Full Text of SB0669 101st General Assembly
SB0669sam002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 11/13/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 669
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 669, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | inserting immediately above Section 5 the following:
| 4 | | "Section 3. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 5 | | amended by adding Sections 3.36 and 3.37 and by changing | 6 | | Section 29 as follows: | 7 | | (230 ILCS 5/3.36 new) | 8 | | Sec. 3.36. Backstretch. "Backstretch" means the area near
| 9 | | the horse racetrack where race horses are stabled and the daily | 10 | | work of maintaining the race horses occurs. | 11 | | (230 ILCS 5/3.37 new) | 12 | | Sec. 3.37. Backstretch worker. "Backstretch worker" means | 13 | | a person who works
on the backstretch of a horse racetrack and | 14 | | holds an occupational license
issued by the Illinois Racing | 15 | | Board as a hotwalker, groom, exercise person, or
foreman. |
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| 1 | | "Backstretch worker" does not include any
other individual who | 2 | | works on the backstretch and has been issued an
occupational | 3 | | license by the Illinois Racing Board.
| 4 | | (230 ILCS 5/29) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-29)
| 5 | | Sec. 29.
(a) After the privilege or pari-mutuel tax | 6 | | established in
Sections 26(f), 27, and 27.1 is paid to the | 7 | | State from
the monies
retained by the
organization licensee | 8 | | pursuant to Sections 26, 26.2, and
26.3, the remainder of those | 9 | | monies
retained pursuant to Sections 26 and 26.2, except as
| 10 | | provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, shall be
| 11 | | allocated evenly to the organization licensee and as purses.
| 12 | | (b) (Blank).
| 13 | | (c) (Blank).
| 14 | | (d) From the amounts generated for purses from all sources, | 15 | | including, but not limited to, amounts generated from wagering | 16 | | conducted by organization licensees, organization gaming | 17 | | licensees, inter-track wagering licensees, inter-track | 18 | | wagering location licensees, and advance deposit wagering | 19 | | licensees, an organization licensee shall pay to an | 20 | | organization representing the largest number of horse owners | 21 | | and trainers in Illinois, for thoroughbred and standardbred | 22 | | horses that race at the track of the organization licensee, an | 23 | | amount equal to at least 5% of any and all revenue earned by | 24 | | the organization licensee for purses for that calendar year. A | 25 | | contract with the appropriate thoroughbred or standardbred |
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| 1 | | horsemen organization shall be negotiated and signed by the | 2 | | organization licensee before the beginning of each calendar | 3 | | year. Amounts may be used for any legal purpose, including, but | 4 | | not limited to, operational expenses, programs for backstretch | 5 | | workers, retirement plans, diversity scholarships, horse | 6 | | aftercare programs, workers compensation insurance fees, and | 7 | | horse ownership programs. Financial statements highlighting | 8 | | how the funding is spent shall be provided upon request to the | 9 | | organization licensee. The appropriate thoroughbred or | 10 | | standardbred horsemen organization shall make that information | 11 | | available on its website.
| 12 | | No later than 105 days after the close of the | 13 | | organization's fiscal year, any organization that has received | 14 | | moneys pursuant to this subsection (d) during that prior year | 15 | | shall file with the Illinois Racing Board, the Illinois Gaming | 16 | | Board, and the organization licensee whose purse account moneys | 17 | | have been transferred to the organization, statements verified | 18 | | by a certified public accountant that shows the financial | 19 | | condition of such organization and contains itemized | 20 | | statements of the audited receipts and audited disbursements of | 21 | | the organization for such the year. The Board shall audit the | 22 | | books and records of any such organization annually. The Board | 23 | | shall make that information available on its website. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)"; and
| 25 | | by inserting immediately after the third paragraph of |
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| 1 | | subsection (a) of Sec. 7.7 of Section 5 the following: | 2 | | " To apply for an organization gaming license, a person, | 3 | | firm, or corporation having operating control of a racetrack at | 4 | | which 10 or more persons worked the previous year must first | 5 | | submit to the Illinois Gaming Board from each labor | 6 | | organization that is actively engaged in representing and | 7 | | attempting to represent employees in this State written proof | 8 | | that the person, firm, or corporation having operating control | 9 | | of the racetrack has entered into a labor peace agreement. As | 10 | | used in this paragraph, "labor peace agreement" means an | 11 | | agreement in which the labor organization waives the rights of | 12 | | itself and its members to strike, picket, or otherwise boycott | 13 | | the operation for at least 3 years. ".
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