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 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  Riverboat  Gambling Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, and 13 as follows:

 6        (230 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 2402)
 7        Sec. 2.  Legislative Intent.
 8        (a)  This Act is intended to benefit the  people  of  the
 9    State  of  Illinois  by  assisting  economic  development and
10    promoting Illinois tourism.
11        (b)  While  authorization  of  riverboat  gambling   will
12    enhance  investment,  development and tourism in Illinois, it
13    is recognized that it will do so successfully only if  public
14    confidence  and trust in the credibility and integrity of the
15    gambling operations and the regulatory process is maintained.
16    Therefore, regulatory provisions of this Act are designed  to
17    strictly  regulate  the facilities, persons, associations and
18    practices related to  gambling  operations  pursuant  to  the
19    police  powers  of  the  State,  including  comprehensive law
20    enforcement supervision.
21        (c)  The Illinois Gaming Board established under this Act
22    should, as soon as possible, inform  each  applicant  for  an
23    owners  license  of  the  Board's  intent  to grant or deny a
24    license.
25        (d)  The  purpose  of  competitive  bidding  for   owners
26    licenses  is  to  maximize the revenue paid to this State and
27    units of local government.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)

29        (230 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 120, par. 2403)
30        Sec. 3.  Riverboat Gambling Authorized.
 
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 1        (a)  Riverboat gambling  operations  and  the  system  of
 2    wagering  incorporated  therein,  as defined in this Act, are
 3    hereby authorized to the extent that they are carried out  in
 4    accordance with the provisions of this Act.
 5        (b)  This Act does not apply to the pari-mutuel system of
 6    wagering  used  or intended to be used in connection with the
 7    horse-race meetings as authorized under  the  Illinois  Horse
 8    Racing  Act  of  1975,  lottery  games  authorized  under the
 9    Illinois  Lottery  Law,  bingo  authorized  under  the  Bingo
10    License and Tax Act, charitable games  authorized  under  the
11    Charitable  Games  Act  or  pull tabs and jar games conducted
12    under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
13        (c)  Riverboat gambling conducted pursuant  to  this  Act
14    may be authorized upon any water within the State of Illinois
15    or  any  water  other  than Lake Michigan which constitutes a
16    boundary of the State of Illinois.  A  licensee  may  conduct
17    riverboat  gambling  authorized  under this Act regardless of
18    whether it conducts excursion cruises.  A licensee may permit
19    the continuous ingress  and  egress  of  passengers  for  the
20    purpose of gambling.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

22        (230 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 120, par. 2406)
23        Sec. 6.  Application for Owners License.
24        (a)  A  qualified  person  may  apply to the Board for an
25    owners license to conduct a riverboat gambling  operation  as
26    provided in this Act.  The application shall be made on forms
27    provided  by  the Board and shall contain such information as
28    the Board  prescribes,  including  but  not  limited  to  the
29    identity of the riverboat on which such gambling operation is
30    to  be  conducted and the exact location where such riverboat
31    will be docked, a certification that the  riverboat  will  be
32    registered  under this Act at all times during which gambling
33    operations  are  conducted  on  board,  detailed  information
 
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 1    regarding the ownership and management of the applicant,  and
 2    detailed   personal   information  regarding  the  applicant.
 3    Information provided on the application shall be  used  as  a
 4    basis for a thorough background investigation which the Board
 5    shall  conduct with respect to each applicant.  An incomplete
 6    application shall be cause for denial of  a  license  by  the
 7    Board.
 8        (b)  Applicants  shall  submit with their application all
 9    documents, resolutions,  and  letters  of  support  from  the
10    governing  body  that  represents  the municipality or county
11    wherein the licensee will dock.
12        (c)  Each applicant shall disclose the identity of  every
13    person,  association,  trust  or corporation having a greater
14    than  1%  direct  or  indirect  pecuniary  interest  in   the
15    riverboat  gambling  operation  with  respect  to  which  the
16    license  is  sought.  If the disclosed entity is a trust, the
17    application shall disclose the names  and  addresses  of  the
18    beneficiaries;  if  a corporation, the names and addresses of
19    all stockholders and directors; if a partnership,  the  names
20    and addresses of all partners, both general and limited.
21        (d)  An  application  shall  be  filed  with the Board by
22    January 1 of the year preceding any calendar year  for  which
23    an  applicant  seeks an owners license; however, applications
24    for an owners license permitting  operations  on  January  1,
25    1991  shall  be  filed  by  July 1, 1990 and applications for
26    licenses authorized under this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd
27    General  Assembly  shall be filed by deadlines established by
28    the Board.  In the case of an owners license  to  be  awarded
29    through  the  competitive  bidding  process,  the Board shall
30    solicit applications by publishing an advertisement at  least
31    3 times, the first and last of which publications shall be at
32    least   10   days  apart,  in  trade  publications,  business
33    newspapers  such  as  the  Wall  Street  Journal,   and   the
34    newspapers that are in the top 10 in circulation in Illinois.
 
