HB2651sam004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

Filed: 5/31/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2651

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2651, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 3, on page 91, line 11, after the period, by inserting "The Auditor General shall verify the accuracy of the Department's reporting with an audit every 2 years."; and

on page 96, line 14, by replacing "Seventy" with "Sixty"; and

on page 96, line 17, by replacing "Five" with "Fifteen"; and

on page 96, lines 20 through 22, by deleting "School districts organized under Article 34 of the School Code are not eligible for these funds."; and

on page 98, line 23, after "Fund," by inserting "the Illinois Works Fund, the Illinois Works Debt Service Fund, the Illinois Education Trust Fund, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Fund, the Focusing on Children, Uplifting Schools (FOCUS) Fund, the Depressed Communities Economic Development Fund, the Illinois Casino Development Authority Fund,"; and

on page 130, line 21 and line 22, by replacing "Illinois Works Fund" each time it appears with "Illinois Works Debt Service Fund"; and

on page 207, by replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following: "non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part of the simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. All organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%. However, organization licensees providing live signals pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under investigation by another state or federal governmental agency, the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another state. The organization licensee's provision of their live signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois. The costs"; and

on page 294, line 6, by replacing "date" with "effective date"; and

on page 349, line 19, by replacing "rule." with "rule. However, the annual fees may not exceed $250,000 in any 4-year period."; and

on page 352, by replacing line 17 with the following: "described in Section 7.5. The additional riverboat license authorizes the conduct of gambling in a municipality that is economically depressed or that is sited in an economically depressed primary census statistical area, or both; however, the licensee must not conduct gambling pursuant to this license within 15 miles from a licensed riverboat in operation on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. In determining the water upon which the riverboat authorized by the additional license will operate, the Board shall minimize the reduction in privilege tax revenue received by the State as a result of the impact of the additional license on adjusted gross receipts generated by riverboat gambling conducted by licenses in effect on the date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.

In determining the water upon which"; and

on page 353, line 1, by replacing "Illinois" with "Illinois; however, the Board, in issuing the one additional riverboat license authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, must give favorable consideration to these factors in granting the owners license located in a municipality that is economically depressed or that is sited in an economically depressed primary census statistical area, or both."; and

on page 354, line 22 and line 26, by replacing "$50,000" each time it appears with "$40,000"; and

on page 356, line 20, by replacing "$50,000" with "$40,000"; and

on page 367, line 19 and line 24, by replacing "$50,000" each time it appears with "$40,000"; and

on page 368, line 6, by replacing "$50,000" with "$40,000"; and

on page 434, by replacing lines 4 through 18 with the following: "be transferred monthly into the Illinois Education Trust Fund."; and

on page 434, line 24, after the period, by inserting "Thirty percent of the moneys received from subsections (d) and (e) of Section 13 shall be transferred into the Focusing on Children Uplifting Schools (FOCUS) Fund.".