97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5788
 
Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. David Reis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
20 ILCS 1605/15  from Ch. 120, par. 1165

     Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that a licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate written evidence of the age and identity of a person before that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the sale of lottery tickets or shares. Provides that a violation of this requirement shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license under the Act.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning the Lottery.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended  by changing 
5Section 15 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 1605/15)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)



7    Sec. 15. Minimum age for purchase; criminal penalty; 
8solicitation. 
9    (a) No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery 
10ticket or
share.  No person shall sell, distribute samples of, 
11or furnish a lottery
ticket or share to any minor under 18 
12years of age, buy a lottery ticket or
share for any minor under 
1318 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase of
lottery 
14tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of age. 

15    No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize 
16shall be paid to
any of the following persons: any member of 
17the Board or any officer or
other person employed by the Board 
18or by the Department;
any spouse, child, brother, sister or 
19parent residing as a member of the
same household in the 
20principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
minor 
21under 18 years of age.

22    Any
violation of this subsection (a) Section by a person 
23other than the purchasing minor shall be
a Class B misdemeanor;

 
 
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1provided,
that if any violation of this subsection (a) Section 
2is a subsequent
violation, the
offender shall be guilty of a 
3Class 4 felony.  Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, 
4a violation of this subsection (a) Section by a minor under 18 
5years of age
shall be a petty offense.

6    (b) A licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate 
7written evidence of the age and identity of a person before 
8that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the 
9sale of lottery tickets or shares. A violation of this 
10subsection (b) shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of 
11a license under this Act.
12    For the purpose of this Section, "adequate written evidence 
13of the age and identity of the person" means a document issued 
14by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or 
15subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a 
16motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate 
17issued under the Federal Selective Service Act, or an 
18identification card issued to a member of the Armed Forces. 
19(Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)