |
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| specified in subsection (e-3) of Section 20 of the Illinois |
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| Horse Racing Act of 1975, the revenues retained by the |
11 |
| electronic gaming licensee from electronic gaming on the days |
12 |
| when racing was awarded and did not occur will be split evenly |
13 |
| between that organization licensee's purse account and the |
14 |
| Racing Industry Worker's Trust Fund.
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| (k) Subject to the approval of the Illinois Gaming Board |
16 |
| and the Illinois Racing Board, an electronic gaming licensee |
17 |
| may make any temporary or permanent modification or additions |
18 |
| to any existing or new buildings and structures. No |
19 |
| modifications or additions shall alter the grounds of the |
20 |
| organization licensee such that the act of live racing is an |
21 |
| ancillary activity to electronic gaming. |
22 |
| Electronic gaming may take place in existing structures |
23 |
| where inter-track wagering is conducted at the race track or a |
24 |
| facility within 300 yards of the race track in accordance with |
25 |
| the provisions of this Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of |
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| 1975. Any electronic gaming conducted at a facility within 300 |
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| yards of the race track in accordance with this Act and the |
2 |
| Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 shall have an all-weather |
3 |
| egress connecting the electronic gaming facility and the race |
4 |
| track facility. |
5 |
| The electronic gambling facility must be distinctly |
6 |
| separate from the other areas of the racetrack to prohibit the |
7 |
| entrance of persons under 21 years of age and for the purpose |
8 |
| of tracking admissions to the electronic gambling facility to |
9 |
| comply with the admissions taxes under the Illinois Horse |
10 |
| Racing Act of 1975 and this Act. |
11 |
| (l) An electronic gaming licensee may conduct electronic |
12 |
| gaming at a
temporary facility
pending
the construction of a |
13 |
| permanent facility or the
remodeling of an existing facility to |
14 |
| accommodate electronic gaming
participants
for up to 12 months |
15 |
| after receiving an electronic gaming
license. The Board may |
16 |
| grant extensions as provided in subsection (d) of this Section. |
17 |
| (m) The Illinois Gaming Board may adopt emergency rules in |
18 |
| accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative |
19 |
| Procedure Act as necessary to ensure compliance with the |
20 |
| provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
|
21 |
| concerning electronic gaming. The adoption of emergency rules |
22 |
| authorized by this subsection (m) shall be deemed to be |
23 |
| necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare. |
24 |
| (n) As soon as practical after a request is made by the |
25 |
| Illinois Gaming Board, to minimize duplicate submissions by the |
26 |
| applicant, the Illinois Racing Board must provide information |
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| on an applicant for an electronic gaming license to the |
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| Illinois Gaming Board. |
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| (o) The electronic gaming licenses issued under this Act |
4 |
| shall permit the
holder to own the licensed facility
and |
5 |
| equipment
for a period of 3 years after the effective date of |
6 |
| the license. Holders of
electronic gaming licenses must pay the |
7 |
| annual license fee for each of
the 3
years during which they |
8 |
| are authorized to conduct gambling operations.
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| (p) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of each |
10 |
| electronic gaming license, all licenses are
renewable for a |
11 |
| period of 4 years, unless the Board sets a shorter period, upon |
12 |
| payment of the fee and a determination by the Board
that the |
13 |
| licensee continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act |
14 |
| and the
Board's rules.
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.8 new)
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| Sec. 7.8. Home rule. The regulation and licensing of |
17 |
| electronic gaming and
electronic gaming licensees are |
18 |
| exclusive powers and functions of the State. A
home rule unit |
19 |
| may not regulate or license electronic gaming or electronic
|
20 |
| gaming licensees. This Section is a denial and limitation of |
21 |
| home rule powers
and
functions under subsection (h) of Section |
22 |
| 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.10 new)
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| Sec. 7.10. Electronic poker. |
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| (a) A gaming licensee may apply to the Board for |
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| authorization to operate up to 100 electronic poker positions |
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| at its licensed facility. The authorization that the Board |
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| issues to the gaming licensee shall specify the number of |
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| electronic poker positions the gaming licensee may operate, |
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| which shall not be counted against the limit on the number of |
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| gaming positions under this Act. |
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| (b) The Board must adopt rules for the authorization and |
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| administration of the conduct of electronic poker. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.11 new)
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| Sec. 7.11. Casino license. Upon approval of the Authority |
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| Board and the casino operator licensee, the Illinois Gaming |
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| Board shall issue a casino license to the Authority that |
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| authorizes the conduct of gambling operations in a land-based |
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| facility located in the City of Chicago. A casino license shall |
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| authorize the holder to operate 4,000 gaming positions. The |
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| Illinois Gaming Board shall assess a license fee of |
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| $200,000,000, plus (i) $300,000,000 or (ii) 50% of the total |
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| amount received by the Authority pursuant to a bid for a casino |
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| management contract or an executed casino management contract |
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| as authorized under the Chicago Casino Development Authority |
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| Act, whichever is greater. The Board shall deposit the license |
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| fee into the Illinois Works Fund. |
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| In granting any license authorizing the conduct of gambling |
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| operations in a casino, the Illinois Gaming Board shall |
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| license is held by the Authority, the Illinois Gaming Board |
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| shall have the same authority over that licensee as any other |
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| licensee under this Act. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.11a new)
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| Sec. 7.11a. State casino license. Upon approval of the |
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| State Board and the State casino operator licensee, the |
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| Illinois Gaming Board shall issue a casino license to the State |
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| Authority that authorizes the conduct of gambling located in |
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| this State. A casino license shall authorize the holder to |
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| operate 4,000 gaming positions. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.12 new)
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| Sec. 7.12. Casino operator license or State casino operator |
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| license. |
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| (a) A qualified person may apply to the Board for a casino |
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| operator license or State casino operator license to
operate
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| and manage any gambling operation conducted by the Authority or |
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| State Authority. The application shall
be
made on forms |
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| provided by the Board and shall contain such information as the
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prescribes, including but not limited to information |
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| required in Sections 6(a),
(b), and
(c) and information |
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| relating to the applicant's proposed price to manage the |
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| Authority's or State Authority's gambling
operations and to |
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conduct gambling operations. |
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| (b) A person, firm, or corporation is ineligible to receive |
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| a casino operator license or State casino operator license if:
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| (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under the |
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| laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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| (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of |
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| Article 28 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially |
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| similar laws of any other
jurisdiction;
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| (3) the person has submitted an application for a |
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| license under this
Act that contains false information;
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| (4) the person is a member of the Board;
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| (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3), or (4) is an |
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| officer, director, or
managerial employee of the firm or |
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| corporation;
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| (6) the firm or corporation employs a person defined in |
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| (1), (2), (3),
or (4) who participates in the management or |
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| operation of gambling
operations authorized under this |
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| Act; or
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| (7) a license of the person, firm, or corporation |
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| issued under this Act,
or
a license to own or operate |
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| gambling facilities in any other jurisdiction, has
been |
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| revoked.
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| (c) In determining whether to grant a casino operator |
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| license or State casino operator license, the
Board shall |
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| financial integrity of the
applicants and of any other or |
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| separate person that either:
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| (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such |
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| applicant, or
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| (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such |
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| applicant or by a
person which controls, directly or |
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| indirectly, such applicant;
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| (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the |
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| conduct of
gambling;
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| (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be derived |
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| by the State
from the conduct of gambling;
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| (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant |
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| reflects the
diversity of the State by including minority |
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| persons and females
and the good faith affirmative action |
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| plan of
each applicant to recruit, train, and upgrade |
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| minority persons and females in all employment |
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| classifications;
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| (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase |
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| and maintain
adequate liability and casualty insurance;
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| (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization |
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| to provide and
maintain, for the duration of a license, a |
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| casino; and
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| (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets |
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| other standards
for the issuance of a managers license that |
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| the Board may adopt by rule.
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| application, on forms
prescribed by
the Board, 2 sets of his or |
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| her fingerprints.
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| (e) The Board shall charge each applicant a fee, set by the |
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| Board, to defray
the costs associated with the background |
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| investigation conducted by the
Office of Gaming Enforcement.
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| (f) A person who knowingly makes a false statement on an |
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| application is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (g) The casino operator license or State casino operator |
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| license shall be issued only upon proof that it has entered |
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| into a labor peace agreement with each labor organization that |
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| is actively engaged in representing and attempting to represent |
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| casino and hospitality industry workers in this State. The |
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| labor peace agreement must be a valid and enforceable agreement |
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| under 29 U.S.C. 185 that protects the city's and State's |
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| revenues from the operation of the casino facility by |
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| prohibiting the labor organization and its members from |
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| engaging in any picketing, work stoppages, boycotts, or any |
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| other economic interference with the casino facility for at |
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| least the first 5 years of the casino license and must cover |
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| all operations at the casino facility that are conducted by |
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| lessees or tenants or under management agreements. |
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| (h) The casino operator license or State casino operator |
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| license shall be for a term not to exceed 10 years, shall
be
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| renewable at the Board's option, and shall contain such terms |
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| and
provisions as the Board deems necessary to protect or |
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| operations, achieve the highest
prospective total revenue to |
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| the State, and otherwise serve the interests of
the citizens of |
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| Illinois.
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.14 new)
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| Sec. 7.14. Obligations of licensure; licensure is a |
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| privilege. |
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| (a) All licensees under this Act have a continuing duty to |
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| maintain suitability for licensure. A license does
not create a |
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| property right, but is a revocable privilege granted by the |
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| State contingent upon
continuing suitability for licensure. |
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| (b) Licensees under this Act shall have a continuing, |
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| affirmative duty to investigate the backgrounds of its |
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| principal shareholders and officers. |
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| (c) An applicant for licensure under this Act is seeking a |
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| privilege and assumes and accepts any and all risk of
adverse |
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| publicity, notoriety, embarrassment, criticism, or other |
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| action or financial
loss which may occur in connection with the |
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| application process.
Any misrepresentation or omission made |
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| with respect to an application may be
grounds for denial of the |
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| application. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.15 new)
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| Sec. 7.15. Undue economic concentration. |
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| (a) In addition to considering all other requirements under |
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| consider the impact of any economic concentration of the |
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| ownership or control. No direct or indirect ownership or |
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| control shall be approved and no gaming license shall be issued |
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| or transferred to or held by any person or entity if the Board |
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| determines that approval, issuance, transfer, or holding shall |
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| result in undue economic concentration in the direct or |
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| indirect ownership or control of gambling operations in |
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| Illinois. However, under no circumstances shall the geographic |
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| location of any gaming license be a factor in determining |
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| whether an undue economic concentration exists. |
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| (b) For the purposes of this Section, "undue economic |
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| concentration" means that a person or entity would have actual |
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| or potential domination of gambling in Illinois sufficient to: |
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| (1) substantially impede or suppress competition among |
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| holders of gaming licenses; |
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| (2) adversely impact the economic stability of the |
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| gaming industry in Illinois; or |
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| (3) negatively impact the purposes of this Act, |
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| including tourism, economic development, benefits to local |
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| communities, and State and local revenues. |
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| (c) In determining whether the issuance, transfer, or |
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| holding, directly or indirectly, of a gaming license shall |
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| result in undue economic concentration, the Board shall |
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| consider the following criteria: |
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| indirectly, in each of the following categories: |
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| (A) The total number of licensed facilities in |
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| Illinois. |
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| (B) Total gaming square footage. |
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| (C) Number of persons employed in the gambling |
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| operation and any affiliated hotel operation. |
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| (D) Number of guest rooms in an affiliated hotel. |
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| (E) Number of electronic gaming devices. |
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| (F) Number of table games. |
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| (G) Net revenue and adjusted gross receipts. |
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| (H) Table win. |
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| (I) Electronic gaming device win. |
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| (J) Table drop. |
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| (K) Electronic gaming device drop. |
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| (2) The estimated increase in the market shares in the |
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| categories in item (1) of this subsection (c) if the person |
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| or entity is approved, or is issued or permitted to hold |
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| the gaming license. |
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| (3) The relative position of other persons or entities |
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| that own or control gaming licenses in Illinois, as |
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| evidenced by the market shares of each gaming license in |
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| the categories in item (1) of this subsection (c). |
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| (4) The current and projected financial condition of |
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| the gaming industry. |
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| any other relevant characteristics of the market. |
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| (6) Whether the gaming licenses to be issued, |
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| transferred or held, directly or indirectly, by the person |
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| or entity have separate organizational structures or other |
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| independent obligations. |
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| (7) The potential impact on the projected future growth |
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| and development of the gambling industry, the local |
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| communities in which gaming licenses are located, and the |
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| State of Illinois. |
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| (8) The barriers to entry into the gambling industry, |
13 |
| including the licensure requirements of this Act and its |
14 |
| rules, and whether the issuance or transfer to, or holding, |
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| directly or indirectly, of, a gaming license by the person |
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| or entity will operate as a barrier to new companies and |
17 |
| individuals desiring to enter the market. |
18 |
| (9) Whether the issuance or transfer to or holding, |
19 |
| directly or indirectly, of the gaming license by the person |
20 |
| or entity will adversely impact on consumer interests, or |
21 |
| whether such issuance, transfer or holding is likely to |
22 |
| result in enhancing the quality and customer appeal of |
23 |
| products and services offered by licensed facilities in |
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| order to maintain or increase their respective market |
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| shares. |
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| (10) Whether a restriction on the issuance or transfer |
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| in order to encourage and preserve competition in casino |
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| operations. |
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| (11) Any other information deemed relevant by the |
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| Board.
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| (d) A current licensee may bid on any license awarded after |
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly; provided however, if the Board determines issuance of |
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| the license will result in undue economic concentration, the |
11 |
| Board may require the licensee to divest holdings in a current |
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| license as a condition of granting a license. The Board may |
13 |
| also require a licensee to divest holdings in a current license |
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| if the licensee acquires an additional license through transfer |
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| or sale. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.25 new)
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| Sec. 7.25. Diversity program. |
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| (a) Each gaming licensee and suppliers licensee shall |
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| establish and maintain a diversity program to ensure |
20 |
| non-discrimination in the award and administration of |
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| contracts. The programs shall establish goals of awarding not |
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| less than 25% of the annual dollar value of all contracts, |
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| purchase orders, or other agreements to minority owned |
24 |
| businesses and 5% of the annual dollar value of all contracts |
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| to female owned businesses. |
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| employment. The program shall establish hiring goals as the |
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| Board and each licensee determines appropriate. The Board shall |
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| monitor the progress of the gaming licensees' progress with |
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| respect to the program's goals. |
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| (c) No later than May 31st of each year each licensee shall |
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| report to the Board the number of respective employees and the |
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| number of their respective employees who have designated |
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| themselves as members of a minority group and gender. In |
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| addition, all licensees shall submit a report with respect to |
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| the minority owned and female owned businesses program created |
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| in this Section to the Board. |
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| (d) There is created the Diversity Program Commission. The |
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| Commission shall consist of
2 members appointed by the |
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| Governor, 2 members appointed by the President of the Senate, 2 |
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| members appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, 2 |
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| members appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
19 |
| Representatives, and 2 members appointed by the Minority leader |
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| of the House of Representatives. Within 2 years after the |
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| members of the Commission are appointed, the Commission shall |
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| file a report with the Illinois Gaming Board, the General |
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| Assembly, and the Governor regarding the status of minority and |
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| female participation in gaming investment opportunities.
The |
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| report shall focus on all of the following topics: |
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| (1) The percentage of minorities and females that |
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| and females within the gaming industry in Illinois. |
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| (3) The availability of ready, willing, and able |
5 |
| minorities and females in Illinois to invest in gaming |
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| operations within the State. |
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| (4) The current amount of gaming investment throughout |
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| Illinois by minorities and females. |
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| (5) The need throughout the State to remedy past |
10 |
| discrimination practices regarding investment |
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| opportunities for these groups. |
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| (6) Other facts and statistical data to support the |
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| need for remedial measures as a result of historical |
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| exclusion of these groups within the gaming industry. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.30 new)
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| Sec. 7.30. Electronic gaming license transfer fee. |
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| (a) An electronic gaming licensee or any other person must |
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| apply for and receive the Illinois Gaming Board's approval |
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| before: |
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| (1) an electronic gaming license is transferred, sold, |
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| or purchased; or |
22 |
| (2) a voting trust agreement or other similar agreement |
23 |
| is established with respect to the electronic gaming |
24 |
| license. |
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| (b) The Illinois Gaming Board shall adopt rules governing |
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| rules must specify that a person who obtains an ownership |
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| interest in an electronic gaming license must meet the criteria |
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| of this Act and comply with all applicable rules adopted by the |
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| Illinois Gaming Board. A licensee may transfer an electronic |
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| gaming license only in accordance with this Act and the rules |
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| adopted by the Illinois Gaming Board. |
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| (c) Except in compliance with rules adopted by the Illinois |
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| Gaming Board, which shall not prohibit holders of electronic |
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| gaming licenses or the parent companies of any such holders |
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| from borrowings for the purpose of developing a gaming |
13 |
| investment nor, with respect to any public company, borrowings |
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| at the parent level for general corporate purposes consistent |
15 |
| with past practices, in each case in the event such borrowings |
16 |
| are secured generally by substantially all of the assets of |
17 |
| holders or their parent companies, a person may not lease, |
18 |
| hypothecate, or borrow or loan money against an electronic |
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| gaming license. |
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| (d) Except as provided in subsection (e), a transfer fee is |
21 |
| imposed on an initial licensee who sells or otherwise |
22 |
| relinquishes an interest in an electronic gaming license in an |
23 |
| amount equal to the lesser for 20% of the net proceeds received |
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| or the estimated net proceeds that could have been received |
25 |
| from the gaming positions added as a result of the electronic |
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| gaming license for a period of one year preceding the license |
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| licensed times $20,000 |
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| This transfer fee will no longer be due on and after the |
6 |
| fifth anniversary of the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly. |
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| (e) The fee imposed by subsection (d) shall not apply if: |
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| (1) The electronic gaming license is transferred as a |
10 |
| result of any of the following: |
11 |
| (A) Bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt |
12 |
| adjustment initiated by or against the initial |
13 |
| licensee or the substantial owners of the initial |
14 |
| license. |
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| (B) Cancellation, revocation, or termination of |
16 |
| the electronic gaming licensee's license by the |
17 |
| Illinois Gaming Board. |
18 |
| (C) A determination by the Illinois Gaming Board |
19 |
| that transfer of the license is in the best interests |
20 |
| of Illinois Gaming. |
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| (D) The death of an owner of the equity interest in |
22 |
| a licensee. |
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| (E) A transaction in which less than a 5% interest |
24 |
| of a publicly traded company is transferred. |
25 |
| (F) A transfer by a parent company to a wholly |
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| owned subsidiary. |
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| descendants in which no gain or loss is recognized or as a |
4 |
| result of a transaction in accordance with Section 351 of |
5 |
| the Internal Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is |
6 |
| recognized. |
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| (f) The transfer of an electronic gaming license by a |
8 |
| person other than the initial licensee to receive the |
9 |
| electronic gaming license is not subject to a transfer fee.
