96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6623


 
Introduced 3/3/2010, by Rep. William B. Black - Roger L. Eddy - Mike Bost - Dan Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a video gaming terminal operated for amusement only and bearing a valid amusement tax sticker issued prior to July 13, 2009 shall not be subject to licensure provisions  until 30 days after the Board establishes that the central communications system is functional (rather than until the sooner of (i) the expiration of the amusement tax sticker or (ii) 30 days after the Board establishes that the central communications system is functional). 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 Video Gaming
Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 35 as follows:
 
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    (230 ILCS 40/35)

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    Sec. 35. Display of license; confiscation; violation as 
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felony.  
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    (a)  Each
video gaming terminal shall be licensed by the 
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Board before placement
or operation on the premises of a 
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licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
establishment, 
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licensed
fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans 
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establishment.  The license of
each video gaming terminal shall 
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be maintained
at the location where the video gaming terminal 
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is operated.  Failure to do so
is a petty offense with a fine

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not to exceed $100.
Any licensed establishment, licensed truck 
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stop establishment, licensed
fraternal establishment, or 
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licensed
veterans establishment
used for the conduct of 
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gambling games in violation of this Act shall be
considered a 
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gambling place in violation of Section 28-3 of the Criminal

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Code of 1961.  Every gambling device found in
a licensed 
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establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed 
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fraternal
establishment, or licensed
veterans establishment 
 


 






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operating gambling games in violation of this
Act shall be 
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subject to seizure, confiscation, and destruction as provided

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in Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
Any license 
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issued under the Liquor Control Act
of 1934 to any owner or 
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operator of a licensed establishment, licensed truck
stop 
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establishment, licensed
fraternal establishment, or licensed 
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veterans establishment that operates or
permits the operation 
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of a video gaming terminal within its establishment in

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violation of this Act shall be immediately revoked.
No person 
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may own, operate, have in his or her possession or custody or 
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under
his or her control, or permit to be kept in any place 
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under his or her
possession or control, any
device that awards 
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credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of

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removing and recording the removal of credits when the award of 
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credits is
dependent upon chance.  A violation of this Section 
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is a Class 4 felony.  All
devices that are owned, operated, or 
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possessed in violation of this Section are
hereby declared to 
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be public nuisances and shall be subject to seizure,

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confiscation, and destruction as provided in Section 28-5 of 
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the Criminal Code
of 1961.
The provisions of this Section do 
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not apply to devices or electronic video
game terminals 
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licensed pursuant to this Act. A video gaming terminal operated 
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for amusement only and bearing a valid amusement tax sticker 
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issued prior to July 13, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 
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96-37) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall 
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not be subject to this Section until the sooner of (i) the 
 


 






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expiration of the amusement tax sticker or (ii) 30 days after 
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the Board establishes that the central communications system is 
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functional. 


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    (b) (1) The odds of winning each video game shall be posted 
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on or near each video gaming terminal.  The manner in which the 
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odds are calculated and how they are posted shall be determined 
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by the Board by rule.
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    (2) No video gaming terminal licensed under this Act may be 
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played except during the legal hours of operation allowed for 
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the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the licensed 
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establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed 
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veterans establishment.  A licensed establishment, licensed 
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fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment 
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that violates this subsection is subject to termination of its 
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license by the Board. 
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(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.