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1 | AN ACT concerning government. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 13 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (50 ILCS 722/13 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 13. Ebony Alerts. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section, "Ebony Alert" means a | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | notification system, activated under subsection (b), designed | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to Black youth, | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | including young women and girls, who are reported missing | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, who are | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | reported missing and are at risk, who are reported missing and | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | are developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired, or who | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | have been abducted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) If a person is reported missing or abducted to a law | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | enforcement agency and that agency determines that factors | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | considered under subsection (f) justify an Ebony Alert, the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | law enforcement agency may request the Illinois State Police | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | to activate an Ebony Alert in a system created and maintained | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | by the Illinois State Police. If the Director of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | State Police, or an individual or division designated by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Director, concurs that the factors considered under subsection |
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1 | (f) justify an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State Police may | ||||||
2 | activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical | ||||||
3 | area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency. | ||||||
4 | (c) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media | ||||||
5 | systems are encouraged, but not required, to cooperate with | ||||||
6 | disseminating the Ebony Alert or the information contained in | ||||||
7 | an Ebony Alert. | ||||||
8 | (d) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State | ||||||
9 | Police may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by | ||||||
10 | issuing other alerts, an electronic flyer, or changeable | ||||||
11 | message signs in compliance with subsection (e). | ||||||
12 | (e) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State | ||||||
13 | Police may use a changeable message sign if both of the | ||||||
14 | following conditions are met: | ||||||
15 | (1) a law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle | ||||||
16 | may be involved in the missing person incident; and | ||||||
17 | (2) specific identifying information about the vehicle | ||||||
18 | is available for public dissemination. | ||||||
19 | (f) A law enforcement agency may request that an Ebony | ||||||
20 | Alert be activated if that agency determines that an Ebony | ||||||
21 | Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of | ||||||
22 | missing or abducted Black youth, including young women or | ||||||
23 | girls. The law enforcement agency may consider the following | ||||||
24 | factors to make that determination: | ||||||
25 | (1) The missing person is age 12 to 25 years of age. | ||||||
26 | (2) The missing person suffers from a mental or |
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1 | physical disability. | ||||||
2 | (3) The person is missing under circumstances that | ||||||
3 | indicate any of the following: | ||||||
4 | (A) The missing person's physical safety may be | ||||||
5 | endangered. The missing person's physical safety is | ||||||
6 | presumed to be endangered, unless there is evidence to | ||||||
7 | the contrary, if the person is 18 or under. | ||||||
8 | (B) The missing person may be subject to | ||||||
9 | trafficking. | ||||||
10 | (4) The person has gone missing under unexplained or | ||||||
11 | suspicious circumstances. | ||||||
12 | (5) The person is in danger because of age, health, | ||||||
13 | mental or physical disability, or environment or weather | ||||||
14 | conditions, that the person is in the company of a | ||||||
15 | potentially dangerous person, or that there are other | ||||||
16 | factors indicating that the person may be in peril. | ||||||
17 | (6) If the investigating law enforcement agency has | ||||||
18 | utilized available local resources. | ||||||
19 | (7) If there is information available that, if | ||||||
20 | disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe | ||||||
21 | recovery of the missing person. | ||||||
22 | Section 10. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing | ||||||
23 | Section 15 as follows: | ||||||
24 | (230 ILCS 40/15) |
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1 | Sec. 15. Minimum requirements for licensing and | ||||||
2 | registration. Every video gaming terminal offered for play | ||||||
3 | shall first be tested and approved pursuant to the rules of the | ||||||
4 | Board, and each video gaming terminal offered in this State | ||||||