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 1    The  advertisement shall state the procedure for applying for
 2    an  owners  license  and  shall  state   the   deadline   for
 3    applications.   The  Board  shall also notify all parties who
 4    have ever applied for an owners license under  this  Act.  An
 5    application  fee  of  $50,000  shall  be  paid at the time of
 6    filing to defray the costs  associated  with  the  background
 7    investigation  conducted  by  the Board.  If the costs of the
 8    investigation exceed $50,000, the  applicant  shall  pay  the
 9    additional  amount  to  the  Board.   If  the  costs  of  the
10    investigation  are  less  than  $50,000,  the applicant shall
11    receive a refund of the remaining amount.   All  information,
12    records,  interviews, reports, statements, memoranda or other
13    data supplied to or used by the Board in the  course  of  its
14    review or investigation of an application for a license under
15    this Act shall be privileged, strictly confidential and shall
16    be  used  only  for  the  purpose of evaluating an applicant.
17    Such information, records, interviews,  reports,  statements,
18    memoranda  or other data shall not be admissible as evidence,
19    nor discoverable in any action of any kind in  any  court  or
20    before  any tribunal, board, agency or person, except for any
21    action deemed necessary by the Board.
22        (e)  The Board shall charge each applicant a fee  set  by
23    the Department of State Police to defray the costs associated
24    with  the  search and classification of fingerprints obtained
25    by the Board with respect  to  the  applicant's  application.
26    These fees shall be paid into the State Police Services Fund.
27        (f)  The  licensed  owner  shall  be the person primarily
28    responsible for the boat itself.  Only one riverboat gambling
29    operation may be authorized by the Board  on  any  riverboat.
30    The  applicant must identify each riverboat it intends to use
31    and certify  that  the  riverboat:  (1)  has  the  authorized
32    capacity  required in this Act; (2) is accessible to disabled
33    persons;  and  (3)  is  fully  registered  and  licensed   in
34    accordance with any applicable laws.
 
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 1        (g)  A person who knowingly makes a false statement on an
 2    application is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

 4        (230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407)
 5        Sec. 7.  Owners Licenses.
 6        (a)  The    Board   shall,   upon   completion   of   the
 7    investigation required under Section 6, make a  determination
 8    as  to  whether  each  applicant  for  an  owners  license is
 9    suitable for licensing  issue  owners  licenses  to  persons,
10    firms  or  corporations  which  apply  for such licenses upon
11    payment to the Board of the non-refundable license fee set by
12    the Board, upon payment of a  $25,000  license  fee  for  the
13    first  year  of  operation  and a $5,000 license fee for each
14    succeeding year and upon a determination by  the  Board  that
15    the  applicant  is eligible for an owners license pursuant to
16    this Act and the rules of  the  Board.   A  person,  firm  or
17    corporation is ineligible to receive an owners license if:
18             (1)  the person has been convicted of a felony under
19        the  laws  of  this State, any other state, or the United
20        States;
21             (2)  the person has been convicted of any  violation
22        of   Article   28  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  or
23        substantially similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
24             (3)  the person has submitted an application  for  a
25        license under this Act which contains false information;
26             (4)  the person is a member of the Board;
27             (5)  a  person defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) is an
28        officer, director or managerial employee of the  firm  or
29        corporation;
30             (6)  the   firm  or  corporation  employs  a  person
31        defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) who participates  in  the
32        management or operation of gambling operations authorized
33        under this Act;
 
