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90_HB2715

      230 ILCS 20/4             from Ch. 120, par. 1054
          Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.   Raises
      the limit on the aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise
      that  may  be  awarded  in  a single day of pull tabs and jar
      games to $5,000 in all counties where that limit is less than
      $5,000.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games  Act
 2    by changing Section 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 Section 4 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
 8        Sec.  4.   The  conducting  of pull tabs and jar games is
 9    subject to the following restrictions:
10        (1)  The entire net proceeds of  any  pull  tabs  or  jar
11    games,  except  as  otherwise  approved  in this Act, must be
12    exclusively  devoted  to   the   lawful   purposes   of   the
13    organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
14        (2)  No  person  except a bona fide member or employee of
15    the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
16    or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
17    herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games  conducted
18    under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
19        (3)  No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
20    participating  in  the  management  or operation of such pull
21    tabs or jar games; however,  nothing  herein  shall  conflict
22    with  pull  tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
23    of the Charitable Games Act.
24        (4)  The price paid for  a  single  chance  or  right  to
25    participate  in  a  game  licensed  under  this Act shall not
26    exceed $2.  The aggregate value of all prizes or  merchandise
27    awarded  in  any  single day of pull tabs and jar games shall
28    not exceed $2,250, except that in adjoining  counties  having
29    200,000  to  275,000  inhabitants each, and in counties which
30    are adjacent to either of such  adjoining  counties  and  are
31    adjacent  to total of not more than 2 counties in this State,
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 1    the value of all prizes or merchandise awarded may not exceed
 2    $5,000 in a single 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. 90-536, eff. 1-1-98.)
14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.

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