Full Text of HB5788 97th General Assembly
HB5788 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5788 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. David Reis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 1605/15 | from Ch. 120, par. 1165 |
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Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that a licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate written evidence of the age and identity of a person before that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the sale of lottery tickets or shares. Provides that a violation of this requirement shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license under the Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the Lottery.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 15 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Minimum age for purchase; criminal penalty; | 8 | | solicitation. | 9 | | (a) No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery | 10 | | ticket or
share. No person shall sell, distribute samples of, | 11 | | or furnish a lottery
ticket or share to any minor under 18 | 12 | | years of age, buy a lottery ticket or
share for any minor under | 13 | | 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase of
lottery | 14 | | tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of age.
| 15 | | No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize | 16 | | shall be paid to
any of the following persons: any member of | 17 | | the Board or any officer or
other person employed by the Board | 18 | | or by the Department;
any spouse, child, brother, sister or | 19 | | parent residing as a member of the
same household in the | 20 | | principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
minor | 21 | | under 18 years of age.
| 22 | | Any
violation of this subsection (a) Section by a person | 23 | | other than the purchasing minor shall be
a Class B misdemeanor;
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| 1 | | provided,
that if any violation of this subsection (a) Section | 2 | | is a subsequent
violation, the
offender shall be guilty of a | 3 | | Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, | 4 | | a violation of this subsection (a) Section by a minor under 18 | 5 | | years of age
shall be a petty offense.
| 6 | | (b) A licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate | 7 | | written evidence of the age and identity of a person before | 8 | | that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the | 9 | | sale of lottery tickets or shares. A violation of this | 10 | | subsection (b) shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of | 11 | | a license under this Act. | 12 | | For the purpose of this Section, "adequate written evidence | 13 | | of the age and identity of the person" means a document issued | 14 | | by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or | 15 | | subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a | 16 | | motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate | 17 | | issued under the Federal Selective Service Act, or an | 18 | | identification card issued to a member of the Armed Forces. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)
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