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| (230 ILCS 10/8)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2408)
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| Sec. 8. Suppliers licenses.
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| (a) The Board may issue a suppliers license to such |
13 |
| persons, firms or
corporations which apply therefor upon the |
14 |
| payment of a non-refundable
application fee set by the Board, |
15 |
| upon a determination by the Board that
the applicant is |
16 |
| eligible for a suppliers license and upon payment of a
$5,000 |
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| annual license
fee.
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| (b) The holder of a suppliers license is authorized to sell |
19 |
| or lease,
and to contract to sell or lease, gambling equipment |
20 |
| and supplies to any
licensee involved in the ownership or |
21 |
| management of gambling operations.
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| (c) Gambling supplies and equipment may not be distributed
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| unless supplies and equipment conform to standards adopted by
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| rules of the Board.
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license if:
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| laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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| (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of |
5 |
| Article 28 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially |
6 |
| similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
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7 |
| (3) the person has submitted an application for a |
8 |
| license under this
Act which contains false information;
|
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| (4) the person is a member of the Board;
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| (5) the firm or corporation is one in which a person |
11 |
| defined in (1),
(2), (3) or (4), is an officer, director or |
12 |
| managerial employee;
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13 |
| (6) the firm or corporation employs a person who |
14 |
| participates in the
management or operation of riverboat |
15 |
| gambling authorized under this Act;
|
16 |
| (7) the license of the person, firm or corporation |
17 |
| issued under
this Act, or a license to own or operate |
18 |
| gambling facilities
in any other jurisdiction, has been |
19 |
| revoked.
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20 |
| (e) Any person that supplies any equipment, devices, or |
21 |
| supplies to a
gambling operation at a licensed facility |
22 |
| licensed riverboat gambling operation must
first obtain a |
23 |
| suppliers
license. A supplier shall furnish to the Board a list |
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| of all equipment,
devices and supplies offered for sale or |
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| lease in connection with gambling
games authorized under this |
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for the furnishing |
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| the Board
listing all sales and leases. A supplier shall |
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| permanently affix its name
to all its equipment, devices, and |
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| supplies for gambling operations.
Any supplier's equipment, |
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| devices or supplies which are used by any person
in an |
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| unauthorized gambling operation shall be forfeited to the |
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| State. A
gaming licensee
licensed
owner may own its own |
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| equipment, devices and supplies. Each
gaming licensee holder of |
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| an owners license under the
Act shall file an annual report
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| listing its inventories of gambling equipment, devices and |
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| supplies.
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| (f) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement on an |
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| application
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| by any
licensed supplier may either be repaired at the licensed |
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| facility on the riverboat or removed from
the licensed facility |
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| riverboat to a
an on-shore
facility owned by gaming licensee |
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| the holder of an owners
license for repair.
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| (230 ILCS 10/9)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2409)
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| Sec. 9. Occupational licenses.
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| (a) The Board may issue an occupational license to an |
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| applicant upon the
payment of a non-refundable fee set by the |
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upon payment of an |
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| annual license fee in an amount to be established. To
be |
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| eligible for an occupational license, an applicant must:
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| (1) be at least 21 years of age if the applicant will |
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| perform any
function involved in gaming by patrons. Any |
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| applicant seeking an
occupational license for a non-gaming |
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| function shall be at least 18 years
of age;
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| (2) not have been convicted of a felony offense, a |
10 |
| violation of Article
28 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a |
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| similar statute of any other
jurisdiction, or a crime |
12 |
| involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
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| (3) have demonstrated a level of skill or knowledge |
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| which the Board
determines to be necessary in order to |
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| operate gambling at a licensed facility or to staff a |
16 |
| Responsible Play Information Center aboard a riverboat ; |
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| and
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| (4) have met standards for the holding of an |
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| occupational license as
adopted by rules of the Board. Such |
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| rules shall provide that any person or
entity seeking an |
21 |
| occupational license to manage gambling operations
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| hereunder shall be subject to background inquiries and |
23 |
| further requirements
similar to those required of |
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| applicants for an owners license.
Furthermore, such rules |
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| shall provide that each such entity shall be
permitted to |
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prescribed by the Board and shall contain all |
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Board. The applicant shall set |
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issued prior |
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| age; and
whether or not a permit or license issued to him in |
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been suspended, restricted or revoked, and, |
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| if so, for what period of time.
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| forms provided
by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints. The |
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applicant a fee set by the Department |
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associated with the search |
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| and classification of fingerprints obtained by
the Board with |
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| license to
any person: (1) who is unqualified to perform the |
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| duties required of such
applicant; (2) who fails to disclose or |
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| states falsely any information
called for in the application; |
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| (3) who has been found guilty of a
violation of this Act or |
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| whose prior gambling related license or
application therefor |
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| has been suspended, restricted, revoked or denied for
just |
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| cause in any other state; or (4) for any other just cause.
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| occupational licensee:
(1) for violation of any provision of |
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of the rules and regulations |
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| of the Board; (3) for any cause which, if
known to the Board, |
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| would have disqualified the applicant from receiving
such |
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| license; or (4) for default in the payment of any obligation or |
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| debt
due to the State of Illinois; or (5) for any other just |
6 |
| cause.
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| (f) A person who knowingly makes a false statement on an |
8 |
| application is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (g) Any license issued pursuant to this Section shall be |
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| valid for a
period of one year from the date of issuance.
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| (h) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prohibit a |
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| gaming licensee licensed
owner from entering into an agreement
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| with a
school approved under the
Private Business and |
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| Vocational Schools Act for the training of any
occupational |
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| licensee. Any training offered by such a school shall be in
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| accordance with a written agreement between the gaming licensee |
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| licensed owner and the school.
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| (i) Any training provided for occupational licensees may be |
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| conducted
either at the licensed facility
on the riverboat or |
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| at a
school with which a gaming licensee licensed owner has
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| entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection (h).
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029; 87-826.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/9.3 new)
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| Sec. 9.3. License fees; deposit. |
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| (a) The Board shall annually determine the annual cost of |
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| Enforcement shall certify to the Board actual and prospective |
4 |
| costs of the investigative and enforcement functions of the |
5 |
| Office. These costs, together with the general operating |
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| expenses of the Board, shall be the basis for the fee imposed |
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| on each licensee. Each individual licensee's fees shall be |
8 |
| based upon disproportionate costs for each individual |
9 |
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| (b) Upon issuance or the first renewal of a gaming license |
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| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly, a gaming licensee shall deposit $100,000 into |
13 |
| a fund held by the Director of the Office of Gaming Enforcement |
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| separate from State moneys. The moneys in the fund shall be |
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| used by the Director of the Office of Gaming Enforcement for |
16 |
| the purpose of conducting any investigation concerning that |
17 |
| licensee. Upon each subsequent renewal of a gaming license, the |
18 |
| gaming licensee shall deposit the amount necessary to bring the |
19 |
| moneys in the fund attributable to that licensee to $100,000. |
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| (230 ILCS 10/9.5 new)
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| Sec. 9.5. Contractor disclosure of political |
22 |
| contributions. |
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| "Contracts" means any agreement for services or goods for a |
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| period to exceed one year or with an annual value of at least |
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| "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any ownership |
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| interest or distributive share of the bidding or contracting |
5 |
| entity in excess of 1%, (ii) executive employees of the bidding |
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| or contracting entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children |
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| of any such persons. |
8 |
| "Affiliated entity" means (i) any parent or subsidiary of |
9 |
| the bidding or contracting entity, (ii) any member of the same |
10 |
| unitary business group, or (iii) any political committee for |
11 |
| which the bidding or contracting entity is the sponsoring |
12 |
| entity. |
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| (b) A bidder, offeror, or contractor for contracts with a |
14 |
| licensee shall disclose all political contributions of the |
15 |
| bidder, offeror, or contractor and any affiliated person or |
16 |
| entity. Such disclosure must accompany any contract. The |
17 |
| disclosure must be submitted to the Board with a copy of the |
18 |
| contract prior to Board approval of the contract. The |
19 |
| disclosure of each successful bidder or offeror shall become |
20 |
| part of the publicly available record. |
21 |
| (c) Disclosure by the bidder, offeror, or contractor shall |
22 |
| include at least the names and addresses of the contributors |
23 |
| and the dollar amounts of any contributions to any political |
24 |
| committee made within the previous 2 years. |
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| (d) The Board shall refuse to approve any contract that |
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| does not include the required disclosure. The Board must |
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| violation of this Section occurs.
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| Sec. 11. Conduct of gambling. Gambling may be conducted by |
6 |
| gaming licensees at licensed facilities or in a temporary |
7 |
| location as provided in this Act. Gambling authorized under |
8 |
| this Section shall be licensed owners or licensed managers on |
9 |
| behalf
of the State aboard riverboats,
subject to the following |
10 |
| standards:
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11 |
| (1) An owners A licensee may conduct riverboat gambling |
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| authorized under this Act
regardless of whether it conducts |
13 |
| excursion cruises. A licensee may permit
the continuous |
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| ingress and egress of passengers for the purpose of |
15 |
| gambling.
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| (3) Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be set by |
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| the licensee.
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| (4) Agents of the Office of Gaming Enforcement Board |
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| and the Department of State Police may board
and inspect |
21 |
| any licensed facility riverboat at any time for the purpose |
22 |
| of determining
whether this Act is being complied with. |
23 |
| Every riverboat, if under way and
being hailed by a law |
24 |
| enforcement officer or agent of the Board, must stop
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25 |
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riverboat or on adjacent |
4 |
| facilities under the control of the gaming licensee.
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| (6) Gambling equipment and supplies customarily used |
6 |
| in the conduct of conducting
riverboat gambling must be |
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| purchased or leased only from suppliers licensed
for such |
8 |
| purpose under this Act.
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| (7) Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no |
10 |
| form of wagering on
gambling games except as permitted by |
11 |
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| (8) Wagers may be received only from a person present |
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| at a licensed facility on a licensed
riverboat . No person |
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| present at a licensed facility on a licensed riverboat |
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| shall place
or attempt to place a wager on behalf of |
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| another person who is not present
at the licensed facility |
17 |
| on the riverboat .
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| (9) Wagering , including electronic gaming, shall not |
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| be conducted with money or other negotiable
currency.
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| (10) A person under age 21 shall not be permitted on an |
21 |
| area of a
licensed facility riverboat where gambling is |
22 |
| being conducted, except for a person at least
18 years of |
23 |
| age who is an employee of the riverboat
gambling operation. |
24 |
| No
employee under age 21 shall perform any function |
25 |
| involved in gambling by
the patrons. No person under age 21 |
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this Act.
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which the riverboat is licensed is |
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the Board in consultation with |
4 |
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This paragraph (11) does |
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| not limit the ability of a licensee to conduct
gambling |
6 |
| authorized under this Act when gambling excursion cruises |
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| are not
permitted.
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| (12) All tokens, chips , or electronic cards used to |
9 |
| make wagers must be
purchased (i) from an owners licensee a |
10 |
| licensed owner or manager , in the case of a riverboat, |
11 |
| either aboard the
a
riverboat or at
an onshore
facility |
12 |
| which has been approved by the Board and which is located |
13 |
| where
the riverboat docks , (ii) in the case of a casino, |
14 |
| from a licensed casino operator at the casino, or (iii) |
15 |
| from an electronic gaming licensee at the electronic gaming |
16 |
| facility . The tokens, chips or electronic cards may be
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| purchased by means of an agreement under which the owner or |
18 |
| manager extends
credit to
the patron. Such tokens, chips or |
19 |
| electronic cards may be used
while at the licensed facility |
20 |
| aboard the riverboat only for the purpose of making wagers |
21 |
| on
gambling games and electronic poker .
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| (13) Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act, in |
23 |
| addition to the
other licenses authorized under this Act, |
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| the Board may issue special event
licenses allowing persons |
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| who are not otherwise licensed to conduct
riverboat |
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of dates. Riverboat gambling under such a license |
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riverboat not normally used for |
3 |
| riverboat gambling. The Board shall
establish standards, |
4 |
| fees and fines for, and limitations upon, such
licenses, |
5 |
| which may differ from the standards, fees, fines and |
6 |
| limitations
otherwise applicable under this Act. All such |
7 |
| fees shall be deposited into
the State Gaming Fund. All |
8 |
| such fines shall be deposited into the
Education Assistance |
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| Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State
of |
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| Illinois.
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12 |
| conducted in accordance
with all rules adopted by the |
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| (230 ILCS 10/11.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411.1)
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| Sec. 11.1. Collection of amounts owing under credit |
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| agreements. Notwithstanding any applicable statutory provision |
18 |
| to the contrary, a
gaming licensee licensed owner or manager |
19 |
| who extends credit to a riverboat gambling patron
pursuant
to |
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| Section 11 (a) (12) of this Act is expressly authorized to |
21 |
| institute a
cause of action to collect any amounts due and |
22 |
| owing under the extension of
credit, as well as the owner's or |
23 |
| manager's costs, expenses and reasonable
attorney's
fees |
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| incurred in collection.
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| Sec. 11.2. Relocation of riverboat home dock. |
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| (a) Prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, a A licensee that was not conducting
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| riverboat gambling on January 1, 1998 may apply to the Board |
6 |
| for renewal and
approval of relocation to a new home dock |
7 |
| location authorized under Section
3(c) and
the Board
shall |
8 |
| grant the application and approval upon receipt by the licensee |
9 |
| of
approval from the new municipality or county, as the case |
10 |
| may be, in which the
licensee wishes to relocate pursuant to |
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| (b) Any licensee that relocates its home dock
pursuant
to |
13 |
| this Section shall attain a level of at least 20% minority |
14 |
| person and female
ownership, at least 16% and 4% respectively, |
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| within a time period
prescribed by the Board,
but not to exceed |
16 |
| 12 months from the date
the licensee
begins conducting gambling |
17 |
| at the new home dock location. The 12-month period
shall be |
18 |
| extended by the amount of
time
necessary to conduct a |
19 |
| background investigation pursuant to Section 6.
For the |
20 |
| purposes of this
Section, the terms "female" and "minority |
21 |
| person" have the meanings provided in
Section 2 of the
Business |
22 |
| Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with |
23 |
| Disabilities
Act.
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| Sec. 12. Admission tax; fees.
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| (a) A tax is hereby imposed upon admissions to riverboats |
4 |
| and casinos operated by
licensed owners and upon admissions to |
5 |
| casinos and riverboats operated by casino operators on behalf |
6 |
| of the Authority authorized pursuant to this Act. Until July 1, |
7 |
| 2002, the
rate is $2 per person admitted. From July 1, 2002 |
8 |
| until
July 1, 2003, the rate is $3 per person admitted.
From |
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| July 1, 2003 until the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
10 |
| the 94th General Assembly, for a licensee that admitted |
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| 1,000,000 persons or
fewer in the previous calendar year, the |
12 |
| rate is $3 per person admitted; for a
licensee that admitted |
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| more than 1,000,000 but no more than 2,300,000 persons
in the |
14 |
| previous calendar year, the rate is $4 per person admitted; and |
15 |
| for
a licensee that admitted more than 2,300,000 persons in the |
16 |
| previous calendar
year, the rate is $5 per person admitted.
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| Beginning on August 23, 2005 ( the effective date of Public Act |
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| 94-673) and until the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
19 |
| the 95th General Assembly this amendatory Act of the 94th |
20 |
| General Assembly , for a licensee that admitted 1,000,000 |
21 |
| persons or
fewer in calendar year 2004, the rate is $2 per |
22 |
| person admitted, and for all other
licensees the rate is $3 per |
23 |
| person admitted. Beginning on the effective date of this |
24 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, for a licensee |
25 |
| that conducted riverboat gambling operations in calendar year |
26 |
| 2003 and (i) admitted 1,000,000 persons or
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| admitted more than 1,000,000 persons but fewer than 1,500,000 |
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| persons, the rate is $2 per person admitted; and (iii) admitted |
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| 1,500,000 persons or more, the rate is $3 per person admitted. |
5 |
| For a licensee that receives its license under subsection (e-5) |
6 |
| or (e-6) of Section 7 or that conducts riverboat gambling |
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| operations pursuant to a dormant license, the rate is $3 per |
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| person admitted.
This admission tax is imposed upon the
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| licensed owner conducting gambling. For the purposes of this |
10 |
| Section 12, the term "dormant license" has the meaning set |
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| forth under subsection (a-3) of Section 13.
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| (1) The admission tax shall be paid for each admission, |
13 |
| except that a person who exits a riverboat gambling |
14 |
| facility and reenters that riverboat gambling facility |
15 |
| within the same gaming day shall be subject only to the |
16 |
| initial admission tax. The Board shall establish, by rule, |
17 |
| a procedure to determine whether a person admitted to a |
18 |
| riverboat gambling facility or casino has paid the |
19 |
| admission tax.
