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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. LRB9011544LDdvA SB1510 Enrolled LRB9011544LDdvA 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 SB 1510 Enrolled -2- LRB9011544LDdvA 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.