Full Text of HB3274 100th General Assembly
HB3274ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Terri Bryant Filed: 3/17/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3274
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3274 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 6 and 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 210/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1706)
| 7 | | Sec. 6. Policies, procedures, and powers concerning the | 8 | | operation of fairs.
| 9 | | (a) Policies. The Department shall, pursuant to the | 10 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, establish by rule: | 11 | | (1) the policy for the operation
of the Illinois State | 12 | | Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair, except those operations | 13 | | regarding contests as provided for in subparagraphs (b) and | 14 | | (c) of this Section, and | 15 | | (2) the
policies and procedures for the sale, barter, | 16 | | or exchange of tickets and
for ticket refunds for cancelled |
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| 1 | | events.
| 2 | | (b) Contests. The Department shall establish and make | 3 | | available, for all contestants and other interested persons, | 4 | | sufficient copies of a premium book or other publication that | 5 | | establishes the kinds and classes of events or exhibits for | 6 | | contests at the fairs, the conditions under which contestants | 7 | | shall be entered into contests, the qualification and | 8 | | disqualification requirements of contests, the drug testing | 9 | | requirements for contests (if applicable), the premiums to be | 10 | | offered to contest winners, the manner in which certificates of | 11 | | award shall be distributed and premiums paid to contest | 12 | | winners, the penalty for violations of a rule, condition, | 13 | | instruction, or directive, and requirements of contests, | 14 | | including but not limited to the return of all premiums paid, | 15 | | the forfeiture of awards, and the prohibition of participating | 16 | | in future contests, and all other rules and requirements for | 17 | | contests. These rules, conditions, instructions, directives, | 18 | | and requirements shall be exempt from the rulemaking procedures | 19 | | of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All such | 20 | | publications issued by the Department that relate to a contest, | 21 | | event, or exhibit shall be maintained as a public record at the | 22 | | Department's principal office in Springfield, Illinois, and | 23 | | made available for public inspection and copying during regular | 24 | | business hours.
| 25 | | (c) Fees. The Department shall establish and publish for | 26 | | the Illinois State Fair and
the DuQuoin State Fair a schedule |
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| 1 | | of admission fees, entry fees, concession
fees, space rentals | 2 | | and other fees for activities offered or provided at each
State | 3 | | Fair. These schedules of fees shall be maintained as a public | 4 | | record at the Department's principal office in Springfield, | 5 | | Illinois, and made available for public inspection and copying | 6 | | during regular business, but shall be exempt from the | 7 | | rulemaking procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 8 | | Act. | 9 | | (d) Facilities. The Department may negotiate and enter
into | 10 | | contracts for activities and use of facilities for which there | 11 | | is not an
established or published schedule. The contract | 12 | | criteria shall be established
by rule, pursuant to the Illinois | 13 | | Administrative Procedure Act. The Department may lease any of | 14 | | its facilities for activities during
the State Fair.
| 15 | | (e) Advertising. The Illinois State Fair in Springfield and | 16 | | the DuQuoin State Fair shall
have the power and authority to | 17 | | sell or exchange advertising rights in all of
its publications | 18 | | and printed materials. The sale of advertising shall be
subject | 19 | | to the rules promulgated by the Department, pursuant to the | 20 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All income derived from
| 21 | | the sale of advertising at the Illinois State Fair in | 22 | | Springfield and the DuQuoin State Fair shall be
deposited into | 23 | | the State Fair Fund. All income derived from the sale of
| 24 | | advertising at the DuQuoin State Fair shall be deposited into | 25 | | the Agricultural
Premium Fund.
| 26 | | (f) Veterans. On the day set aside as Veterans Day, |
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| 1 | | honorably discharged veterans and
members of their families | 2 | | shall be admitted without admission charge upon
presentation of | 3 | | identification of any of the following: honorable discharge
| 4 | | certificate, or photostatic copy thereof, or a paid up | 5 | | membership card in
any recognized veterans organization.
| 6 | | (g) Government functions. The Governor, Lieutenant | 7 | | Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
State, Treasurer, | 8 | | Comptroller, President and Minority Leader of the Senate,
and | 9 | | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be | 10 | | afforded space for
official governmental functions, without | 11 | | charge, during the State Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fair.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
| 13 | | (20 ILCS 210/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 1710)
| 14 | | Sec. 10.
The Department may enter into contracts with other | 15 | | government
agencies to assist them in the operation of each | 16 | | State Fair and the State
Fairgrounds as well as the | 17 | | requirements set forth in Section 9 of this Act.
| 18 | | The Department may cooperate with any other local, State or | 19 | | federal agency
in the furtherance of the intent of this Act.
| 20 | | The Department may receive and use any donation either from | 21 | | the private
or public sectors which is for betterment of each | 22 | | State Fair
and the State Fairgrounds.
| 23 | | All revenues from the operation and use of any facilities | 24 | | of the Illinois
State Fair at Springfield , and the Springfield | 25 | | State
Fairgrounds , the DuQuoin State Fair, and the DuQuoin |
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| 1 | | State Fairgrounds shall be deposited in the Illinois State Fair | 2 | | Fund. All revenues
from the operation and use of any facilities | 3 | | of the DuQuoin State Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | 4 | | shall be deposited into the Agricultural Premium
Fund. All | 5 | | funds in the Illinois State Fair Fund shall be used by the
| 6 | | Department of Agriculture in accordance with appropriation by | 7 | | the General
Assembly for operation of the Illinois State Fair | 8 | | and the DuQuoin State Fair .
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 88-5.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 11 | | 2017.".
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