Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 5/16/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1427 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1427 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended  by changing 
5Section 7.12 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/7.12)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
8    Sec. 7.12. Internet program.   
9    (a) The General Assembly finds that: 
10        (1) the consumer market in Illinois has changed since 
11    the creation of the Illinois State Lottery in 1974;
12        (2) the Internet has become an integral part of 
13    everyday life for a significant number of Illinois 
14    residents not only in regards to their professional life, 
15    but also  in regards to personal business and communication; 
16    and
 
 
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1        (3) the current practices of selling lottery tickets 
2    does not appeal to the new form of market participants who 
3    prefer to make purchases on the Internet at their own 
4    convenience.
5    It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an 
6Internet program for the sale of lottery tickets to capture 
7this new form of market participant. 
8    (b) The Department shall create a program that allows an 
9individual 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets 
10or shares on the Internet without using a Lottery retailer with 
11on-line status, as those terms are defined by rule. The 
12Department shall restrict the sale of lottery tickets on the 
13Internet to transactions initiated and received or otherwise 
14made exclusively within the State of Illinois.  The Department 
15shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this 
16program. These rules shall include, among other things, 
17requirements for marketing of the Lottery to infrequent 
18players, as well as limitations on the purchases that may be 
19made through any one individual's lottery account.  The 
20provisions of this Act and the rules adopted under this Act 
21shall apply to the sale of lottery tickets or shares under this 
22program.
23    Before beginning the program, the Department of the Lottery 
24must submit a request to the United States Department of 
25Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a program 
26for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its 
 
 
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1propriety under federal law.  The Department shall implement the 
2Internet program only if the Department of Justice does not 
3object to the implementation of the program within a reasonable 
4period of time after its review.
5    The Department is obligated to  implement the program set 
6forth in  this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16 only at such 
7time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does 
8not object to the implementation of the program within a 
9reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois 
10Lottery may only offer Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball 
11games through the program, the Department shall request review 
12from the federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery 
13to sell lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State 
14of Illinois that are not limited to just these games. 
15    The Department shall authorize the private manager to 
16implement and administer the program pursuant to the management 
17agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner 
18consistent with the provisions of this Section.  If a private 
19manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the 
20time the Department is obligated to implement the program, then 
21the Department shall not proceed with the program until after 
22the selection of the private manager, at which time the 
23Department shall authorize the private manager to implement and 
24administer the program pursuant to the management agreement 
25entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner consistent with 
26the provisions of this Section.
 
 
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1    Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting 
2the Department from implementing and operating a website portal 
3whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an 
4Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets 
5via subscription. Nothing in this Section shall also be 
6construed as prohibiting the sale of Lotto, Mega Millions, and 
7Powerball games by a lottery licensee pursuant to the 
8Department's rules.
9    (c) (Blank).
10    (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2018 2017. 
11(Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".