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Full Text of HB0026  96th General Assembly

HB0026ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Arthur L. Turner

Filed: 4/1/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 26

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 26 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5 amended by changing Sections 26 and 27 and by adding Section
6 26.7 as follows:
 
7     (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
8     Sec. 26. Wagering.
9     (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
10 system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
11 horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
12 conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
13 and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
14 Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
15 Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
16 to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of

 

 

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1 wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
2 the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
3 unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
4 notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
5 promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
6 advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
7     (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
8 gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
9 licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
10 taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
11 wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
12 otherwise be permitted under this Act.
13     (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
14 system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
15 provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
16 described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
17 electronically by an individual while physically on the
18 premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
19 premises of that licensee.
20     (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
21 payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
22 to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
23 licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
24 days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
25 less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
26 the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any

 

 

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1 pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
2 Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
3 in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
4     (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
5 licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
6 unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
7 retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
8 date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
9 remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
10 by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
11 distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
12 distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
13 and the organization licensee.
14     (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
15 of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
16 and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
17 similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
18 presented for payment.
19     (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
20 than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
21 driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
22 program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
23 minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
24 conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
25 unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
26 an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a

 

 

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1 race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
2     (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
3 organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
4 state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
5 state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
6 state or country on races conducted by the organization
7 licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
8 shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
9 when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
10 separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
11 to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
12 from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
13 contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
14 privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
15 within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
16 When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
17 pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
18 all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
19 the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
20 in which the race was conducted.
21     An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
22 races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
23 locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
24 signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
25 more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
26 pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined

 

 

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1 with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
2 established by other states.
3     (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
4 horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
5 control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
6 its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
7 The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
8 that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
9 of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
10 signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
11 non-host licensees shall carry the host track simulcast program
12 and accept wagers on all races included as part of the
13 simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. The costs
14 and expenses of the host track and non-host licensees
15 associated with interstate simulcast wagering, other than the
16 interstate commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and
17 all non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
18 commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
19 interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
20 the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
21 permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
22 interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
23 racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
24 fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
25 non-host licensees.
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1     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
2     supplement the host track simulcast program with
3     additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
4     between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
5     year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
6     occurring in Illinois during this period, only
7     thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
8     simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
9     supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
10     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
11     supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
12     an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
13     licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
14     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
15     non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
16     receiving the simulcast.
17         (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
18     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
19     receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
20     consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
21     the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
22     racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
23     intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
24     non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
25     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
26     participating non-host licensees.

 

 

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1         (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
2     wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
3     applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
4     17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
5     pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
6     racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
7     race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
8     the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
9     the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
10     subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
11     the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
12     subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
13     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
14     wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
15     to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
16     subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
17         (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
18     combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
19     racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
20     licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
21     racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
22     sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
23     pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
24     conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
25     The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
26     states or countries to be combined with its gross or net

 

 

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1     wagering pools or other wagering pools.
2         (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
3     (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
4     interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
5     and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
6     all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
7     subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
8     moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
9     subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
10     follows:
11             (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
12         track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
13         host track.
14             (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
15         races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
16         subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
17         conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
18         non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
19         non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
20         track.
21         (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
22     contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
23     from a track located in a county with a population in
24     excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
25     may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
26     times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld

 

 

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1     only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
2     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
3         (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
4     contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
5     taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
6     who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
7     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
8     Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
9     interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
10     the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
11     license as follows:
12             (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
13         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
14         occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
15         interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
16         share to its standardbred purse account;
17             (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
18         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
19         occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
20         interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
21         share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
22         distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
23         (g);
24             (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
25         February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
26         occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

 

 

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1         the purse share from wagers made during this time
2         period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
3         6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
4         made during this time period to its standardbred purse
5         accounts;
6             (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
7         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
8         between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
9         share to its thoroughbred purse account;
10             (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
11         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
12         between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
13         share to its standardbred purse account.
14         (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
15     to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
16     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
17     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
18     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
19     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
20     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
21     a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
22             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
23         that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
24         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
25         80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
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1             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
2         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
3         be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
4         conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
5         fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
6         pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
7         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
8         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
9         paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
10         not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
11         Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
12         subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
13         Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
14         assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
15         Advisory Board.
16         (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
17     to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
18     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
19     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
20     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
21     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
22     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
23     p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
24     follows:
25             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
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1         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
2         80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
3         account; and
4             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
5         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
6         deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
7         Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
8         shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
9         thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
10         purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
11         for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
12         discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
13         advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
14         Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
15         into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
16         pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
17         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
18         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
19         paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
20         not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
21         Fund.
22         (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
23     racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
24     or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
25     conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
26     January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast

