SB1795sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Darin M. LaHood

Filed: 3/18/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1795

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1795 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by adding Section 56 as follows:

(230 ILCS 40/56 new)

Sec. 56. Food and beverage sales precondition for licensed establishments.

(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Board shall not issue a license to any licensed establishment unless, for each of 2 years prior to applying for a license, the licensed establishment generated no less than 80% of its revenue from the sale of food or beverages. After a license is issued, each licensed establishment must have, at a minimum, 50% of total revenue annually from the sale of food or beverages.

(b) Any licensed establishment that was licensed or had an application submitted to the Board prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall not be required to demonstrate that for each of the 2 years prior to applying for the licensed establishment generated no less than 80% of its revenue from the sale of food or beverages as required by subsection (a) of this Section.

(c) This Section does not apply to any licensed fraternal establishment or a licensed veterans establishment that possesses a valid liquor license issued by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission in effect at the time of application and at all times after.

(d) Each licensed establishment shall annually provide the Board with a report showing its gross annual sales totals and categories, including food and beverage sales. The Board may audit this report. If the Board finds that a licensed establishment has sales of food and beverages less than the levels required by subsection (a) of this Section, the Board shall immediately revoke the licensed establishment's license.".