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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2288

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 2288 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Riverboat  Gambling Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 12 and 13 as follows:

 6        (230 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 2412)
 7        Sec. 12. Admission tax; fees.
 8        (a)  A tax is hereby imposed upon  admissions  authorized
 9    pursuant  to  this Act.  Until July 1, 2002, the rate is at a
10    rate of $2 per person admitted.  Beginning July 1, 2002,  and
11    until  the  first  date  after  the  effective  date  of this
12    amendatory Act on which  riverboat  gambling  operations  are
13    conducted pursuant to a dormant license as defined in Section
14    13,  the  rate  is  $3 per person admitted.  Beginning on the
15    first date after the effective date of this amendatory Act on
16    which riverboat gambling operations are conducted pursuant to
17    a dormant license as defined in Section 13, the  rate  is  $2
18    per  person admitted.  This admission tax is imposed upon the
19    licensed owner conducting gambling.
20             (1)  The  admission  tax  shall  be  paid  for  each
21        admission.
22             (2)  (Blank).
 
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 1             (3)  The  riverboat  licensee  may  issue   tax-free
 2        passes to actual and necessary officials and employees of
 3        the  licensee  or  other  persons actually working on the
 4        riverboat.
 5             (4)  The number and issuance of tax-free  passes  is
 6        subject  to  the  rules  of  the Board, and a list of all
 7        persons to whom the tax-free passes are issued  shall  be
 8        filed with the Board.
 9        (b)  From  the  $2  tax  imposed  under subsection (a), a
10    municipality shall receive from the State $1 for each  person
11    embarking  on a riverboat docked within the municipality, and
12    a county shall receive $1 for  each  person  embarking  on  a
13    riverboat docked within the county but outside the boundaries
14    of  any  municipality.   The municipality's or county's share
15    shall be collected by the Board on behalf of  the  State  and
16    remitted quarterly by the State, subject to appropriation, to
17    the  treasurer of the unit of local government for deposit in
18    the general fund.
19        (c)  The licensed owner shall pay  the  entire  admission
20    tax  to  the  Board.  Such  payments  shall  be  made  daily.
21    Accompanying each payment shall be a return on forms provided
22    by  the Board which shall include other information regarding
23    admissions as the  Board  may  require.   Failure  to  submit
24    either  the  payment  or the return within the specified time
25    may result in suspension or revocation of the owners license.
26        (d)  The Board shall administer and collect the admission
27    tax imposed by this Section, to the extent practicable, in  a
28    manner  consistent  with the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a,
29    5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, 9 and 10 of
30    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act  and  Section  3-7  of  the
31    Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
32    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

33        (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
 
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 1        Sec. 13.  Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
 2        (a)  Until  January  1,  1998,  a  tax  is imposed on the
 3    adjusted  gross  receipts  received   from   gambling   games
 4    authorized under this Act at the rate of 20%.
 5        (a-1)  From Beginning January 1, 1998 until July 1, 2002,
 6    a privilege tax is imposed on persons engaged in the business
 7    of  conducting  riverboat  gambling  operations, based on the
 8    adjusted gross receipts received by  a  licensed  owner  from
 9    gambling  games  authorized  under  this Act at the following
10    rates:
11             15% of annual adjusted  gross  receipts  up  to  and
12        including $25,000,000;
13             20%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
14        $25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
15             25% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
16        $50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
17             30%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
18        $75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
19             35% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
20        $100,000,000.
21        (a-2)  Beginning July 1, 2002, a privilege tax is imposed
22    on  persons  engaged  in the business of conducting riverboat
23    gambling operations, based on  the  adjusted  gross  receipts
24    received  by  a licensed owner from gambling games authorized
25    under this Act at the following rates:
26             15% of annual adjusted  gross  receipts  up  to  and
27        including $25,000,000;
28             22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
29        $25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
30             27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
31        $50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
32             32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
33        $75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
34             37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
 