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 1             (7)  (blank); or
 2             (8)  a  license  of  the person, firm or corporation
 3        issued under this Act, or a license  to  own  or  operate
 4        gambling  facilities  in any other jurisdiction, has been
 5        revoked.
 6        (b)  In determining the suitability of whether  to  grant
 7    an  owners license to an applicant for an owners license, the
 8    Board shall consider:
 9             (1)  the  character,  reputation,  experience    and
10        financial integrity of the applicants and of any other or
11        separate person that either:
12                  (A)  controls,  directly  or  indirectly,  such
13             applicant, or
14                  (B)  is  controlled, directly or indirectly, by
15             such  applicant  or  by  a  person  which  controls,
16             directly or indirectly, such applicant;
17             (2)  the facilities or proposed facilities  for  the
18        conduct of riverboat gambling;
19             (3)  the  highest  prospective  total  revenue to be
20        derived by  the  State  from  the  conduct  of  riverboat
21        gambling;
22             (4)  the  good faith affirmative action plan of each
23        applicant to recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all
24        employment classifications;
25             (5)  the  financial  ability  of  the  applicant  to
26        purchase and maintain  adequate  liability  and  casualty
27        insurance;
28             (6)  whether     the    applicant    has    adequate
29        capitalization to provide and maintain, for the  duration
30        of a license, a riverboat; and
31             (7)  the  extent  to  which the applicant exceeds or
32        meets other standards  for  the  issuance  of  an  owners
33        license which the Board may adopt by rule.
34        (c)  (Blank). Each owners license shall specify the place
 
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 1    where riverboats shall operate and dock.
 2        (d)  Each applicant shall submit with his application, on
 3    forms provided by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints.
 4        (e)  The  Board  may  issue up to 10 licenses authorizing
 5    the holders of such  licenses  to  own  riverboats.   In  the
 6    application  for an owners license, the applicant shall state
 7    the dock at which the riverboat is based  and  the  water  on
 8    which the riverboat will be located.
 9        (e-1)  For  the  purpose  of awarding licenses under this
10    Section, the Board shall divide the State into 3 zones.  Zone
11    1 shall be comprised of a county with a  population  of  more
12    than  3,000,000,  zone  2  shall be comprised of the counties
13    that are contiguous to a county with  a  population  of  more
14    than  3,000,000, and zone 3 shall be comprised of the rest of
15    the State.
16        (e-2)  After the Board makes its determination as to  the
17    suitability  of  applicants  for  a  license, the Board shall
18    notify each applicant of its  determination,  and  the  Board
19    shall  notify  the  applicants found to be suitable that they
20    may bid for the  license.   Bids  shall  be  expressed  as  a
21    percentage  of  adjusted  gross  receipts to be paid into the
22    State Gaming Fund, in addition to the wagering  tax  required
23    to  be  paid  under  Section  13,  during  the  period of the
24    license.  Licenses shall be awarded to the  highest  bidders,
25    with at least 3 licenses being awarded in each zone.  No more
26    than  2  licenses  shall be awarded within the same county in
27    zones 2 and 3.  The Board shall include time limits  and  any
28    appropriate  bid  specifications.   The Board shall award the
29    license to the applicant whose application and  bid,  in  the
30    opinion  of the Board, shall result in the greatest amount of
31    revenue, in the form  of  wagering  tax  and  the  additional
32    payments  in accordance with the bid, for the duration of the
33    license.   Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions  of   this
34    Section, the Board may reject any bid. The Board shall notify
 
