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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 10/29/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1306
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1306, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing |
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| Sections 27 and 70 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 40/27) |
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| Sec. 27. Prohibition of video gaming by political |
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| subdivision. A
municipality may
pass an ordinance on or before |
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| March 1, 2010 prohibiting video gaming within the corporate |
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| limits of the
municipality.
A county board may, for the |
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| unincorporated area of the county, pass an
ordinance on or |
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| before March 1, 2010 prohibiting video gaming within the |
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| unincorporated area of the
county. |
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| (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| (230 ILCS 40/70) |
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| Sec. 70. Referendum. Upon the filing in the office of the |
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| clerk, at least
90 days
before an election in any municipality |
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| or county, as the case
may be, of a petition directed to such |
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| clerk, containing the signatures
of not less than 25% of the |
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| legal voters of that municipality or county,
the
clerk shall |
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| certify such proposition to the proper election officials, who
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| shall submit the proposition at such election to the voters of |
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| such
municipality or county. The proposition shall be in the |
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| following form: |
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| Shall video gaming YES
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| be prohibited in ----------------------
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| .................? NO
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| If a
majority of the voters voting upon such last mentioned |
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| proposition in any
municipality or county vote "YES", such |
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| video gaming shall
be prohibited in such municipality or |
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| county, except that each existing licensed establishment, |
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| licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans |
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| establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment covered by |
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| the proposition may continue to conduct video gaming for up to |
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| 2 years after the date of the approval of the proposition.
The
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| petition mentioned in this Section shall be a public document |
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| and shall be
subject to inspection by the public. |
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| (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
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