Full Text of HB1121 102nd General Assembly
HB1121 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB1121 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch 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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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | | HB1121 | | LRB102 03136 RLC 13149 b |
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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 | 5 | | changing 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 | 16 | | aside and vacated
by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon | 17 | | a 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,
| 20 | | legatee, purchaser or other person interested therein; or if a | 21 | | judgment,
the same may be set aside on motion of any person | 22 | | stated above, on due
notice thereof given.
| 23 | | (c) No assignment of any obligation void under this |
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| 1 | | Section may in any
manner affect the defense of the person | 2 | | giving, granting, drawing, entering
into or executing such | 3 | | obligation, or the remedies of any person interested
therein.
| 4 | | (d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a | 5 | | riverboat
gambling operation, a casino gambling operation, or | 6 | | an organization gaming licensee under the Illinois Gambling
| 7 | | Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 from instituting | 8 | | a cause of
action to collect any amount due and owing under an | 9 | | extension of credit to a
gambling patron as authorized under | 10 | | Section 11.1 of the Illinois
Gambling Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
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