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 1    each  applicant  of  its  final  decision, and shall publicly
 2    disclose the amount of the winning bid.  The amounts paid  by
 3    a  successful applicant in addition to the wagering tax under
 4    the terms of  its  bid  shall  be  paid  and  distributed  in
 5    accordance with subsection (b-1) of Section 13.
 6        (e-3)  The  Board  shall issue a temporary license to any
 7    licensee who loses his license under the competitive  bidding
 8    process  established  in this Section.  The temporary license
 9    shall be effective until the winning bidder for that  license
10    begins riverboat gambling operations.
11        (e-4)  An   applicant   whose   bid   is  selected  under
12    subsection (e-2) shall be awarded a license upon  payment  to
13    the  Board  of  a  $25,000  license fee for the first year of
14    operation and a $5,000 license fee for each succeeding year.
15    Each license awarded under subsection (e-2) shall  be  issued
16    for a 10-year period.
17        (e-5)  Each  owners license shall specify the place where
18    riverboats shall operate and dock.
19        (e-6)  The Board may not issue a license to an  applicant
20    for  a  license  to  conduct  riverboat  gambling  unless, in
21    accordance with subsection (j), riverboat gambling  has  been
22    approved  by  the  governing  body of the appropriate unit of
23    local  government  and  a  referendum,  if   required   under
24    subsection  (j),  has  been  held  at which the electors have
25    approved the docking of riverboats. The Board shall  issue  5
26    licenses  to  become  effective  not  earlier than January 1,
27    1991.  Three  of  such  licenses  shall  authorize  riverboat
28    gambling  on  the  Mississippi  River,  one  of  which  shall
29    authorize  riverboat gambling from a home dock in the city of
30    East St. Louis. One other license shall  authorize  riverboat
31    gambling  on the Illinois River south of Marshall County. The
32    Board shall issue 1 additional license  to  become  effective
33    not  earlier  than  March  1,  1992,  which  shall  authorize
34    riverboat  gambling  on the Des Plaines River in Will County.
 
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 1    The Board may issue 4 additional licenses to become effective
 2    not earlier than March 1, 1992.   In  determining  the  water
 3    upon  which riverboats will operate, the Board shall consider
 4    the economic benefit which riverboat gambling confers on  the
 5    State, and shall seek to assure that all regions of the State
 6    share in the economic benefits of riverboat gambling.
 7        In  granting  all  licenses, the Board may give favorable
 8    consideration to economically depressed areas of  the  State,
 9    to  applicants presenting plans which provide for significant
10    economic development over a large  geographic  area,  and  to
11    applicants  who  currently operate non-gambling riverboats in
12    Illinois.  The Board shall review all applications for owners
13    licenses, and shall inform  each  applicant  of  the  Board's
14    decision.
15        The  Board  may  revoke  the owners license of a licensee
16    which fails to begin conducting gambling within 15 months  of
17    receipt  of  the  Board's  approval of the application if the
18    Board determines that  license  revocation  is  in  the  best
19    interests of the State.
20        (f)  The  first  10 owners Licenses issued under this Act
21    shall permit the  holder  to  own  up  to  2  riverboats  and
22    equipment thereon. A license issued before the effective date
23    of  this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be
24    valid for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the
25    license.
26        (f-1)  Holders of the first  10  owners  licenses  issued
27    under  this  Section must pay the annual license fee for each
28    year of the 3 years during which they are authorized  to  own
29    riverboats.
30        (g)  Upon  the  termination, expiration, or revocation of
31    each of the first 10 licenses  issued  before  the  effective
32    date  of  this  amendatory  Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
33    each license shall be awarded for a  10-year  period  through
34    the competitive bidding process in accordance with subsection
 
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 1    (e-2).   Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of a
 2    license awarded for a 10-year period, the  license  shall  be
 3    awarded  for a 10-year period through the competitive bidding
 4    process in accordance with subsection (e-2).
 5        (g-1)  Any  agreement  or  collusion  among  bidders   or
 6    prospective  bidders  for  owners  licenses  in  restraint of
 7    freedom of competition by agreement to bid a fixed  price  or
 8    by  any  other  method  shall  render the bids of the bidders
 9    void. Each bidder for an owners license shall  accompany  his
10    or  her  bid  with  a  sworn statement, or otherwise swear or
11    affirm, that he or she has not  been  a  party  to  any  such
12    agreement  or collusion.  A bidder found to have participated
13    in  a  collusive  agreement  under  this  Section  shall   be
14    prevented  from  ever  owning  a license to conduct riverboat
15    gambling. which shall be issued for  a  3  year  period,  all
16    licenses are renewable annually upon payment of the fee and a
17    determination  by  the  Board  that the licensee continues to
18    meet all of the requirements of  this  Act  and  the  Board's
19    rules.    However,  for  licenses  renewed on or after May 1,
20    1998, renewal shall be for a period of 4  years,  unless  the
21    Board sets a shorter period.
22        (h)  An  owners license shall entitle the licensee to own
23    up to 2 riverboats.  A licensee shall  limit  the  number  of
24    gambling participants to 1,200 for any such owners license. A
25    licensee  may  operate  both  of its riverboats concurrently,
26    provided that the total number of  gambling  participants  on
27    both riverboats does not exceed 1,200. Riverboats licensed to
28    operate on the Mississippi River and the Illinois River south
29    of  Marshall  County  shall have an authorized capacity of at
30    least 500 persons.  Any other riverboat licensed  under  this
31    Act  shall  have  an  authorized  capacity  of  at  least 400
32    persons.
33        (i)  A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board
34    for and, if approved therefor, to receive all  licenses  from
 
