Public Act 095-0222
 
HB1822 Enrolled LRB095 10248 AMC 31909 b

    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
by changing Section 28.1 as follows:
 
    (230 ILCS 5/28.1)
    Sec. 28.1. Payments.
    (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the
Department of Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section
26 or Section 27 of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse
Racing Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
State Treasury.
    (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, directors
of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the
Board, and all expenses of the Board incident to the
administration of this Act, including, but not limited to, all
expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva and
urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Board.
    (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall transfer
the remainder of the funds generated pursuant to Sections 26
and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the General Revenue
Fund.
    (d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in
existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999
that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and
28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of
Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue
Fund at the funding levels determined by amounts paid under
this Act in calendar year 1998. Beginning on the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments
to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to
that park district for museum purposes under this Act in
calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of
payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes,
payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the
General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts
paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under
this Act in calendar year 2005.
    (e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under
subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park
districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums,
aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the
Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on
Chicago Park District property.
    (f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum
in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts
paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this
Section in calendar year 2006.
(Source: P.A. 93-869, eff. 8-6-04; 94-813, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.