 

 

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

 

 

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1     year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
2     has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
3     conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
4     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
5     inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
6     that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
7     between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
8     2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
9     be used for standardbred purses.
10         (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
11     contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
12     a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
13     borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
14     licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
15     generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
16     wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
17         (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
18     contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
19     standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
20     of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
21     State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
22     remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
23     otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
24     purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
25     licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
26     organization licensees, respectively, based on each

 

 

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1     organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
2     that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
3     any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
4     located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
5     and that borders the Mississippi River.
6         (9) (Blank).
7         (10) (Blank).
8         (11) (Blank).
9         (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
10     tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
11     conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
12     and include all such races as part of their simulcast
13     programs.
14         (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
15     in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
16     Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
17     calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
18     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
19     wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
20     wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
21     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
22     than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
23     Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
24     year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
25     otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
26     with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the

 

 

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1     succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
2     differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
3     Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
4     calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
5     a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
6     payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
7     wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
8     is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
9     wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
10     to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
11     during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
12     anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
13     race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
14     during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
15     reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
16     Board's certification shall be provided no later than
17     January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
18     facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
19     affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
20     for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
21     to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
22     between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
23     Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
24     racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
25     previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
26     shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General

 

 

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1     Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
2     into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
3     accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
4     each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
5     Illinois Racing Board in January, minus any amounts
6     received by the wagering facility for purse accounts under
7     Section 26.7 of this Act, to be transferred from each
8     account to each eligible racing facility in accordance with
9     the provisions of this Section.
10         Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
11     of the 96th General Assembly, amounts payable under this
12     paragraph (13) to a wagering facility shall not exceed
13     amounts certified by the Board for that wagering facility
14     in 2008.
15         The changes to this paragraph (13) made by this
16     amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall remain in
17     effect until such time as purse accounts of organizational
18     licensees begin receiving revenue from the conduct of
19     electronic gaming or from an owners licensee licensed under
20     the Riverboat Gambling Act who begins conducting gambling
21     operations after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22     of the 96th General Assembly, but, if, at any time after
23     the owners licensee begins conducting gambling operations
24     after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
25     General Assembly, the purse accounts cease receiving
26     revenues from the owners licensee, then the distributions

 

 

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1     under this Section shall not be affected by the changes
2     made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
3     (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
4 inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
5 wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
6 subject to the following terms and conditions:
7         (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
8     at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
9     during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
10     over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
11     of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
12     issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
13     located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
14     River, which has a population of less than 150,000
15     according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
16     at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
17     may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
18     a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
19     100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
20     calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
21     license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
22     result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
23     acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
24     licensee and the associations representing the largest
25     number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
26     drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's

 

 

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

 

 

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1     applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
2     Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
3     by the Board.
4         (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
5     wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
6     consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
7     racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
8         (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
9     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
10     shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
11     Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
12     and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
13     in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
14     licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
15     other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
16     distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
17     winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
18     patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
19         (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
20     simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
21     issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
22     the track or location where the wagering is to be
23     conducted.
24         (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
25     Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
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1     the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
2         (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
3     wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
4     or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
5     under this Act.
6         (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
7     not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
8     track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
9         (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
10     derive their licenses from a particular organization
11     licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
12     wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
13     of that race track where the particular organization
14     licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
15     of that race track where the particular organization
16     licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
17     tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
18     on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
19     and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
20     licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
21     at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
22     current year, unless the person having operating control of
23     such race track has given its written consent to such
24     inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
25     must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
26     application is made.

