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90_HB1840eng

      230 ILCS 20/1.1           from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1
      230 ILCS 20/4             from Ch. 120, par. 1054
          Amends the Pull Tabs and Jar Games  Act.   Provides  that
      fraternal  organizations  and  veterans'  organizations  that
      conduct  games  under  the  Act shall not have a single prize
      that  exceeds  $500   (now   $250).    Provides   that   such
      organizations shall have no more than 6,000 tickets in a game
      (now  4,000).   Provides  that  the  price  for  a  right  to
      participate in a game conducted by such an organization shall
      not  exceed  $2  (now  $1).   Provides  that the value of all
      prizes awarded in a single day by such an organization  shall
      not exceed $5,000 (now $2,250).
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 1        AN  ACT to amend the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act
 2    by changing Sections 1.1 and 4.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act is
 6    amended by changing Sections 1.1 and 4 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 20/1.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1)
 8        Sec. 1.1.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        "Pull  tabs"  and  "jar  games"  means   a   game   using
10    single-folded  or banded tickets or a card, the face of which
11    is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view  in  order
12    to  conceal a number, symbol or set of symbols, some of which
13    are winners.  Players with winning tickets  receive  a  prize
14    stated  on  a promotional display or "flare".  Pull tabs also
15    means a game in which prizes are won by pulling a tab from  a
16    board  thereby  revealing  a  number which corresponds to the
17    number for a given prize.
18        Each winning pull tab or slip shall be predetermined.  In
19    no instance shall The right  to  participate  in  such  games
20    shall  not  cost  more than $2.  No one dollar, nor shall any
21    single prize shall exceed $500 $250.  There shall be no  more
22    than 6,000 4000 tickets in a game.
23        "Pull  tabs and jar games", as used in this Act, does not
24    include the following: numbers,  policy,  bolita  or  similar
25    games,  dice,  slot  machines,  bookmaking and wagering pools
26    with respect to a sporting event, or that game commonly known
27    as punch boards, or any other game or activity not  expressly
28    defined in this Section.
29        "Organization"  means a corporation, agency, partnership,
30    association, firm or other entity consisting  of  2  or  more
31    persons joined by a common interest or purpose.
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 1        "Non-profit   organization"   means  an  organization  or
 2    institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis
 3    with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of  the
 4    operation.
 5        "Charitable   organization"   means  an  organization  or
 6    institution organized and operated to benefit  an  indefinite
 7    number of the public.
 8        "Educational   organization"  means  an  organization  or
 9    institution organized  and  operated  to  provide  systematic
10    instruction  in useful branches of learning by methods common
11    to  schools  and  institutions  of  learning  which   compare
12    favorably  in  their  scope  and intensity with the course of
13    study presented in tax-supported schools.
14        "Religious organization" means any church,  congregation,
15    society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious
16    worship.
17        "Fraternal   organization"   means   an  organization  of
18    persons, including but not limited to  ethnic  organizations,
19    having  a common interest, organized and operated exclusively
20    to promote the welfare of its  members  and  to  benefit  the
21    general public on a continuing and consistent basis.
22        "Veterans'  organization" means an organization comprised
23    of members of which substantially all are individuals who are
24    veterans or spouses, widows, or  widowers  of  veterans,  the
25    primary  purpose  of  which  is to promote the welfare of its
26    members and to provide assistance to the  general  public  in
27    such a way as to confer a public benefit.
28        "Labor  organization"  means  an organization composed of
29    labor unions or  workers  organized  with  the  objective  of
30    betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit
31    and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their
32    respective occupations.
33        "Youth   athletic  organization"  means  an  organization
34    having as its exclusive purpose the promotion  and  provision
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 1    of athletic activities for youth aged 18 and under.
 2        "Senior  citizens  organization" means an organization or
 3    association comprised of members of which  substantially  all
 4    are  individuals  who  are senior citizens, as defined in the
 5    Illinois Act on the Aging, the primary purpose of which is to
 6    promote the welfare of its members.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-1012.)
 8        (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
 9        Sec. 4.  The conducting of pull tabs  and  jar  games  is
10    subject to the following restrictions:
11        (1)  The  entire  net  proceeds  of  any pull tabs or jar
12    games, except as otherwise approved  in  this  Act,  must  be
13    exclusively   devoted   to   the   lawful   purposes  of  the
14    organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
15        (2)  No person except a bona fide member or  employee  of
16    the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
17    or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
18    herein  shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games conducted
19    under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
20        (3)  No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
21    participating in the management or  operation  of  such  pull
22    tabs  or  jar  games;  however, nothing herein shall conflict
23    with pull tabs and jar games conducted under  the  provisions
24    of the Charitable Games Act.
25        (4)  The  price  paid  for  a  single  chance or right to
26    participate in a game  licensed  under  this  Act  shall  not
27    exceed   $2  $1.   The  aggregate  value  of  all  prizes  or
28    merchandise awarded in any single day of pull  tabs  and  jar
29    games  shall  not  exceed  $2,250,  except  that in adjoining
30    counties having 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each,  and  in
31    counties  which  are  adjacent  to  either  of such adjoining
32    counties and are  adjacent  to  total  of  not  more  than  2
33    counties   in   this  State,  the  value  of  all  prizes  or
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 1    merchandise awarded may not exceed $5,000 $3,250 in a  single
 2    day.
 3        (5)  No  person  under  the age of 18 years shall play or
 4    participate in games under this Act.  A person under the  age
 5    of  18  years  may be within the area where pull tabs and jar
 6    games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
 7    or guardian.
 8        (6)  Pull tabs and jar games shall be conducted  only  on
 9    premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
10    by  its  members for general activities, or on premises owned
11    or rented for conducting the game of bingo, or  as  permitted
12    in subsection (4) of Section 3.
13    (Source: P.A. 86-289.)

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