Full Text of SB2325 101st 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 Raffles and Poker Runs Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2 and by adding Section 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (230 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 2302)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Licensing. | 8 | | (a) The governing body of any county or municipality
within | 9 | | this State may establish a system for the licensing of | 10 | | organizations
to operate raffles. The governing bodies of a | 11 | | county and one or more
municipalities may, pursuant to a | 12 | | written contract, jointly establish a
system for the licensing | 13 | | of organizations to operate raffles within any
area of | 14 | | contiguous territory not contained within the corporate limits | 15 | | of a
municipality which is not a party to such contract. The | 16 | | governing bodies
of two or more adjacent counties or two or | 17 | | more adjacent municipalities
located within a county may, | 18 | | pursuant to a written contract, jointly
establish a system for | 19 | | the licensing of organizations to operate raffles
within the | 20 | | corporate limits of such counties or municipalities. The
| 21 | | licensing authority may establish special categories of | 22 | | licenses and
promulgate rules relating to the various | 23 | | categories. The licensing system
shall provide for limitations |
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| 1 | | upon (1) the aggregate retail value of all
prizes or | 2 | | merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle, if any, | 3 | | (2) the
maximum retail value of each prize awarded by a | 4 | | licensee in a single raffle, if any,
(3) the maximum price | 5 | | which may be charged for each raffle chance issued
or sold, if | 6 | | any , and (4) the maximum number of days during which chances | 7 | | may be issued
or sold, if any. The licensing system may include | 8 | | a fee for each license in an
amount to be determined by the | 9 | | local governing body. Licenses issued pursuant
to this Act | 10 | | shall be valid for one raffle or for a specified number of
| 11 | | raffles to be conducted during a specified period not to exceed | 12 | | one year
and may be suspended or revoked
for any violation of | 13 | | this Act. A local governing body shall act on a license
| 14 | | application within 30 days from the date of application. A | 15 | | county or municipality may adopt
rules or ordinances for the | 16 | | operation of raffles that are consistent with this Act. Except | 17 | | for raffles organized by fire protection agencies and statewide | 18 | | associations that represent fire protection agencies as | 19 | | provided in Section 10, raffles Raffles shall be licensed by | 20 | | the governing body of the municipality with jurisdiction over | 21 | | the key location or, if no municipality has jurisdiction over | 22 | | the key location, then by the governing body of the county with | 23 | | jurisdiction over the key location. A license shall authorize | 24 | | the holder of such license to sell raffle chances throughout | 25 | | the State, including beyond the borders of the licensing | 26 | | municipality or county.
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| 1 | | (a-5) The governing body of Cook County may and any other | 2 | | county within this State shall establish a system for the | 3 | | licensing of organizations to operate poker runs. The governing | 4 | | bodies of 2 or more adjacent counties may, pursuant to a | 5 | | written contract, jointly establish a system for the licensing | 6 | | of organizations to operate poker runs within the corporate | 7 | | limits of such counties. The licensing authority may establish | 8 | | special categories of licenses and adopt rules relating to the | 9 | | various categories. The licensing system may include a fee not | 10 | | to exceed $25 for each license. Licenses issued pursuant to | 11 | | this Act shall be valid for one poker run or for a specified | 12 | | number of poker runs to be conducted during a specified period | 13 | | not to exceed one year and may be suspended or revoked for any | 14 | | violation of this Act. A local governing body shall act on a | 15 | | license application within 30 days after the date of | 16 | | application. | 17 | | (b) Raffle licenses shall be issued only to bona fide | 18 | | religious, charitable,
labor, business, fraternal, | 19 | | educational, veterans', or other bona fide not-for-profit | 20 | | organizations that
operate without profit to their members and | 21 | | which have been in existence
continuously for a period of 5 | 22 | | years immediately before making application
for a raffle | 23 | | license and which have during that entire 5-year period been | 24 | | engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non-profit
| 25 | | fundraising organization that the licensing authority | 26 | | determines is
organized for the sole purpose of providing |
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| 1 | | financial assistance to an
identified individual or group of | 2 | | individuals suffering extreme financial
hardship as the result | 3 | | of an illness, disability, accident , or disaster, or to any law | 4 | | enforcement agencies and associations that represent law | 5 | | enforcement officials , or to fire protection agencies and | 6 | | statewide associations that represent fire protection agencies | 7 | | as provided for in Section 10 . Poker run licenses shall be | 8 | | issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, | 9 | | business, fraternal, educational, veterans', or other bona | 10 | | fide not-for-profit organizations that operate without profit | 11 | | to their members and which have been in existence continuously | 12 | | for a period of 5 years immediately before making application | 13 | | for a poker run license and which have during that entire | 14 | | 5-year period been engaged in carrying out their objects. | 15 | | Licenses for poker runs shall be issued for the following | 16 | | purposes: (i) providing financial assistance to an identified | 17 | | individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial | 18 | | hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or | 19 | | disaster or (ii) to maintain the financial stability of the | 20 | | organization. A licensing authority may waive the 5-year | 21 | | requirement under this subsection (b) for a bona fide | 22 | | religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, | 23 | | educational, or veterans' organization that applies for a | 24 | | license to conduct a raffle or a poker run if the organization | 25 | | is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered | 26 | | by a national or State organization that meets the 5-year |
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| 1 | | requirement.
