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90_HB1802eng

      20 ILCS 1605/15           from Ch. 120, par. 1165
      20 ILCS 1605/27           from Ch. 120, par. 1177
      20 ILCS 1605/18 rep.
          Amends the Illinois Lottery Law.  Provides that  proceeds
      from  bonds purchased and interest accumulated as a result of
      a grand prize multi-state game  ticket  that  goes  unclaimed
      will  be transferred upon the termination of the claim period
      directly from the Deferred Lottery Prize Winners  Trust  Fund
      to each respective multi-state partner state according to its
      contribution  ratio.    Prohibits selling a lottery ticket or
      share to a minor under 18 years of age.  Prohibits purchasing
      a lottery ticket or share for a minor under 18 years of  age.
      Prohibits  making  a  gift  of a lottery ticket or share to a
      minor under 18 years of age.  Repeals the Section  concerning
      payment   of  prizes  to  persons  under  18  years  of  age.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Illinois  Lottery  Law  by  changing
 2    Sections 15 and 27 and repealing Section 18.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  Illinois  Lottery  Law  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 15 and 27 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
 8        Sec.  15.  No  minor  under  18  years of age shall buy a
 9    lottery ticket or share.  No person  shall  sell,  distribute
10    samples of, or furnish a lottery ticket or share to any minor
11    under  18 years of age, buy a lottery ticket or share for any
12    minor under 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the  purchase
13    of  lottery  tickets  or  shares by a minor under 18 years of
14    age.  No ticket or share shall be sold to  any  person  under
15    the  age  of  18,  but  this  Section  does  not prohibit the
16    purchase of a ticket or share for the  purpose  of  making  a
17    gift  by  a  person 18 years of age or older to any person of
18    any age.  Any agent or employee of any  agent  who  knowingly
19    sells  or  offers  to  sell  a lottery ticket or share to any
20    person under the age of 18 shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class  B
21    misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this Section
22    is  a  subsequent  offense, the offender shall be guilty of a
23    Class 4 felony.
24        No ticket or share shall be purchased by,  and  no  prize
25    shall  be paid to any of the following persons: any member of
26    the Board or any officer or  other  person  employed  by  the
27    Board or by the Department; or to any spouse, child, brother,
28    sister  or  parent residing as a member of the same household
29    in the principal place of abode of any such persons;  or  any
30    minor under 18 years of age.
31        Any  violation of this Section by a person other than the
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 1    purchasing minor prohibition shall be a Class B  misdemeanor;
 2    provided,  that  if any violation of this Section prohibition
 3    is a subsequent violation, the offender shall be guilty of  a
 4    Class   4  felony.   Notwithstanding  any  provision  to  the
 5    contrary, a violation of this Section by  a  minor  under  18
 6    years of age shall be a petty offense.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-1128.)
 8        (20 ILCS 1605/27) (from Ch. 120, par. 1177)
 9        Sec.  27.   (a) The State Treasurer may, with the consent
10    of the Director, contract with  any  person  or  corporation,
11    including,  without  limitation, a bank, banking house, trust
12    company or investment banking firm, to perform such financial
13    functions,  activities  or  services   in   connection   with
14    operation  of  the  lottery  as  the  State Treasurer and the
15    Director may prescribe.
16        (b)  All  proceeds  from  investments  made  pursuant  to
17    contracts executed by the State Treasurer, with  the  consent
18    of  the  Director, to perform financial functions, activities
19    or services in connection  with  operation  of  the  lottery,
20    shall  be  deposited  and  held  by  the  State  Treasurer as
21    ex-officio custodian thereof, separate  and  apart  from  all
22    public  money  or funds of this State in a special trust fund
23    outside the State treasury. Such trust fund shall be known as
24    the "Deferred Lottery Prize Winners Trust Fund", and shall be
25    administered by the Director.
26        The Director shall, at such times and in such amounts  as
27    shall be necessary, prepare and send to the State Comptroller
28    vouchers  requesting  payment from the Deferred Lottery Prize
29    Winners Trust Fund to deferred prize  winners,  in  a  manner
30    that will insure the timely payment of such amounts owed.
31        This Act shall constitute an irrevocable appropriation of
32    all  amounts  necessary for that purpose, and the irrevocable
33    and continuing authority for and direction  to  the  Director
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 1    and the State Treasurer to make the necessary payments out of
 2    such trust fund for that purpose.
 3        (c)  Moneys  invested  pursuant to subsection (a) of this
 4    Section may be invested only in bonds, notes, certificates of
 5    indebtedness,   treasury   bills,   or    other    securities
 6    constituting  direct  obligations  of  the  United  States of
 7    America and all securities or obligations the prompt  payment
 8    of  principal and interest of which is guaranteed by a pledge
 9    of the full faith and credit of the United States of America.
10    Interest earnings on moneys in the  "Deferred  Lottery  Prize
11    Winners  Trust Fund" shall remain in such fund and be used to
12    pay the winners of lottery  prizes  deferred  as  to  payment
13    until  such  obligations  are discharged. Proceeds from bonds
14    purchased and interest accumulated as a  result  of  a  grand
15    prize  multi-state  game  ticket  that goes unclaimed will be
16    transferred after  the  termination  of  the  relevant  claim
17    period  directly  from  the  lottery's Deferred Lottery Prize
18    Winners Trust Fund to  each  respective  multi-state  partner
19    state according to its contribution ratio.
20        (c-5)  If  a deferred lottery prize is not claimed within
21    the  claim  period  established  by  game  rule,   then   the
22    securities  or  other instruments purchased to fund the prize
23    shall be  liquidated  and  the  liquidated  amount  shall  be
24    transferred   to  the  State  Lottery  Fund  for  disposition
25    pursuant to Section 19 of this Act.
26        (c-10)  The Director may use a portion of the  moneys  in
27    the  Deferred  Lottery  Prize  Winners Trust Fund to purchase
28    bonds to pay a lifetime prize if the prize  duration  exceeds
29    the  length  of  available  securities.   If  the winner of a
30    lifetime  prize  exceeds  his  or  her  life  expectancy   as
31    determined  using actuarial assumptions and the securities or
32    moneys set aside to pay the prize have been exhausted, moneys
33    in the State Lottery Fund shall be used to make  payments  to
34    the winner for the duration of the winner's life.
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 1        (c-15)  From  time to time, the Director may request that
 2    the State Comptroller  transfer  any  excess  moneys  in  the
 3    Deferred  Lottery  Prize  Winners  Trust  Fund to the Lottery
 4    Fund.
 5        (d)  This amendatory  Act  of  1985  shall  be  construed
 6    liberally to effect the purposes of the Illinois Lottery Law.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-676, eff. 12-14-94; 89-466, eff. 6-13-96.)
 8        (20 ILCS 1605/18 rep.)
 9        Section  10.   The  Illinois  Lottery  Law  is amended by
10    repealing Section 18.
11        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
12    becoming law.

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