96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0467

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/28.1

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that if an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility changes locations, then the payments associated with that facility for museum purposes shall be paid to the park district in which the facility is located to be used for museum purposes. Provides that if the facility is not located in a park district, then the payments shall be paid to the taxing district responsible for park or museum expenditures. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5 by changing Section 28.1 as follows:
 
6     (230 ILCS 5/28.1)
7     Sec. 28.1. Payments.
8     (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the
9 Department of Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section
10 26 or Section 27 of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse
11 Racing Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
12 State Treasury.
13     (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
14 may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
15 salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, directors
16 of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
17 clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the
18 Board, and all expenses of the Board incident to the
19 administration of this Act, including, but not limited to, all
20 expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva and
21 urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations of
22 the Board.
23     (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall transfer

 

 

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1 the remainder of the funds generated pursuant to Sections 26
2 and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the General Revenue
3 Fund.
4     (d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in
5 existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999
6 that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and
7 28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of
8 Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
9 and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue
10 Fund at the funding levels determined by amounts paid under
11 this Act in calendar year 1998. Beginning on the effective date
12 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments
13 to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General
14 Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to
15 that park district for museum purposes under this Act in
16 calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this
17 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of
18 payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes,
19 payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the
20 General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts
21 paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under
22 this Act in calendar year 2005.
23     If an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility
24 changes locations, then the payments associated with that
25 facility under this subsection (d) for museum purposes shall be
26 paid to the park district in which the facility is located to

 

 

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1 be used for museum purposes. If the facility is not located in
2 a park district, then the payments shall be paid to the taxing
3 district responsible for park or museum expenditures.
4     (e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under
5 subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park
6 districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums,
7 aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the
8 Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on
9 Chicago Park District property.
10     (f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum
11 in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General
12 Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts
13 paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this
14 Section in calendar year 2006.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-813, eff. 5-26-06; 95-222, eff. 8-16-07.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.