98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0995

 

Introduced 1/29/2013, by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/26  from Ch. 8, par. 37-26

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Authorizes advance deposit wagering through June 30, 2013. 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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5by changing Section 26 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
7    Sec. 26. Wagering.
8    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
9system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
13Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
14Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
15to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
16wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
17the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
18unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
19notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
20promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
21advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
22    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
23gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each

 

 

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1licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
2taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
3wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
4otherwise be permitted under this Act.
5    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
6system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
7provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
8described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
9electronically by an individual while physically on the
10premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
11premises of that licensee.
12    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
13payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
14to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
15licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
16days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
17less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
18the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
19pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
20Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
21in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
22    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
23licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
24unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
25retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
26date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum

 

 

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1remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
2by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
3distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
4distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
5and the organization licensee.
6    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
7of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
8and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
9similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
10presented for payment.
11    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
12than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
13driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
14program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
15minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
16conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
17unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
18an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
19race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
20    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
21organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
22state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
23state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
24state or country on races conducted by the organization
25licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
26shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,

 

 

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1when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
2separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
3to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
4from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
5contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
6privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
7within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
8When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
9pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
10all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
11the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
12in which the race was conducted.
13    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
14races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
15locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
16signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
17more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
18pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
19with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
20established by other states.
21    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
22horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
23control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
24its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
25The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
26that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity

 

 

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1of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
2signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
3non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
4shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of
5all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
6shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
7Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
8approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
9signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast
10program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part
11of the simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. All
12organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all
13advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission
14fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's
15Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without
16prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under
17which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%.
18The Board shall adopt rules limiting the interstate commission
19fees charged to an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board
20shall adopt rules regarding advance deposit wagering on
21interstate simulcast races that shall reflect, among other
22things, the General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to
23the State, horsemen purses, and organizational licensees.
24However, organization licensees providing live signals
25pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may
26petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an

 

 

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1advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee
2discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information
3that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under
4investigation by another state or federal governmental agency,
5the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been
6suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering
7licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another
8state. The organization licensee's provision of their live
9signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this
10subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois.
11Advance deposit wagering licensees may place advance deposit
12wagering terminals at wagering facilities as a convenience to
13customers. The advance deposit wagering licensee shall not
14charge or collect any fee from purses for the placement of the
15advance deposit wagering terminals. The costs and expenses of
16the host track and non-host licensees associated with
17interstate simulcast wagering, other than the interstate
18commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
19non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
20commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
21interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
22the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
23permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
24interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
25racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
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1non-host licensees.
2    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through
3June 30 until January 1, 2013, an organization licensee may
4maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
5place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
6horsemen association representing the largest number of
7owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
8horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
9contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
10deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
11withheld. The actions of any organization licensee who conducts
12advance deposit wagering on or after January 1, 2013 and prior
13to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
14General Assembly taken in reliance on the changes made to this
15subsection (g) by this amendatory Act of the 98th General
16Assembly are hereby validated. All advance deposit wagers
17placed from within Illinois must be placed through a
18Board-approved advance deposit wagering licensee; no other
19entity may accept an advance deposit wager from a person within
20Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules
21adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to
22regulate advance deposit wagering through the use of emergency
23rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
24Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that
25the adoption of rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is
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1safety, and welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may
2retain all moneys as agreed to by contract with an organization
3licensee. Any moneys retained by the organization licensee from
4advance deposit wagering, not including moneys retained by the
5advance deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the
6organization licensee's purse account and 50% to the
7organization licensee. If more than one breed races at the same
8race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid to
9an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
10among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
11that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
12number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
13race track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent
14any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois
15for wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in
16escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
17determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
18action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
19disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
20        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
21    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
22    supplement the host track simulcast program with
23    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
24    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
25    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
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1    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
2    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
3    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
4    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
5    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
6    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
7    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
8    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
9    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
10    receiving the simulcast.
11        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
12    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
13    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
14    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
15    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
16    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
17    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
18    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
19    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
20    participating non-host licensees.
21        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
22    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
23    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
24    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
25    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
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1    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
2    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
3    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
4    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
5    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
6    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
7    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
8    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
9    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
10    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
11        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
12    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
13    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
14    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
15    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
16    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
17    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
18    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
19    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
20    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
21    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
22        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
23    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
24    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
25    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
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1    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
2    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
3    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
4    follows:
5            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
6        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
7        host track.
8            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
9        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
10        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
11        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
12        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
13        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
14        track.
15        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
16    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
17    from a track located in a county with a population in
18    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
19    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
20    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
21    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
22    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
23        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
24    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
25    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
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1    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
2    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
3    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
4    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
5    license as follows:
6            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
7        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
8        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
9        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
10        share to its standardbred purse account;
11            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
12        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
13        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
14        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
15        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
16        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
17        (g);
18            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
19        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
20        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
21        the purse share from wagers made during this time
22        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
23        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
24        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
25        accounts;
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1        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
2        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
3        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
4            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
5        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
6        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
7        share to its standardbred purse account.
8        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
9    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
10    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
11    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
12    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
13    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
14    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
15    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
16            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
17        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
18        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
19        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
20        and
21            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
22        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
23        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
24        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
25        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
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1        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
2        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
3        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
4        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
5        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
6        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
7        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
8        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
9        Advisory Board.
10        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
11    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
12    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
13    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
14    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
15    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
16    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
17    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
18    follows:
19            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
20        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
21        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
22        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
23        account; and
24            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
25        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
26        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse

