101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2327

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 120/12  from Ch. 85, par. 662

    Amends the Agricultural Fair Act. Provides that county fairs whose fiscal accounting reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the Department of Agriculture for that year. Makes conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by changing
5Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 120/12)  (from Ch. 85, par. 662)
7    Sec. 12. On or before October 15 of each year, the
8president and secretary of each county fair claiming state aid
9shall have postmarked to or shall file with the Department a
10fiscal accounting of the expenditure of the grant monies
11received under Section 10. County fairs whose fiscal accounting
12reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year
13shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the
14Department for that year. The report required under this
15Section shall also include and a sworn statement of the actual
16amount of cash premiums paid at the fair that year. The sworn
17statement shall state the following:
18        a) That all gambling and gambling devices which are
19    declared unlawful by laws of Illinois and the sale of
20    alcoholic liquors other than beer have been prohibited and
21    excluded from the grounds of the fair and from adjacent
22    grounds under the fair's authority, during the fair and at
23    all other times when the fair grounds or adjacent grounds

 

 

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1    are in the possession of and under the immediate control
2    and supervision of the fair officials.
3        b) That all receipts from any source other than
4    admissions to the grandstand and entry fees for races, not
5    necessary for the payment of labor and advertising, have
6    been prorated among all other claims and expenses or that
7    all other claims and expenses have been paid in full.
8    The statement shall correspond with the published offer of
9premiums, and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of all
10premiums paid upon the basis of the premiums provided, a copy
11of the published premium list of the fair, and a full statement
12of receipts and expenditures for the current year that has been
13duly verified by the president and secretary of the fair.
14    The Department may within the period not to exceed 30 days
15after a fair has filed its claim pay 75% of the fair's
16authorized base amount if the claim for premiums filed is equal
17to or exceeds such fair's authorized base for that year. If the
18claim filed is less than the fair's authorized base, the
19Department shall only pay 75% of the amount of the claim filed.
20Should the amount paid a fair exceed the amount authorized
21after the final audit of such claim, then the fair shall within
2230 days after notice by the Department pay to the Department
23the difference between the amount received and the amount as
24approved for such fair in the final audit as long as funds are
25available.
26(Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)