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90_SB1510enr

      230 ILCS 20/4             from Ch. 120, par. 1054
      230 ILCS 20/5             from Ch. 120, par. 1055
          Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.   Raises
      the  aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise that may be
      awarded in a single day in certain counties  from  $2,250  to
      $5,000. Removes provision requiring licensed organizations to
      pay  the  tax imposed under the Act. Provides that a licensed
      supplier shall pay a tax equal to 5% of the face value of any
      pull tabs and jar games tickets sold by  the  supplier  to  a
      licensed organization. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to State revenue.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 6        (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
 7        Sec.  4.   The  conducting  of pull tabs and jar games is
 8    subject to the following restrictions:
 9        (1)  The entire net proceeds of  any  pull  tabs  or  jar
10    games,  except  as  otherwise  approved  in this Act, must be
11    exclusively  devoted  to   the   lawful   purposes   of   the
12    organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
13        (2)  No  person  except a bona fide member or employee of
14    the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
15    or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
16    herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games  conducted
17    under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
18        (3)  No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
19    participating  in  the  management  or operation of such pull
20    tabs or jar games; however,  nothing  herein  shall  conflict
21    with  pull  tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
22    of the Charitable Games Act.
23        (4)  The price paid for  a  single  chance  or  right  to
24    participate  in  a  game  licensed  under  this Act shall not
25    exceed $2.  The aggregate value of all prizes or  merchandise
26    awarded  in  any  single day of pull tabs and jar games shall
27    not exceed $5,000 $2,250, except that in  adjoining  counties
28    having  200,000  to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties
29    which are adjacent to either of such adjoining  counties  and
30    are  adjacent  to  total  of not more than 2 counties in this
31    State, the value of all prizes or merchandise awarded may not
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 1    exceed $5,000 in a single day.
 2        (5)  No person under the age of 18 years  shall  play  or
 3    participate  in games under this Act.  A person under the age
 4    of 18 years may be within the area where pull  tabs  and  jar
 5    games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
 6    or guardian.
 7        (6)  Pull  tabs  and jar games shall be conducted only on
 8    premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
 9    by its members for general activities, or on  premises  owned
10    or  rented  for conducting the game of bingo, or as permitted
11    in subsection (4) of Section 3.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-536, eff. 1-1-98.)
13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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