Full Text of HB4090 93rd General Assembly
HB4090 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4090
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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230 ILCS 25/2 |
from Ch. 120, par. 1102 |
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Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. In certain counties, authorizes one additional daily bingo game with a prize limit of $350 cash or its equivalent. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
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| Sec. 2. The conducting of bingo is subject to the following | 8 |
| restrictions:
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| (1) The entire net proceeds from bingo play must be | 10 |
| exclusively devoted
to the lawful purposes of the organization | 11 |
| permitted to conduct that game.
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| (2) (Blank).
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| (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for | 14 |
| participating
in the management or operation of the game, | 15 |
| except that if an organization
licensed under this Act is | 16 |
| associated with a school or other educational
institution, that | 17 |
| school or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a
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| designated pupil based on participation in the management or | 19 |
| operation of
the game by any member of the organization. The | 20 |
| extent to which tuition and
fees are reduced shall relate | 21 |
| proportionately to the amount of time volunteered
by the | 22 |
| member, as determined by the school or other educational | 23 |
| institution.
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| (4) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise | 25 |
| awarded in
any single day of bingo may not exceed $2,250, | 26 |
| except that in adjoining
counties having 200,000 to 275,000 | 27 |
| inhabitants each, and in counties which
are adjacent to either | 28 |
| of such adjoining counties and are adjacent to a
total of not | 29 |
| more than 2 counties in this State, and in any municipality
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| having 2,500 or more inhabitants and within one mile of such | 31 |
| adjoining and
adjacent counties having less than 25,000 | 32 |
| inhabitants, 2 additional bingo
games may be conducted after |
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| the $2,250 limit has been reached. The prize
awarded for any | 2 |
| one game, including any game conducted after reaching
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| $2,250 limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not | 4 |
| exceed $500
cash or its equivalent.
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| (4.1) In addition to the prizes authorized under paragraph | 6 |
| (4), in adjoining counties having 200,000 to 275,000 | 7 |
| inhabitants each and in counties that (i) are adjacent to | 8 |
| either of those adjoining counties and (ii) are adjacent to a | 9 |
| total of not more than 2 counties in this State, one additional | 10 |
| bingo game may be conducted after the $3,250 prize limit | 11 |
| authorized under paragraph (4) has been reached. The prize | 12 |
| awarded for any game authorized under this paragraph (4.1) may | 13 |
| not exceed $350 cash or its equivalent.
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| (5) The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day | 15 |
| including regular
and special games, except that this | 16 |
| restriction on the number of games
shall not apply to bingo | 17 |
| conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county
fair held in | 18 |
| Illinois.
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| (6) The price paid for a single card under the license may | 20 |
| not exceed
$1 and such card is valid for all regular games on | 21 |
| that day of bingo.
A maximum of 5 special games may be held on | 22 |
| each bingo day, except that
this restriction on the number of | 23 |
| special games shall not apply to bingo
conducted at the | 24 |
| Illinois State Fair or any county fair held in Illinois.
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| price for a single special game card may not exceed 50 cents.
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| (7) The number of bingo days conducted by a licensee under | 27 |
| this Act is
limited to one per week, except as follows:
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| (i) Bingo may be conducted in accordance with the terms | 29 |
| of a special
operator's permit or limited license issued | 30 |
| under subdivision (3) of Section 1.
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| (ii) Bingo may be conducted at the Illinois State Fair
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| or any county fair held in Illinois under subdivision (3) | 33 |
| of Section 1.
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| (iii) A licensee which cancels a day of bingo because | 35 |
| of inclement
weather or because the day is a holiday or the | 36 |
| eve of a holiday may, after
giving notice to the |
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| Department, conduct bingo on an additional date which
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| on a day of the week other than the day authorized under | 3 |
| the license. As
used in this subdivision (iii), "holiday" | 4 |
| means any of the holidays listed in
Section 17 of the | 5 |
| Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act.
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| (8) A licensee may rent a premises on which to conduct | 7 |
| bingo only from
an organization which is licensed as a provider | 8 |
| of premises or exempt from
license requirements under this Act. | 9 |
| If the organization providing the premises
is a metropolitan | 10 |
| exposition, auditorium, and office building authority created
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| by State law, a licensee may enter into a rental agreement with | 12 |
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organization authorizing the licensee and the organization | 13 |
| to share the gross
proceeds of bingo games; however, the | 14 |
| organization shall not receive more than
50% of the gross | 15 |
| proceeds.
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| (9) No person under the age of 18 years may play or | 17 |
| participate in the
conducting of bingo. Any person under the | 18 |
| age of 18 years may be within the
area where bingo is being | 19 |
| played only when accompanied by his parent or
guardian.
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| (10) The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary | 21 |
| interest in the
game promoted.
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| (11) Raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by law | 23 |
| shall not be
conducted on the premises where bingo is being | 24 |
| conducted, except that
pull tabs and jar games conducted under | 25 |
| the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar
Games Act may be conducted on | 26 |
| the premises where bingo is being conducted.
Prizes awarded in | 27 |
| pull tabs and jar games shall not be included in the
bingo | 28 |
| prize limitation.
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| (12) An organization holding a special operator's permit or | 30 |
| a limited
license may, as one of the occasions allowed by such | 31 |
| permit or license,
conduct bingo for a maximum of 2 consecutive | 32 |
| days, during each day of which
the number of games may exceed | 33 |
| 25, and regular game cards need not be valid
for all regular | 34 |
| games. If only noncash prizes are awarded during such
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| occasions, the prize limits stated in paragraph (4) of this | 36 |
| Section shall
not apply, provided that the retail value of |
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| noncash prizes for any single
game shall not exceed $150.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-305, eff. 8-9-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 |
| becoming law.
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