Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0143

Deletes everything. Creates the Intercity Development Act. Provides that a municipality, county, or any combination of municipalities and counties that are certified as an economically distressed community by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs may, if it appoints a Board of Economic Advisors, receive assistance as provided under the Act. Provides that the Board shall consist of 12 members of the community, appointed by the corporate authorities of the community, representing the perspective of 12 sectors vital to community redevelopment, including families, businesses, and government. Provides that the Board shall create a 3-year to 5-year revitalization plan for the community containing distinct, measurable objectives for revitalization. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to communities that create a Board of Economic Advisors under the Act for the operational expenses of the Board. Provides that Boards shall seek funding sources to enhance economic development. Further provides that the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall advise Boards of available funding and assist Boards in securing this funding. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Deletes a provision that limits the peace officer powers of the Department of Revenue investigators assigned to the Illinois Gaming Board to the investigation of offenses or violations that occur on a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act or that riverboat's dock. Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Provides that, in the case of progressive games, a single prize may exceed $500. Removes the provision limiting the aggregate value of prizes or merchandise that may be awarded in a single day to $5,000. Removes the requirement that the name of the supplier shall appear on the face side of each pull tab ticket and on each jar game ticket. Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and the Riverboat Gambling Act to authorize the conduct of gambling using slot machines and video games of chance at race tracks. Further amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to delete the recapture provisions and to repeal the Section concerning the pari-mutuel tax credit and the Section concerning the Horse Racing Equity Fund. Makes changes concerning the number of racing dates that shall be awarded in calender year 2004 and thereafter. Imposes an admission tax of $1 for each person who enters the grounds of an organization license. Makes changes concerning the distribution of breakage. Provided that subject to the availability of horses, one of the races each week that are limited to Illinois conceived and foaled or Illinois foaled horses or both shall be limited to Illinois conceived and foaled or Illinois foaled maidens. Authorizes 2 or more organization licensees to consolidate into a single consolidated organization. Provides that a consolidated organization licensee shall be entitled to all of the rights, powers, and benefits that would have accrued to the organization licensees if they had not consolidated, regardless of whether all or a portion of the facilities of a pre-consolidation licensee are sold, transferred, or not utilized. Further amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Changes the admission tax, which is currently $3 per person admitted, to $2 for the first 1,500,000 persons admitted by a licensee per year and $3 for all persons admitted in excess of 1,500,000 per year. Reduces the wagering tax. Authorizes an owners licensee to operate up to 2,000 gaming positions (rather than limit the number of gambling participants to 1,200). Provides that unused gaming positions shall become the property of the Gaming Board, which may make the positions subject to competitive bidding by owners licensees. Provides that a licensee that successfully bids for unused positions may operate those positions in addition to the positions authorized by its license. Authorizes an owners license to relocate a portion of its slot machines to its home dock facility. Requires owners licensees to pay an aggregate amount of $130,000,000 to the Gaming Board by July 1, 2003 for deposit into the State Gaming Fund. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to provide that certain provisions that apply to riverboat gambling also apply to slot machine gambling at race tracks. Amends Public Act 91-40 to replace that Act's inseverability clause with a severability clause. Preempts home rule concerning the regulation of electronic gaming. Makes changes concerning the distribution of revenues from electronic gaming. Provides that all licensees authorized to conduct riverboat gambling operations on the Mississippi River (now one such licensee) may move their home docks to a municipality that borders the Mississippi River or is within 5 miles of a municipality that borders the Mississippi River. Provides that certain tax moneys from riverboat gambling shall be paid into the Local Riverboat Gaming Distributive Fund and paid to counties that do not have a riverboat dock within its borders. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Intercity Development Fund and Local Riverboat Gaming Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.

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