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| (2) (Blank).
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21 |
| (3) An owners licensee and the Authority The riverboat |
22 |
| licensee may issue tax-free passes to
actual and necessary |
23 |
| officials and employees of the licensee or other
persons |
24 |
| actually working on the riverboat or in the casino .
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| (4) The number and issuance of tax-free passes is |
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| subject to the rules
of the Board, and a list of all |
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4 |
| licensed
managers on behalf of the State pursuant to Section |
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| 7.3 at the rates provided
in
this subsection (a-5). For a |
6 |
| licensee that
admitted 1,000,000 persons or fewer in the |
7 |
| previous calendar year, the rate is
$3 per person admitted; for |
8 |
| a licensee that admitted more than 1,000,000 but no
more than |
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| 2,300,000 persons
in the previous calendar year, the rate is $4 |
10 |
| per person admitted; and for
a licensee that admitted more than |
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| 2,300,000 persons in the previous calendar
year, the rate is $5 |
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| per person admitted.
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| (1) The admission fee shall be paid for each admission.
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| (2) (Blank).
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| (3) The licensed manager may issue fee-free passes to |
16 |
| actual and necessary
officials and employees of the manager |
17 |
| or other persons actually working on the
riverboat.
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| (4) The number and issuance of fee-free passes is |
19 |
| subject to the rules
of the Board, and a list of all |
20 |
| persons to whom the fee-free passes are
issued shall be |
21 |
| filed with the Board.
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| (b) From the tax imposed under subsection (a) and the fee |
23 |
| imposed under
subsection (a-5), a municipality shall receive |
24 |
| from the State $1 for each
person embarking on a riverboat |
25 |
| docked within the municipality or entering a casino located |
26 |
| within the municipality , and a county
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| person entering a casino or embarking on a riverboat docked |
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| within the
county but outside the boundaries of any |
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| municipality. The municipality's or
county's share shall be |
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| collected by the Board on behalf of the State and
remitted |
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| quarterly by the State, subject to appropriation, to the |
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| treasurer of
the unit of local government for deposit in the |
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| general fund. For each admission in excess of 1,500,000 in a |
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| year, from the tax imposed under this Section, the county in |
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| which the licensee's home dock is located shall receive, |
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| subject to appropriation, $0.15, which shall be in addition to |
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| any other moneys paid to the county under this Section.
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| (c) The licensed owner and the licensed casino operator |
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| conducting gambling operations on behalf of the Authority shall |
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| pay the entire admission tax to the Board and
the licensed |
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| manager shall pay the entire admission fee to the Board.
Such |
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| payments shall be made daily. Accompanying each payment shall |
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| be a
return on forms provided by the Board which shall include |
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| other
information regarding admissions as the Board may |
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| require. Failure to
submit either the payment or the return |
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| within the specified time may
result in suspension or |
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| revocation of the owners or managers license.
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| (d) The Board shall administer and collect the admission |
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| tax imposed by
this Section, to the extent practicable, in a |
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| manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, |
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| 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a,
6b, 6c, 8, 9 and 10 of the |
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Section 3-7 of the Uniform |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-673, eff. 8-23-05; 95-663, eff. 10-11-07.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/12.1 new)
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| Sec. 12.1. Identification required. An owners licensee |
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| shall implement procedures to obtain a valid government-issued |
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| photo identification card containing, at a minimum, a date of |
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| birth from patrons appearing to be age 30 and under prior to |
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| the patron passing through the admission turnstiles. The owners |
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| licensee shall file the procedures with the Board. The |
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| procedures shall include the following: |
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| (1) The forms of identification accepted, which shall |
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| include: |
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| (A) a driver's license or State photo |
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| identification card issued in the United States; |
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| (B) a passport; |
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| (C) a U.S. issued military I.D.; |
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| (D) a photo identification card issued by a |
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| government entity located within the United States or a |
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| U.S. territory or possession; and |
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| (E) a U.S. issued alien identification card. |
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| (2) A description of how information obtained from the |
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| identification card will be compared to the Board's |
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| Statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion List, including a |
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| description of procedures to ensure the confidentiality of |
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| the information. Information obtained from identification |
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| The Board may not enforce, impose, or adopt administrative |
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| rules for identification requirements or procedures other than |
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| those contained in this Section.
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| (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
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| Sec. 13. Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
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| (a) Until January 1, 1998, a tax is imposed on the adjusted |
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| gross
receipts received from gambling games authorized under |
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| this Act at the rate of
20%.
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| (a-1) From January 1, 1998 until July 1, 2002, a privilege |
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| tax is
imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting |
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| riverboat gambling
operations, based on the adjusted gross |
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| receipts received by a licensed owner
from gambling games |
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| authorized under this Act at the following rates:
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| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and |
18 |
| including $25,000,000;
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| 20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
20 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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| 25% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
22 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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| 30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
24 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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| 35% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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| (a-2) From July 1, 2002 until July 1, 2003, a privilege tax |
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| is imposed on
persons engaged in the business of conducting |
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| riverboat gambling operations,
other than licensed managers |
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| conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf
of the |
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| State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a |
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| licensed
owner from gambling games authorized under this Act at |
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| the following rates:
|
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| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and |
10 |
| including $25,000,000;
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| 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
12 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
14 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
16 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
18 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
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| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
20 |
| $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000;
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| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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| $200,000,000.
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| (a-3) Beginning July 1, 2003, a privilege tax is imposed on |
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| persons engaged
in the business of conducting riverboat |
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| gambling operations, other than
licensed managers conducting |
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| riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the
State, based on |
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| rates:
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| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and |
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| including $25,000,000;
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| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $37,500,000;
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| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
9 |
| $37,500,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
11 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
13 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
15 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $250,000,000;
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| 70% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
17 |
| $250,000,000.
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| An amount equal to the amount of wagering taxes collected |
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| under this
subsection (a-3) that are in addition to the amount |
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| of wagering taxes that
would have been collected if the |
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| wagering tax rates under subsection (a-2)
were in effect shall |
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| be paid into the Common School Fund.
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| The privilege tax imposed under this subsection (a-3) shall |
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| no longer be
imposed beginning on the earlier of (i) July 1, |
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| 2005; (ii) the first date
after June 20, 2003 that riverboat |
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| gambling operations are conducted
pursuant to a dormant |
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| license; or (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling
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| operations are conducted under the authority of an owners |
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| license that is in
addition to the 10 owners licenses initially |
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| authorized under this Act.
For the purposes of this subsection |
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| (a-3), the term "dormant license"
means an owners license that |
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| is authorized by this Act under which no
riverboat gambling |
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| operations are being conducted on June 20, 2003.
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| (a-4) Beginning on the first day on which the tax imposed |
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| under
subsection (a-3) is no longer imposed, a privilege tax is |
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| imposed on persons
engaged in the business of conducting |
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| riverboat gambling operations, other
than licensed managers |
12 |
| conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf of
the |
13 |
| State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a |
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| licensed owner
from gambling games and electronic poker |
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| authorized under this Act at the following rates:
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| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and |
17 |
| including $25,000,000;
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| 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
19 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
21 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
23 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
25 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
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| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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exceeding $200,000,000;
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| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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| $200,000,000.
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| (a-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly, a privilege tax is imposed on |
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| casino gambling operations at the same rates specified in this |
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| subsection (a-4) for the privilege tax on riverboat gambling |
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| operations. |
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| (a-6) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly, a privilege tax is imposed on |
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| persons conducting electronic gaming based on the net adjusted |
12 |
| gross receipts received by an electronic gaming licensee from |
13 |
| electronic gaming and electronic poker at the following rates: |
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| 15% of annual net adjusted gross receipts up to and |
15 |
| including $25,000,000; |
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| 22.5% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess |
17 |
| of $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000; |
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| 27.5% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess |
19 |
| of $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000; |
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| 32.5% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess |
21 |
| of $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000; |
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| 37.5% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess |
23 |
| of $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000; |
24 |
| 45% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
25 |
| $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000; |
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| 50% of annual net adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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| As used in this Section, "net adjusted gross receipts" |
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| means total adjusted gross receipts minus purse account |
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| distributions made pursuant to subsection (a-5) of Section 56 |
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| of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. |
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| (a-8) Riverboat gambling operations conducted by a |
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| licensed manager on
behalf of the State are not subject to the |
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| tax imposed under this Section.
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| (a-10) The taxes imposed by this Section shall be paid by |
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| the gaming licensee licensed
owner to the Board not later than |
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| 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day after the day
when the wagers were |
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| made.
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| (a-15) If the privilege tax imposed under subsection (a-3) |
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| is no longer imposed pursuant to item (i) of the last paragraph |
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| of subsection (a-3), then by June 15 of each year, each owners |
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| licensee, other than an owners licensee that admitted 1,000,000 |
17 |
| persons or
fewer in calendar year 2004, must, in addition to |
18 |
| the payment of all amounts otherwise due under this Section, |
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| pay to the Board a reconciliation payment in the amount, if |
20 |
| any, by which the licensed owner's base amount exceeds the |
21 |
| amount of net privilege tax paid by the licensed owner to the |
22 |
| Board in the then current State fiscal year. A licensed owner's |
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| net privilege tax obligation due for the balance of the State |
24 |
| fiscal year shall be reduced up to the total of the amount paid |
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| by the licensed owner in its June 15 reconciliation payment. |
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| The obligation imposed by this subsection (a-15) is binding on |
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| any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that acquires an |
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| ownership interest in any such owners license. The obligation |
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| imposed under this subsection (a-15) terminates on the earliest |
4 |
| of: (i) July 1, 2007, (ii) the first day after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly that |
6 |
| riverboat gambling operations are conducted pursuant to a |
7 |
| dormant license, (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling |
8 |
| operations are conducted under the authority of an owners |
9 |
| license that is in addition to the 10 owners licenses initially |
10 |
| authorized under this Act, or (iv) the first day that a |
11 |
| licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 conducts |
12 |
| gaming operations with slot machines or other electronic gaming |
13 |
| devices. The Board must reduce the obligation imposed under |
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| this subsection (a-15) by an amount the Board deems reasonable |
15 |
| for any of the following reasons: (A) an act or acts of God, |
16 |
| (B) an act of bioterrorism or terrorism or a bioterrorism or |
17 |
| terrorism threat that was investigated by a law enforcement |
18 |
| agency, or (C) a condition beyond the control of the owners |
19 |
| licensee that does not result from any act or omission by the |
20 |
| owners licensee or any of its agents and that poses a hazardous |
21 |
| threat to the health and safety of patrons. If an owners |
22 |
| licensee pays an amount in excess of its liability under this |
23 |
| Section, the Board shall apply the overpayment to future |
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| payments required under this Section. |
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| For purposes of this subsection (a-15): |
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| "Act of God" means an incident caused by the operation of |
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| avoided by the exercise of due care, and for which no person |
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| can be held liable.
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| "Base amount" means the following: |
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| For a riverboat in Alton, $31,000,000.
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| For a riverboat in East Peoria, $43,000,000.
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| For the Empress riverboat in Joliet, $86,000,000.
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| For a riverboat in Metropolis, $45,000,000.
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| For the Harrah's riverboat in Joliet, $114,000,000.
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| For a riverboat in Aurora, $86,000,000.
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| For a riverboat in East St. Louis, $48,500,000.
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| For a riverboat in Elgin, $198,000,000.
|
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| "Dormant license" has the meaning ascribed to it in |
14 |
| subsection (a-3).
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15 |
| "Net privilege tax" means all privilege taxes paid by a |
16 |
| licensed owner to the Board under this Section, less all |
17 |
| payments made from the State Gaming Fund pursuant to subsection |
18 |
| (b) of this Section. |
19 |
| The changes made to this subsection (a-15) by Public Act |
20 |
| 94-839 are intended to restate and clarify the intent of Public |
21 |
| Act 94-673 with respect to the amount of the payments required |
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| to be made under this subsection by an owners licensee to the |
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| Board.
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| (b) Until January 1, 1998, 25% of the tax revenue deposited |
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| in the State
Gaming Fund under this Section shall be paid, |
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| subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly, to the unit |
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| of local government which is designated as the
home dock of the |
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| riverboat. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
(b), |
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| beginning Beginning January 1, 1998, from the tax revenue
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| deposited in the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an |
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| amount equal to 5% of
adjusted gross receipts generated by a |
6 |
| riverboat shall be paid monthly, subject
to appropriation by |
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| the General Assembly, to the unit of local government that
is |
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| designated as the home dock of the riverboat. |
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| For calendar year 2008 and each year thereafter, (i) the |
10 |
| unit of local government that is designated as the home dock
of |
11 |
| a riverboat conducting gambling operations on the effective |
12 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall |
13 |
| not receive more money pursuant to this subsection (b) than it |
14 |
| received in the calendar year 2007. |
15 |
| If the Board certifies that the amounts paid under this |
16 |
| subsection (b) to a unit of local government in which a |
17 |
| riverboat in operation in calendar year 2007 is located during |
18 |
| the first and second calendar year that electronic gaming is |
19 |
| conducted are less than those paid under this subsection during |
20 |
| the base year, then the Board shall pay from the State Gaming |
21 |
| Fund to the unit of local government that is designated as the |
22 |
| home dock of the riverboat an amount equal to 100% of the |
23 |
| difference. If the Board certifies that the amounts paid under |
24 |
| this subsection (b) to a unit of local government in which a |
25 |
| riverboat in operation in calendar year 2007 is located during |
26 |
| the third and fourth calendar year that electronic gaming is |
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| the base year, then the Board shall pay from the State Gaming |
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4 |
| home dock of the riverboat an amount equal to 75% of the |
5 |
| difference. If the Board certifies that the amounts paid under |
6 |
| this subsection (b) to a unit of local government in which a |
7 |
| riverboat in operation in calendar year 2007 is located during |
8 |
| the fifth calendar year that electronic gaming is conducted are |
9 |
| less than those paid under this subsection during the base |
10 |
| year, then the Board shall pay from the State Gaming Fund to |
11 |
| the unit of local government that is designated as the home |
12 |
| dock of the riverboat an amount equal to 50% of the difference. |
13 |
| No payments for losses associated with electronic gaming shall |
14 |
| be made after the fifth year that electronic gaming is |
15 |
| conducted. |
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| For the purpose of this subsection (b), "base year" means |
17 |
| the calendar year before electronic gaming is conducted in the |
18 |
| State of Illinois. |
19 |
| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, from the tax revenue
deposited in |
21 |
| the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an amount equal to 2% |
22 |
| of
the new adjusted gross receipts generated by a riverboat not |
23 |
| located in St. Clair County that is conducting gambling |
24 |
| operations on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
25 |
| 95th General Assembly shall be paid monthly, subject
to |
26 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly, to the county in which |
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, from the tax revenue deposited into |
5 |
| the State Gaming Fund under this Section, (i) an amount equal |
6 |
| to 0.75% of new adjusted gross receipts generated by a |
7 |
| riverboat located in St. Clair County conducting gambling |
8 |
| operations on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
9 |
| 95th General Assembly shall be paid monthly, subject to |
10 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly, to St. Clair County for |
11 |
| the purposes of its criminal justice system or health care and |
12 |
| (ii) an amount equal to 1.25% of new adjusted gross receipts |
13 |
| generated by a riverboat located in St. Clair County conducting |
14 |
| gambling operations on the effective date of this amendatory |
15 |
| Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be divided equally and |
16 |
| paid monthly, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, |
17 |
| to the Village of Alorton, the Village of Brooklyn, the Village |
18 |
| of Cahokia, the City of Centreville, and the Village of |
19 |
| Washington Park for the purposes of economic development. |
20 |
| As used in this subsection (b), "new adjusted gross |
21 |
| receipts" means the difference between the adjusted gross |
22 |
| receipts generated by a riverboat conducting gambling |
23 |
| operations on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
24 |
| 95th General Assembly in the payment month and the adjusted |
25 |
| gross receipts generated by that riverboat in the corresponding |
26 |
| month in 2007. |
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, from the tax revenue
deposited in |
6 |
| the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an amount equal to |
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| (i) 2% of
adjusted gross receipts (net adjusted gross receipts |
8 |
| for electronic gaming facilities) generated by a riverboat not |
9 |
| in operation on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly or electronic gaming facility located |
11 |
| outside Madison County shall be paid monthly, subject
to |
12 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly, to the unit of local |
13 |
| government that is designated as the home dock of the riverboat |
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| or the municipality in which an electronic gaming facility is |
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| located, (ii) 3% of
adjusted gross receipts (net adjusted gross |
16 |
| receipts for tracks) generated by a riverboat not in operation |
17 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly or electronic gaming facility located outside |
19 |
| Madison County shall be paid monthly, subject
to appropriation |
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| by the General Assembly, to the county in which the home dock |
21 |
| of the riverboat or electronic gaming facility is located for |
22 |
| the purposes of its criminal justice system or health care |
23 |
| system, and (iii) 1.5% of adjusted gross receipts generated by |
24 |
| the casino shall be paid monthly to Cook County for the |
25 |
| purposes of its criminal justice system or health care system. |
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| In the case of an electronic gaming facility that is not |
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| distributed under this subsection (b) shall be distributed |
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| wholly to the county. |
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, from the tax revenue deposited in |
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| the State Gaming Fund under this section, an amount equal to |
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| (i) 2% of net adjusted gross receipts generated by an |
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| electronic gaming facility located in Madison County shall be |
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| paid monthly, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, |
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| to the unit of local government in which the electronic gaming |
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| facility is located, (ii) 1.5% of net adjusted gross receipts |
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| generated by an electronic gaming facility located in Madison |
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| County shall be paid monthly, subject to appropriation by the |
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| General Assembly, to Madison County for the purposes of its |
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| criminal justice or health care systems, and (iii) 1.5% of net |
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| adjusted gross receipts generated by an electronic gaming |
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| facility located in Madison County shall be paid monthly, |
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| subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to St. Clair |
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| County for the purposes of its criminal justice or health care |
21 |
| systems.
