Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
Filed: 5/23/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1732 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1732 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 19.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (230 ILCS 5/19.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 19.5. Standardbred racetrack in Cook County. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, in | ||||||
9 | addition to organization licenses issued by the Board on | ||||||
10 | December 17, 2021 ( the effective date of Public Act 102-689) | ||||||
11 | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly , the Board | ||||||
12 | shall issue an organization license limited to standardbred | ||||||
13 | racing to a racetrack located in one of the following | ||||||
14 | townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, | ||||||
15 | Rich, Thornton, or Worth. Before December 31, 2024, this This | ||||||
16 | additional organization license shall not be issued within a |
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1 | 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the | ||||||
2 | Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | ||||||
3 | General Assembly, unless the person having operating control | ||||||
4 | of such racetrack has given written consent to the | ||||||
5 | organization licensee applicant, which consent must be filed | ||||||
6 | with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. The | ||||||
7 | organization license application shall be submitted to the | ||||||
8 | Board and the Board may grant the organization license at any | ||||||
9 | meeting of the Board. The Board shall examine the application | ||||||
10 | within 21 days after receipt of the application with respect | ||||||
11 | to its conformity with this Act and the rules adopted by the | ||||||
12 | Board. If the application does not comply with this Act or the | ||||||
13 | rules adopted by the Board, the application may be rejected | ||||||
14 | and an organization license refused to the applicant, or the | ||||||
15 | Board may, within 21 days after receipt of the application, | ||||||
16 | advise the applicant of the deficiencies of the application | ||||||
17 | under the Act or the rules of the Board and require the | ||||||
18 | submittal of an amended application within a reasonable time | ||||||
19 | determined by the Board; upon submittal of the amended | ||||||
20 | application by the applicant, the Board may consider the | ||||||
21 | application consistent with the process described in | ||||||
22 | subsection (e-5) of Section 20. If the application is found to | ||||||
23 | be in compliance with this Act and the rules of the Board, the | ||||||
24 | Board shall then issue an organization license to the | ||||||
25 | applicant. Once the organization license is granted, the | ||||||
26 | licensee shall have all of the current and future rights of |
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1 | existing Illinois racetracks, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
2 | the ability to obtain an inter-track wagering license, the | ||||||
3 | ability to obtain inter-track wagering location licenses, the | ||||||
4 | ability to obtain an organization gaming license pursuant to | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Gambling Act with 1,200 gaming positions, and the | ||||||
6 | ability to offer Internet wagering on horse racing. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.) | ||||||
8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.". |