Full Text of SB0211 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning gaming.
| 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 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1605/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 1159)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. The Director, as administrative head of
the | 8 | | Department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative | 9 | | and
technical activities. In addition to the duties imposed | 10 | | upon him
elsewhere in this Act, it
shall be the Director's | 11 | | duty:
| 12 | | a. To supervise and administer the operation of the | 13 | | lottery in
accordance with the provisions of this Act or | 14 | | such
rules and regulations of the Department
adopted | 15 | | thereunder.
| 16 | | b. To attend meetings of the Board or to appoint a | 17 | | designee to
attend in his stead.
| 18 | | c. To employ and direct such personnel in accord with | 19 | | the Personnel Code,
as may be necessary to carry out the | 20 | | purposes of this Act.
In addition, the Director
may by | 21 | | agreement secure such services as he or she may deem | 22 | | necessary
from any other department, agency, or unit of the | 23 | | State government, and
may employ and compensate such |
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| 1 | | consultants and technical assistants as may
be required and | 2 | | is otherwise permitted by law.
| 3 | | d. To license, in accordance with the provisions of | 4 | | Sections 10 and 10.1
of this Act and the rules and | 5 | | regulations of the Department
adopted thereunder,
as | 6 | | agents to sell lottery tickets such persons as in his | 7 | | opinion will best
serve the public convenience and promote | 8 | | the sale of tickets or shares.
The Director may require a | 9 | | bond from every licensed agent, in such
amount as provided | 10 | | in the rules and regulations of the Department. Every | 11 | | licensed
agent shall prominently display his license, or a | 12 | | copy thereof, as provided
in the rules and regulations of | 13 | | the Department.
| 14 | | e. To suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to | 15 | | this Act or the
rules and regulations promulgated by the | 16 | | Department thereunder.
| 17 | | f. To confer regularly as necessary or desirable and | 18 | | not
less than once
every month with the Lottery Control | 19 | | Board on the operation and administration
of the Lottery; | 20 | | to make available for inspection by the Board or any member
| 21 | | of the Board, upon request, all books, records, files, and | 22 | | other information
and documents of his office; to advise | 23 | | the Board and recommend such rules
and regulations and such | 24 | | other matters as he deems necessary and advisable
to | 25 | | improve the operation and administration of the lottery.
| 26 | | g. To enter into contracts for the operation of the |
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| 1 | | lottery, or any part
thereof, and into contracts for the | 2 | | promotion of the lottery on behalf of
the Department with | 3 | | any person, firm or corporation, to perform any of the
| 4 | | functions provided for in this Act or the rules and | 5 | | regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Department shall | 6 | | not expend State funds on a contractual
basis for such | 7 | | functions unless those functions and expenditures are | 8 | | expressly
authorized by the General Assembly.
| 9 | | h. To enter into an agreement or agreements with the | 10 | | management of state
lotteries operated pursuant to the laws | 11 | | of other states for the purpose of
creating and operating a | 12 | | multi-state lottery game wherein a separate and
distinct | 13 | | prize pool would be combined to award larger prizes to the | 14 | | public
than could be offered by the several state | 15 | | lotteries, individually. No
tickets or shares offered in | 16 | | connection with a multi-state lottery game
shall be sold | 17 | | within the State of Illinois, except those offered by and
| 18 | | through the Department. No such agreement shall purport to | 19 | | pledge the full
faith and credit of the State of Illinois, | 20 | | nor shall the Department expend
State funds on a | 21 | | contractual basis in connection with any such game unless
| 22 | | such expenditures are expressly authorized by the General | 23 | | Assembly,
provided, however, that in the event of error or | 24 | | omission by the Illinois
State Lottery in the conduct of | 25 | | the game, as determined by the multi-state
game directors, | 26 | | the Department shall be authorized to pay a prize winner or
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| 1 | | winners the lesser of a disputed prize or $1,000,000, any | 2 | | such payment to
be made solely from funds appropriated for | 3 | | game prize purposes. The
Department shall be authorized to | 4 | | share in the ordinary operating expenses
of any such | 5 | | multi-state lottery game, from funds appropriated by the | 6 | | General Assembly,
and in the event the multi-state game | 7 | | control offices are physically
located within the State of | 8 | | Illinois, the Department is authorized to
advance start-up | 9 | | operating costs not to exceed $150,000, subject to
| 10 | | proportionate reimbursement of such costs by the other | 11 | | participating state
lotteries. The Department shall be | 12 | | authorized to share proportionately in
the costs of | 13 | | establishing a liability reserve fund from funds | 14 | | appropriated
by the General Assembly. The Department is | 15 | | authorized to transfer prize
award funds attributable to | 16 | | Illinois sales of multi-state lottery game tickets to
the | 17 | | multi-state control office, or its designated depository, | 18 | | for deposit
to such game pool account or accounts as may be | 19 | | established by the
multi-state game directors, the records | 20 | | of which account or accounts shall
be available at all | 21 | | times for inspection in an audit by the Auditor General
of | 22 | | Illinois and any other auditors pursuant to the laws of the | 23 | | State of
Illinois.
No multi-state game prize awarded to a | 24 | | nonresident of Illinois, with
respect to a ticket or share | 25 | | purchased in a state other than the State of
Illinois, | 26 | | shall be deemed to be a prize awarded under this Act for |
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| 1 | | the
purpose of taxation under the Illinois Income Tax Act.
| 2 | | The Department shall promulgate such rules as may be | 3 | | appropriate to
implement the provisions of this Section.
| 4 | | i. To make a continuous study and investigation of (1) | 5 | | the operation and
the administration of similar laws which | 6 | | may be in effect in other states
or countries, (2) any | 7 | | literature on the subject which from time to time
may be | 8 | | published or available, (3) any Federal laws which may | 9 | | affect the
operation of the
lottery, and (4) the reaction | 10 | | of Illinois citizens to existing and potential
features of | 11 | | the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting | 12 | | changes
that will tend to serve the purposes of this Act.
| 13 | | j. To report monthly to the State Treasurer and the | 14 | | Lottery Control Board
a full and complete statement of | 15 | | lottery revenues, prize disbursements and
other expenses | 16 | | for each month and the amounts to be transferred to the | 17 | | Common
School Fund pursuant to Section 7.2, and to
make an | 18 | | annual report, which shall include a full and complete | 19 | | statement
of lottery revenues, prize disbursements and | 20 | | other expenses, to the Governor
and the Board. All reports | 21 | | required by this subsection shall be public
and copies of | 22 | | all
such reports shall be sent to the Speaker of the House, | 23 | | the President of
the Senate, and the minority leaders of | 24 | | both houses. | 25 | | k. To keep the name and municipality of residence of | 26 | | the prize winner of a prize of $250,000 or greater |
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| 1 | | confidential upon the prize winner making a written request | 2 | | that his or her name and municipality of residence be kept | 3 | | confidential. The prize winner must submit his or her | 4 | | written request at the time of claiming the prize. The | 5 | | written request shall be in the form established by the | 6 | | Department. Nothing in this paragraph k supersedes the | 7 | | Department's duty to disclose the name and municipality of | 8 | | residence of a prize winner of a prize of $250,000 or | 9 | | greater pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
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