5 | for play shall conform to an approved model. For the | ||||||
6 | examination of video gaming machines and associated equipment | ||||||
7 | as required by this Section, the Board shall utilize the | ||||||
8 | services of independent outside testing laboratories that have | ||||||
9 | been accredited in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 by an | ||||||
10 | accreditation body that is a signatory to the International | ||||||
11 | Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition | ||||||
12 | Agreement signifying they are qualified to perform such | ||||||
13 | examinations. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the | ||||||
14 | Board shall consider the licensing of independent outside | ||||||
15 | testing laboratory applicants in accordance with procedures | ||||||
16 | established by the Board by rule. The Board shall not withhold | ||||||
17 | its approval of an independent outside testing laboratory | ||||||
18 | license applicant that has been accredited as required by this | ||||||
19 | Section and is licensed in gaming jurisdictions comparable to | ||||||
20 | Illinois. Upon the finalization of required rules, the Board | ||||||
21 | shall license independent testing laboratories and accept the | ||||||
22 | test reports of any licensed testing laboratory of the video | ||||||
23 | gaming machine's or associated equipment manufacturer's | ||||||
24 | choice, notwithstanding the existence of contracts between the | ||||||
25 | Board and any independent testing laboratory. Every video | ||||||
26 | gaming terminal offered in this State for play must meet |
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1 | minimum standards approved by the Board. Each approved model | ||||||
2 | shall, at a minimum, meet the following criteria: | ||||||
3 | (1) It must conform to all requirements of federal law | ||||||
4 | and regulations, including FCC Class A Emissions | ||||||
5 | Standards. | ||||||
6 | (2) It must theoretically pay out a mathematically | ||||||
7 | demonstrable percentage during the expected lifetime of | ||||||
8 | the machine of all amounts played, which must not be less | ||||||
9 | than 80%. The Board shall establish a maximum payout | ||||||
10 | percentage for approved models by rule. Video gaming | ||||||
11 | terminals that may be affected by skill must meet this | ||||||
12 | standard when using a method of play that will provide the | ||||||
13 | greatest return to the player over a period of continuous | ||||||
14 | play. | ||||||
15 | (3) It must use a random selection process to | ||||||
16 | determine the outcome of each play of a game. The random | ||||||
17 | selection process must meet 99% confidence limits using a | ||||||
18 | standard chi-squared test for (randomness) goodness of | ||||||
19 | fit. | ||||||
20 | (4) It must display an accurate representation of the | ||||||
21 | game outcome. | ||||||
22 | (5) It must not automatically alter pay tables or any | ||||||
23 | function of the video gaming terminal based on internal | ||||||
24 | computation of hold percentage or have any means of | ||||||
25 | manipulation that affects the random selection process or | ||||||
26 | probabilities of winning a game. |
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1 | (6) It must not be adversely affected by static | ||||||
2 | discharge or other electromagnetic interference. | ||||||
3 | (7) It must be capable of detecting and displaying the | ||||||
4 | following conditions during idle states or on demand: | ||||||
5 | power reset; door open; and door just closed. | ||||||
6 | (8) It must have the capacity to display complete play | ||||||
7 | history (outcome, intermediate play steps, credits | ||||||
8 | available, bets placed, credits paid, and credits cashed | ||||||
9 | out) for the most recent game played and 10 games prior | ||||||
10 | thereto. | ||||||
11 | (9) The theoretical payback percentage of a video | ||||||
12 | gaming terminal must not be capable of being changed | ||||||
13 | without making a hardware or software change in the video | ||||||
14 | gaming terminal, either on site or via the central | ||||||
15 | communications system. | ||||||
16 | (10) Video gaming terminals must be designed so that | ||||||
17 | replacement of parts or modules required for normal | ||||||
18 | maintenance does not necessitate replacement of the | ||||||
19 | electromechanical meters. | ||||||
20 | (11) It must have nonresettable meters housed in a | ||||||
21 | locked area of the terminal that keep a permanent record | ||||||
22 | of all cash inserted into the machine, all winnings made | ||||||
23 | by the terminal printer, credits played in for video | ||||||
24 | gaming terminals, and credits won by video gaming players. | ||||||
25 | The video gaming terminal must provide the means for | ||||||
26 | on-demand display of stored information as determined by |
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1 | the Board. | ||||||
2 | (12) Electronically stored meter information required | ||||||
3 | by this Section must be preserved for a minimum of 180 days | ||||||
4 | after a power loss to the service. | ||||||
5 | (13) It must have one or more mechanisms that accept | ||||||
6 | cash in the form of bills. The mechanisms shall be | ||||||
7 | designed to prevent obtaining credits without paying by | ||||||
8 | stringing, slamming, drilling, or other means. If such | ||||||
9 | attempts at physical tampering are made, the video gaming | ||||||