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| From the tax revenue
deposited in the State Gaming Fund |
23 |
| pursuant to riverboat gambling operations
conducted by a |
24 |
| licensed manager on behalf of the State, an amount equal to 5%
|
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| of adjusted gross receipts generated pursuant to those |
26 |
| riverboat gambling
operations shall be paid monthly,
subject to |
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| upon which
those riverboat gambling operations are conducted.
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| (b-5) An amount equal to 1% of the adjusted gross receipts |
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| from an owners licensee issued on or after the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly authorizing |
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| riverboat gambling in Cook County shall be paid monthly, |
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| subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the |
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| Depressed Communities Economic Development Fund, which is |
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| created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Department |
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| of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer the Fund |
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| and use moneys in the Fund to make grants for revitalization of |
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| communities in accordance with Section 605-530 of The |
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| Department of Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil |
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| Administration Code of Illinois.
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| (c) (Blank). Appropriations, as approved by the General |
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| Assembly, may be made
from the State Gaming Fund to the |
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| Department of Revenue and the Department
of State Police for |
19 |
| the administration and enforcement of this Act, or to the
|
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| Department of Human Services for the administration of programs |
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| to treat
problem gambling.
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| (c-5) (Blank). Before May 26, 2006 (the effective date of |
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| Public Act 94-804) and beginning 2 years after May 26, 2006 |
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| (the effective date of Public Act 94-804), after the payments |
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| required under subsections (b) and (c) have been
made, an |
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| amount equal to 15% of the adjusted gross receipts of (1) an |
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licensee that relocates pursuant to Section 11.2,
(2) an |
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| owners licensee
conducting riverboat gambling operations
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| pursuant to an
owners license that is initially issued after |
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| June
25, 1999,
or (3) the first
riverboat gambling operations |
5 |
| conducted by a licensed manager on behalf of the
State under |
6 |
| Section 7.3,
whichever comes first, shall be paid from the |
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| State
Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
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| (c-10) (Blank). Each year the General Assembly shall |
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| appropriate from the General
Revenue Fund to the Education |
10 |
| Assistance Fund an amount equal to the amount
paid into the |
11 |
| Horse Racing Equity Fund pursuant to subsection (c-5) in the
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| prior calendar year.
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| (c-15) (Blank). After the payments required under |
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| subsections (b), (c), and (c-5)
have been made, an amount equal |
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| to 2% of the adjusted gross receipts of (1)
an owners licensee |
16 |
| that relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an owners
licensee |
17 |
| conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
an
owners |
18 |
| license that is initially issued after June 25, 1999,
or (3) |
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| the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed |
20 |
| manager on behalf of the
State under Section 7.3,
whichever |
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| comes first, shall be paid, subject to appropriation
from the |
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| General Assembly, from the State Gaming Fund to each home rule
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| county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the |
24 |
| purpose of
enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
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| (c-20) (Blank). Each year the General Assembly shall |
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| appropriate from the General
Revenue Fund to the Education |
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| rule county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants
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| pursuant to subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
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| (c-25) (Blank). After the payments required under |
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| subsections (b), (c), (c-5) and
(c-15) have been made, an |
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| amount equal to 2% of the
adjusted gross receipts of (1) an |
7 |
| owners licensee
that
relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an
|
8 |
| owners
licensee conducting riverboat gambling operations |
9 |
| pursuant to
an
owners license
that is initially issued after |
10 |
| June 25, 1999,
or (3) the first
riverboat gambling operations |
11 |
| conducted by a licensed manager on behalf of the
State under |
12 |
| Section 7.3,
whichever
comes first,
shall be paid from the |
13 |
| State
Gaming Fund to Chicago State University.
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| (d) From time to time, the
Board shall transfer all |
15 |
| remaining revenue generated by riverboat gambling under this |
16 |
| Act as follows: (i) from revenue generated by riverboats in |
17 |
| operation on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly, an amount equal to the amount |
19 |
| transferred from the State Gaming Fund into the Education |
20 |
| Assistance Fund in fiscal year 2007, plus all revenue generated |
21 |
| by the dormant license, shall be transferred the remainder of |
22 |
| the funds
generated by this Act into the Education
Assistance |
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| Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State of Illinois |
24 |
| and (ii) the remainder of the funds generated by riverboat |
25 |
| gambling under this Act shall be transferred into the Illinois |
26 |
| Works Debt Service Fund. For the purposes of this subsection |
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| riverboat gambling operations were being conducted on that |
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| date .
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| (e) From time to time, the Board shall transfer all |
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| remaining revenue generated under this Act from casino gambling |
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| operations and electronic gaming into the Illinois Works Debt |
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| Service Fund. |
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| (f) (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of |
10 |
| local government
designated as the home dock of the riverboat |
11 |
| or the municipality in which a casino is located from entering |
12 |
| into agreements
with other units of local government in this |
13 |
| State or in other states to
share its portion of the tax |
14 |
| revenue.
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| (g) (f) To the extent practicable, the Board shall |
16 |
| administer and collect the
wagering taxes imposed by this |
17 |
| Section in a manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections |
18 |
| 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
6c, 8, 9, |
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| and 10 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of |
20 |
| the
Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 94-673, eff. 8-23-05; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; |
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| 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new) |
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| Sec. 13.2. Responsible Play Information Centers. |
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| (a) Each gaming licensee must provide on-site Responsible |
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| the purposes of (1) increasing patron knowledge and |
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| understanding of how games of chance work; (2) providing |
4 |
| on-site information and referral services to customers or other |
5 |
| persons seeking information on responsible gambling |
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| strategies, problem gambling programs, and voluntary |
7 |
| self-exclusion; (3) informing patrons of the risks of problem |
8 |
| gambling and their limitations and teaching them how to play |
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| within their means; (4) improving the effectiveness and |
10 |
| efficiency of assistance to individuals experiencing problems |
11 |
| with gambling; and (5) improving gambling delivery by |
12 |
| increasing the promotion and delivery of responsible gambling |
13 |
| practices. |
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| (b) RPICs must be staffed at a minimum for 15 hours per |
15 |
| day, as determined by the Board on a facility-by-facility |
16 |
| basis, and must contain a self-service, computer-based |
17 |
| gambling tutorial, continuously looped informational videos, |
18 |
| and brochures for use when staff is unavailable. RPICs must be |
19 |
| designed as a dedicated space that is easily accessible from |
20 |
| the gaming floor, brilliantly lighted, comfortably furnished, |
21 |
| and patron friendly. |
22 |
| (c) Staff at RPICs must be trained in prevention education |
23 |
| and counseling and must be fully integrated within the gaming |
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| environment, working closely with gaming staff and managers to |
25 |
| educate players and assist with staff training. The RPIC staff |
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| responsibilities shall include all of the following: |
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| information about the principles of gambling, including |
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| randomness, house advantage, odds, and payouts. |
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| (2) To provide information, support, and referrals, as |
5 |
| appropriate, to patrons who may be experiencing problems. |
6 |
| (3) To provide assistance with the voluntary |
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| self-exclusion program. |
8 |
| (4) To consult with gaming staff, as appropriate, to |
9 |
| resolve situations where patrons may be in distress. |
10 |
| (5) To demonstrate a gaming-neutral approach to |
11 |
| issues. |
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| (6) To keep log sheets on-site to record customer |
13 |
| interactions and information provided. |
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| (d) All materials viewed in or distributed by a RPIC must |
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| be approved by the Board.
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| (230 ILCS 10/14)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2414)
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| Sec. 14. Licensees - Records - Reports - Supervision.
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| (a) Gaming licensees A Licensed
owner
shall
keep their
his |
19 |
| books and records so as to clearly show the following:
|
20 |
| (1) The amount received daily from admission fees.
|
21 |
| (2) The total amount of gross receipts.
|
22 |
| (3) The total amount of the adjusted gross receipts.
|
23 |
| (b) The gaming licensee Licensed
owner
shall
furnish to the |
24 |
| Board reports and information as
the Board may require with |
25 |
| respect to its activities on forms designed and
supplied for |
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| (c) The books and records kept by a gaming licensee |
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| licensed owner as provided by this Section are
public records |
4 |
| and the examination, publication, and dissemination of the
|
5 |
| books and records are governed by the provisions of the The |
6 |
| Freedom of Information
Act.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 10/14.5 new)
|
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| Sec. 14.5. Collection of delinquent amounts. At any time |
10 |
| within 5 years after any amount of fees, interest, penalties, |
11 |
| or tax required to be collected pursuant to the provisions of |
12 |
| this Act shall become due and payable, the Office of Gaming |
13 |
| Enforcement may bring a civil action in the courts of this |
14 |
| State or any other state or of the United States, in the name |
15 |
| of the State of Illinois, to collect the amount delinquent, |
16 |
| together with penalties and interest. An action may be brought |
17 |
| whether or not the person owing the amount is at such time an |
18 |
| applicant or licensee under this Act. In all actions in this |
19 |
| State, the records of the Board and the Office shall be prima |
20 |
| facie evidence of the determination of the fee or tax or the |
21 |
| amount of the delinquency.
|
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| (230 ILCS 10/17) (from Ch. 120, par. 2417)
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| Sec. 17. Administrative Procedures. The Illinois |
24 |
| Administrative Procedure
Act shall apply to all administrative |
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| Enforcement under
this Act, except that: (1) subsection (b) of |
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| Section 5-10 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act does |
4 |
| not apply to final orders, decisions and
opinions of the Board; |
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| (2) subsection (a) of Section 5-10 of the Illinois
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| Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to forms |
7 |
| established by the Board
for use under this Act; (3) the |
8 |
| provisions of Section 10-45 of the Illinois
Administrative |
9 |
| Procedure Act regarding proposals for decision are excluded
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| under this Act; and (4) the provisions of subsection (d) of |
11 |
| Section
10-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act do |
12 |
| not apply so as to
prevent summary suspension of any license |
13 |
| pending revocation or other action,
which suspension shall |
14 |
| remain in effect unless modified by the Board or unless
the |
15 |
| Board's decision is reversed on the merits upon judicial |
16 |
| review.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-45; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/17.2 new)
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| Sec. 17.2. Administrative proceedings; burden of proof. In |
20 |
| proceedings before the Board, the burden of proof is at all |
21 |
| times on the petitioner. The petitioner shall have
the |
22 |
| affirmative responsibility of establishing by clear and |
23 |
| convincing evidence
that the petitioner is suitable for |
24 |
| licensing or a transfer of ownership.
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| Sec. 18. Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
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| (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for doing |
4 |
| any of the
following:
|
5 |
| (1) Conducting gambling where wagering
is used or to be |
6 |
| used
without a license issued by the Board.
|
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| (2) Conducting gambling where wagering
is permitted |
8 |
| other
than in the manner specified by Section 11.
|
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| (b) A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for doing |
10 |
| any of the
following:
|
11 |
| (1) permitting a person under 21 years to make a wager; |
12 |
| or
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13 |
| (2) violating paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of |
14 |
| Section 11 of this Act.
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15 |
| (c) A person wagering or accepting a wager at any location |
16 |
| outside the
licensed facility in violation of paragraph |
17 |
| riverboat
is
subject
to the penalties in paragraphs (1) or (2) |
18 |
| of
subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 |
19 |
| is subject to the
penalties provided in that Section .
|
20 |
| (d) A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition, |
21 |
| shall be barred
for life from gambling operations
riverboats
|
22 |
| under the jurisdiction of
the
Board, if the person does any of |
23 |
| the following:
|
24 |
| (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or |
25 |
| benefit to a person
who is connected with a gaming licensee |
26 |
| riverboat owner
including, but
not limited to, an officer |
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| of an
occupational license pursuant to an agreement or |
3 |
| arrangement or with the
intent that the promise or thing of |
4 |
| value or benefit will influence the
actions of the person |
5 |
| to whom the offer, promise, or gift was made in order
to |
6 |
| affect or attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game, |
7 |
| or to
influence official action of a member of the Board.
|
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| (2) Solicits or knowingly accepts or receives a promise |
9 |
| of anything of
value or benefit while the person is |
10 |
| connected with a gaming licensee riverboat including, but |
11 |
| not limited to, an officer or
employee of a
gaming licensee |
12 |
| licensed owner ,
or the holder of an occupational license, |
13 |
| pursuant to an understanding or
arrangement or with the |
14 |
| intent that the promise or thing of value or
benefit will |
15 |
| influence the actions of the person to affect or attempt to
|
16 |
| affect the outcome of a gambling game or electronic poker , |
17 |
| or to influence official action of a
member of the Board.
|
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| (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device |
19 |
| to assist:
|
20 |
| (i) In projecting the outcome of the game.
|
21 |
| (ii) In keeping track of the cards played.
|
22 |
| (iii) In analyzing the probability of the |
23 |
| occurrence of an event
relating to the gambling game or |
24 |
| electronic poker .
|
25 |
| (iv) In analyzing the strategy for playing or |
26 |
| betting to be used in the
game except as permitted by |
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| (4) Cheats at a gambling game or electronic poker .
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| (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards, |
4 |
| chips, dice, game or
device which is intended to be used to |
5 |
| violate any provision of this Act.
|
6 |
| (6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a gambling |
7 |
| game or electronic poker on which
wagers have been made |
8 |
| after the outcome is made sure but before it is
revealed to |
9 |
| the players.
|
10 |
| (7) Places a bet after acquiring knowledge, not |
11 |
| available to all players,
of the outcome of the gambling |
12 |
| game or electronic poker which is subject of the bet or to |
13 |
| aid a
person in acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of |
14 |
| placing a bet
contingent on that outcome.
|
15 |
| (8) Claims, collects, or takes, or attempts to claim, |
16 |
| collect, or take,
money or anything of value in or from the |
17 |
| gambling games or electronic poker , with intent to
defraud, |
18 |
| without having made a wager contingent on winning a |
19 |
| gambling game or electronic poker ,
or claims, collects, or |
20 |
| takes an amount of money or thing of value of
greater value |
21 |
| than the amount won.
|
22 |
| (9) Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a gambling game |
23 |
| or electronic poker .
|
24 |
| (10) Possesses any key or device designed for the |
25 |
| purpose of opening,
entering, or affecting the operation of |
26 |
| a gambling game or electronic poker , drop box, or an
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| gambling game or for
removing coins, tokens, chips or other |
3 |
| contents of a gambling game or electronic poker . This
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4 |
| paragraph (10) does not apply to a gambling licensee or |
5 |
| employee of a
gambling licensee acting in furtherance of |
6 |
| the employee's employment.
|
7 |
| (e) The possession of more than one of the devices |
8 |
| described in
subsection (d), paragraphs (3), (5) or (10) |
9 |
| permits a rebuttable
presumption that the possessor intended to |
10 |
| use the devices for cheating.
|
11 |
| An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
|
12 |
| shall be tried in the county of the dock at which the riverboat |
13 |
| is based. An action to prosecute any crime occurring in a |
14 |
| casino
or electronic gaming facility shall be tried in the |
15 |
| county in which the casino or electronic gaming facility is |
16 |
| located.
|
17 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 10/19)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2419)
|
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| Sec. 19. Forfeiture of property.
|
20 |
| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any licensed |
21 |
| facility riverboat used for the conduct of gambling games in |
22 |
| violation of this
Act
shall be considered a gambling place in |
23 |
| violation of Section 28-3 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, as now |
24 |
| or hereafter amended.
Every gambling device found at a licensed |
25 |
| facility on a riverboat operating gambling games in violation |
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shall be
subject to seizure, confiscation and |
2 |
| destruction as provided in Section 28-5 of
the Criminal Code of |
3 |
| 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
|
4 |
| (b) It is not a violation of this Act for a riverboat or |
5 |
| other
watercraft which is licensed for gaming by a contiguous |
6 |
| state to dock on
the shores of this State if the municipality |
7 |
| having jurisdiction of the
shores, or the county in the case of |
8 |
| unincorporated areas, has granted
permission for docking and no |
9 |
| gaming is conducted on the riverboat or other
watercraft while |
10 |
| it is docked on the shores of this State.
No gambling device |
11 |
| shall be subject to seizure, confiscation or
destruction if the |
12 |
| gambling device is located on a riverboat or other
watercraft |
13 |
| which is licensed for gaming by a contiguous state and which is
|
14 |
| docked on the shores of this State if the municipality having |
15 |
| jurisdiction
of the shores, or the county in the case of |
16 |
| unincorporated areas, has
granted permission for docking and no
|
17 |
| gaming is conducted on the riverboat or other watercraft while |
18 |
| it is docked on
the shores of this State.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
|
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| (230 ILCS 10/20)
(from Ch. 120, par. 2420)
|
21 |
| Sec. 20. Prohibited activities - civil penalties. Any |
22 |
| person who
conducts a gambling operation without first |
23 |
| obtaining a license to do so, or
who continues to conduct such |
24 |
| games after revocation of his license, or any
licensee who |
25 |
| conducts or allows to be conducted any unauthorized gambling at |
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| a licensed facility games
on a riverboat
where it is authorized |
2 |
| to conduct its riverboat
gambling operation, in
addition to
|
3 |
| other penalties provided, shall be subject to a civil penalty |
4 |
| equal to the
amount of gross receipts derived from wagering on |
5 |
| the gambling activity games ,
whether unauthorized or |
6 |
| authorized, conducted on that day as well as
confiscation and |
7 |
| forfeiture of all gambling game equipment used in the
conduct |
8 |
| of unauthorized gambling games .
