103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4537

 

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Margaret Croke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1605/10.1  from Ch. 120, par. 1160.1

    Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In provisions concerning licensure, removes a provision that makes any organization in which specified individuals are to participate in the management or sales of lottery tickets or shares ineligible for any license under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing
5Section 10.1 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/10.1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1160.1)
7    Sec. 10.1. The following are ineligible for any license
8under this Act:
9        (a) any person who has been convicted of a felony;
10        (b) any person who is or has been a professional
11    gambler or gambling promoter;
12        (c) any person who has engaged in bookmaking or other
13    forms of illegal gambling;
14        (d) any person who is not of good character and
15    reputation in the community in which he resides;
16        (e) any person who has been found guilty of any fraud
17    or misrepresentation in any connection;
18        (f) any firm or corporation in which a person defined
19    in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) has a proprietary, equitable
20    or credit interest of 5% or more; and .
21        (g) any organization in which a person defined in (a),
22    (b), (c), (d) or (e) is an officer, director, or managing
23    agent, whether compensated or not. ;

 

 

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1        (h) any organization in which a person defined in (a),
2    (b), (c), (d), or (e) is to participate in the management
3    or sales of lottery tickets or shares.
4    However, with respect to persons defined in (a), the
5Department may grant any such person a license under this Act
6when:
7        1) at least 10 years have elapsed since the date when
8    the sentence for the most recent such conviction was
9    satisfactorily completed;
10        2) the applicant has no history of criminal activity
11    subsequent to such conviction;
12        3) the applicant has complied with all conditions of
13    probation, conditional discharge, supervision, parole or
14    mandatory supervised release; and
15        4) the applicant presents at least 3 letters of
16    recommendation from responsible citizens in his community
17    who personally can attest that the character and attitude
18    of the applicant indicate that he is unlikely to commit
19    another crime.
20    The Department may revoke, without notice or a hearing,
21the license of any agent who violates this Act or any rule or
22regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. However, if the
23Department does revoke a license without notice and an
24opportunity for a hearing, the Department shall, by
25appropriate notice, afford the person whose license has been
26revoked an opportunity for a hearing within 30 days after the

 

 

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1revocation order has been issued. As a result of any such
2hearing, the Department may confirm its action in revoking the
3license, or it may order the restoration of such license.
4(Source: P.A. 97-464, eff. 10-15-11.)