97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1388

 

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1605/21.6

    Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In a provision concerning scratch-off games for the benefit of Illinois veterans, provides that the net revenue from the games that is deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund shall be used to support veteran employment and employment training in addition to certain other veterans' issues. Effective immediately.


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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 21.6 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/21.6)
7    Sec. 21.6. Scratch-off for Illinois veterans.
8    (a) The Department shall offer a special instant
9scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans. The game
10shall commence on January 1, 2006 or as soon thereafter, at the
11discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. The
12operation of the game shall be governed by this Act and any
13rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of this
14Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this Act,
15then this Section governs.
16    (b) The Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund is created as a
17special fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the
18Illinois veterans scratch-off game shall be deposited into the
19Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the
20Department of Veterans Affairs for making grants, funding
21additional services, or conducting additional research
22projects relating to each of the following:
23        (i) veterans' post traumatic stress disorder;

 

 

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1        (ii) veterans' homelessness;
2        (iii) the health insurance costs of veterans;
3        (iv) veterans' disability benefits, including but not
4    limited to, disability benefits provided by veterans
5    service organizations and veterans assistance commissions
6    or centers; and
7        (v) the long-term care of veterans; provided that,
8    beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, no
9    more than 20% of such moneys shall be used for health
10    insurance costs; and .
11        (vi) veteran employment and employment training.
12        In order to expend moneys from this special fund,
13    beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008,
14    the Director of Veterans' Affairs shall appoint a 3-member
15    funding authorization committee. The Director shall
16    designate one of the members as chairperson. The committee
17    shall meet on a quarterly basis, at a minimum, and shall
18    authorize expenditure of moneys from the special fund by a
19    two-thirds vote. Decisions of the committee shall not take
20    effect unless and until approved by the Director of
21    Veterans' Affairs. Each member of the committee shall serve
22    until a replacement is named by the Director of Veterans'
23    Affairs. One member of the committee shall be a member of
24    the Veterans' Advisory Council.
25    Moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game
26shall be used only as a supplemental financial resource and

 

 

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1shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of
2Veterans Affairs may currently expend for the purposes set
3forth in items (i) through (v).
4    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
5including, without limitation, net revenue from the special
6instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards
7from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the
8Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be
9deposited into the Fund.
10    For purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means the
11total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of
12the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual administrative
13expenses of the Department solely related to the scratch-off
14game under this Section.
15    (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the Illinois
16veterans scratch-off game, the Department shall not
17unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any
18other instant scratch-off lottery game.
19    (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
20implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
21(Source: P.A. 94-585, eff. 8-15-05; 95-331, eff. 8-20-07;
2295-649, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.