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/22.5 new)
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| Sec. 22.5. Illinois Works Fund. |
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| (a) There is created the Illinois Works Fund, a special |
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| fund in the State Treasury. The Board shall deposit the |
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| following into the Illinois Works Fund: |
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| (1) The initial fee and reconciliation payment from the |
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| positions under subsections (h-2) and (h-5) of Section 7. |
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| (2) The initial fee and reconciliation payment from |
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| electronic gaming positions. |
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| (3) Amounts received pursuant to competitive bidding |
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| under Section 7.5 excluding the dormant license as defined |
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| in subsection (a-3) of Section 13. |
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| (4) The casino license fee excluding the dormant |
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| license as defined in subsection (a-3) of Section 13. |
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| (5) Amounts received pursuant to subsection (e) of |
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| Section 1-45 of the Chicago Casino Development Authority |
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| (b) Moneys in the Illinois Works Fund shall, subject to |
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| appropriation, be used for the making of grants and |
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| expenditures for the Illinois Works Capital Program. |
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| (c) Thirty percent of the moneys deposited into the |
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| Illinois Works Fund shall be transferred into the Focusing on |
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| Children, Uplifting Schools (FOCUS) Fund. |
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| (d) Designees of the President and the Minority Leader of |
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| the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, and |
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| the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget |
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| shall meet periodically and frequently at the request of any |
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| one party named to review the status of each capital project |
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| appropriated under the Illinois Works program. |
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| (e) On the last day of each quarterly period in each fiscal |
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| year, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall |
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| provide to the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate |
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| and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of |
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| Representatives a report on the status of new capital projects |
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| first appropriated under the Illinois Works program. The report |
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| must be provided in electronic format and may be provided in |
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| written format upon request. The report must include all of the |
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| following: |
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| (1) Projected revenues for the fiscal year and actual |
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| revenues year-to-date into the Illinois Works Fund that |
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| will support pay-as-you-go or debt service on Illinois |
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| Works capital projects. |
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| appropriated in that fiscal year: |
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| (A) a brief description or stated purpose; |
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| (B) the estimated total State expenditures, the |
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| amount spent year-to-date, and the proposed schedule |
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| of expenditures; |
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| (C) a projected timeline for completion of each |
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| state-managed project (excluding grants) and any |
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| delays that could lead to substantial variances from |
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| this timeline must be explained; |
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| (D) indication of whether the project is supported |
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| from pay-as-you-go sources or is bond supported; |
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| (E) if a project is supported by bond revenue, the |
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| bond authorization category; and |
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| (F) the date the written release of the Governor |
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| was submitted to the Comptroller or is anticipated to |
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| be submitted; if a release for any project has not been |
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| submitted to the Comptroller within 6 months of the |
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| appropriation becoming law, an explanation of why the |
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| project has not yet been released, including whether |
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| bond authorization or projected revenues were |
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| insufficient to support the release of the project. |
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| (f) The Governor shall make good faith efforts to release |
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| each appropriated Illinois Works project as quickly as is |
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| practicable, based on availability of revenues and sufficient |
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| bond authorization for the length and scope of the project. |
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| Sec. 22.6. Illinois Works Debt Service Fund. |
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| (a) There is created the Illinois Works Debt Service Fund, |
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| a special fund in the State Treasury. The Board shall deposit |
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| all amounts received from Sections (d) and (e) of Section 13 |
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| into the Illinois Works Debt Service Fund. |
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| (b) Subject to the transfer provisions set forth in this |
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| subsection (b), money in the Illinois Works Debt Service Fund |
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| shall, if and when the State of Illinois incurs any bonded |
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| indebtedness under the Illinois Works capital program, as |
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| certified by the Director of the Governor's Office of |
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| Management and Budget to the State Comptroller and State |
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| Treasurer, be set aside and used for the purpose of paying and |
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| discharging annually the principal and interest on that bonded |
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| indebtedness then due and payable.
In addition to other |
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| transfers to the General Obligation Bond Retirement and |
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| Interest Fund made pursuant to Section 15 of the General |
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| Obligation Bond Act, upon each delivery of bonds issued for the |
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| Illinois Works capital program, as certified by the Director of |
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| the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the State |
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| Comptroller shall compute and certify to the State Treasurer |
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| the total amount of principal of, interest on, and premium, if |
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| any, on such bonds during the then current and each succeeding |
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| fiscal year. With respect to the interest payable on variable |
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| rate bonds, such certification shall be calculated at the |
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| maximum rate of interest that may be payable during the fiscal |
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| year, after taking into account any credits permitted in the |
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| related indenture or other instrument against the amount of |
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| such interest required to be appropriated for that period.
On |
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| or before the last day of each month, the State Treasurer and |
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| State Comptroller shall transfer from the Illinois Works Debt |
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| Service Fund into the General Obligation Bond Retirement and |
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| Interest Fund an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate of the |
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| principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the bonds |
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| payable on their next payment date, divided by the number of |
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| monthly transfer occurring between the last previous payment |
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| date (or the delivery date if no payment date has yet occurred) |
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| and the next succeeding payment date. Interest payable on |
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| variable rate bonds shall be calculated at the maximum rate of |
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| interest that may be payable for the relevant period, after |
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| taking into account any credits permitted in the related |
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| indenture or other instrument against the amount of such |
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| interest required to be appropriated for that period. Interest |
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| for which moneys have already been deposited into the |
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| capitalized interest account within the General Obligation |
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| Bond Retirement and Interest Fund shall not be included in the |
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| calculation of the amounts to be transferred under this |
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| subsection. |
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| (c) Thirty percent of the moneys deposited into the |
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| Illinois Works Debt Service Fund pursuant to subsection (a) of |
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| this Section shall be transferred into the Focusing on |
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| Children, Uplifting Schools (FOCUS) Fund. |
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| (d) Designees of the President and the Minority Leader of |
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| the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, and |
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| the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget |
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| shall meet periodically and frequently at the request of any |
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| one party named to review the status of each capital project |
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| appropriated under the Illinois Works program. |
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| (e) On the last day of each quarterly period in each fiscal |
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| year, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall |
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| provide to the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate |
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| and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of |
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| Representatives a report on the status of new capital projects |
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| first appropriated under the Illinois Works program. The report |
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| must be provided in electronic format and may be provided in |
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| written format upon request. The report must include all of the |
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| following: |
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| (1) Projected revenues for the fiscal year and actual |
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| revenues year-to-date into the Illinois Works Debt Service |
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| Fund that will support pay-as-you-go or debt service on |
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| Illinois Works capital projects. |
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| (2) For each Illinois Works capital project |
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| appropriated in that fiscal year: |
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| (A) a brief description or stated purpose; |
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| (B) the estimated total State expenditures, the |
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| amount spent year-to-date, and the proposed schedule |
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| of expenditures; |
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| (C) a projected timeline for completion of each |
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| state-managed project (excluding grants) and any |
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| delays that could lead to substantial variances from |
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| this timeline must be explained; |
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| (D) indication of whether the project is supported |
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| from pay-as-you-go sources or is bond supported; |
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| (E) if a project is supported by bond revenue, the |
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| bond authorization category; and |
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| (F) the date the written release of the Governor |
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| was submitted to the Comptroller or is anticipated to |
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| be submitted; if a release for any project has not been |
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| submitted to the Comptroller within 6 months of the |
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| appropriation becoming law, an explanation of why the |
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| project has not yet been released, including whether |
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| bond authorization or projected revenues were |
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| insufficient to support the release of the project. |
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| (f) The Governor shall make good faith efforts to release |
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| each appropriated Illinois Works project as quickly as is |
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| practicable, based on availability of revenues and sufficient |
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| bond authorization for the length and scope of the project. |
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| (g) On July 1, 2009 and each July 1 thereafter, or as soon |
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| thereafter as practical, the Director of the Office of |
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| Management and Budget shall certify to the State Comptroller |
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| and the State Treasurer the amount, if any, of the $100,000,000 |
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| paid into the Fund during the prior State fiscal year under the |
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| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act from tax on the sale of motor |
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| fuel that exceeded the amount needed during that State fiscal |
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| year to meet debt service requirements on the outstanding bonds |
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| and notes issued in association with the Illinois Works Capital |
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| Program. Immediately upon receipt of the certification, the |
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| Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall |
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| transfer the amount certified from the Illinois Works Debt |
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| Service Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
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| (230 ILCS 10/7.1 rep.)
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| Section 90-45. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by |
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| repealing Section 7.1. |
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| Section 90-50. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by |
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| changing Sections 5-1 and 6-30 as follows:
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-634 )
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| Sec. 5-1. Licenses issued by the Illinois Liquor Control |
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| Commission
shall be of the following classes:
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| (a) Manufacturer's license - Class 1.
Distiller, Class 2. |
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| Rectifier, Class 3. Brewer, Class 4. First Class Wine
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| Manufacturer, Class 5. Second Class Wine Manufacturer,
Class 6. |
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| First Class Winemaker, Class 7. Second Class Winemaker, Class |
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Limited Wine Manufacturer,
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| (b) Distributor's license,
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| (c) Importing Distributor's license,
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| (d) Retailer's license,
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| (e) Special Event Retailer's license (not-for-profit),
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| (f) Railroad license,
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| (g) Boat license,
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| (h) Non-Beverage User's license,
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| (i) Wine-maker's premises license,
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| (j) Airplane license,
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| (k) Foreign importer's license,
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| (l) Broker's license,
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| (m) Non-resident dealer's
license,
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| (n) Brew Pub license,
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| (o) Auction liquor license,
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| (p) Caterer retailer license,
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| (q) Special use permit license.
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| No
person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal |
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| business entity that is
engaged in the manufacturing of wine |
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| may concurrently obtain and hold a
wine-maker's license and a |
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| wine manufacturer's license.
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| (a) A manufacturer's license shall allow the manufacture,
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| importation in bulk, storage, distribution and sale of |
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| alcoholic liquor
to persons without the State, as may be |
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| permitted by law and to licensees
in this State as follows:
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| Class 1. A Distiller may make sales and deliveries of |
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| alcoholic liquor to
distillers, rectifiers, importing |
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| distributors, distributors and
non-beverage users and to no |
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| other licensees.
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| Class 2. A Rectifier, who is not a distiller, as defined |
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| herein, may make
sales and deliveries of alcoholic liquor to |
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| rectifiers, importing distributors,
distributors, retailers |
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| and non-beverage users and to no other licensees.
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| Class 3. A Brewer may make sales and deliveries of beer to |
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| importing
distributors, distributors, and to non-licensees, |
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| and to
retailers provided the brewer obtains an importing |
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| distributor's license or
distributor's license in accordance |
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| with the provisions of this Act.
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| Class 4. A first class wine-manufacturer may make sales and |
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| deliveries of
up to 50,000 gallons of wine to manufacturers,
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| importing
distributors and distributors, and to no other |
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| licensees.
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| Class 5. A second class Wine manufacturer may make sales |
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| and deliveries
of more than 50,000 gallons of wine to |
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| manufacturers, importing distributors
and distributors and to |
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| no other licensees.
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| Class 6. A first-class wine-maker's license shall allow the |
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| manufacture
of up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, and the
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| storage
and sale of such
wine to distributors in the State and |
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| to persons without the
State, as may be permitted by law. A |
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| first-class wine-maker's license shall
allow the sale of no |
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| more than 5,000
gallons of the licensee's wine to retailers. |
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| The State Commission shall issue
only one first-class |
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| wine-maker's license to any person, firm, partnership,
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| corporation, or other legal business entity that is engaged in |
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| the making of
less than 50,000 gallons of wine annually that |
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wine-maker's license. No subsidiary |
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| or affiliate thereof, nor any officer,
associate, member, |
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| partner, representative, employee, agent, or shareholder may
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| be issued an additional wine-maker's license by the State |
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| Commission.
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| Class 7. A second-class wine-maker's license shall allow |
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| the manufacture
of between 50,000 and 100,000 gallons of wine |
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| per year, and
the
storage and sale of such wine
to distributors |
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| in this State and to persons without the State, as may be
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| permitted by law. A second-class wine-maker's license shall |
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| allow the sale
of
no more than 10,000 gallons of the licensee's |
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| wine directly to retailers.
The State Commission shall issue |
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| only one second-class wine-maker's license
to any person, firm, |
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| partnership, corporation, or other legal business entity
that |
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| is engaged in the making of less than 100,000 gallons of wine |
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| annually
that applies for a second-class wine-maker's license. |
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| No subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, or any officer, associate, |
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| member, partner, representative,
employee, agent, or |
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| shareholder may be issued an additional wine-maker's
license by |
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| the State Commission.
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| Class 8. A limited wine-manufacturer may make sales and |
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| deliveries not to
exceed 40,000 gallons of wine per year to |
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| distributors, and to
non-licensees in accordance with the |
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| provisions of this Act.
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| (a-1) A manufacturer which is licensed in this State to |
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| agents, representatives, or
individuals acting on its behalf |
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| who contact licensed retailers on a regular
and continual basis |
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| in this State must register those agents, representatives,
or |
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| persons acting on its behalf with the State Commission.
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| Registration of agents, representatives, or persons acting |
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| on behalf of a
manufacturer is fulfilled by submitting a form |
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| to the Commission. The form
shall be developed by the |
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| Commission and shall include the name and address of
the |
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| applicant, the name and address of the manufacturer he or she |
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| represents,
the territory or areas assigned to sell to or |
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| discuss pricing terms of
alcoholic liquor, and any other |
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| questions deemed appropriate and necessary.
All statements in |
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| the forms required to be made by law or by rule shall be
deemed |
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| material, and any person who knowingly misstates any material |
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| fact under
oath in an application is guilty of a Class B |
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| misdemeanor. Fraud,
misrepresentation, false statements, |
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| misleading statements, evasions, or
suppression of material |
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| facts in the securing of a registration are grounds for
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| suspension or revocation of the registration.
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| (b) A distributor's license shall allow the wholesale |
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| purchase and storage
of alcoholic liquors and sale of alcoholic |
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| liquors to licensees
in this State and to persons without the |
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| State, as may be permitted by law.
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| (c) An importing distributor's license may be issued to and |
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| held by
those only who are duly licensed distributors, upon the |
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| filing of an
application by a duly licensed distributor, with |
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| the Commission and
the Commission shall, without the
payment of |
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| any fee, immediately issue such importing distributor's
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| license to the applicant, which shall allow the importation of |
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| alcoholic
liquor by the licensee into this State from any point |
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| in the United
States outside this State, and the purchase of |
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| alcoholic liquor in
barrels, casks or other bulk containers and |
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| the bottling of such
alcoholic liquors before resale thereof, |
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| but all bottles or containers
so filled shall be sealed, |
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| labeled, stamped and otherwise made to comply
with all |
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| provisions, rules and regulations governing manufacturers in
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| the preparation and bottling of alcoholic liquors. The |
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| importing
distributor's license shall permit such licensee to |
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| purchase alcoholic
liquor from Illinois licensed non-resident |
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| dealers and foreign importers only.
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| (d) A retailer's license shall allow the licensee to sell |
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| and offer
for sale at retail, only in the premises specified in |
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| the license,
alcoholic liquor for use or consumption, but not |
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| for resale in any form:
Provided that any retail license issued |
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| to a manufacturer shall only
permit the manufacturer to sell |
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| beer at retail on the premises actually
occupied by the |
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| manufacturer. For the purpose of further describing the type of |
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| business conducted at a retail licensed premises, a retailer's |
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| licensee may be designated by the State Commission as (i) an on |
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| premise consumption retailer, (ii) an off premise sale |
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| retailer, or (iii) a combined on premise consumption and off |
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| premise sale retailer.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection |
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| (d), a retail
licensee may sell alcoholic liquors to a special |
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| event retailer licensee for
resale to the extent permitted |
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| under subsection (e).
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| (e) A special event retailer's license (not-for-profit) |
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| shall permit the
licensee to purchase alcoholic liquors from an |
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| Illinois licensed distributor
(unless the licensee purchases |
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| less than $500 of alcoholic liquors for the
special event, in |
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| which case the licensee may purchase the alcoholic liquors
from |
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| a licensed retailer) and shall allow the licensee to sell and |
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| offer for
sale, at retail, alcoholic liquors for use or |
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| consumption, but not for resale
in any form and only at the |
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| location and on the specific dates designated for
the special |
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| event in the license. An applicant for a special event retailer
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| license must
(i) furnish with the application: (A) a resale |
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| number issued under Section
2c of the Retailers' Occupation Tax |
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| Act or evidence that the applicant is
registered under Section |
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| 2a of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, (B) a
current, valid |
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| exemption identification
number issued under Section 1g of the |
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| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and a
certification to the |
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| Commission that the purchase of alcoholic liquors will be
a |
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| tax-exempt purchase, or (C) a statement that the applicant is |
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| not registered
under Section 2a of the Retailers' Occupation |
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| Tax Act, does not hold a resale
number under Section 2c of the |
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| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and does not
hold an exemption |
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| number under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, |
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| in which event the Commission shall set forth on the special |
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| event
retailer's license a statement to that effect; (ii) |
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| submit with the application proof satisfactory to
the State |
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| Commission that the applicant will provide dram shop liability
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| insurance in the maximum limits; and (iii) show proof |
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| satisfactory to the
State Commission that the applicant has |
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| obtained local authority
approval.
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| (f) A railroad license shall permit the licensee to import |
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| alcoholic
liquors into this State from any point in the United |
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| States outside this
State and to store such alcoholic liquors |
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| in this State; to make wholesale
purchases of alcoholic liquors |
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| directly from manufacturers, foreign
importers, distributors |
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| and importing distributors from within or outside
this State; |
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| and to store such alcoholic liquors in this State; provided
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| that the above powers may be exercised only in connection with |
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| the
importation, purchase or storage of alcoholic liquors to be |
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| sold or
dispensed on a club, buffet, lounge or dining car |
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| operated on an electric,
gas or steam railway in this State; |
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| and provided further, that railroad
licensees exercising the |
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| above powers shall be subject to all provisions of
Article VIII |
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| of this Act as applied to importing distributors. A railroad
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| license shall also permit the licensee to sell or dispense |
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| alcoholic
liquors on any club, buffet, lounge or dining car |
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| operated on an electric,
gas or steam railway regularly |
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| operated by a common carrier in this State,
but shall not |
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| permit the sale for resale of any alcoholic liquors to any
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| licensee within this State. A license shall be obtained for |
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| each car in which
such sales are made.
