Rep. William Davis

Filed: 3/10/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2878

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2878 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5amended by changing Section 31.1 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/31.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)
7    Sec. 31.1. (a) Organization licensees collectively shall
8contribute annually to charity the sum of $1,000,000 $750,000
9to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family,
10counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work
11on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks. These contributions
12shall be collected as follows: (i) no later than July 1st of
13each year the Board shall assess each organization licensee,
14except those tracks which are not within 100 miles of each
15other which tracks shall pay $40,000 $30,000 annually apiece
16into the Board charity fund, that amount which equals $920,000

 

 

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1$690,000 multiplied by the amount of pari-mutuel wagering
2handled by the organization licensee in the year preceding
3assessment and divided by the total pari-mutuel wagering
4handled by all Illinois organization licensees, except those
5tracks which are not within 100 miles of each other, in the
6year preceding assessment; (ii) notice of the assessed
7contribution shall be mailed to each organization licensee;
8(iii) within thirty days of its receipt of such notice, each
9organization licensee shall remit the assessed contribution to
10the Board. If an organization licensee wilfully fails to so
11remit the contribution, the Board may revoke its license to
12conduct horse racing.
13    (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any qualified
14charitable organization seeking an allotment of contributed
15funds shall submit to the Board an application for those funds,
16using the Board's approved form. No later than December 31st of
17each year, the Board shall distribute all such amounts
18collected that year to such charitable organization
19applicants.
20(Source: P.A. 87-110.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.".