 

 

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1         (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
2     not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
3     licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
4     church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
5     residences of more than 50 registered voters without
6     receiving written permission from a majority of the
7     registered voters at such residences. Such written
8     permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
9     distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
10     of any building used for worship services, education
11     programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
12     wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
13     not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
14     or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
15     feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
16     registered voters if such church, school or residences have
17     been erected or established, or such voters have been
18     registered, after the Board issues the original
19     inter-track wagering location license at the site in
20     question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
21     conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
22     in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
23     purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
24     approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
25     to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
26     shall be granted by the Board with respect to any

 

 

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1     inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
2     any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
3     resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
4     wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
5     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
6     conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
7     enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
8     wagering location licensee for the site in question.
9         (9) (Blank).
10         (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
11     inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
12     to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
13     amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
14     of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
15     or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
16     considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
17     determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
18     tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
19     Section 27.
20         (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
21     27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
22     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
23     the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
24     of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
25     which such location is situated. In the event that an
26     inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an

 

 

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1     unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
2     of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
3     county.
4         (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
5     Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
6     located in a county that has a population of more than
7     230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
8     first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
9     inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
10     location licensee that derives its license from the
11     organization licensee that operates the first race track,
12     on races conducted at the first race track or on races
13     conducted at another Illinois race track and
14     simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
15     facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
16     inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
17     license from the organization licensee that operates the
18     first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
19     follows:
20             (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
21         standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
22         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
23         standardbred races.
24             (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
25         thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
26         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for

 

 

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1         thoroughbred races.
2         (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
3     tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
4     in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
5     dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
6     inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
7     under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
8     inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
9     shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
10     participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
11     intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
12     a track located in a county with a population in excess of
13     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
14     divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
15     organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
16     an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
17     races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
18     race meet in a county with a population in excess of
19     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
20     divide any remaining retention with that organization
21     licensee.
22         (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
23     this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
24     pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
25     4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
26     such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack

 

 

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1     wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
2     track located in a county with a population in excess of
3     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
4     all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
5     distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
6     intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
7     on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
8     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
9     borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
10     moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
11     January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
12     Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
13     wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
14     each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
15     the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
16     extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
17     Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
18     during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
19     distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
20     calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
21     redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
22     licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
23     total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
24     wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
25     during the calendar year in which this provision is
26     applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each

 

 

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1     inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
2     subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
3     subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
4     Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
5     amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
6     to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
7     paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
8     redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
9     the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
10     handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
11     question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
12     described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
13     licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
14     organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
15     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
16     Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
17     provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
18     subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
19     further redistribution allocated to purses at that
20     organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
21     purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
22     otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
23     licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
24     of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
25     at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
26     conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies

 

 

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1     retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
2     shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
3     the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
4     races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
5     location licensee that derives its license from a track
6     located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
7     and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
8     remaining retention with the organization licensee that
9     provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
10     location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
11     an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
12     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
13     borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
14     remaining retention with the organization licensee.
15     Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
16     this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
17     wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
18     of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
19     those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
20     during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
21     5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
22     races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
23     12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
24     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
25     following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
26     satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:

 

 

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1     during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
2     8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
3     during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
4     months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
5     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
6     additional intertrack wagering location licensees
7     authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
8     the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
9     5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
10     for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
11     be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
12     additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
13     this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
14     to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
15     pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
16     12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
17     of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
18         (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
19     Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
20     December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
21     December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
22     Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
23     Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
24     by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
25     districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
26     municipality that is not included within any park district

 

 

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1     but is included within a conservation district and is the
2     county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
3     of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
4     according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
5     operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
6     appropriation as follows:
7             Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
8         Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
9         promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
10         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
11         Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
12         appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
13         members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
14         as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
15         licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
16         this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
17         representatives of organization licensees conducting
18         standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
19         by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
20         Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
21         recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
22         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
23         Association, recommended by that Association; a
24         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
25         Protective Association or any successor organization
26         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the

 

 

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1         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
2         that Association or that successor organization; and a
3         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
4         Association, recommended by that Association.
5         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
6         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
7         representative of any of the above-named entities has
8         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
9         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
10         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
11         compensation for their services as members but shall be
12         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
13         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
14         official duties. The remaining 50% of this
15         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
16         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
17         Agricultural Fair Act;
18             Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
19         that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
20         or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
21         location licensee is located in such a park district)
22         or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
23         inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
24         municipality that is not included within any park
25         district but is included within a conservation
26         district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is

 

 

