Public Act 096-0840
 
HB0607 Enrolled LRB096 07619 JAM 17717 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing
Sections 3, 7.12, 7.15, and 9.1 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 1605/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1153)
    Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act:
    a. "Lottery" or "State Lottery" means the lottery or
lotteries established and operated pursuant to this Act.
    b. "Board" means the Lottery Control Board created by this
Act.
    c. "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
    d. "Director" means the Director of Revenue.
    e. "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Lottery Control
Board.
    f. "Multi-state game directors" means such persons,
including the Superintendent, as may be designated by an
agreement between the Division and one or more additional
lotteries operated under the laws of another state or states.
    g. "Division" means the Division of the State Lottery of
the Department of Revenue.
    h. "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the
Division of the State Lottery of the Department of Revenue.
    i. "Management agreement" means an agreement or contract
between the Department on behalf of the State with a private
manager, as an independent contractor, whereby the private
manager provides management services to the Lottery in exchange
for compensation that may consist of, among other things, a fee
for services and a performance-based bonus of the receipt of no
more than 5% of Lottery profits so long as the Department
continues to exercise actual control over all significant
business decisions made by the private manager as set forth in
Section 9.1.
    j. "Person" means any individual, firm, association, joint
venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary,
corporation, or other legal entity, group, or combination.
    k. "Private manager" means a person that provides
management services to the Lottery on behalf of the Department
under a management agreement.
    l. "Profits" means total revenues accruing from the sale of
lottery tickets or shares and related proceeds minus (1) the
payment of prizes and retailer bonuses and (2) the payment of
costs incurred in the operation and administration of the
lottery, excluding costs of services directly rendered by a
private manager.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1605/7.12)
    Sec. 7.12. Internet pilot program. The General Assembly
finds that:
        (1) the consumer market in Illinois has changed since
    the creation of the Illinois State Lottery in 1974;
        (2) the Internet has become an integral part of
    everyday life for a significant number of Illinois
    residents not only in regards to their professional life,
    but also in regards to personal business and communication;
    and
        (3) the current practices of selling lottery tickets
    does not appeal to the new form of market participants who
    prefer to make purchases on the internet at their own
    convenience.
    It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an
Internet pilot program for the sale of lottery tickets to
capture this new form of market participant.
    The Department shall create a pilot program that allows an
individual 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets
or shares on the Internet without using a Lottery retailer with
on-line status, as those terms are defined by rule. The
Department shall restrict the sale of lottery tickets on the
Internet to transactions initiated and received or otherwise
made exclusively within the State of Illinois. The Department
shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this
program. These rules shall include requirements for marketing
of the Lottery to infrequent players. The provisions of this
Act and the rules adopted under this Act shall apply to the
sale of lottery tickets or shares under this program.
    Before beginning the pilot program, the Department of
Revenue must submit a request to the United States Department
of Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a pilot
program for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its
propriety under federal law. The Department shall implement the
Internet pilot program only if the Department of Justice does
not object to the implementation of the program within a
reasonable period of time after its review. seek a clarifying
memorandum from the federal Department of Justice that it is
legal for Illinois residents and non-Illinois residents to
purchase and the private company to sell lottery tickets on the
Internet on behalf of the State of Illinois under the federal
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
    The Department shall limit the individuals authorized to
purchase lottery tickets on the Internet to individuals who are
18 years of age or older and Illinois residents, unless the
clarifying memorandum from the federal Department of Justice
indicates that it is legal for non-Illinois residents to
purchase lottery tickets on the Internet, and shall set a
limitation on the monthly purchases that may be made through
any one individual's lottery account. The Department is
obligated to implement the pilot program set forth in this
Section and Sections 7.15 and , 7.16, and 7.17 only at such
time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does
not object to the implementation of the program within a
reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois
Lottery may only offer Lotto and Mega Millions games through
the pilot program, the Department shall request review from the
federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery to sell
lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State of
Illinois that are not limited to just these games issues a
clarifying memorandum finding such program to be permitted
under federal law. Only Lotto and Mega Million games offered by
the Illinois Lottery may be offered through the pilot program.
    The Department shall authorize the private manager to
implement and administer the program pursuant to the management
agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner
consistent with the provisions of this Section. If a private
manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the
time the Department is obligated to implement the pilot
program, then the Department shall not proceed with the pilot
program until after the selection of the private manager, at
which time the Department shall authorize the private manager
to implement and administer the program pursuant to the
management agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a
manner consistent with the provisions of this Section. The
pilot program must be conducted pursuant to a contract with a
private vendor that has the expertise, technical capability,
and knowledge of the Illinois lottery marketplace to conduct
the program. The Department of the Lottery must seek
cooperation from existing vendors for the program.
    The pilot program shall last for not less than 36 months,
but not more than 48 months from the date of its initial
operation.
    Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting
the Department from implementing and operating a website portal
whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an
Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets
via subscription.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1605/7.15)
    Sec. 7.15. Verification of age and residency for Internet
program; security for Internet lottery accounts. The
Department must establish a procedure to verify that an
individual is 18 years of age or older and that the sale of
lottery tickets on the Internet is limited to transactions that
are initiated and received or otherwise made exclusively within
the State of Illinois, unless the federal Department of Justice
indicates that it is legal for the transactions to originate in
states other than Illinois. An individual must satisfy the
verification procedure before he or she an Illinois resident
before he or she may establish one Internet lottery account and
purchase lottery tickets or shares through the Internet pilot
program. Non-residents of Illinois shall only be allowed to
participate in the pilot program if the federal Department of
Justice indicates that it is legal for non-residents to do so.
