Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 10/29/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1306

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1306, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
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 prohibiting
10 video gaming within the corporate limits of the municipality,
11 except that each existing licensed establishment, licensed
12 fraternal establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or
13 licensed truck stop establishment covered by the ordinance may
14 continue to conduct video gaming for up to 2 years after the
15 date of the approval of the ordinance. A county board may, for
16 the unincorporated area of the county, pass an ordinance

 

 

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1 prohibiting video gaming within the unincorporated area of the
2 county, except that each existing licensed establishment,
3 licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans
4 establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment covered by
5 the ordinance may continue to conduct video gaming for up to 2
6 years after the date of the approval of the ordinance.
7 (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
8     (230 ILCS 40/70)
9     Sec. 70. Referendum. Upon the filing in the office of the
10 clerk, at least 90 days before an election in any municipality
11 or county, as the case may be, of a petition directed to such
12 clerk, containing the signatures of not less than 25% of the
13 legal voters of that municipality or county, the clerk shall
14 certify such proposition to the proper election officials, who
15 shall submit the proposition at such election to the voters of
16 such municipality or county. The proposition shall be in the
17 following form:
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19 Shall video gaming                      YES
20 be prohibited in                       ----------------------
21 .................?                      NO
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23 If a majority of the voters voting upon such last mentioned
24 proposition in any municipality or county vote "YES", such
25 video gaming shall be prohibited in such municipality or

 

 

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1 county, except that each existing licensed establishment,
2 licensed fraternal establishment, licensed veterans
3 establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment covered by
4 the proposition may continue to conduct video gaming for up to
5 2 years after the date of the approval of the proposition. The
6 petition mentioned in this Section shall be a public document
7 and shall be subject to inspection by the public.
8 (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.".