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1         contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
2         population of 88,257 according to the United States
3         Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
4         district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
5         be allocated equally between the county and the
6         municipality in which the inter-track wagering
7         location licensee is located for general purposes) or
8         to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
9         an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
10         in a municipality that is not included within any park
11         district and park maintenance is the function of the
12         municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
13         1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
14         Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
15         distributed to each park district or conservation
16         district or municipality that does not have a park
17         district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
18         amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
19         licensee within the park district or conservation
20         district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
21         paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
22         the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
23         inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
24         municipality that is not included within any park
25         district but is included within a conservation
26         district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon

 

 

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1         as practicable after the effective date of this
2         amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
3         conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
4         Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
5         museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
6         the park district or municipality where the
7         inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
8         for general purposes; 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.
16         Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
17     Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
18     (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
19             Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
20         Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
21         promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
22         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
23         Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
24         appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
25         members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
26         as chairman; 2 representatives of organization

 

 

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1         licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
2         this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
3         representatives of organization licensees conducting
4         standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
5         by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
6         Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
7         recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
8         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
9         Association, recommended by that Association; a
10         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
11         Protective Association or any successor organization
12         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
13         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
14         that Association or that successor organization; and a
15         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
16         Association, recommended by that Association.
17         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
18         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
19         representative of any of the above-named entities has
20         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
21         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
22         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
23         compensation for their services as members but shall be
24         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
25         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
26         official duties. The remaining 50% of this

 

 

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1         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
2         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
3         Agricultural Fair Act;
4             Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
5         park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
6         that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
7         previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
8         for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
9         of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
10             One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
11         used for distribution to agricultural home economics
12         extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
13         relation to additional support and finances for the
14         Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
15         the several counties of this State and making an
16         appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
17         subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
18         and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
19             (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
20         subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
21         intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
22         divided as follows:
23                 (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
24             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
25             derives its license from an organization licensee
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1             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
2             not conducting its own race meeting during the same
3             dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
4             purses at the track where the races wagered on are
5             being conducted.
6                 (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
7             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
8             derives its license from an organization licensee
9             located in a county with a population in excess of
10             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
11             also conducting its own race meeting during the
12             same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
13             follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
14             wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
15             the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
16             is accepting such wagers.
17                 (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
18             conducted by an inter-track wagering location
19             licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
20             licensee that derives its license from an
21             organization licensee located in a county with a
22             population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
23             Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
24             Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
25             where the race meeting being wagered on is being
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1         (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
2     proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
3     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
4     wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
5     licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
6             (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
7         reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
8         administering the conduct of this wagering and to
9         prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
10         under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
11         Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
12         prevention of practices detrimental to the public
13         interest and for the best interests of said wagering
14         and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
15             (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
16         delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
17         the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
18         there has been compliance with the provisions of this
19         Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
20         conduct of such wagering.
21             (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
22         delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
23         licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
24         reputation is such that his presence on such premises
25         may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
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1         with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
2         however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
3         from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
4         color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
5             (D) (Blank).
6             (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
7         delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
8         under this Section for the purpose of administering
9         this wagering and any rules and regulations
10         promulgated in accordance with this Act.
11             (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
12         director of this wagering who shall be a representative
13         of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
14         the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
15         for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
16         rules and regulation shall specify the method of
17         appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
18         duties.
19             (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
20         civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
21         up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
22         any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
23         this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
24         order of the Board or any other action which in the
25         Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
26         such wagering.

 

 

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1         (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
2     agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
3     conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
4     licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
5     Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
6     Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
7     which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
8     that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
9     on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
10     which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
11     racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
12     racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
13     and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
14     daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
15     agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
16     wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
17     approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
18     best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
19     provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
20     subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
21     this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
22     meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
23     Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
24     Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
25     race meetings.
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1 conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
2 days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
3 Act.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99; 92-211, eff. 8-2-01.)
 