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 1    the  Board  necessary  for  the  operation  of  a  riverboat,
 2    including  a  liquor  license, a license to prepare and serve
 3    food for human consumption,  and  other  necessary  licenses.
 4    All  use, occupation and excise taxes which apply to the sale
 5    of food and beverages in this State and all taxes imposed  on
 6    the  sale  or use of tangible personal property apply to such
 7    sales aboard the riverboat.
 8        (j)  The  Board  may  issue  a  license   authorizing   a
 9    riverboat  to  dock in a municipality or approve a relocation
10    under Section 11.2 only if, prior  to  the  issuance  of  the
11    license:
12             (1)  a  petition is filed in accordance with Article
13        28  of  the  Election  Code  seeking  submission  of  the
14        question "Shall riverboat gambling be permitted in  (name
15        of  municipality)?"  to the electors of the municipality,
16        the  question  is  submitted  to  the  electors  of   the
17        municipality   in  accordance  with  Article  28  of  the
18        Election Code, and the question is approved by a majority
19        of the electors voting on the question in the election at
20        which the question is submitted, except as follows:
21                  (A)  If the docking of gambling  riverboats  is
22             sought  in  a  municipality  at  a  location that is
23             within zone 1, the  question  under  this  item  (1)
24             shall   name   the   township   (rather   than   the
25             municipality)  in  which  the  docking  of  gambling
26             riverboats   is  sought  to  be  permitted  and  the
27             question must be submitted  to  and  approved  by  a
28             majority  of  the  electors  of the township (rather
29             than the  municipality)  in  which  the  docking  of
30             gambling riverboats is sought to be permitted.
31                  (B)  A  referendum  under  this item (1) is not
32             required in the case  of  a  license  authorizing  a
33             riverboat  to  dock in a municipality with more than
34             1,000,000 inhabitants.
 
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 1             (2)  in the case of any license  issued  under  this
 2        Act,  or approval, the governing body of the municipality
 3        in which the riverboat will dock has by a  majority  vote
 4        approved the docking of riverboats in the municipality.
 5        The  Board may issue a license authorizing a riverboat to
 6    dock in areas of a county outside any municipality or approve
 7    a relocation  under  Section  11.2  only  if,  prior  to  the
 8    issuance of the license:
 9             (i)  a  petition is filed in accordance with Article
10        28  of  the  Election  Code  seeking  submission  of  the
11        question "Shall riverboat gambling be permitted in  (name
12        of  county)?" to the electors of the county, the question
13        is submitted to the electors of the county in  accordance
14        with Article 28 of the Election Code, and the question is
15        approved  by  a  majority  of  the electors voting on the
16        question  in  the  election  at  which  the  question  is
17        submitted; however, in the case of a license  authorizing
18        a riverboat to dock in an unincorporated area of a county
19        that  is  divided into townships, the question under this
20        item (i) must name the township (rather than the  county)
21        in  which the docking of gambling riverboats is sought to
22        be permitted and the question must be  submitted  to  and
23        approved  by  a  majority of the electors of the township
24        (rather than the county) in which the docking of gambling
25        riverboats is sought to be permitted; and
26             (ii)  in the case of any license issued  under  this
27        Act  or approval, the governing body of the county has by
28        a majority vote approved of  the  docking  of  riverboats
29        within such areas.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

31        (230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)
32        Sec.  11.  Conduct of gambling. Gambling may be conducted
33    by  licensed  owners  aboard  riverboats,  subject   to   the
 