 

 

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1        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
2        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
3        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
4        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
5        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
6        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
7        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
8        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
9        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
10        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
11        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
12        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
13        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
14        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
15        Fund.
16        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
17    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
18    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
19    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
20    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
21    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
22    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
23    account as follows:
24            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
25        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
26            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes

 

 

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1        Purse Distribution Fund.
2        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
3    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
4    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
5    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
6    wagering location license.
7        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
8    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
9    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
10    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
11    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
12    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
13    shall be used as determined by the Department of
14    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
15    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
16    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
17    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
18    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
19        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
20    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
21    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
22    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
23    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
24    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
25    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
26    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated

 

 

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1    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
2    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
3    be used for standardbred purses.
4        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
5    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
6    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
7    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
8    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
9    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
10    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
11        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
12    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
13    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
14    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
15    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
16    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
17    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
18    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
19    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
20    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
21    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
22    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
23    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
24    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
25    and that borders the Mississippi River.
26        (9) (Blank).

 

 

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1        (10) (Blank).
2        (11) (Blank).
3        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
4    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
5    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
6    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
7    programs.
8        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
9    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
10    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
11    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
12    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
13    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
14    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
15    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
16    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
17    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
18    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
19    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
20    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
21    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
22    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
23    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
24    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
25    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
26    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the

 

 

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1    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
2    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
3    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
4    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
5    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
6    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
7    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
8    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
9    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
10    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
11    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
12    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
13    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
14    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
15    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
16    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
17    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
18    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
19    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
20    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
21    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
22    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
23    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
24    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
25    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
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1    with the provisions of this Section.
2    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
3inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
4wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
5subject to the following terms and conditions:
6        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
7    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
8    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
9    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
10    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
11    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
12    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
13    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
14    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
15    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
16    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
17    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
18    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
19    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
20    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
21    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
22    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
23    licensee and the associations representing the largest
24    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
25    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
26    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of

 

 

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1    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
2    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
3    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
4    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
5    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
6    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
7    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
8    track located in a county that has a population of more
9    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
10    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
11    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
12    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
13    application for an inter-track wagering location license
14    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
15    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
16    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
17    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
18    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
19    the Board in connection therewith.
20        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
21    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
22    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
23    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
24    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
25    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
26    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the

 

 

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1    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
2    by the Board.
3        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
4    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
5    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
6    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
7        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
8    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
9    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
10    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
11    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
12    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
13    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
14    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
15    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
16    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
17    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
18        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
19    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
20    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
21    the track or location where the wagering is to be
22    conducted.
23        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
24    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
25    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
26    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.

 

 

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1        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
2    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
3    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
4    under this Act.
5        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
6    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
7    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
8        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
9    derive their licenses from a particular organization
10    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
11    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
12    of that race track where the particular organization
13    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
14    of that race track where the particular organization
15    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
16    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
17    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
18    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
19    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
20    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
21    current year, unless the person having operating control of
22    such race track has given its written consent to such
23    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
24    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
25    application is made.
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1    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
2    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
3    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
4    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
5    receiving written permission from a majority of the
6    registered voters at such residences. Such written
7    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
8    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
9    of any building used for worship services, education
10    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
11    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
12    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
13    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
14    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
15    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
16    been erected or established, or such voters have been
17    registered, after the Board issues the original
18    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
19    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
20    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
21    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
22    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
23    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
24    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
25    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
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1    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
2    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
3    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
4    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
5    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
6    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
7    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
8        (9) (Blank).
9        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
10    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
11    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
12    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
13    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
14    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
15    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
16    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
17    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
18    Section 27.
19        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
20    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
21    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
22    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
23    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
24    which such location is situated. In the event that an
25    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
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1    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
2    county.
3        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
4    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
5    located in a county that has a population of more than
6    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
7    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
8    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
9    location licensee that derives its license from the
10    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
11    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
12    conducted at another Illinois race track and
13    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
14    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
15    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
16    license from the organization licensee that operates the
17    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
18    follows:
19            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
20        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
21        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
22        standardbred races.
23            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
24        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
25        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
26        thoroughbred races.

