Full Text of HB0543 100th General Assembly
HB0543 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB0543 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 230 ILCS 25/2 | from Ch. 120, par. 1102 |
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Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Removes a provision providing that no person except a bona fide member or employee of a sponsoring organization may participate in the management or operation of bingo. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning gaming.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. The conducting of bingo is subject to the following | 8 | | restrictions:
| 9 | | (1) The entire net proceeds from bingo play must be | 10 | | exclusively devoted
to the lawful purposes of the | 11 | | organization permitted to conduct that game.
| 12 | | (2) (Blank).
| 13 | | (2.5) (Blank). No person except a bona fide member or | 14 | | employee of the sponsoring organization may participate in | 15 | | the management or operation of bingo.
| 16 | | (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit | 17 | | for participating
in the management or operation of the | 18 | | game, except that if an organization
licensed under this | 19 | | Act is associated with a school or other educational
| 20 | | institution, that school or institution may reduce tuition | 21 | | or fees for a
designated pupil based on participation in | 22 | | the management or operation of
the game by any member of | 23 | | the organization. The extent to which tuition and
fees are |
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| 1 | | reduced shall relate proportionately to the amount of time | 2 | | volunteered
by the member, as determined by the school or | 3 | | other educational institution.
| 4 | | (4) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or | 5 | | merchandise awarded in
any single day of bingo may not | 6 | | exceed $2,250, except that in adjoining
counties having | 7 | | 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties which
| 8 | | are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and are | 9 | | adjacent to a
total of not more than 2 counties in this | 10 | | State, and in any municipality
having 2,500 or more | 11 | | inhabitants and within one mile of such adjoining and
| 12 | | adjacent counties having less than 25,000 inhabitants, 2 | 13 | | additional bingo
games may be conducted after the $2,250 | 14 | | limit has been reached. The prize
awarded for any one game, | 15 | | including any game conducted after reaching
the $2,250 | 16 | | limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not exceed | 17 | | $500
cash or its equivalent.
| 18 | | (5) The number of games, including regular and special | 19 | | games, may not exceed 25 in any one day, except that this | 20 | | restriction on the number of games
shall not apply to bingo | 21 | | conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county
fair | 22 | | held in Illinois.
| 23 | | (6) The price paid for a single card under the license | 24 | | may not exceed
$1 and such card is valid for all regular | 25 | | games on that day of bingo.
A maximum of 5 special games | 26 | | may be held on each bingo day, except that
this restriction |
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| 1 | | on the number of special games shall not apply to bingo
| 2 | | conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair | 3 | | held in Illinois.
The price for a single special game card | 4 | | may not exceed 50 cents.
| 5 | | (7) The number of bingo days conducted by a licensee | 6 | | under this Act is
limited to one per week, except as | 7 | | follows:
| 8 | | (i) Bingo may be conducted in accordance with the terms | 9 | | of a special
operator's permit or limited license | 10 | | issued under subdivision (7) or (8) of Section 1.3.
| 11 | | (ii) Bingo may be conducted at the Illinois State Fair
| 12 | | or any county fair held in Illinois under subdivision | 13 | | (6) of Section 1.3.
| 14 | | (iii) A licensee which cancels a day of bingo because | 15 | | of inclement
weather or because the day is a holiday or | 16 | | the eve of a holiday may, after
giving notice to the | 17 | | Department, conduct bingo on an additional date which
| 18 | | falls on a day of the week other than the day | 19 | | authorized under the license.
| 20 | | (8) A licensee may rent a premises on which to conduct | 21 | | bingo only from
an organization which is licensed as a | 22 | | provider of premises or exempt from
license requirements | 23 | | under this Act. If the organization providing the premises
| 24 | | is a metropolitan exposition, auditorium, and office | 25 | | building authority created
by State law, a licensee may | 26 | | enter into a rental agreement with the
organization |
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| 1 | | authorizing the licensee and the organization to share the | 2 | | gross
proceeds of bingo games; however, the organization | 3 | | shall not receive more than
50% of the gross proceeds.
| 4 | | (9) No person under the age of 18 years may play or | 5 | | participate in the
conducting of bingo. Any person under | 6 | | the age of 18 years may be within the
area where bingo is | 7 | | being played only when accompanied by his parent or
| 8 | | guardian.
| 9 | | (10) The promoter of bingo games must have a | 10 | | proprietary interest in the
game promoted.
| 11 | | (11) Raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by | 12 | | law shall not be
conducted on the premises where bingo is | 13 | | being conducted, except that
pull tabs and jar games | 14 | | conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar
Games Act | 15 | | may be conducted on the premises where bingo is being | 16 | | conducted.
Prizes awarded in pull tabs and jar games shall | 17 | | not be included in the
bingo prize limitation.
| 18 | | (12) Organizations may be issued a special permit or | 19 | | limited license no more than 2 times in any year. An | 20 | | organization holding a special operator's permit or a | 21 | | limited
license may, as one of the occasions allowed by | 22 | | such permit or license,
conduct bingo for a maximum of 2 | 23 | | consecutive days. If an organization conducts bingo | 24 | | pursuant to a limited license or special permit, then
the | 25 | | number of games played during each day may exceed 25, and | 26 | | regular game cards need not be valid
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| 1 | | If only noncash prizes are awarded during such
occasions, | 2 | | the prize limits stated in subdivision (4) of this Section | 3 | | shall
not apply, provided that the retail value of noncash | 4 | | prizes for any single
game shall not exceed $150.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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