5     (230 ILCS 5/26.7 new)
6     Sec. 26.7. Money to purse accounts. Beginning on the
7 effective date of this Section, all pari-mutuel wagering
8 facilities shall distribute an amount equal to 1.25% of the
9 daily pari-mutuel handle in the following manner:
10         (1) An amount equal to 10% of that amount shall be
11     remitted to the Illinois Racing Board, who shall distribute
12     the moneys to Fairmount Park until those amounts total
13     $700,000.
14         (2) The remainder shall be remitted to the
15     organizational licensee for distribution to the
16     organizational licensee's purse accounts for standardbred
17     and thoroughbred racing in proportion to the amount
18     certified by the Board under paragraph (13) of subsection
19     (g) of Section 26 for those types of racing.
20     This Section shall remain in effect until such time as
21 purse accounts of organizational licensees begin receiving
22 revenue from the conduct of electronic gaming or from an owners
23 licensee licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act who begins
24 conducting gambling operations after the effective date of this
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1 time after the owners licensee begins conducting gambling
2 operations after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3 the 96th General Assembly, the purse accounts cease receiving
4 revenues from the owners licensee, then the distributions under
5 this Section shall resume.
 
6     (230 ILCS 5/27)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-27)
7     Sec. 27. (a) In addition to the organization license fee
8 provided by this Act, until January 1, 2000, a graduated
9 privilege tax is hereby imposed for conducting the pari-mutuel
10 system of wagering permitted under this Act. Until January 1,
11 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of
12 this Act, all of the breakage of each racing day held by any
13 licensee in the State shall be paid to the State. Until January
14 1, 2000, such daily graduated privilege tax shall be paid by
15 the licensee from the amount permitted to be retained under
16 this Act. Until January 1, 2000, each day's graduated privilege
17 tax, breakage, and Horse Racing Tax Allocation funds shall be
18 remitted to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after the
19 close of the racing day upon which it is assessed or within
20 such other time as the Board prescribes. The privilege tax
21 hereby imposed, until January 1, 2000, shall be a flat tax at
22 the rate of 2% of the daily pari-mutuel handle except as
23 provided in Section 27.1.
24     In addition, every organization licensee, except as
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1 wagering shall pay, until January 1, 2000, as a privilege tax
2 on multiple wagers an amount equal to 1.25% of all moneys
3 wagered each day on such multiple wagers, plus an additional
4 amount equal to 3.5% of the amount wagered each day on any
5 other multiple wager which involves a single betting interest
6 on 3 or more horses. The licensee shall remit the amount of
7 such taxes to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after
8 the close of the racing day on which it is assessed or within
9 such other time as the Board prescribes.
10     This subsection (a) shall be inoperative and of no force
11 and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
12     (a-5) Beginning on January 1, 2000, a flat pari-mutuel tax
13 at the rate of 1.5% of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed
14 at all pari-mutuel wagering facilities, except as otherwise
15 provided for in this subsection (a-5). Beginning on the
16 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
17 Assembly and until moneys deposited pursuant to Section 54 are
18 distributed and received, a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of
19 0.25% of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed at a
20 pari-mutuel facility whose license is derived from a track
21 located in a county that borders the Mississippi River and
22 conducted live racing in the previous year. After moneys
23 deposited pursuant to Section 54 are distributed and received,
24 a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 1.5% of the daily pari-mutuel
25 handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel facility whose license is
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1 Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the previous
2 year.
3     Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
4 the 96th General Assembly, the flat pari-mutuel tax of 1.5% of
5 the daily pari-mutuel handle imposed at all pari-mutuel
6 wagering facilities other than a pari-mutuel facility whose
7 license is derived from a track located in a county that
8 borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the
9 previous year is reduced to 0.25% of the daily pari-mutuel
10 handle. This reduction in the pari-mutuel tax shall remain in
11 effect until such time as purse accounts of organizational
12 licensees begin receiving revenue from the conduct of
13 electronic gaming or from an owners licensee licensed under the
14 Riverboat Gambling Act who begins conducting gambling
15 operations after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16 the 96th General Assembly, but, if, at any time after the
17 owners licensee begins conducting gambling operations after
18 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
19 Assembly, the purse accounts cease receiving revenues from the
20 owners licensee, then the flat pari-mutuel tax of imposed at
21 all pari-mutuel wagering facilities other than a pari-mutuel
22 facility whose license is derived from a track located in a
23 county that borders the Mississippi River and conducted live
24 racing in the previous year shall be increased to 1.5% of the
25 daily pari-mutuel handle.
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1 be remitted to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after
