HB0026sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 5/31/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 26

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 26 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended by changing Sections 28.1 and 32.1 and by adding Section 28.2 as follows:

(230 ILCS 5/28.1)

Sec. 28.1. Payments.

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

(b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly, may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants, clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the Board, and all expenses of the Board incident to the administration of this Act, including, but not limited to, all expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva and urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board.

(b-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the amount of $1,000,000 shall be transferred annually from the Horse Racing Fund and divided proportionally for deposit into the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeder's Fund, the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeder's Fund, and, for standardbred horses, the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund, based on races conducted by each breed at Illinois county fairs, the DuQuoin State Fair, and the Illinois State Fair in calendar year 2008.

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

(d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and 28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue Fund at the funding levels determined by amounts paid under this Act in calendar year 1998. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to that park district for museum purposes under this Act in calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes, payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under this Act in calendar year 2005.

(e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums, aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on Chicago Park District property.

(f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this Section in calendar year 2006.

(Source: P.A. 94-813, eff. 5-26-06; 95-222, eff. 8-16-07.)

(230 ILCS 5/28.2 new)

Sec. 28.2. Drug testing at Illinois county fairs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, annually, the Illinois Department of Agriculture may take the sum of $100,000 proportionally from the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeder's Fund, the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeder's Fund, and the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund based on amounts deposited into those funds under subsection (b-5) of Section 28.1 to pay for drug testing at Illinois county fairs.

(230 ILCS 5/32.1)

Sec. 32.1. Pari-mutuel tax credit; statewide racetrack real estate equalization. In order to encourage new investment in Illinois racetrack facilities and mitigate differing real estate tax burdens among all racetracks, the licensees affiliated or associated with each racetrack that has been awarded live racing dates in the current year and that conducted live racing in 1998 shall receive an immediate pari-mutuel tax credit in an amount equal to the greater of (i) 50% of the amount of the real estate taxes paid in the prior year attributable to that racetrack, or (ii) the amount by which the real estate taxes paid in the prior year attributable to that racetrack exceeds 60% of the average real estate taxes paid in the prior year for all racetracks awarded live horse racing meets in the current year.

Each year, regardless of whether the organization licensee conducted live racing in the year of certification, the Board shall certify in writing, prior to December 31, the real estate taxes paid in that year for each racetrack and the amount of the pari-mutuel tax credit that each organization licensee, intertrack wagering licensee, and intertrack wagering location licensee that derives its license from such racetrack is entitled in the succeeding calendar year. The real estate taxes considered under this Section for any racetrack shall be those taxes on the real estate parcels and related facilities used to conduct a horse race meeting and inter-track wagering at such racetrack under this Act. In no event shall the amount of the tax credit under this Section exceed the amount of pari-mutuel taxes otherwise calculated under this Act. The amount of the tax credit under this Section shall be retained by each licensee and shall not be subject to any reallocation or further distribution under this Act. The Board may promulgate emergency rules to implement this Section.

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

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