HB3970 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3970

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 45/25-60

Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a supplier or vendor authorized by a sports governing body or sports league, organization, or association to distribute tier 2 official league data is not required to obtain a tier 2 official league data provider license if that supplier or vendor already holds a supplier license or if that supplier or vendor has been granted a temporary or conditional authorization to offer any of its services as a supplier licensee.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing Section 25-60 as follows:

(230 ILCS 45/25-60)

Sec. 25-60. Tier 2 official league data provider license.

(a) A sports governing body or a sports league, organization, or association or a vendor authorized by such sports governing body or sports league, organization, or association to distribute tier 2 official league data may apply to the Board for a tier 2 official league data provider license.

(b) A tier 2 official league data provider licensee may provide a master sports wagering licensee with official league data for tier 2 sports wagers. No sports governing body or sports league, organization, or association or a vendor authorized by such sports governing body or sports league, organization, or association may provide tier 2 official league data to a master sports wagering licensee without a tier 2 official league data provider license.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the licensing and fee requirements of this Section shall not apply if, under subsection (g) of Section 25-25, master sports wagering licensees are not required to use official league data to determine the results of tier 2 sports wagers.

(c) The initial license fee for a tier 2 official league data provider license is payable to the Board at the end of the first year of licensure based on the amount of data sold to master sports wagering licensees as official league data as follows:

(1) for data sales up to and including $500,000, the fee is $30,000;

(2) for data sales in excess of $500,000 and up to and including $750,000, the fee is $60,000;

(3) for data sales in excess of $750,000 and up to and including $1,000,000, the fee is $125,000;

(4) for data sales in excess of $1,000,000 and up to and including $1,500,000, the fee is $250,000;

(5) for data sales in excess of $1,500,000 and up to and including $2,000,000, the fee is $375,000; and

(6) for data sales in excess of $2,000,000, the fee is $500,000.

The license is valid for 3 years.

(d) The tier 2 official league data provider licensee may renew the license for 3 years by paying a renewal fee to the Board based on the amount of data sold to master sports wagering licensees as official league data in the immediately preceding year as provided in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c).

(e) A supplier or vendor authorized by a sports governing body or sports league, organization, or association to distribute tier 2 official league data is not required to obtain a tier 2 official league data provider license if that supplier or vendor already holds a supplier license under Section 25-50 or if that supplier or vendor has been granted a temporary or conditional authorization to offer any of its services as a supplier licensee under Section 25-50.

(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)