10 | terminal shall suspend itself from operating until reset. | ||||||
11 | (14) It shall have accounting software that keeps an | ||||||
12 | electronic record which includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
13 | the following: total cash inserted into the video gaming | ||||||
14 | terminal; the value of winning tickets claimed by players; | ||||||
15 | the total credits played; the total credits awarded by a | ||||||
16 | video gaming terminal; and pay back percentage credited to | ||||||
17 | players of each video game. | ||||||
18 | (15) It shall be linked by a central communications | ||||||
19 | system to provide auditing program information as approved | ||||||
20 | by the Board. The central communications system shall use | ||||||
21 | a standard industry protocol, as defined by the Gaming | ||||||
22 | Standards Association, and shall have the functionality to | ||||||
23 | enable the Board or its designee to activate or deactivate | ||||||
24 | individual gaming devices from the central communications | ||||||
25 | system. In no event may the communications system approved | ||||||
26 | by the Board limit participation to only one manufacturer |
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1 | of video gaming terminals by either the cost in | ||||||
2 | implementing the necessary program modifications to | ||||||
3 | communicate or the inability to communicate with the | ||||||
4 | central communications system. | ||||||
5 | (16) The Board, in its discretion, may require video | ||||||
6 | gaming terminals to display Amber Alert or Ebony Alert | ||||||
7 | messages if the Board makes a finding that it would be | ||||||
8 | economically and technically feasible and pose no risk to | ||||||
9 | the integrity and security of the central communications | ||||||
10 | system and video gaming terminals. | ||||||
11 | Licensed terminal handlers shall have access to video | ||||||
12 | gaming terminals, including, but not limited to, logic door | ||||||
13 | access, without the physical presence or supervision of the | ||||||
14 | Board or its agent to perform, in coordination with and with | ||||||
15 | project approval from the central communication system | ||||||
16 | provider: | ||||||
17 | (i) the clearing of the random access memory and | ||||||
18 | reprogramming of the video gaming terminal; | ||||||
19 | (ii) the installation of new video gaming terminal | ||||||
20 | software and software upgrades that have been approved by | ||||||
21 | the Board; | ||||||
22 | (iii) the placement, connection to the central | ||||||
23 | communication system, and go-live operation of video | ||||||
24 | gaming terminals at a licensed establishment, licensed | ||||||
25 | truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop | ||||||
26 | establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or |
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1 | licensed veterans establishment; | ||||||
2 | (iv) the repair and maintenance of a video gaming | ||||||
3 | terminal located at a licensed establishment, licensed | ||||||
4 | truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop | ||||||
5 | establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or | ||||||
6 | licensed veterans establishment, including, but not | ||||||
7 | limited to, the replacement of the video gaming terminal | ||||||
8 | with a new video gaming terminal; | ||||||
9 | (v) the temporary movement, disconnection, | ||||||
10 | replacement, and reconnection of video gaming terminals to | ||||||
11 | allow for physical improvements and repairs at a licensed | ||||||
12 | establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed | ||||||
13 | large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal | ||||||
14 | establishment, or licensed veterans establishment, such as | ||||||
15 | replacement of flooring, interior repairs, and other | ||||||
16 | similar activities; and | ||||||
17 | (vi) such other functions as the Board may otherwise | ||||||
18 | authorize. | ||||||
19 | The Board shall, at a licensed terminal operator's | ||||||
20 | expense, cause all keys and other required devices to be | ||||||
21 | provided to a terminal operator necessary to allow the | ||||||
22 | licensed terminal handler access to the logic door to the | ||||||
23 | terminal operator's video gaming terminals. | ||||||
24 | The Board may adopt rules to establish additional criteria | ||||||
25 | to preserve the integrity and security of video gaming in this | ||||||
26 | State. The central communications system vendor may be |
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1 | licensed as a video gaming terminal manufacturer or a video | ||||||
2 | gaming terminal distributor, or both, but in no event shall | ||||||
3 | the central communications system vendor be licensed as a | ||||||
4 | video gaming terminal operator. | ||||||
5 | The Board shall not permit the development of information | ||||||
6 | or the use by any licensee of gaming device or individual game | ||||||
7 | performance data. Nothing in this Act shall inhibit or | ||||||
8 | prohibit the Board from the use of gaming device or individual | ||||||
9 | game performance data in its regulatory duties. The Board | ||||||
10 | shall adopt rules to ensure that all licensees are treated and | ||||||
11 | all licensees act in a non-discriminatory manner and develop | ||||||
12 | processes and penalties to enforce those rules. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.) |