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90_SB0547

      230 ILCS 5/31.1           from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1
          Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of  1975.   Provides
      that     any  racetrack  shall  be  exempt  from  making  the
      charitable contribution for backstretch workers  required  by
      the  Act  for years where no live racing is conducted at that
      track.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975  by
 2    changing Section 31.1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Horse  Racing  Act  of  1975  is
 6    amended by changing Section 31.1 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 5/31.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)
 8        Sec. 31.1.  (a) Organization licensees collectively shall
 9    contribute  annually  to  charity  the  sum  of  $750,000  to
10    non-profit  organizations  that  provide  medical and family,
11    counseling, and similar services to  persons  who  reside  or
12    work  on  the  backstretch  of  Illinois  racetracks.   These
13    contributions  shall  be  collected as follows:  (i) no later
14    than July 1st of  each  year  the  Board  shall  assess  each
15    organization  licensee,  (except  those  tracks which are not
16    within 100 miles of another track  each  other  which  tracks
17    shall pay $30,000 annually apiece into the Board charity fund
18    and  except any track that did not conduct live racing during
19    the previous year which track shall  make  no  payment  under
20    this  Section),  that  amount  that  equals $750,000 less any
21    payments required to be made by another  track  which  equals
22    $690,000  multiplied  by  the  amount of pari-mutuel wagering
23    handled by the organization licensee in  the  year  preceding
24    assessment  and  divided  by  the  total pari-mutuel wagering
25    handled by all Illinois organization licensees, (except those
26    tracks which are not within 100 miles of  another  track  and
27    except  any track that did not conduct live racing during the
28    previous  year)  another  track,  in   the   year   preceding
29    assessment; (ii) notice of the assessed contribution shall be
30    mailed  to  each  organization  licensee; (iii) within thirty
31    days  of  its  receipt  of  such  notice,  each  organization
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 1    licensee shall remit the assessed contribution to the  Board.
 2    If  an  organization  licensee wilfully fails to so remit the
 3    contribution, the Board may revoke  its  license  to  conduct
 4    horse racing.
 5        (b)  No   later  than  October  1st  of  each  year,  any
 6    qualified charitable organization  seeking  an  allotment  of
 7    contributed  funds  shall  submit to the Board an application
 8    for those funds, using the Board's approved  form.  No  later
 9    than  December  31st of each year, the Board shall distribute
10    all such amounts  collected  that  year  to  such  charitable
11    organization applicants.
12    (Source: P.A. 87-110.)
13        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.

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