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| (g) A boat license shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor |
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| in
individual drinks, on any passenger boat regularly operated |
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| as a common
carrier on navigable waters in this State or on any |
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| riverboat operated
under
the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act, |
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| which boat or riverboat maintains a public
dining room or |
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| restaurant thereon.
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| (h) A non-beverage user's license shall allow the licensee |
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| to
purchase alcoholic liquor from a licensed manufacturer or |
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| importing
distributor, without the imposition of any tax upon |
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| the business of such
licensed manufacturer or importing |
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| distributor as to such alcoholic
liquor to be used by such |
15 |
| licensee solely for the non-beverage purposes
set forth in |
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| subsection (a) of Section 8-1 of this Act, and
such licenses |
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| shall be divided and classified and shall permit the
purchase, |
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| possession and use of limited and stated quantities of
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| alcoholic liquor as follows:
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| Class 1, not to exceed ......................... 500 gallons
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| Class 2, not to exceed ....................... 1,000 gallons
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| Class 3, not to exceed ....................... 5,000 gallons
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| Class 4, not to exceed ...................... 10,000 gallons
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| Class 5, not to exceed ....................... 50,000 gallons
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| (i) A wine-maker's premises license shall allow a
licensee |
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and offer for sale at retail in the premises specified in |
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| such license
not more than 50,000 gallons of the first-class |
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| wine-maker's wine that is
made at the first-class wine-maker's |
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| licensed premises per year for use or
consumption, but not for |
5 |
| resale in any form. A wine-maker's premises
license shall allow |
6 |
| a licensee who concurrently holds a second-class
wine-maker's |
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| license to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises
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| specified in such license up to 100,000 gallons of the
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| second-class wine-maker's wine that is made at the second-class |
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| wine-maker's
licensed premises per year
for use or consumption |
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| but not for resale in any form. A wine-maker's premises license |
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| shall allow a
licensee that concurrently holds a first-class |
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| wine-maker's license or a second-class
wine-maker's license to |
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| sell
and offer for sale at retail at the premises specified in |
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| the wine-maker's premises license, for use or consumption but |
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| not for resale in any form, any beer, wine, and spirits |
17 |
| purchased from a licensed distributor. Upon approval from the
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| State Commission, a wine-maker's premises license
shall allow |
19 |
| the licensee to sell and offer for sale at (i) the wine-maker's
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| licensed premises and (ii) at up to 2 additional locations for |
21 |
| use and
consumption and not for resale. Each location shall |
22 |
| require additional
licensing per location as specified in |
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| Section 5-3 of this Act.
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| (j) An airplane license shall permit the licensee to import
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| alcoholic liquors into this State from any point in the United |
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| States
outside this State and to store such alcoholic liquors |
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make wholesale purchases of alcoholic liquors |
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| directly from
manufacturers, foreign importers, distributors |
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| and importing
distributors from within or outside this State; |
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| and to store such
alcoholic liquors in this State; provided |
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| that the above powers may be
exercised only in connection with |
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| the importation, purchase or storage
of alcoholic liquors to be |
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| sold or dispensed on an airplane; and
provided further, that |
8 |
| airplane licensees exercising the above powers
shall be subject |
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| to all provisions of Article VIII of this Act as
applied to |
10 |
| importing distributors. An airplane licensee shall also
permit |
11 |
| the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquors on any passenger
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| airplane regularly operated by a common carrier in this State, |
13 |
| but shall
not permit the sale for resale of any alcoholic |
14 |
| liquors to any licensee
within this State. A single airplane |
15 |
| license shall be required of an
airline company if liquor |
16 |
| service is provided on board aircraft in this
State. The annual |
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| fee for such license shall be as determined in
Section 5-3.
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| (k) A foreign importer's license shall permit such licensee |
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| to purchase
alcoholic liquor from Illinois licensed |
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| non-resident dealers only, and to
import alcoholic liquor other |
21 |
| than in bulk from any point outside the
United States and to |
22 |
| sell such alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed
importing |
23 |
| distributors and to no one else in Illinois;
provided that the |
24 |
| foreign importer registers with the State Commission
every
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25 |
| brand of
alcoholic liquor that it proposes to sell to Illinois |
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| licensees during the
license period and
provided further that |
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of |
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| Section
6-9 of this Act with respect to registration of such |
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| Illinois licensees as may
be granted the
right to sell such |
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| brands at wholesale.
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| (l) (i) A broker's license shall be required of all persons
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| who solicit
orders for, offer to sell or offer to supply |
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| alcoholic liquor to
retailers in the State of Illinois, or who |
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| offer to retailers to ship or
cause to be shipped or to make |
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| contact with distillers, rectifiers,
brewers or manufacturers |
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| or any other party within or without the State
of Illinois in |
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| order that alcoholic liquors be shipped to a distributor,
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| importing distributor or foreign importer, whether such |
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| solicitation or
offer is consummated within or without the |
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| State of Illinois.
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| No holder of a retailer's license issued by the Illinois |
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| Liquor
Control Commission shall purchase or receive any |
17 |
| alcoholic liquor, the
order for which was solicited or offered |
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| for sale to such retailer by a
broker unless the broker is the |
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| holder of a valid broker's license.
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| The broker shall, upon the acceptance by a retailer of the |
21 |
| broker's
solicitation of an order or offer to sell or supply or |
22 |
| deliver or have
delivered alcoholic liquors, promptly forward |
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| to the Illinois Liquor
Control Commission a notification of |
24 |
| said transaction in such form as
the Commission may by |
25 |
| regulations prescribe.
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| (ii) A broker's license shall be required of
a person |
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| within this State, other than a retail licensee,
who, for a fee |
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| or commission, promotes, solicits, or accepts orders for
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| alcoholic liquor, for use or consumption and not for
resale, to |
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| be shipped from this State and delivered to residents outside |
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| of
this State by an express company, common carrier, or |
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| contract carrier.
This Section does not apply to any person who |
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| promotes, solicits, or accepts
orders for wine as specifically |
8 |
| authorized in Section 6-29 of this Act.
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| A broker's license under this subsection (1) shall not |
10 |
| entitle the holder to
buy or sell any
alcoholic liquors for his |
11 |
| own account or to take or deliver title to
such alcoholic |
12 |
| liquors.
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| This subsection (1) shall not apply to distributors, |
14 |
| employees of
distributors, or employees of a manufacturer who |
15 |
| has registered the
trademark, brand or name of the alcoholic |
16 |
| liquor pursuant to Section 6-9
of this Act, and who regularly |
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| sells such alcoholic liquor
in the State of Illinois only to |
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| its registrants thereunder.
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| Any agent, representative, or person subject to |
20 |
| registration pursuant to
subsection (a-1) of this Section shall |
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| not be eligible to receive a broker's
license.
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| (m) A non-resident dealer's license shall permit such |
23 |
| licensee to ship
into and warehouse alcoholic liquor into this |
24 |
| State from any point
outside of this State, and to sell such |
25 |
| alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed
foreign importers and |
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| importing distributors and to no one else in this State;
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| provided that said non-resident dealer shall register with the |
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| Illinois Liquor
Control Commission each and every brand of |
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| alcoholic liquor which it proposes
to sell to Illinois |
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| licensees during the license period; and further provided
that |
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| it shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6-9 |
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| hereof with
respect to registration of such Illinois licensees |
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| as may be granted the right
to sell such brands at wholesale.
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| (n) A brew pub license shall allow the licensee to |
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| manufacture beer only
on the premises specified in the license, |
10 |
| to make sales of the
beer manufactured on the premises to |
11 |
| importing distributors, distributors,
and to non-licensees for |
12 |
| use and consumption, to store the beer upon
the premises, and |
13 |
| to sell and offer for sale at retail from the licensed
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14 |
| premises, provided that a brew pub licensee shall not sell for |
15 |
| off-premises
consumption more than 50,000 gallons per year.
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| (o) A caterer retailer license shall allow the holder
to |
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| serve alcoholic liquors as an incidental part of a food service |
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| that serves
prepared meals which excludes the serving of snacks |
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| as
the primary meal, either on or off-site whether licensed or |
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| unlicensed.
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| (p) An auction liquor license shall allow the licensee to |
22 |
| sell and offer
for sale at auction wine and spirits for use or |
23 |
| consumption, or for resale by
an Illinois liquor licensee in |
24 |
| accordance with provisions of this Act. An
auction liquor |
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| license will be issued to a person and it will permit the
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| auction liquor licensee to hold the auction anywhere in the |
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liquor license must be obtained for each |
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| auction at least 14 days in advance of
the auction date.
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| (q) A special use permit license shall allow an Illinois |
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| licensed
retailer to transfer a portion of its alcoholic liquor |
5 |
| inventory from its
retail licensed premises to the premises |
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| specified in the license hereby
created, and to sell or offer |
7 |
| for sale at retail, only in the premises
specified in the |
8 |
| license hereby created, the transferred alcoholic liquor for
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| use or consumption, but not for resale in any form. A special |
10 |
| use permit
license may be granted for the following time |
11 |
| periods: one day or less; 2 or
more days to a maximum of 15 days |
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| per location in any 12 month period. An
applicant for the |
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| special use permit license must also submit with the
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| application proof satisfactory to the State Commission that the |
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| applicant will
provide dram shop liability insurance to the |
16 |
| maximum limits and have local
authority approval.
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-634 )
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| Sec. 5-1. Licenses issued by the Illinois Liquor Control |
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| Commission
shall be of the following classes:
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Distiller, Class 2. |
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| Rectifier, Class 3. Brewer, Class 4. First Class Wine
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| Manufacturer, Class 5. Second Class Wine Manufacturer,
Class 6. |
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| First Class Winemaker, Class 7. Second Class Winemaker, Class |
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Limited Wine Manufacturer,
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| (d) Retailer's license,
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| (e) Special Event Retailer's license (not-for-profit),
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| (f) Railroad license,
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| (g) Boat license,
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| (h) Non-Beverage User's license,
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| (i) Wine-maker's premises license,
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| (j) Airplane license,
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| (k) Foreign importer's license,
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| (l) Broker's license,
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| (m) Non-resident dealer's
license,
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| (n) Brew Pub license,
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| (o) Auction liquor license,
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| (p) Caterer retailer license,
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| (q) Special use permit license,
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| (r) Winery shipper's license.
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| No
person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal |
19 |
| business entity that is
engaged in the manufacturing of wine |
20 |
| may concurrently obtain and hold a
wine-maker's license and a |
21 |
| wine manufacturer's license.
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| (a) A manufacturer's license shall allow the manufacture,
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| importation in bulk, storage, distribution and sale of |
24 |
| alcoholic liquor
to persons without the State, as may be |
25 |
| permitted by law and to licensees
in this State as follows:
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| Class 1. A Distiller may make sales and deliveries of |
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distillers, rectifiers, importing |
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| distributors, distributors and
non-beverage users and to no |
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| other licensees.
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| Class 2. A Rectifier, who is not a distiller, as defined |
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| herein, may make
sales and deliveries of alcoholic liquor to |
6 |
| rectifiers, importing distributors,
distributors, retailers |
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| and non-beverage users and to no other licensees.
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| Class 3. A Brewer may make sales and deliveries of beer to |
9 |
| importing
distributors, distributors, and to non-licensees, |
10 |
| and to
retailers provided the brewer obtains an importing |
11 |
| distributor's license or
distributor's license in accordance |
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| with the provisions of this Act.
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| Class 4. A first class wine-manufacturer may make sales and |
14 |
| deliveries of
up to 50,000 gallons of wine to manufacturers,
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| importing
distributors and distributors, and to no other |
16 |
| licensees.
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| Class 5. A second class Wine manufacturer may make sales |
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| and deliveries
of more than 50,000 gallons of wine to |
19 |
| manufacturers, importing distributors
and distributors and to |
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| no other licensees.
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| Class 6. A first-class wine-maker's license shall allow the |
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| manufacture
of up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, and the
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| storage
and sale of such
wine to distributors in the State and |
24 |
| to persons without the
State, as may be permitted by law. A |
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| person who, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly, is a holder of a first-class |
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| gallons of its own wine and who distributes its wine to |
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| licensed retailers shall cease this practice on or before July |
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| 1, 2008 in compliance with this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly.
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| Class 7. A second-class wine-maker's license shall allow |
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| the manufacture
of between 50,000 and 150,000 gallons of wine |
8 |
| per year, and
the
storage and sale of such wine
to distributors |
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| in this State and to persons without the State, as may be
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| permitted by law. A person who, prior to the effective date of |
11 |
| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, is a holder |
12 |
| of a second-class wine-maker's license and annually produces |
13 |
| more than 25,000 gallons of its own wine and who distributes |
14 |
| its wine to licensed retailers shall cease this practice on or |
15 |
| before July 1, 2008 in compliance with this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Class 8. A limited wine-manufacturer may make sales and |
18 |
| deliveries not to
exceed 40,000 gallons of wine per year to |
19 |
| distributors, and to
non-licensees in accordance with the |
20 |
| provisions of this Act.
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| (a-1) A manufacturer which is licensed in this State to |
22 |
| make sales or
deliveries of alcoholic liquor and which enlists |
23 |
| agents, representatives, or
individuals acting on its behalf |
24 |
| who contact licensed retailers on a regular
and continual basis |
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| in this State must register those agents, representatives,
or |
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| persons acting on its behalf with the State Commission.
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| on behalf of a
manufacturer is fulfilled by submitting a form |
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| to the Commission. The form
shall be developed by the |
4 |
| Commission and shall include the name and address of
the |
5 |
| applicant, the name and address of the manufacturer he or she |
6 |
| represents,
the territory or areas assigned to sell to or |
7 |
| discuss pricing terms of
alcoholic liquor, and any other |
8 |
| questions deemed appropriate and necessary.
All statements in |
9 |
| the forms required to be made by law or by rule shall be
deemed |
10 |
| material, and any person who knowingly misstates any material |
11 |
| fact under
oath in an application is guilty of a Class B |
12 |
| misdemeanor. Fraud,
misrepresentation, false statements, |
13 |
| misleading statements, evasions, or
suppression of material |
14 |
| facts in the securing of a registration are grounds for
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15 |
| suspension or revocation of the registration.
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| (b) A distributor's license shall allow the wholesale |
17 |
| purchase and storage
of alcoholic liquors and sale of alcoholic |
18 |
| liquors to licensees
in this State and to persons without the |
19 |
| State, as may be permitted by law.
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| (c) An importing distributor's license may be issued to and |
21 |
| held by
those only who are duly licensed distributors, upon the |
22 |
| filing of an
application by a duly licensed distributor, with |
23 |
| the Commission and
the Commission shall, without the
payment of |
24 |
| any fee, immediately issue such importing distributor's
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25 |
| license to the applicant, which shall allow the importation of |
26 |
| alcoholic
liquor by the licensee into this State from any point |
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| in the United
States outside this State, and the purchase of |
2 |
| alcoholic liquor in
barrels, casks or other bulk containers and |
3 |
| the bottling of such
alcoholic liquors before resale thereof, |
4 |
| but all bottles or containers
so filled shall be sealed, |
5 |
| labeled, stamped and otherwise made to comply
with all |
6 |
| provisions, rules and regulations governing manufacturers in
|
7 |
| the preparation and bottling of alcoholic liquors. The |
8 |
| importing
distributor's license shall permit such licensee to |
9 |
| purchase alcoholic
liquor from Illinois licensed non-resident |
10 |
| dealers and foreign importers only.
|
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| (d) A retailer's license shall allow the licensee to sell |
12 |
| and offer
for sale at retail, only in the premises specified in |
13 |
| the license,
alcoholic liquor for use or consumption, but not |
14 |
| for resale in any form. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the |
15 |
| 95th General Assembly shall deny, limit, remove, or restrict |
16 |
| the ability of a holder of a retailer's license to transfer, |
17 |
| deliver, or ship alcoholic liquor to the purchaser for use or |
18 |
| consumption subject to any applicable local law or ordinance. |
19 |
| Any retail license issued to a manufacturer shall only
permit |
20 |
| the manufacturer to sell beer at retail on the premises |
21 |
| actually
occupied by the manufacturer. For the purpose of |
22 |
| further describing the type of business conducted at a retail |
23 |
| licensed premises, a retailer's licensee may be designated by |
24 |
| the State Commission as (i) an on premise consumption retailer, |
25 |
| (ii) an off premise sale retailer, or (iii) a combined on |
26 |
| premise consumption and off premise sale retailer.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection |
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| (d), a retail
licensee may sell alcoholic liquors to a special |
3 |
| event retailer licensee for
resale to the extent permitted |
4 |
| under subsection (e).
