Full Text of HB2464 98th General Assembly
HB2464 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2464 Introduced , by Rep. Ann Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 20 ILCS 1605/2 | from Ch. 120, par. 1152 | 20 ILCS 1605/20 | from Ch. 120, par. 1170 | 20 ILCS 1605/21.9 new | | 30 ILCS 105/5.826 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game, named Scratch-out Lung Cancer, to commence on July 1, 2014. Provides that the net revenue from the scratch-off game shall be deposited into the Lung Cancer Research Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois that conduct research concerning lung cancer. Sets forth certain provisions for the operation of the scratch-off game. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lung Cancer Research Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective January 1, 2014. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the lottery.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2 and 20 and by adding Section 21.9 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1605/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1152)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. This Act is enacted to implement and establish | 8 | | within the State
a lottery to be conducted by the State through | 9 | | the Department. The entire net proceeds of the Lottery
are to | 10 | | be used for the support of the State's Common School Fund,
| 11 | | except as provided in subsection (o) of Section 9.1 and | 12 | | Sections 21.2, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, and 21.8 , and 21.9 . The | 13 | | General Assembly finds that it is in the public interest for | 14 | | the Department to conduct the functions of the Lottery with the | 15 | | assistance of a private manager under a management agreement | 16 | | overseen by the Department. The Department shall be accountable | 17 | | to the General Assembly and the people of the State through a | 18 | | comprehensive system of regulation, audits, reports, and | 19 | | enduring operational oversight. The Department's ongoing | 20 | | conduct of the Lottery through a management agreement with a | 21 | | private manager shall act to promote and ensure the integrity, | 22 | | security, honesty, and fairness of the Lottery's operation and | 23 | | administration. It is the intent of the General Assembly that |
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| 1 | | the Department shall conduct the Lottery with the assistance of | 2 | | a private manager under a management agreement at all times in | 3 | | a manner consistent with 18 U.S.C. 1307(a)(1), 1307(b)(1), | 4 | | 1953(b)(4).
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-673, eff. 10-11-07; | 6 | | 95-674, eff. 10-11-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-34, eff. | 7 | | 7-13-09.)
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 1605/20) (from Ch. 120, par. 1170)
| 9 | | Sec. 20. State Lottery Fund.
| 10 | | (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund | 11 | | to be
known as the "State Lottery Fund". Such fund shall | 12 | | consist of all revenues
received from (1) the sale of lottery | 13 | | tickets or shares, (net of
commissions, fees
representing those | 14 | | expenses that are directly proportionate to the
sale of tickets | 15 | | or shares at the agent location, and prizes of less
than
$600 | 16 | | which
have been validly paid at the agent
level), (2) | 17 | | application fees,
and (3) all other sources including moneys | 18 | | credited or transferred thereto
from
any other fund
or source | 19 | | pursuant to law. Interest earnings of the State Lottery Fund
| 20 | | shall be credited to the Common School Fund.
| 21 | | (b) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section | 22 | | 21.5 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.5.
| 23 | | (c) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section | 24 | | 21.6 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.6. | 25 | | (d) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section |
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| 1 | | 21.7 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.7.
| 2 | | (e)
The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section | 3 | | 21.8
of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.8.
| 4 | | (f) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section | 5 | | 21.9 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.9.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-585, eff. 8-15-05; | 7 | | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-673, eff. 10-11-07; 95-674, eff. | 8 | | 10-11-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 1605/21.9 new) | 10 | | Sec. 21.9. Scratch-out Lung Cancer scratch-off game. | 11 | | (a) The Department shall offer a special instant | 12 | | scratch-off game for the benefit of research pertaining to lung | 13 | | cancer. The game shall commence on July 1, 2014 or as soon | 14 | | thereafter, in the discretion of the Superintendent, as is | 15 | | reasonably practical. The operation of the game shall be | 16 | | governed by this Act and any rules adopted by the Department. | 17 | | If any provision of this Section is inconsistent with any other | 18 | | provision of this Act, then this Section governs. | 19 | | (b) The Lung Cancer Research Fund is created as a special | 20 | | fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the | 21 | | Scratch-out Lung Cancer scratch-off game created under this | 22 | | Section shall be deposited into the Fund for appropriation by | 23 | | the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for the | 24 | | purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois that | 25 | | conduct research concerning lung cancer. |
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| 1 | | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | 2 | | including, without limitation, net revenue from the special | 3 | | instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards | 4 | | from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the | 5 | | Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be | 6 | | deposited into the Fund. | 7 | | The grant funds may not be used for institutional, | 8 | | organizational, or community-based overhead costs, indirect | 9 | | costs, or levies. | 10 | | For purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means the | 11 | | total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of | 12 | | the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual administrative | 13 | | expenses of the Department solely related to the scratch-off | 14 | | game under this Section. | 15 | | (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the | 16 | | Scratch-out Lung Cancer scratch-off game, the Department shall | 17 | | not unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any | 18 | | other instant scratch-off lottery game. | 19 | | (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to | 20 | | implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
| 21 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 22 | | Section 5.826 as follows: | 23 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.826 new) | 24 | | Sec. 5.826. The Lung Cancer Research Fund.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 2 | | 1, 2014.
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