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 1        $100,000,000 but not exceeding $150,000,000;
 2             45%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
 3        $150,000,000 but not exceeding $200,000,000;
 4             50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
 5        $200,000,000.
 6        The  privilege  tax  imposed  under this subsection (a-2)
 7    shall no longer be imposed  or  collected  beginning  on  the
 8    first  date  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act
 9    that riverboat gambling operations are conducted pursuant  to
10    a  dormant  license.   For  the  purposes  of this subsection
11    (a-2), the term "dormant license"  means  an  owners  license
12    that  is  authorized  by  this  Act  under which no riverboat
13    gambling operations are being conducted on the effective date
14    of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
15        (a-3)  Beginning on the day following the  day  on  which
16    the  tax imposed under subsection (a-2) is no longer imposed,
17    a privilege tax is imposed on persons engaged in the business
18    of conducting riverboat gambling  operations,  based  on  the
19    adjusted  gross  receipts  received  by a licensed owner from
20    gambling games authorized under this  Act  at  the  following
21    rates:
22             15%  of  annual  adjusted  gross  receipts up to and
23        including $25,000,000;
24             20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
25        $25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
26             25%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
27        $50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
28             30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
29        $75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
30             35%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
31        $100,000,000.
32        (a-10)  The taxes imposed by this Section shall  be  paid
33    by  the  licensed  owner  to  the  Board  not later than 3:00
34    o'clock p.m. of the day after the day when  the  wagers  were
 
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 1    made.
 2        (b)  Until  January  1,  1998,  25%  of  the  tax revenue
 3    deposited in the State Gaming Fund under this  Section  shall
 4    be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to
 5    the  unit of local government which is designated as the home
 6    dock of the riverboat.  Beginning January 1, 1998,  from  the
 7    tax  revenue  deposited  in  the State Gaming Fund under this
 8    Section, an amount equal to 5%  of  adjusted  gross  receipts
 9    generated  by  a  riverboat shall be paid monthly, subject to
10    appropriation by the General Assembly, to the unit  of  local
11    government  that  is  designated  as  the  home  dock  of the
12    riverboat.
13        (c)  Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
14    may be made from the State Gaming Fund to the  Department  of
15    Revenue   and   the   Department  of  State  Police  for  the
16    administration and enforcement of this Act.
17        (c-5)  After the payments required under subsections  (b)
18    and  (c)  have  been  made,  an  amount  equal  to 15% of the
19    adjusted gross receipts of a  riverboat  (1)  that  relocates
20    pursuant  to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners license
21    is  initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of   this
22    amendatory  Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be paid
23    from the State Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
24        (c-10)  Each year the General Assembly shall  appropriate
25    from  the  General  Revenue  Fund to the Education Assistance
26    Fund an amount equal to the amount paid into the Horse Racing
27    Equity  Fund  pursuant  to  subsection  (c-5)  in  the  prior
28    calendar year.
29        (c-15)  After the  payments  required  under  subsections
30    (b),  (c), and (c-5) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of
31    the adjusted gross receipts of a riverboat (1) that relocates
32    pursuant to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners  license
33    is   initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of  this
34    amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be paid,
 
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 1    subject to appropriation from the General Assembly, from  the
 2    State  Gaming Fund to each home rule county with a population
 3    of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the  purpose  of  enhancing
 4    the county's criminal justice system.
 5        (c-20)  Each  year the General Assembly shall appropriate
 6    from the General Revenue Fund  to  the  Education  Assistance
 7    Fund  an  amount  equal  to the amount paid to each home rule
 8    county  with  a  population  of  over  3,000,000  inhabitants
 9    pursuant to subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
10        (c-25)  After the  payments  required  under  subsections
11    (b), (c), (c-5) and (c-15) have been made, an amount equal to
12    2%  of  the  adjusted  gross receipts of a riverboat (1) that
13    relocates pursuant to Section  11.2,  or  (2)  for  which  an
14    owners  license  is initially issued after the effective date
15    of this amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first,  shall
16    be   paid   from   the  State  Gaming  Fund  into  the  State
17    Universities Athletic Capital Improvement Fund.
18        (d)  From time to time,  the  Board  shall  transfer  the
19    remainder  of  the  funds  generated  by  this  Act  into the
20    Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018,  of
21    the State of Illinois.
22        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local
23    government  designated as the home dock of the riverboat from
24    entering into agreements with other units of local government
25    in this State or in other states to share its portion of  the
26    tax revenue.
27        (f)  To   the   extent   practicable,   the  Board  shall
28    administer and collect the wagering  taxes  imposed  by  this
29    Section  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  provisions  of
30    Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
31    6c,  8,  9,  and  10 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
32    Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
 
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 1        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
 2    becoming law.".

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