Full Text of SB1732 103rd General Assembly
SB1732sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Patrick J. Joyce Filed: 5/23/2024 | | 10300SB1732sam002 | | LRB103 05042 LNS 73975 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1732
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1732 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 19.5 as follows: | 6 | | (230 ILCS 5/19.5) | 7 | | Sec. 19.5. Standardbred racetrack in Cook County. | 8 | | Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, in | 9 | | addition to organization licenses issued by the Board on | 10 | | December 17, 2021 ( the effective date of Public Act 102-689) | 11 | | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly , the Board | 12 | | shall issue an organization license limited to standardbred | 13 | | racing to a racetrack located in one of the following | 14 | | townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, | 15 | | Rich, Thornton, or Worth. Before December 31, 2024, this This | 16 | | additional organization license shall not be issued within a |
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| 1 | | 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the | 2 | | Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 3 | | General Assembly, unless the person having operating control | 4 | | of such racetrack has given written consent to the | 5 | | organization licensee applicant, which consent must be filed | 6 | | with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. The | 7 | | organization license application shall be submitted to the | 8 | | Board and the Board may grant the organization license at any | 9 | | meeting of the Board. The Board shall examine the application | 10 | | within 21 days after receipt of the application with respect | 11 | | to its conformity with this Act and the rules adopted by the | 12 | | Board. If the application does not comply with this Act or the | 13 | | rules adopted by the Board, the application may be rejected | 14 | | and an organization license refused to the applicant, or the | 15 | | Board may, within 21 days after receipt of the application, | 16 | | advise the applicant of the deficiencies of the application | 17 | | under the Act or the rules of the Board and require the | 18 | | submittal of an amended application within a reasonable time | 19 | | determined by the Board; upon submittal of the amended | 20 | | application by the applicant, the Board may consider the | 21 | | application consistent with the process described in | 22 | | subsection (e-5) of Section 20. If the application is found to | 23 | | be in compliance with this Act and the rules of the Board, the | 24 | | Board shall then issue an organization license to the | 25 | | applicant. Once the organization license is granted, the | 26 | | licensee shall have all of the current and future rights of |
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| 1 | | existing Illinois racetracks, including, but not limited to, | 2 | | the ability to obtain an inter-track wagering license, the | 3 | | ability to obtain inter-track wagering location licenses, the | 4 | | ability to obtain an organization gaming license pursuant to | 5 | | the Illinois Gambling Act with 1,200 gaming positions, and the | 6 | | ability to offer Internet wagering on horse racing. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.) | 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.". |
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