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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1791
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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230 ILCS 25/1 |
from Ch. 120, par. 1101 |
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Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1791 |
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LRB096 05441 AMC 15507 b |
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| AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon |
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| application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, and |
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| upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant meets
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| all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a bingo |
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| license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the following: |
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| any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
fraternal, youth |
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| athletic, senior citizen, educational or veterans'
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| organization organized in Illinois which operates without |
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| profit to its
members, which has been in existence in Illinois |
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| continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately before making |
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| application for a license and which
has had during that entire |
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| 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in
carrying out |
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| its objects. However, the 5 year requirement shall be
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| to 2 years, as applied to a local organization which is |
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| affiliated
with and chartered by a national organization which |
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| meets the 5 year
requirement.
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