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      230 ILCS 25/2             from Ch. 120, par. 1102
          Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act.  Provides  that  in
      certain  counties the maximum prize awarded for a single game
      may not exceed $3,250 (now $500).  Permits in those  counties
      the  roll-over  of prizes not won in a game of bingo into the
      next game.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Bingo License and Tax Act by changing
 2    Section 2.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 2 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
 8        Sec. 2.  The  conducting  of  bingo  is  subject  to  the
 9    following restrictions:
10        (1)  The  entire  net  proceeds  from  bingo play must be
11    exclusively  devoted  to   the   lawful   purposes   of   the
12    organization permitted to conduct that game.
13        (2)  No   person   except  a  bona  fide  member  of  the
14    sponsoring organization or a bona fide member of an auxiliary
15    organization, substantially all of whose members are  spouses
16    of  members of the sponsoring organization may participate in
17    the management or operation of the game.
18        (3)  No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
19    participating in the management or  operation  of  the  game,
20    except  that  if  an  organization licensed under this Act is
21    associated with a school or  other  educational  institution,
22    that  school  or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a
23    designated pupil based on participation in the management  or
24    operation  of the game by any member of the organization. The
25    extent to which tuition and fees  are  reduced  shall  relate
26    proportionately  to  the  amount  of  time volunteered by the
27    member, as determined by  the  school  or  other  educational
28    institution.
29        (4)  Except as provided in paragraph (4.1), the aggregate
30    retail  value  of  all  prizes  or merchandise awarded in any
31    single day of bingo may not exceed  $2,250,  except  that  in
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 1    adjoining  counties  having  200,000  to  275,000 inhabitants
 2    each, and in counties which are adjacent to  either  of  such
 3    adjoining  counties  and  are adjacent to a total of not more
 4    than 2 counties in this State, and in any municipality having
 5    2,500 or  more  inhabitants  and  within  one  mile  of  such
 6    adjoining  and  adjacent  counties  having  less  than 25,000
 7    inhabitants, 2 additional bingo games may be conducted  after
 8    the $2,250 limit has been reached.  The prize awarded for any
 9    one  game,  including  any  game conducted after reaching the
10    $2,250 limit as authorized in this  paragraph  (4),  may  not
11    exceed $500 cash or its equivalent.
12        (4.1)  In  adjoining counties having at least 200,000 but
13    no more than 275,000 inhabitants each, and in  counties  that
14    are  adjacent  to  either  of  such  adjoining  counties  and
15    adjacent  to  a  total  of  not  more than 2 counties in this
16    State,  and  in  any  municipality  having  2,500   or   more
17    inhabitants  and  within  one  mile  of  such  adjoining  and
18    adjacent  counties  having  less than 25,000 inhabitants, the
19    aggregate retail value of all prizes or  merchandise  awarded
20    in  any single day of bingo may not exceed $3,250. All prizes
21    not won in a game of bingo under this paragraph (4.1) may  be
22    rolled over into the next game and may be awarded in addition
23    to  the  prizes  authorized  for  the  later  game. The prize
24    awarded for any one game pursuant to this paragraph (4.1) may
25    not exceed $3,250.
26        (5)  The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day
27    including  regular  and  special  games,  except  that   this
28    restriction  on  the number of games shall not apply to bingo
29    conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair  held
30    in Illinois.
31        (6)  The  price  paid for a single card under the license
32    may not exceed $1 and such card  is  valid  for  all  regular
33    games  on that day of bingo. A maximum of 5 special games may
34    be held on each bingo day, except that  this  restriction  on
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 1    the  number  of  special  games  shall  not  apply  to  bingo
 2    conducted  at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
 3    in Illinois. The price for a single special game card may not
 4    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 follows:
 7             (i)  Bingo  may  be conducted in accordance with the
 8        terms of a special operator's permit or  limited  license
 9        issued under subdivision (3) of Section 1.
10             (ii)  Bingo  may  be conducted at the Illinois State
11        Fair  or  any  county  fair  held   in   Illinois   under
12        subdivision (3) of Section 1.
13             (iii)  A  licensee  which  cancels  a  day  of bingo
14        because of inclement weather or  because  the  day  is  a
15        holiday  or the eve of a holiday may, after giving notice
16        to the Department, conduct bingo on  an  additional  date
17        which  falls  on  a  day  of  the week other than the day
18        authorized  under  the  license.    As   used   in   this
19        subdivision  (iii),  "holiday"  means any of the holidays
20        listed in Section 17 of  the  Promissory  Note  and  Bank
21        Holiday Act.
22        (8)  A  licensee  may rent a premises on which to conduct
23    bingo only from  an  organization  which  is  licensed  as  a
24    provider  of  premises  or  exempt  from license requirements
25    under this Act. If the organization providing the premises is
26    a metropolitan exposition, auditorium,  and  office  building
27    authority  created  by State law, a licensee may enter into a
28    rental  agreement  with  the  organization  authorizing   the
29    licensee  and the organization to share the gross proceeds of
30    bingo games; however, the organization shall not receive more
31    than 50% of the gross proceeds.
32        (9)  No person under the age of  18  years  may  play  or
33    participate in the conducting of bingo.  Any person under the
34    age  of  18 years may be within the area where bingo is being
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 1    played only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
 2        (10)  The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary
 3    interest in the game promoted.
 4        (11)  Raffles or other forms of  gambling  prohibited  by
 5    law  shall  not  be  conducted on the premises where bingo is
 6    being  conducted,  except  that  pull  tabs  and  jar   games
 7    conducted  under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act may
 8    be conducted on the premises where bingo is being  conducted.
 9    Prizes  awarded  in  pull  tabs  and  jar  games shall not be
10    included in the bingo prize limitation.
11        (12)  An organization holding a special operator's permit
12    or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed  by
13    such  permit  or  license,  conduct  bingo for a maximum of 2
14    consecutive days, during each day  of  which  the  number  of
15    games may exceed 25, and regular game cards need not be valid
16    for  all  regular  games.  If only noncash prizes are awarded
17    during such occasions, the prize limits stated  in  paragraph
18    (4) of this Section shall not apply, provided that the retail
19    value  of noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed
20    $150.
21    (Source: P.A. 87-220; 87-1175; 88-53.)

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