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5 |
| (e) A special event retailer's license (not-for-profit) |
6 |
| shall permit the
licensee to purchase alcoholic liquors from an |
7 |
| Illinois licensed distributor
(unless the licensee purchases |
8 |
| less than $500 of alcoholic liquors for the
special event, in |
9 |
| which case the licensee may purchase the alcoholic liquors
from |
10 |
| a licensed retailer) and shall allow the licensee to sell and |
11 |
| offer for
sale, at retail, alcoholic liquors for use or |
12 |
| consumption, but not for resale
in any form and only at the |
13 |
| location and on the specific dates designated for
the special |
14 |
| event in the license. An applicant for a special event retailer
|
15 |
| license must
(i) furnish with the application: (A) a resale |
16 |
| number issued under Section
2c of the Retailers' Occupation Tax |
17 |
| Act or evidence that the applicant is
registered under Section |
18 |
| 2a of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, (B) a
current, valid |
19 |
| exemption identification
number issued under Section 1g of the |
20 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and a
certification to the |
21 |
| Commission that the purchase of alcoholic liquors will be
a |
22 |
| tax-exempt purchase, or (C) a statement that the applicant is |
23 |
| not registered
under Section 2a of the Retailers' Occupation |
24 |
| Tax Act, does not hold a resale
number under Section 2c of the |
25 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and does not
hold an exemption |
26 |
| number under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, |
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| in which event the Commission shall set forth on the special |
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| event
retailer's license a statement to that effect; (ii) |
3 |
| submit with the application proof satisfactory to
the State |
4 |
| Commission that the applicant will provide dram shop liability
|
5 |
| insurance in the maximum limits; and (iii) show proof |
6 |
| satisfactory to the
State Commission that the applicant has |
7 |
| obtained local authority
approval.
|
8 |
| (f) A railroad license shall permit the licensee to import |
9 |
| alcoholic
liquors into this State from any point in the United |
10 |
| States outside this
State and to store such alcoholic liquors |
11 |
| in this State; to make wholesale
purchases of alcoholic liquors |
12 |
| directly from manufacturers, foreign
importers, distributors |
13 |
| and importing distributors from within or outside
this State; |
14 |
| and to store such alcoholic liquors in this State; provided
|
15 |
| that the above powers may be exercised only in connection with |
16 |
| the
importation, purchase or storage of alcoholic liquors to be |
17 |
| sold or
dispensed on a club, buffet, lounge or dining car |
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| operated on an electric,
gas or steam railway in this State; |
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| and provided further, that railroad
licensees exercising the |
20 |
| above powers shall be subject to all provisions of
Article VIII |
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| of this Act as applied to importing distributors. A railroad
|
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| license shall also permit the licensee to sell or dispense |
23 |
| alcoholic
liquors on any club, buffet, lounge or dining car |
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| operated on an electric,
gas or steam railway regularly |
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| operated by a common carrier in this State,
but shall not |
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| permit the sale for resale of any alcoholic liquors to any
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such sales are made.
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| (g) A boat license shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor |
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| in
individual drinks, on any passenger boat regularly operated |
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| as a common
carrier on navigable waters in this State or on any |
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| riverboat operated
under
the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act, |
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| which boat or riverboat maintains a public
dining room or |
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| restaurant thereon.
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| (h) A non-beverage user's license shall allow the licensee |
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| to
purchase alcoholic liquor from a licensed manufacturer or |
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| importing
distributor, without the imposition of any tax upon |
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| the business of such
licensed manufacturer or importing |
13 |
| distributor as to such alcoholic
liquor to be used by such |
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| licensee solely for the non-beverage purposes
set forth in |
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| subsection (a) of Section 8-1 of this Act, and
such licenses |
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| shall be divided and classified and shall permit the
purchase, |
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| possession and use of limited and stated quantities of
|
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| alcoholic liquor as follows:
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| Class 1, not to exceed ......................... 500 gallons
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| Class 2, not to exceed ....................... 1,000 gallons
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| Class 3, not to exceed ....................... 5,000 gallons
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| Class 4, not to exceed ...................... 10,000 gallons
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| Class 5, not to exceed ....................... 50,000 gallons
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| (i) A wine-maker's premises license shall allow a
licensee |
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| that concurrently holds a first-class wine-maker's license to |
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| sell
and offer for sale at retail in the premises specified in |
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not more than 50,000 gallons of the first-class |
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| wine-maker's wine that is
made at the first-class wine-maker's |
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| licensed premises per year for use or
consumption, but not for |
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| resale in any form. A wine-maker's premises
license shall allow |
5 |
| a licensee who concurrently holds a second-class
wine-maker's |
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| license to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises
|
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| specified in such license up to 100,000 gallons of the
|
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| second-class wine-maker's wine that is made at the second-class |
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| wine-maker's
licensed premises per year
for use or consumption |
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| but not for resale in any form. A wine-maker's premises license |
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| shall allow a
licensee that concurrently holds a first-class |
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| wine-maker's license or a second-class
wine-maker's license to |
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| sell
and offer for sale at retail at the premises specified in |
14 |
| the wine-maker's premises license, for use or consumption but |
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| not for resale in any form, any beer, wine, and spirits |
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| purchased from a licensed distributor. Upon approval from the
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| State Commission, a wine-maker's premises license
shall allow |
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| the licensee to sell and offer for sale at (i) the wine-maker's
|
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| licensed premises and (ii) at up to 2 additional locations for |
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| use and
consumption and not for resale. Each location shall |
21 |
| require additional
licensing per location as specified in |
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| Section 5-3 of this Act. A wine-maker's premises licensee shall
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| secure liquor liability insurance coverage in an amount at
|
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| least equal to the maximum liability amounts set forth in
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| subsection (a) of Section 6-21 of this Act.
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| (j) An airplane license shall permit the licensee to import
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outside this State and to store such alcoholic liquors |
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| in this State; to
make wholesale purchases of alcoholic liquors |
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| directly from
manufacturers, foreign importers, distributors |
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| and importing
distributors from within or outside this State; |
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| and to store such
alcoholic liquors in this State; provided |
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| that the above powers may be
exercised only in connection with |
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| the importation, purchase or storage
of alcoholic liquors to be |
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| sold or dispensed on an airplane; and
provided further, that |
10 |
| airplane licensees exercising the above powers
shall be subject |
11 |
| to all provisions of Article VIII of this Act as
applied to |
12 |
| importing distributors. An airplane licensee shall also
permit |
13 |
| the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquors on any passenger
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| airplane regularly operated by a common carrier in this State, |
15 |
| but shall
not permit the sale for resale of any alcoholic |
16 |
| liquors to any licensee
within this State. A single airplane |
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| license shall be required of an
airline company if liquor |
18 |
| service is provided on board aircraft in this
State. The annual |
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| fee for such license shall be as determined in
Section 5-3.
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| (k) A foreign importer's license shall permit such licensee |
21 |
| to purchase
alcoholic liquor from Illinois licensed |
22 |
| non-resident dealers only, and to
import alcoholic liquor other |
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| than in bulk from any point outside the
United States and to |
24 |
| sell such alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed
importing |
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| distributors and to no one else in Illinois;
provided that the |
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| foreign importer registers with the State Commission
every
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| brand of
alcoholic liquor that it proposes to sell to Illinois |
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| licensees during the
license period and
provided further that |
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| the foreign importer complies with all of the provisions
of |
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| Section
6-9 of this Act with respect to registration of such |
5 |
| Illinois licensees as may
be granted the
right to sell such |
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| brands at wholesale.
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| (l) (i) A broker's license shall be required of all persons
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| who solicit
orders for, offer to sell or offer to supply |
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| alcoholic liquor to
retailers in the State of Illinois, or who |
10 |
| offer to retailers to ship or
cause to be shipped or to make |
11 |
| contact with distillers, rectifiers,
brewers or manufacturers |
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| or any other party within or without the State
of Illinois in |
13 |
| order that alcoholic liquors be shipped to a distributor,
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| importing distributor or foreign importer, whether such |
15 |
| solicitation or
offer is consummated within or without the |
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| State of Illinois.
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| No holder of a retailer's license issued by the Illinois |
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| Liquor
Control Commission shall purchase or receive any |
19 |
| alcoholic liquor, the
order for which was solicited or offered |
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| for sale to such retailer by a
broker unless the broker is the |
21 |
| holder of a valid broker's license.
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| The broker shall, upon the acceptance by a retailer of the |
23 |
| broker's
solicitation of an order or offer to sell or supply or |
24 |
| deliver or have
delivered alcoholic liquors, promptly forward |
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| to the Illinois Liquor
Control Commission a notification of |
26 |
| said transaction in such form as
the Commission may by |
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| (ii) A broker's license shall be required of
a person |
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| within this State, other than a retail licensee,
who, for a fee |
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| or commission, promotes, solicits, or accepts orders for
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| alcoholic liquor, for use or consumption and not for
resale, to |
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| be shipped from this State and delivered to residents outside |
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| of
this State by an express company, common carrier, or |
8 |
| contract carrier.
This Section does not apply to any person who |
9 |
| promotes, solicits, or accepts
orders for wine as specifically |
10 |
| authorized in Section 6-29 of this Act.
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| A broker's license under this subsection (l)
shall not |
12 |
| entitle the holder to
buy or sell any
alcoholic liquors for his |
13 |
| own account or to take or deliver title to
such alcoholic |
14 |
| liquors.
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| This subsection (l)
shall not apply to distributors, |
16 |
| employees of
distributors, or employees of a manufacturer who |
17 |
| has registered the
trademark, brand or name of the alcoholic |
18 |
| liquor pursuant to Section 6-9
of this Act, and who regularly |
19 |
| sells such alcoholic liquor
in the State of Illinois only to |
20 |
| its registrants thereunder.
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21 |
| Any agent, representative, or person subject to |
22 |
| registration pursuant to
subsection (a-1) of this Section shall |
23 |
| not be eligible to receive a broker's
license.
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| (m) A non-resident dealer's license shall permit such |
25 |
| licensee to ship
into and warehouse alcoholic liquor into this |
26 |
| State from any point
outside of this State, and to sell such |
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| alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed
foreign importers and |
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| importing distributors and to no one else in this State;
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| provided that said non-resident dealer shall register with the |
4 |
| Illinois Liquor
Control Commission each and every brand of |
5 |
| alcoholic liquor which it proposes
to sell to Illinois |
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| licensees during the license period; and further provided
that |
7 |
| it shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6-9 |
8 |
| hereof with
respect to registration of such Illinois licensees |
9 |
| as may be granted the right
to sell such brands at wholesale.
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| (n) A brew pub license shall allow the licensee to |
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| manufacture beer only
on the premises specified in the license, |
12 |
| to make sales of the
beer manufactured on the premises to |
13 |
| importing distributors, distributors,
and to non-licensees for |
14 |
| use and consumption, to store the beer upon
the premises, and |
15 |
| to sell and offer for sale at retail from the licensed
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16 |
| premises, provided that a brew pub licensee shall not sell for |
17 |
| off-premises
consumption more than 50,000 gallons per year.
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| (o) A caterer retailer license shall allow the holder
to |
19 |
| serve alcoholic liquors as an incidental part of a food service |
20 |
| that serves
prepared meals which excludes the serving of snacks |
21 |
| as
the primary meal, either on or off-site whether licensed or |
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| unlicensed.
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| (p) An auction liquor license shall allow the licensee to |
24 |
| sell and offer
for sale at auction wine and spirits for use or |
25 |
| consumption, or for resale by
an Illinois liquor licensee in |
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| accordance with provisions of this Act. An
auction liquor |
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| State. An auction
liquor license must be obtained for each |
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| auction at least 14 days in advance of
the auction date.
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| (q) A special use permit license shall allow an Illinois |
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| licensed
retailer to transfer a portion of its alcoholic liquor |
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| inventory from its
retail licensed premises to the premises |
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| specified in the license hereby
created, and to sell or offer |
9 |
| for sale at retail, only in the premises
specified in the |
10 |
| license hereby created, the transferred alcoholic liquor for
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| use or consumption, but not for resale in any form. A special |
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| use permit
license may be granted for the following time |
13 |
| periods: one day or less; 2 or
more days to a maximum of 15 days |
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| per location in any 12 month period. An
applicant for the |
15 |
| special use permit license must also submit with the
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| application proof satisfactory to the State Commission that the |
17 |
| applicant will
provide dram shop liability insurance to the |
18 |
| maximum limits and have local
authority approval.
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| (r) A winery shipper's license shall allow a person
with a |
20 |
| first-class or second-class wine manufacturer's
license, a |
21 |
| first-class or second-class wine-maker's license,
or a limited |
22 |
| wine manufacturer's license or who is licensed to
make wine |
23 |
| under the laws of another state to ship wine
made by that |
24 |
| licensee directly to a resident of this
State who is 21 years |
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| of age or older for that resident's
personal use and not for |
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| resale. Prior to receiving a
winery shipper's license, an |
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| true copy of its current
license in any state in which it is |
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| licensed as a manufacturer
of wine. An applicant for a winery |
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| shipper's license must
also complete an application form that |
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| provides any other
information the Commission deems necessary. |
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| The
application form shall include an acknowledgement |
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| consenting
to the jurisdiction of the Commission, the Illinois
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| Department of Revenue, and the courts of this State concerning
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| the enforcement of this Act and any related laws, rules, and
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| regulations, including authorizing the Department of Revenue
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| and the Commission to conduct audits for the purpose of
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| ensuring compliance with this amendatory Act. |
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| A winery shipper licensee must pay to the Department
of |
14 |
| Revenue the State liquor gallonage tax under Section 8-1 for
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| all wine that is sold by the licensee and shipped to a person
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| in this State. For the purposes of Section 8-1, a winery
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| shipper licensee shall be taxed in the same manner as a
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| manufacturer of wine. A licensee who is not otherwise required |
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| to register under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act must
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| register under the Use Tax Act to collect and remit use tax to
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| the Department of Revenue for all gallons of wine that are sold
|
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| by the licensee and shipped to persons in this State. If a
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| licensee fails to remit the tax imposed under this Act in
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| accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of this Act, the
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| winery shipper's license shall be revoked in accordance
with |
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| the provisions of Article VII of this Act. If a licensee
fails |
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or the |
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| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act for all wine that is sold
by the |
3 |
| winery shipper and shipped to persons in this
State, the winery |
4 |
| shipper's license shall be revoked in
accordance with the |
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| provisions of Article VII of this Act. |
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| A winery shipper licensee must collect, maintain, and
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| submit to the Commission on a semi-annual basis the
total |
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| number of cases per resident of wine shipped to residents
of |
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| this State.
A winery shipper licensed under this subsection (r)
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| must comply with the requirements of Section 6-29 of this |
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| amendatory Act.
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| (235 ILCS 5/6-30) (from Ch. 43, par. 144f)
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| Sec. 6-30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, |
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| the
Illinois Gaming Board shall have exclusive authority to |
16 |
| establish the hours
for sale and consumption of alcoholic |
17 |
| liquor on board a riverboat during
riverboat gambling |
18 |
| excursions conducted in accordance with the Illinois Riverboat
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| Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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| Section 90-55. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by |
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| changing Sections 28-1, 28-1.1, 28-3, 28-5, and 28-7 as |
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| Sec. 28-1. Gambling.
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| (a) A person commits gambling when he:
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| (1) Plays a game of chance or skill for money or other |
5 |
| thing of
value, unless excepted in subsection (b) of this |
6 |
| Section; or
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| (2) Makes a wager upon the result of any game, contest, |
8 |
| or any
political nomination, appointment or election; or
|
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| (3) Operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases, exhibits, |
10 |
| rents, sells,
bargains for the sale or lease of, |
11 |
| manufactures or distributes any
gambling device; or
|
12 |
| (4) Contracts to have or give himself or another the |
13 |
| option to buy
or sell, or contracts to buy or sell, at a |
14 |
| future time, any grain or
other commodity whatsoever, or |
15 |
| any stock or security of any company,
where it is at the |
16 |
| time of making such contract intended by both parties
|
17 |
| thereto that the contract to buy or sell, or the option, |
18 |
| whenever
exercised, or the contract resulting therefrom, |
19 |
| shall be settled, not by
the receipt or delivery of such |
20 |
| property, but by the payment only of
differences in prices |
21 |
| thereof; however, the issuance, purchase, sale,
exercise, |
22 |
| endorsement or guarantee, by or through a person registered
|
23 |
| with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 8 of the |
24 |
| Illinois
Securities Law of 1953, or by or through a person |
25 |
| exempt from such
registration under said Section 8, of a |
26 |
| put, call, or other option to
buy or sell securities which |
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State or which |
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| are exempt from such registration under Section 3 of the
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| Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is not gambling within the |
4 |
| meaning of
this paragraph (4); or
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| (5) Knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument or |
6 |
| apparatus by
means of which bets or wagers have been, or |
7 |
| are, recorded or registered,
or knowingly possesses any |
8 |
| money which he has received in the course of
a bet or |
9 |
| wager; or
|
10 |
| (6) Sells pools upon the result of any game or contest |
11 |
| of skill or
chance, political nomination, appointment or |
12 |
| election; or
|
13 |
| (7) Sets up or promotes any lottery or sells, offers to |
14 |
| sell or
transfers any ticket or share for any lottery; or
|
15 |
| (8) Sets up or promotes any policy game or sells, |
16 |
| offers to sell or
knowingly possesses or transfers any |
17 |
| policy ticket, slip, record,
document or other similar |
18 |
| device; or
|
19 |
| (9) Knowingly drafts, prints or publishes any lottery |
20 |
| ticket or share,
or any policy ticket, slip, record, |
21 |
| document or similar device, except for
such activity |
22 |
| related to lotteries, bingo games and raffles authorized by
|
23 |
| and conducted in accordance with the laws of Illinois or |
24 |
| any other state or
foreign government; or
|
25 |
| (10) Knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game, |
26 |
| except for such
activity related to lotteries, bingo games |
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| and raffles authorized by and
conducted in accordance with |
2 |
| the laws of Illinois or any other state; or
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| (11) Knowingly transmits information as to wagers, |
4 |
| betting odds, or
changes in betting odds by telephone, |
5 |
| telegraph, radio, semaphore or
similar means; or knowingly |
6 |
| installs or maintains equipment for the
transmission or |
7 |
| receipt of such information; except that nothing in this
|
8 |
| subdivision (11) prohibits transmission or receipt of such |
9 |
| information
for use in news reporting of sporting events or |
10 |
| contests; or
|
11 |
| (12) Knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an |
12 |
| Internet site that
permits a person to play a game of
|
13 |
| chance or skill for money or other thing of value by means |
14 |
| of the Internet or
to make a wager upon the
result of any |
15 |
| game, contest, political nomination, appointment, or
|
16 |
| election by means of the Internet.
|
17 |
| (b) Participants in any of the following activities shall |
18 |
| not be
convicted of gambling therefor:
|
19 |
| (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the |
20 |
| happening of
chance including without limitation contracts |
21 |
| of indemnity or guaranty
and life or health or accident |
22 |
| insurance;
|
23 |
| (2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the |
24 |
| actual
contestants in any bona fide contest for the |
25 |
| determination of skill,
speed, strength or endurance or to |
26 |
| the owners of animals or vehicles
entered in such contest;
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| (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of |
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| this State;
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| (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the |
4 |
| acquisition of
essential parts therefor and the assembly |
5 |
| thereof, for transportation in
interstate or foreign |
6 |
| commerce to any place outside this State when such
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7 |
| transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal |
8 |
| law;
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9 |
| (5) The game commonly known as "bingo", when conducted |
10 |
| in accordance
with the Bingo License and Tax Act;
|
11 |
| (6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois |
12 |
| in accordance
with the Illinois Lottery Law;
|
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| (7) Possession of an antique slot machine that is |
14 |
| neither used nor
intended to be used in the operation or |
15 |
| promotion of any unlawful
gambling activity or enterprise. |
16 |
| For the purpose of this subparagraph
(b)(7), an antique |
17 |
| slot machine is one manufactured 25 years ago or earlier;
|
18 |
| (8) Raffles when conducted in accordance with the |
19 |
| Raffles Act;
|
20 |
| (9) Charitable games when conducted in accordance with |
21 |
| the Charitable
Games Act;
|
22 |
| (10) Pull tabs and jar games when conducted under the |
23 |
| Illinois Pull
Tabs and Jar Games Act; or
|
24 |
| (11) Gambling games conducted on riverboats when
|
25 |
| authorized by the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act.
