Full Text of SB0742 96th General Assembly
SB0742 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB0742
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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230 ILCS 25/1 |
from Ch. 120, par. 1101 |
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Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 1 as follows: | 6 |
| (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon | 8 |
| application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, and | 9 |
| upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant meets
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| all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a bingo | 12 |
| license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the following: | 13 |
| any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
fraternal, youth | 14 |
| athletic, senior citizen, educational or veterans'
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| organization organized in Illinois which operates without | 16 |
| profit to its
members, which has been in existence in Illinois | 17 |
| continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately before making | 18 |
| application for a license and which
has had during that entire | 19 |
| 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in
carrying out | 20 |
| its objects. However, the 5 year requirement shall be
reduced | 21 |
| to 2 years, as applied to a local organization which is | 22 |
| affiliated
with and chartered by a national organization which | 23 |
| meets the 5 year
requirement.
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| Each
license shall be
in effect for one year from its date | 2 |
| of issuance unless extended, suspended, or revoked
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| Department action before that date. The Department may provide | 4 |
| by rule for an extension of any bingo license issued under this | 5 |
| Act. Any extension provided shall not exceed one year. A | 6 |
| licensee may hold only one license to conduct bingo and that | 7 |
| license is valid for only one location. The Department may | 8 |
| authorize by rule the filing by electronic means of any | 9 |
| application, license, permit, return, or registration required | 10 |
| under this Act. All taxes and fees imposed by this Act, unless | 11 |
| otherwise specified, shall be paid into the General Revenue | 12 |
| Fund of the State Treasury.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
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