Full Text of HB0056 98th General Assembly
HB0056 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0056 Introduced 1/9/2013, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 720 ILCS 5/28-7 | from Ch. 38, par. 28-7 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning gambling contracts.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 28-7 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-7)
| 7 | | Sec. 28-7. Gambling contracts void.
| 8 | | (a) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants, | 9 | | contracts, agreements,
judgments, mortgages, or other | 10 | | securities or conveyances made, given,
granted, drawn, or | 11 | | entered into, or executed by any person whatsoever,
where the
| 12 | | the whole or any part of the consideration thereof is for any
| 13 | | money or thing of value, won or obtained in violation of any | 14 | | Section of
this Article are null and void. | 15 | | (b) Any obligation void under this Section may be set aside | 16 | | and vacated
by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon a | 17 | | complaint filed for that
purpose, by the person so granting, | 18 | | giving, entering into, or executing the
same, or by his | 19 | | executors or administrators, or by any creditor, heir,
legatee, | 20 | | purchaser or other person interested therein; or if a judgment,
| 21 | | the same may be set aside on motion of any person stated above, | 22 | | on due
notice thereof given.
| 23 | | (c) No assignment of any obligation void under this Section |
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| 1 | | may in any
manner affect the defense of the person giving, | 2 | | granting, drawing, entering
into or executing such obligation, | 3 | | or the remedies of any person interested
therein.
| 4 | | (d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a | 5 | | riverboat
gambling operation from instituting a cause of action | 6 | | to collect any amount
due and owing under an extension of | 7 | | credit to a riverboat gambling patron
as authorized under the | 8 | | Riverboat Gambling Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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