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| (c) Sentence.
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| Gambling under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section |
2 |
| is a
Class A misdemeanor. Gambling under any of subsections |
3 |
| (a)(3) through
(a)(11) of this Section is a Class A |
4 |
| misdemeanor. A second or
subsequent conviction under any of |
5 |
| subsections (a)(3) through (a)(11),
is a Class 4 felony. |
6 |
| Gambling under subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a
Class A
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| misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction under |
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| subsection (a)(12) is a
Class 4 felony.
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| (d) Circumstantial evidence.
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| In prosecutions under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(12) of
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| this
Section circumstantial evidence shall have the same |
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| validity and weight as
in any criminal prosecution.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-257, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-1.1)
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| Sec. 28-1.1. Syndicated gambling.
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| (a) Declaration of Purpose. Recognizing the close |
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| relationship between
professional gambling and other organized |
18 |
| crime, it is declared to be the
policy of the legislature to |
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| restrain persons from engaging in the business
of gambling for |
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| profit in this State. This Section shall be liberally
construed |
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| and administered with a view to carrying out this policy.
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| (b) A person commits syndicated gambling when he operates a |
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| "policy
game" or engages in the business of bookmaking.
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| (c) A person "operates a policy game" when he knowingly |
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| uses any
premises or property for the purpose of receiving or |
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receive from what is commonly called "policy":
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| whose
bets or plays are represented by such money; or
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| (2) written "policy game" records, made or used over |
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| any
period of time, from a person other than the better or |
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| player whose bets
or plays are represented by such written |
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| record.
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| (d) A person engages in bookmaking when he receives or |
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| accepts more
than five bets or wagers upon the result of any |
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| trials or contests of
skill, speed or power of endurance or |
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| upon any lot, chance, casualty,
unknown or contingent event |
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| whatsoever, which bets or wagers shall be of
such size that the |
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| total of the amounts of money paid or promised to be
paid to |
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| such bookmaker on account thereof shall exceed $2,000.
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| Bookmaking is the receiving or accepting of such bets or wagers
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| regardless of the form or manner in which the bookmaker records |
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| them.
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| (e) Participants in any of the following activities shall |
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| not be
convicted of syndicated gambling:
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| (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the |
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| happening
of chance including without limitation contracts |
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| of indemnity or
guaranty and life or health or accident |
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| insurance; and
|
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| (2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the |
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| actual
contestants in any bona fide contest for the |
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| determination of skill,
speed, strength or endurance or to |
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| the owners of animals or vehicles
entered in such contest; |
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| and
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| (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by law of this |
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| State;
and
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| (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the |
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| acquisition
of essential parts therefor and the assembly |
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| thereof, for transportation
in interstate or foreign |
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| commerce to any place outside this State when
such |
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| transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal |
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| law; and
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| (5) Raffles when conducted in accordance with the |
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| Raffles Act; and
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| (6) Gambling games conducted on riverboats , in |
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| casinos, or at electronic gaming facilities when
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| authorized by the Illinois Riverboat
Gambling Act.
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| (f) Sentence. Syndicated gambling is a Class 3 felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029; 87-435.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-3)
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| Sec. 28-3. Keeping a Gambling Place. A "gambling place" is |
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| any real
estate, vehicle, boat or any other property whatsoever |
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| used for the
purposes of gambling other than gambling conducted |
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| in the manner authorized
by the Illinois Riverboat Gambling |
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| Act. Any person who knowingly permits any premises
or property |
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| owned or occupied by him or under his control to be used as a
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| gambling place commits a Class A misdemeanor. Each subsequent |
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Class 4 felony. When any premises is determined by |
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a gambling place:
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| (a) Such premises is a public nuisance and may be proceeded |
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| against as such, and
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| (b) All licenses, permits or certificates issued by the |
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| State of
Illinois or any subdivision or public agency thereof |
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| authorizing the
serving of food or liquor on such premises |
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| shall be void; and no license,
permit or certificate so |
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| cancelled shall be reissued for such premises for
a period of |
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| 60 days thereafter; nor shall any person convicted of keeping a
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| gambling place be reissued such license
for one year from his |
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| conviction and, after a second conviction of keeping
a gambling |
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| place, any such person shall not be reissued such license, and
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| (c) Such premises of any person who knowingly permits |
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| thereon a
violation of any Section of this Article shall be |
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| held liable for, and may
be sold to pay any unsatisfied |
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| judgment that may be recovered and any
unsatisfied fine that |
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| may be levied under any Section of this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-5)
(from Ch. 38, par. 28-5)
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| Sec. 28-5. Seizure of gambling devices and gambling funds.
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| (a) Every device designed for gambling which is incapable |
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| of lawful use
or every device used unlawfully for gambling |
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| shall be considered a
"gambling device", and shall be subject |
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| to seizure, confiscation and
destruction by the Department of |
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local authority, |
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| within whose jurisdiction the same may be found. As used
in |
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| this Section, a "gambling device" includes any slot machine, |
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| and
includes any machine or device constructed for the |
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| reception of money or
other thing of value and so constructed |
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| as to return, or to cause someone
to return, on chance to the |
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| player thereof money, property or a right to
receive money or |
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| property. With the exception of any device designed for
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| gambling which is incapable of lawful use, no gambling device |
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| shall be
forfeited or destroyed unless an individual with a |
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| property interest in
said device knows of the unlawful use of |
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| the device.
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| (b) Every gambling device shall be seized and forfeited to |
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| the county
wherein such seizure occurs. Any money or other |
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| thing of value integrally
related to acts of gambling shall be |
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| seized and forfeited to the county
wherein such seizure occurs.
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| (c) If, within 60 days after any seizure pursuant to |
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| subparagraph
(b) of this Section, a person having any property |
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| interest in the seized
property is charged with an offense, the |
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| court which renders judgment
upon such charge shall, within 30 |
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| days after such judgment, conduct a
forfeiture hearing to |
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| determine whether such property was a gambling device
at the |
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| time of seizure. Such hearing shall be commenced by a written
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| petition by the State, including material allegations of fact, |
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| the name
and address of every person determined by the State to |
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| have any property
interest in the seized property, a |
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| representation that written notice of
the date, time and place |
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| of such hearing has been mailed to every such
person by |
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| certified mail at least 10 days before such date, and a
request |
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| for forfeiture. Every such person may appear as a party and
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| present evidence at such hearing. The quantum of proof required |
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| shall
be a preponderance of the evidence, and the burden of |
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| proof shall be on
the State. If the court determines that the |
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| seized property was
a gambling device at the time of seizure, |
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| an order of forfeiture and
disposition of the seized property |
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| shall be entered: a gambling device
shall be received by the |
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| State's Attorney, who shall effect its
destruction, except that |
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| valuable parts thereof may be liquidated and
the resultant |
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| money shall be deposited in the general fund of the county
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| wherein such seizure occurred; money and other things of value |
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| shall be
received by the State's Attorney and, upon |
16 |
| liquidation, shall be
deposited in the general fund of the |
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| county wherein such seizure
occurred. However, in the event |
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| that a defendant raises the defense
that the seized slot |
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| machine is an antique slot machine described in
subparagraph |
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| (b) (7) of Section 28-1 of this Code and therefore he is
exempt |
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| from the charge of a gambling activity participant, the seized
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| antique slot machine shall not be destroyed or otherwise |
23 |
| altered until a
final determination is made by the Court as to |
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| whether it is such an
antique slot machine. Upon a final |
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| determination by the Court of this
question in favor of the |
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| defendant, such slot machine shall be
immediately returned to |
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disposition shall, |
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judgment in a |
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| civil proceeding.
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| (d) If a seizure pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this |
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| Section is not
followed by a charge pursuant to subparagraph |
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| (c) of this Section, or if
the prosecution of such charge is |
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| permanently terminated or indefinitely
discontinued without |
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| any judgment of conviction or acquittal (1) the
State's |
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| Attorney shall commence an in rem proceeding for the forfeiture
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| and destruction of a gambling device, or for the forfeiture and |
11 |
| deposit
in the general fund of the county of any seized money |
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| or other things of
value, or both, in the circuit court and (2) |
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| any person having any
property interest in such seized gambling |
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| device, money or other thing
of value may commence separate |
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| civil proceedings in the manner provided
by law.
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| (e) Any gambling device displayed for sale to a riverboat |
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| gambling
operation , casino gambling operation, or electronic |
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| gaming facility or used to train occupational licensees of a |
19 |
| riverboat gambling
operation , casino gambling operation, or |
20 |
| electronic gaming facility as authorized under the Illinois |
21 |
| Riverboat Gambling Act is exempt from
seizure under this |
22 |
| Section.
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| (f) Any gambling equipment, devices and supplies provided |
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| by a licensed
supplier in accordance with the Illinois |
25 |
| Riverboat Gambling Act which are removed
from a
the riverboat , |
26 |
| casino, or electronic gaming facility for repair are
exempt |
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| (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-7)
(from Ch. 38, par. 28-7)
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| Sec. 28-7. Gambling contracts void.
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| (a) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants, |
6 |
| contracts, agreements,
judgments, mortgages, or other |
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| securities or conveyances made, given,
granted, drawn, or |
8 |
| entered into, or executed by any person whatsoever,
where the |
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| whole or any part of the consideration thereof is for any
money |
10 |
| or thing of value, won or obtained in violation of any Section |
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| of
this Article are null and void.
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| (b) Any obligation void under this Section may be set aside |
13 |
| and vacated
by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon a |
14 |
| complaint filed for that
purpose, by the person so granting, |
15 |
| giving, entering into, or executing the
same, or by his |
16 |
| executors or administrators, or by any creditor, heir,
legatee, |
17 |
| purchaser or other person interested therein; or if a judgment,
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| the same may be set aside on motion of any person stated above, |
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| on due
notice thereof given.
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| (c) No assignment of any obligation void under this Section |
21 |
| may in any
manner affect the defense of the person giving, |
22 |
| granting, drawing, entering
into or executing such obligation, |
23 |
| or the remedies of any person interested
therein.
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| (d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a |
25 |
| riverboat
gambling operation , casino gambling operation, or an |
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| electronic gaming licensee under the Illinois Gambling
Act and |
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| the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 from instituting a cause |
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| of
action to collect any amount due and owing under an |
4 |
| extension of credit to a
riverboat gambling patron as |
5 |
| authorized under Section 11.1 of the
Illinois Riverboat |
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| Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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| Section 90-57. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 15-5-45 as follows: |
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| (735 ILCS 30/15-5-45 new)
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| Sec. 15-5-45. Eminent domain powers in New Acts. The |
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| following provisions of law may include express grants of the |
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| power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain: |
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| Chicago Casino Development Authority Act; City of Chicago; for |
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| the purposes of the Act.
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| Illinois Casino Development Authority Act; Illinois Casino |
17 |
| Development Authority; for the purposes of the Act. |
18 |
| Section 90-60. The Payday Loan Reform Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3-5 as follows: |
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| (815 ILCS 122/3-5)
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| Sec. 3-5. Licensure. |
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| address,
including city and state, at which
the business is to |
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| be conducted and shall state fully the name of the licensee.
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| The license shall be conspicuously posted in the place of |
5 |
| business of the
licensee and shall not be transferable or |
6 |
| assignable.
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| (b) An application for a license shall be in writing and in |
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| a form
prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary may not issue |
9 |
| a payday loan
license unless and until the following findings |
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| are made:
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| (1) that the financial responsibility, experience, |
12 |
| character, and general
fitness of the applicant are such as |
13 |
| to command the confidence of the public
and to warrant the |
14 |
| belief that the business will be operated lawfully and
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| fairly and within the provisions and purposes of this Act; |
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| and
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| (2) that the applicant has submitted such other |
18 |
| information as the
Secretary may deem necessary.
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| (c) A license shall be issued for no longer than one year, |
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| and no renewal
of a license may be provided if a licensee has |
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| substantially violated this
Act and has not cured the violation |
22 |
| to the satisfaction of the Department.
|
23 |
| (d) A licensee shall appoint, in writing, the Secretary as |
24 |
| attorney-in-fact
upon whom all lawful process against the |
25 |
| licensee may be served with the
same legal force and validity |
26 |
| as if served on the licensee. A copy of the
written |
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| the
Secretary, and a copy thereof certified by the Secretary |
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| shall be sufficient
evidence to subject a licensee to |
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| jurisdiction in a court of law. This appointment shall remain |
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| in effect while any liability remains
outstanding in this State |
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| against the licensee. When summons is served upon
the Secretary |
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| as attorney-in-fact for a licensee, the Secretary shall |
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| immediately
notify the licensee by registered mail, enclosing |
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| the summons and specifying
the hour and day of service.
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| (e) A licensee must pay an annual fee of $1,000. In |
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| addition to the
license fee, the reasonable expense of any |
12 |
| examination or hearing
by the Secretary under any provisions of |
13 |
| this Act shall be borne by
the licensee. If a licensee fails to |
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| renew its license by December 31,
its license
shall |
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| automatically expire; however, the Secretary, in his or her |
16 |
| discretion,
may reinstate an expired license upon:
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| (1) payment of the annual fee within 30 days of the |
18 |
| date of
expiration; and
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| (2) proof of good cause for failure to renew.
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| (f) Not more than one place of business shall be maintained |
21 |
| under the
same license, but the Secretary may issue more than |
22 |
| one license to the same
licensee upon compliance with all the |
23 |
| provisions of this Act governing
issuance of a single license. |
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| The location, except those locations already in
existence as of |
25 |
| June 1, 2005, may not be within one mile of a
horse race track |
26 |
| subject to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
within one |
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| Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act, within one mile of the |
3 |
| location at which a
riverboat subject to the Illinois Riverboat |
4 |
| Gambling Act docks, within one mile of the location of a casino |
5 |
| subject to the Illinois Gambling Act, within one mile of the |
6 |
| location of an electronic gaming facility subject to the |
7 |
| Illinois Gambling Act, or within one mile of
any State of |
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| Illinois or United States military base or naval installation.
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| (g) No licensee shall conduct the business of making loans |
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| under this
Act within any office, suite, room, or place of |
11 |
| business in which any other
business is solicited or engaged in |
12 |
| unless the other business is licensed by the Department or, in |
13 |
| the opinion of the Secretary, the
other business would not be |
14 |
| contrary to the best interests of consumers and
is authorized |
15 |
| by the Secretary in writing.
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16 |
| (h) The Secretary shall maintain a list of licensees that |
17 |
| shall be
available to interested consumers and lenders and the |
18 |
| public. The Secretary
shall maintain a toll-free number whereby |
19 |
| consumers may obtain
information about licensees. The |
20 |
| Secretary shall also establish a complaint
process under which |
21 |
| an aggrieved consumer
may file a complaint against a licensee |
22 |
| or non-licensee who violates any
provision of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05.)
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| Section 90-65. The Travel Promotion Consumer Protection |
25 |
| Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| Sec. 2. Definitions.
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| (a) "Travel promoter" means a person, including a tour |
4 |
| operator, who sells,
provides, furnishes, contracts for, |
5 |
| arranges or advertises that he or she will
arrange wholesale or |
6 |
| retail transportation by air, land, sea or navigable
stream, |
7 |
| either separately or in conjunction with other services. |
8 |
| "Travel
promoter" does not include (1) an air carrier; (2) a |
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| sea carrier; (3) an
officially appointed agent of an air |
10 |
| carrier who is a member in good standing
of the Airline |
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| Reporting Corporation; (4) a travel promoter who has in
force |
12 |
| $1,000,000 or more of liability insurance coverage for |
13 |
| professional
errors and omissions and a surety bond or |
14 |
| equivalent surety in the amount of
$100,000 or more for the |
15 |
| benefit of consumers in the event of a bankruptcy on
the part |
16 |
| of the travel promoter; or (5) a riverboat subject to |
17 |
| regulation under
the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act.
|
18 |
| (b) "Advertise" means to make any representation in the |
19 |
| solicitation of
passengers and includes communication with |
20 |
| other members of the same
partnership, corporation, joint |
21 |
| venture, association, organization, group or
other entity.
|
22 |
| (c) "Passenger" means a person on whose behalf money or |
23 |
| other
consideration has been given or is to be given to |
24 |
| another, including
another member of the same partnership, |
25 |
| corporation, joint venture,
association, organization, group |
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| or other entity, for travel.
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| (d) "Ticket or voucher" means a writing or combination of |
3 |
| writings which
is itself good and sufficient to obtain
|
4 |
| transportation and other services for which the passenger has |
5 |
| contracted.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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| ARTICLE 99. |
8 |
| Section 99-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act |
9 |
| makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by |
10 |
| text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a |
11 |
| Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text |
12 |
| does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the |
13 |
| changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any |
14 |
| other Public Act. |
15 |
| Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
16 |
| becoming law.".
|