2 the close of the racing day upon which it is assessed or within
3 such other time as the Board prescribes.
4     (b) On or before December 31, 1999, in the event that any
5 organization licensee conducts 2 separate programs of races on
6 any day, each such program shall be considered a separate
7 racing day for purposes of determining the daily handle and
8 computing the privilege tax on such daily handle as provided in
9 subsection (a) of this Section.
10     (c) Licensees shall at all times keep accurate books and
11 records of all monies wagered on each day of a race meeting and
12 of the taxes paid to the Department of Revenue under the
13 provisions of this Section. The Board or its duly authorized
14 representative or representatives shall at all reasonable
15 times have access to such records for the purpose of examining
16 and checking the same and ascertaining whether the proper
17 amount of taxes is being paid as provided. The Board shall
18 require verified reports and a statement of the total of all
19 monies wagered daily at each wagering facility upon which the
20 taxes are assessed and may prescribe forms upon which such
21 reports and statement shall be made.
22     (d) Any licensee failing or refusing to pay the amount of
23 any tax due under this Section shall be guilty of a business
24 offense and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $5,000
25 in addition to the amount found due as tax under this Section.
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1 fines paid into Court by a licensee hereunder shall be
2 transmitted and paid over by the Clerk of the Court to the
3 Board.
4     (e) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax, or
5 racing fee, except as provided in this Act, shall be assessed
6 or collected from any such licensee by the State.
7     (f) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax or
8 racing fee shall be assessed or collected from any such
9 licensee by units of local government except as provided in
10 paragraph 10.1 of subsection (h) and subsection (f) of Section
11 26 of this Act. However, any municipality that has a Board
12 licensed horse race meeting at a race track wholly within its
13 corporate boundaries or a township that has a Board licensed
14 horse race meeting at a race track wholly within the
15 unincorporated area of the township may charge a local
16 amusement tax not to exceed 10˘ per admission to such horse
17 race meeting by the enactment of an ordinance. However, any
18 municipality or county that has a Board licensed inter-track
19 wagering location facility wholly within its corporate
20 boundaries may each impose an admission fee not to exceed $1.00
21 per admission to such inter-track wagering location facility,
22 so that a total of not more than $2.00 per admission may be
23 imposed. Except as provided in subparagraph (g) of Section 27
24 of this Act, the inter-track wagering location licensee shall
25 collect any and all such fees and within 48 hours remit the
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1 fees to be distributed to the county or municipality.
2     (g) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
3 contrary, if in any calendar year the total taxes and fees
4 required to be collected from licensees and distributed under
5 this Act to all State and local governmental authorities
6 exceeds the amount of such taxes and fees distributed to each
7 State and local governmental authority to which each State and
8 local governmental authority was entitled under this Act for
9 calendar year 1994, then the first $11 million of that excess
10 amount shall be allocated at the earliest possible date for
11 distribution as purse money for the succeeding calendar year.
12 Upon reaching the 1994 level, and until the excess amount of
13 taxes and fees exceeds $11 million, the Board shall direct all
14 licensees to cease paying the subject taxes and fees and the
15 Board shall direct all licensees to allocate any such excess
16 amount for purses as follows:
17         (i) the excess amount shall be initially divided
18     between thoroughbred and standardbred purses based on the
19     thoroughbred's and standardbred's respective percentages
20     of total Illinois live wagering in calendar year 1994;
21         (ii) each thoroughbred and standardbred organization
22     licensee issued an organization licensee in that
23     succeeding allocation year shall be allocated an amount
24     equal to the product of its percentage of total Illinois
25     live thoroughbred or standardbred wagering in calendar
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1     1994 on-track wagering for all organization licensees
2     issued organization licenses in both the allocation year
3     and the preceding year) multiplied by the total amount
4     allocated for standardbred or thoroughbred purses,
5     provided that the first $1,500,000 of the amount allocated
6     to standardbred purses under item (i) shall be allocated to
7     the Department of Agriculture to be expended with the
8     assistance and advice of the Illinois Standardbred
9     Breeders Funds Advisory Board for the purposes listed in
10     subsection (g) of Section 31 of this Act, before the amount
11     allocated to standardbred purses under item (i) is
12     allocated to standardbred organization licensees in the
13     succeeding allocation year.
14     To the extent the excess amount of taxes and fees to be
15 collected and distributed to State and local governmental
16 authorities exceeds $11 million, that excess amount shall be
17 collected and distributed to State and local authorities as
18 provided for under this Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-805, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
20     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
21 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".