| 2 | | For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply. | 3 | | Non-profit:
An organization or institution organized and | 4 | | conducted on a not-for-profit
basis with no personal profit | 5 | | inuring to any one as a result of the operation.
Charitable: An | 6 | | organization or institution organized and operated to benefit
| 7 | | an indefinite number of the public. The service rendered to | 8 | | those eligible
for benefits must also confer some benefit on | 9 | | the public. Educational:
An organization or institution | 10 | | organized and operated to provide systematic
instruction in | 11 | | useful branches of learning by methods common to schools
and | 12 | | institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope | 13 | | and
intensity with the course of study presented in | 14 | | tax-supported schools.
Religious: Any church, congregation, | 15 | | society, or organization founded for
the purpose of religious | 16 | | worship. Fraternal: An organization of persons
having a common | 17 | | interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote
the | 18 | | welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general | 19 | | public
in such a way as to lessen the burdens of government by | 20 | | caring for those
that otherwise would be cared for by the | 21 | | government. Veterans: An organization
or association comprised | 22 | | of members of which substantially all are individuals
who are | 23 | | veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the | 24 | | primary
purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its | 25 | | members and to provide
assistance to the general public in such | 26 | | a way as to confer a public benefit.
Labor: An organization |
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| 1 | | composed of workers organized with the objective
of betterment | 2 | | of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the
| 3 | | development of a higher degree of efficiency in their | 4 | | respective occupations.
Business: A voluntary organization | 5 | | composed of individuals and businesses
who have joined together | 6 | | to advance the commercial, financial, industrial
and civic | 7 | | interests of a community.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-109, eff. 7-19-19; | 9 | | 101-360, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-9-19.)
| 10 | | (230 ILCS 15/10 new) | 11 | | Sec. 10. Raffles by fire protection agencies and statewide | 12 | | associations that represent fire protection agencies. | 13 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 14 | | "Fire protection agency" means an agency of this State, | 15 | | unit of local government, or intergovernmental mutual aid | 16 | | entity that is vested by law or intergovernmental agreement | 17 | | with the duty and authority to provide public fire suppression, | 18 | | rescue, or emergency medical services. "Fire protection | 19 | | agency" also means any organization that provides support or | 20 | | assistance to an agency of this State, unit of local | 21 | | government, or intergovernmental mutual aid entity that is | 22 | | vested by law or intergovernmental agreement with the duty and | 23 | | authority to provide public fire suppression, rescue, or | 24 | | emergency medical services. | 25 | | "Key location" means the location where the raffle |
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| 1 | | organized by a fire protection agency is conducted and the | 2 | | prize or prizes are awarded. | 3 | | (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, fire | 4 | | protection agencies and statewide associations that represent | 5 | | fire protection agencies may organize raffles under this Act. | 6 | | Raffles organized by a fire protection agency or statewide | 7 | | association that represents fire protection agencies must only | 8 | | be licensed by the governing body of the county or municipality | 9 | | in which the key location for that raffle is located, even if | 10 | | raffle tickets are sold beyond the borders of that governing | 11 | | body of the county or municipality. Raffles organized by a fire | 12 | | protection agency or a statewide association that represents | 13 | | fire protection agencies must abide by any restrictions | 14 | | established pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2 by the | 15 | | governing body of the county or municipality in which the key | 16 | | location is located.
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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