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 1    following standards:
 2             (1)  A   licensee  may  conduct  riverboat  gambling
 3        authorized  under  this  Act  regardless  of  whether  it
 4        conducts excursion cruises.  A licensee  may  permit  the
 5        continuous  ingress  and  egress  of  passengers  for the
 6        purpose of gambling.
 7             (2)  (Blank).
 8             (3)  Minimum and maximum wagers on  games  shall  be
 9        set by the licensee.
10             (4)  Agents of the Board and the Department of State
11        Police  may  board  and inspect any riverboat at any time
12        for the purpose of determining whether this Act is  being
13        complied  with.   Every riverboat, if under way and being
14        hailed by a law  enforcement  officer  or  agent  of  the
15        Board,  must  stop  immediately  and  lay  to. Holders of
16        licenses to conduct  riverboat  gambling  shall  pay  the
17        State  Police  the  actual  cost of inspection under this
18        Section.
19             (5)  Employees of the Board shall have the right  to
20        be  present  on  the  riverboat or on adjacent facilities
21        under the control of the licensee.
22             (6)  Gambling  equipment  and  supplies  customarily
23        used in conducting riverboat gambling must  be  purchased
24        or  leased  only from suppliers licensed for such purpose
25        under this Act.
26             (7)  Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no
27        form of wagering on gambling games except as permitted by
28        this Act.
29             (8)  Wagers may  be  received  only  from  a  person
30        present  on a licensed riverboat.  No person present on a
31        licensed riverboat shall place  or  attempt  to  place  a
32        wager  on  behalf of another person who is not present on
33        the riverboat.
34             (9)  Wagering shall not be conducted with  money  or
 
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 1        other negotiable currency.
 2             (10)  A  person  under age 21 shall not be permitted
 3        on an  area  of  a  riverboat  where  gambling  is  being
 4        conducted,  except  for a person at least 18 years of age
 5        who is an employee of the riverboat  gambling  operation.
 6        No  employee  under  age  21  shall  perform any function
 7        involved in gambling by the patrons. No person under  age
 8        21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this Act.
 9             (11)  Gambling  excursion cruises are permitted only
10        when the waterway for which the riverboat is licensed  is
11        navigable,  as  determined  by  the Board in consultation
12        with the U.S. Army Corps  of  Engineers.  This  paragraph
13        (11)  does not limit the ability of a licensee to conduct
14        gambling  authorized  under  this   Act   when   gambling
15        excursion cruises are not permitted.
16             (12)  All  tokens, chips or electronic cards used to
17        make wagers must  be  purchased  from  a  licensed  owner
18        either aboard a riverboat or at an onshore facility which
19        has been approved by the Board and which is located where
20        the  riverboat  docks.  The  tokens,  chips or electronic
21        cards may be purchased by means  of  an  agreement  under
22        which  the  owner  extends  credit  to  the patron.  Such
23        tokens, chips or  electronic  cards  may  be  used  while
24        aboard  the  riverboat  only  for  the  purpose of making
25        wagers on gambling games.
26             (13)  Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act,
27        in addition to the other licenses authorized  under  this
28        Act,  the Board may issue special event licenses allowing
29        persons  who  are  not  otherwise  licensed  to   conduct
30        riverboat   gambling   to  conduct  such  gambling  on  a
31        specified date or series of  dates.   Riverboat  gambling
32        under  such  a  license may take place on a riverboat not
33        normally used for riverboat gambling.   The  Board  shall
34        establish  standards, fees and fines for, and limitations
 
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 1        upon, such licenses, which may differ from the standards,
 2        fees, fines and limitations  otherwise  applicable  under
 3        this  Act.   All  such  fees  shall be deposited into the
 4        State Gaming Fund.  All such  fines  shall  be  deposited
 5        into the Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act
 6        86-0018, of the State of Illinois.
 7             (14)  In  addition  to  the  above, gambling must be
 8        conducted in accordance with all  rules  adopted  by  the
 9        Board.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

11        (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
12        Sec. 13.  Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
13        (a)  Until  January  1,  1998,  a  tax  is imposed on the
14    adjusted  gross  receipts  received   from   gambling   games
15    authorized under this Act at the rate of 20%.
16        Beginning  January 1, 1998, a privilege tax is imposed on
17    persons engaged  in  the  business  of  conducting  riverboat
18    gambling  operations,  based  on  the adjusted gross receipts
19    received by a licensed owner from gambling  games  authorized
20    under this Act at the following rates:
21             15%  of  annual  adjusted  gross  receipts up to and
22        including $25,000,000;
23             20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
24        $25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
25             25%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
26        $50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
27             30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
28        $75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
29             35%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
30        $100,000,000.
31        The taxes imposed by this Section shall be  paid  by  the
32    licensed  owner to the Board not later than 3:00 o'clock p.m.
33    of the day after the day when the wagers were made.
 
