Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 10/29/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1306
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1306, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 6 | Sections 27 and 70 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (230 ILCS 40/27) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 27. Prohibition of video gaming by political | ||||||
| 9 | subdivision. A
municipality may
pass an ordinance on or before | ||||||
| 10 | March 1, 2010 prohibiting video gaming within the corporate | ||||||
| 11 | limits of the
municipality.
A county board may, for the | ||||||
| 12 | unincorporated area of the county, pass an
ordinance on or | ||||||
| 13 | before March 1, 2010 prohibiting video gaming within the | ||||||
| 14 | unincorporated area of the
county. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.) | ||||||
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| 1 | (230 ILCS 40/70) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 70. Referendum. Upon the filing in the office of the | ||||||
| 3 | clerk, at least
90 days
before an election in any municipality | ||||||
| 4 | or county, as the case
may be, of a petition directed to such | ||||||
| 5 | clerk, containing the signatures
of not less than 25% of the | ||||||
| 6 | legal voters of that municipality or county,
the
clerk shall | ||||||
| 7 | certify such proposition to the proper election officials, who
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| 8 | shall submit the proposition at such election to the voters of | ||||||
| 9 | such
municipality or county. The proposition shall be in the | ||||||
| 10 | following form: | ||||||
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| 12 | Shall video gaming YES
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| 13 | be prohibited in ----------------------
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| 14 | .................? NO
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| 16 | If a
majority of the voters voting upon such last mentioned | ||||||
| 17 | proposition in any
municipality or county vote "YES", such | ||||||
| 18 | video gaming shall
be prohibited in such municipality or | ||||||
| 19 | county, except that each existing licensed establishment, | ||||||
| 20 | licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans | ||||||
| 21 | establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment covered by | ||||||
| 22 | the proposition may continue to conduct video gaming for up to | ||||||
| 23 | 2 years after the date of the approval of the proposition.
The
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| 24 | petition mentioned in this Section shall be a public document | ||||||
| 25 | and shall be
subject to inspection by the public. | ||||||
| 26 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.".
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