 

 

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1        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
2    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
3    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
4    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
5    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
6    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
7    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
8    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
9    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
10    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
11    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
12    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
13    divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
14    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
15    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
16    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
17    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
18    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
19    divide any remaining retention with that organization
20    licensee.
21        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
22    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
23    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
24    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
25    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
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1    track located in a county with a population in excess of
2    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
3    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
4    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
5    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
6    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
7    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
8    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
9    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
10    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
11    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
12    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
13    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
14    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
15    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
16    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
17    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
18    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
19    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
20    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
21    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
22    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
23    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
24    during the calendar year in which this provision is
25    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
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1    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
2    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
3    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
4    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
5    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
6    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
7    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
8    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
9    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
10    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
11    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
12    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
13    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
14    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
15    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
16    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
17    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
18    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
19    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
20    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
21    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
22    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
23    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
24    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
25    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
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1    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
2    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
3    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
4    location licensee that derives its license from a track
5    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
6    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
7    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
8    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
9    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
10    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
11    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
12    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
13    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
14    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
15    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
16    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
17    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
18    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
19    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
20    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
21    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
22    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
23    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
24    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
25    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
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1    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
2    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
3    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
4    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
5    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
6    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
7    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
8    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
9    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
10    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
11    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
12    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
13    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
14    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
15    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
16    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
17        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
18    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
19    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
20    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
21    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
22    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
23    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
24    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
25    municipality that is not included within any park district
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1    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
2    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
3    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
4    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
5    appropriation as follows:
6            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
7        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
8        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
9        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
10        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
11        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
12        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
13        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
14        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
15        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
16        representatives of organization licensees conducting
17        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
18        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
19        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
20        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
21        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
22        Association, recommended by that Association; a
23        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
24        Protective Association or any successor organization
25        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
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1        that Association or that successor organization; and a
2        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
3        Association, recommended by that Association.
4        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
5        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
6        representative of any of the above-named entities has
7        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
8        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
9        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
10        compensation for their services as members but shall be
11        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
12        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
13        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
14        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
15        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
16        Agricultural Fair Act;
17            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
18        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
19        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
20        location licensee is located in such a park district)
21        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
22        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
23        municipality that is not included within any park
24        district but is included within a conservation
25        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
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1        population of 88,257 according to the United States
2        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
3        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
4        be allocated equally between the county and the
5        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
6        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
7        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
8        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
9        in a municipality that is not included within any park
10        district and park maintenance is the function of the
11        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
12        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
13        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
14        distributed to each park district or conservation
15        district or municipality that does not have a park
16        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
17        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
18        licensee within the park district or conservation
19        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
20        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
21        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
22        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
23        municipality that is not included within any park
24        district but is included within a conservation
25        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
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1        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
2        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
3        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
4        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
5        the park district or municipality where the
6        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
7        for general purposes; and
8            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
9        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
10        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
11        relation to additional support and finances for the
12        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
13        the several counties of this State and making an
14        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
15        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
16    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
17    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
18            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
19        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
20        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
21        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
22        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
23        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
24        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
25        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
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1        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
2        representatives of organization licensees conducting
3        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
4        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
5        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
6        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
7        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
8        Association, recommended by that Association; a
9        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
10        Protective Association or any successor organization
11        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
12        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
13        that Association or that successor organization; and a
14        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
15        Association, recommended by that Association.
16        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
17        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
18        representative of any of the above-named entities has
19        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
20        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
21        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
22        compensation for their services as members but shall be
23        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
24        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
25        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
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1        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
2        Agricultural Fair Act;
3            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
4        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
5        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
6        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
7        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
8        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
9            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
10        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
11        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
12        relation to additional support and finances for the
13        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
14        the several counties of this State and making an
15        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
16        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
17        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
18            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
19        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
20        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
21        divided as follows:
22                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
23            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
24            derives its license from an organization licensee
25            located in a county with a population in excess of
26            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is

 

 

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1            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
2            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
3            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
4            being conducted.
5                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
6            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
7            derives its license from an organization licensee
8            located in a county with a population in excess of
9            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
10            also conducting its own race meeting during the
11            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
12            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
13            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
14            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
15            is accepting such wagers.
16                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
17            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
18            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
19            licensee that derives its license from an
20            organization licensee located in a county with a
21            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
22            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
23            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
24            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
25            held.
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1    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
2    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
3    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
4    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
5            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
6        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
7        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
8        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
9        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
10        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
11        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
12        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
13        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
14            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
15        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
16        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
17        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
18        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
19        conduct of such wagering.
20            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
21        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
22        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
23        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
24        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
25        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
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1        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
2        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
3        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
4            (D) (Blank).
5            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
6        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
7        under this Section for the purpose of administering
8        this wagering and any rules and regulations
9        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
10            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
11        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
12        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
13        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
14        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
15        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
16        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
17        duties.
18            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
19        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
20        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
21        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
22        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
23        order of the Board or any other action which in the
24        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
25        such wagering.
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1    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
2    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
3    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
4    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
5    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
6    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
7    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
8    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
9    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
10    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
11    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
12    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
13    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
14    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
15    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
16    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
17    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
18    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
19    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
20    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
21    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
22    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
23    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
24    race meetings.
25    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
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1days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
2Act.
3(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09; 97-1060, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.