96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0467


 
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














230 ILCS 5/28.1









    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that if an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility changes locations, then the payments  associated with that facility for museum purposes shall be paid to the park district in which the facility is located to be used for museum purposes. Provides that if the facility is not located in a park district, then the payments shall be paid to the taxing district responsible for park or museum expenditures. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning gaming.

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


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



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    (230 ILCS 5/28.1)



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    Sec. 28.1. Payments. 

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

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

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

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

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    (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall
transfer 
 


 






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the remainder of the funds
generated pursuant to Sections 26 
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and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the
General Revenue 
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Fund.

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

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and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue 
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Fund at the
funding levels determined by amounts paid under 
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this Act in calendar year
1998. Beginning on the effective date 
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of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments 
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to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General 
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Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to 
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that park district for museum purposes under this Act in 
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calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of 
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payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes, 
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payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the 
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General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts 
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paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under 
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this Act in calendar year 2005.

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    If an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility 
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changes locations, then the payments  associated with that 
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facility under this subsection (d) for museum purposes shall be 
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paid to the park district in which the facility is located to 
 


 






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be used for museum purposes. If the facility is not located in 
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a park district, then the payments shall be paid to the taxing 
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district responsible for park or museum expenditures. 
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    (e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under 
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subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park 
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districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums, 
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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 
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in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from  the General 
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Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts 
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paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this 
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Section in calendar year 2006.

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

 

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