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 1        (b)  Until January  1,  1998,  25%  of  the  tax  revenue
 2    deposited  in  the State Gaming Fund under this Section shall
 3    be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to
 4    the unit of local government which is designated as the  home
 5    dock  of  the riverboat.  Beginning January 1, 1998, from the
 6    tax revenue deposited in the State  Gaming  Fund  under  this
 7    Section,  an  amount  equal  to 5% of adjusted gross receipts
 8    generated by a riverboat shall be paid  monthly,  subject  to
 9    appropriation  by  the General Assembly, to the unit of local
10    government that  is  designated  as  the  home  dock  of  the
11    riverboat.
12        (b-1)  In addition to the tax payable under this Section,
13    a  licensed  owner shall pay to the Board a percentage of its
14    adjusted gross receipts equal to its bid under Section  7  in
15    the  same  manner  as  taxes  are  paid under subsection (a).
16    Payments  made  under  this   subsection   (b-1)   shall   be
17    distributed as follows:
18             (i)  Twenty-five  percent  shall be paid, subject to
19        appropriation, to the unit of local  government  that  is
20        designated as the home dock of the riverboat.
21             (ii)  Seventy-five  percent  shall  be paid into the
22        General Revenue Fund.
23        (c)  Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
24    may be made from the State Gaming Fund to the  Department  of
25    Revenue   and   the   Department  of  State  Police  for  the
26    administration and enforcement of this Act.
27        (c-5)  After the payments required under subsections  (b)
28    and  (c)  have  been  made,  an  amount  equal  to 15% of the
29    adjusted gross receipts of a  riverboat  (1)  that  relocates
30    pursuant  to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners license
31    is  initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of   this
32    amendatory  Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be paid
33    from the State Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
34        (c-10)  Each year the General Assembly shall  appropriate
 
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 1    from  the  General  Revenue  Fund to the Education Assistance
 2    Fund an amount equal to the amount paid into the Horse Racing
 3    Equity  Fund  pursuant  to  subsection  (c-5)  in  the  prior
 4    calendar year.
 5        (c-15)  After the  payments  required  under  subsections
 6    (b),  (c), and (c-5) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of
 7    the adjusted gross receipts of a riverboat (1) that relocates
 8    pursuant to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners  license
 9    is   initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of  this
10    amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be paid,
11    subject to appropriation from the General Assembly, from  the
12    State  Gaming Fund to each home rule county with a population
13    of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the  purpose  of  enhancing
14    the county's criminal justice system.
15        (c-20)  Each  year the General Assembly shall appropriate
16    from the General Revenue Fund  to  the  Education  Assistance
17    Fund  an  amount  equal  to the amount paid to each home rule
18    county  with  a  population  of  over  3,000,000  inhabitants
19    pursuant to subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
20        (c-25)  After the  payments  required  under  subsections
21    (b), (c), (c-5) and (c-15) have been made, an amount equal to
22    2%  of  the  adjusted  gross receipts of a riverboat (1) that
23    relocates pursuant to Section  11.2,  or  (2)  for  which  an
24    owners  license  is initially issued after the effective date
25    of this amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first,  shall
26    be   paid   from   the  State  Gaming  Fund  into  the  State
27    Universities Athletic Capital Improvement Fund.
28        (d)  From time to time,  the  Board  shall  transfer  the
29    remainder  of  the  funds  generated  by  this  Act  into the
30    Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018,  of
31    the State of Illinois.
32        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local
33    government  designated as the home dock of the riverboat from
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 1    in this State or in other states to share its portion of  the
 2    tax revenue.
 3        (f)  To   the   extent   practicable,   the  Board  shall
 4    administer and collect the wagering  taxes  imposed  by  this
 5    Section  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  provisions  of
 6    Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
 7    6c,  8,  9,  and  10 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
 8    Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

10        (230 ILCS 10/11.2 rep.)
11        Section 10. The Riverboat  Gambling  Act  is  amended  by
12    repealing Section 11.2.

13        (230 ILCS 5/54 rep.)
14        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Horse  Racing Act of 1975 is
15    amended by repealing Section 54.

16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.

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