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92_HB0523eng HB0523 Engrossed LRB9204318LDpr 1 AN ACT in relation to gambling. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is 5 amended by changing Section 28.1 as follows: 6 (230 ILCS 5/28.1) 7 Sec. 28.1. Payments. 8 (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by 9 the Department of Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to 10 Section 26 or Section 27 of this Act shall be deposited into 11 the Horse Racing Fund, which is hereby created as a special 12 fund in the State Treasury. 13 (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly, 14 may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay 15 the salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, 16 directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, 17 accountants, clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other 18 employees of the Board, and all expenses of the Board 19 incident to the administration of this Act, including, but 20 not limited to, all expenses and salaries incident to the 21 taking of saliva and urine samples in accordance with the 22 rules and regulations of the Board. 23 (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall 24 transfer the remainder of the funds generated pursuant to 25 Sections 26 and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the 26 General Revenue Fund. 27 (d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs 28 in existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 29 1999 that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 30 26(h)(11)(C), and 28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), 31 (f), (g), and (h) of Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), HB0523 Engrossed -2- LRB9204318LDpr 1 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of Section 31 shall be made 2 from the General Revenue Fund at the funding levels 3 determined by amounts paid under this Act in calendar year 4 1998. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 5 of the 92nd General Assembly, payments to the Lakeview Museum 6 in Peoria shall be made from the General Revenue Fund at the 7 funding level determined by amounts paid to that museum under 8 this Act in calendar year 1996. 9 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.