96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5782


 
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. William D. Burns
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







20 ILCS 1605/21.9 new






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     Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of research pertaining to newborn screening, to commence on July 1, 2010. Provides that the net revenue from the scratch-off game shall be deposited into the Newborn Screening Research Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois conducting research pertaining to newborn screening. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Newborn Screening Research Fund. Effective immediately.

  















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    AN ACT concerning the lottery.
  
 
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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 Lottery Law is amended  by adding 
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Section 21.9 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1605/21.9 new)
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    Sec. 21.9. Newborn screening scratch-off game. 
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    (a) The Department shall offer a special instant 
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scratch-off game for the benefit of research pertaining to 
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newborn screening. The game shall commence on July 1, 2010 or 
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as soon thereafter, in the discretion of the Director, as is 
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reasonably practical. The operation of the game shall be 
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governed by this Act and any rules adopted by the Department. 
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If any provision of this Section is inconsistent with any other 
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provision of this Act, then this Section governs.
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    (b) The Newborn Screening Research Fund is created as a 
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special fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the 
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newborn screening scratch-off game created under this Section 
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shall be deposited into the Fund for appropriation by the 
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General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for the 
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purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois that 
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conduct research pertaining to newborn screening. The grant 
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funds may not be used for institutional, organizational, or 
 


 






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community-based overhead costs, indirect costs, or levies.
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    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
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including, without limitation, net revenue from the special 
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instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards 
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from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the 
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Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be 
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deposited into the Fund.
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    (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the newborn 
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screening scratch-off game, the Department shall not 
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unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any 
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other instant scratch-off lottery game.
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    (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to 
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implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
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    (e) For purposes of this Section:
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    "Research" includes, without limitation, expenditures to 
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develop and advance the understanding, techniques, and 
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modalities effective for preventing birth defects immediately 
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following the birth of the baby.
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    "Net revenue" means the total amount for which tickets have 
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been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in the prizes and 
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the actual administrative expenses of the Department solely 
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related to the scratch-off game under this Section.
 
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    Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section 5.755 as follows:
 
 


 






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    (30 ILCS 105/5.755 new)
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    Sec. 5.755. The Newborn Screening Research Fund.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.