99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6621
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
230 ILCS 40/46 new

     Amends the Video Gaming
Act.  Provides that a public officer or public employee may not, with the intent to obtain any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value, or compensation for the award of the contract or operation of the video gaming, solicit, intimidate, or coerce  the owner or agent of the owner of a licensed establishment, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment to enter into any contract with another person for the operation of a video gaming terminal under the Act.  Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony.  Provides that it is not a defense to a violation of this provision that the public officer or public employee did not receive any monetary consideration or other thing of value from the operator or proposed operator of the video gaming terminal or from the owner or agent of the owner of the licensed establishment, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment for the solicitation, intimidation, or coercion of the  owner or agent of the licensed  establishment, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment.  Provides that any contract entered into in violation of this provision is null and void. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 46 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/46 new)
7    Sec. 46. Public officers and employees; solicitation for 
8contracts prohibited.
9    (a)  As used in this Section:
10        "Public employee" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
11    Section 2-17 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
12        "Public officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
13    Section 2-18 of the Criminal Code of 2012. 
14    (b)  A public officer or public employee may not, with the 
15intent to obtain any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, 
16gratuity, thing of value, or compensation for the award of the 
17contract or operation of the video gaming, solicit, intimidate, 
18or coerce  the owner or agent of the owner of a licensed 
19establishment, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck 
20stop establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment to 
21enter into any contract with another person for the operation 
22of a video gaming terminal under this Act.
23    (c)  It is not a defense to a violation of this Section that 
 
 
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1the public officer or public employee did not receive any 
2monetary consideration or other thing of value from the 
3operator or proposed operator of the video gaming terminal or 
4from the owner or agent of the owner of the licensed 
5establishment, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck 
6stop establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment for 
7the solicitation, intimidation, or coercion of the  owner or 
8agent of the licensed  establishment, licensed veterans 
9establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, or licensed 
10fraternal establishment. 
11    (d)  Any contract entered into in violation of this Section 
12is null and void. 
13    (e)  Sentence.  A violation of this Section is a Class 3 
14felony. 
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.