By rule, the Department shall establish funding procedures for
Internet lottery accounts and shall provide a mechanism for
each Internet lottery account to have a personal identification
number to prevent the unauthorized use of Internet lottery
accounts. If any participant in the pilot program violates any
provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly
or rule established by the Department, the participant's all
such winnings shall be forfeited. Such forfeited winnings shall
be deposited in the Common School Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1605/9.1)
    Sec. 9.1. Private manager and management agreement.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Offeror" means a person or group of persons that responds
to a request for qualifications under this Section.
    "Request for qualifications" means all materials and
documents prepared by the Department to solicit the following
from offerors:
        (1) Statements of qualifications.
        (2) Proposals to enter into a management agreement,
    including the identity of any prospective vendor or vendors
    that the offeror intends to initially engage to assist the
    offeror in performing its obligations under the management
    agreement.
    "Final offer" means the last proposal submitted by an
offeror in response to the request for qualifications,
including the identity of any prospective vendor or vendors
that the offeror intends to initially engage to assist the
offeror in performing its obligations under the management
agreement.
    "Final offeror" means the offeror ultimately selected by
the Governor to be the private manager for the Lottery under
subsection (h) of this Section.
    (b) By September 15, 2010 March 1, 2010, the Governor
Department shall select enter into a management agreement with
a private manager for the total management of the Lottery with
integrated functions, such as lottery game design, supply of
goods and services, and advertising and as specified in this
Section.
    (c) Pursuant to the terms of this subsection, the
Department shall endeavor to expeditiously terminate the
existing contracts in support of the Lottery in effect on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly in connection with the selection of the private
manager. As part of its obligation to terminate these contracts
and select the private manager, the Department shall establish
a mutually agreeable timetable to transfer the functions of
existing contractors to the private manager so that existing
Lottery operations are not materially diminished or impaired
during the transition. To that end, the Department shall do the
following:
        (1) where such contracts contain a provision
    authorizing termination upon notice, the Department shall
    provide notice of termination to occur upon the mutually
    agreed timetable for transfer of functions;
        (2) upon the expiration of any initial term or renewal
    term of the current Lottery contracts, the Department shall
    not renew such contract for a term extending beyond the
    mutually agreed timetable for transfer of functions; or
        (3) in the event any current contract provides for
    termination of that contract upon the implementation of a
    contract with the private manager, the Department shall
    perform all necessary actions to terminate the contract on
    the date that coincides with the mutually agreed timetable
    for transfer of functions.
    If the contracts to support the current operation of the
Lottery in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly are not subject to termination as
provided for in this subsection (c), then the Department may
include a provision in the contract with the private manager
specifying a mutually agreeable methodology for incorporation.
    (c-5) The Department shall include provisions in the
management agreement whereby the private manager shall, for a
fee, and pursuant to a contract negotiated with the Department
(the "Employee Use Contract"), utilize the services of current
Department employees to assist in the administration and
operation of the Lottery. The Department shall be the employer
of all such bargaining unit employees assigned to perform such
work for the private manager, and such employees shall be State
employees, as defined by the Personnel Code. Department
employees shall operate under the same employment policies,
rules, regulations, and procedures, as other employees of the
Department. In addition, neither historical representation
rights under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, nor
existing collective bargaining agreements, shall be disturbed
by the management agreement with the private manager for the
management of the Lottery.
    (d) The management agreement with the private manager shall
include all of the following:
        (1) A term not to exceed 10 years, including any
    renewals.
        (2) A provision specifying that the Department:
            (A) shall exercise actual control over all
        significant business decisions;
            (A-5) has the authority to direct or countermand
        operating decisions by the private manager at any time;
            (B) has ready access at any time to information
        regarding Lottery operations;
            (C) has the right to demand and receive information
        from the private manager concerning any aspect of the
        Lottery operations at any time; and
            (D) retains ownership of all trade names,
        trademarks, and intellectual property associated with
        the Lottery.
        (3) A provision imposing an affirmative duty on the
    private manager to provide the Department with material
    information and with any information the private manager
    reasonably believes the Department would want to know to
    enable the Department to conduct the Lottery.
        (4) A provision requiring the private manager to
    provide the Department with advance notice of any operating
    decision that bears significantly on the public interest,
    including, but not limited to, decisions on the kinds of
    games to be offered to the public and decisions affecting
    the relative risk and reward of the games being offered, so
    the Department has a reasonable opportunity to evaluate and
    countermand that decision.
        (5) A provision providing for compensation of the
    private manager that may consist of, among other things, a
    fee for services and a performance based bonus as with a
    percentage, not to exceed 5%, of Lottery profits in
    consideration for managing the Lottery, including terms
    that may provide the private manager with an increase in
    compensation if Lottery revenues grow by a specified
    percentage in a given year.
        (6) (Blank).
        (7) A provision requiring the deposit of all Lottery
    proceeds to be deposited into the State Lottery Fund.
        (8) A provision requiring the private manager to locate
    its principal office within the State.
        (8-5) A provision encouraging that at least 20% of the
    cost of contracts entered into for goods and services by
    the private manager in connection with its management of
    the Lottery, other than contracts with sales agents or
    technical advisors, be awarded to businesses that are a
    minority owned business, a female owned business, or a
    business owned by a person with disability, as those terms
    are defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
    Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
        (9) A requirement that so long as the private manager
    complies with all the conditions of the agreement under the
    oversight of the Department, the private manager shall have
    the following duties and obligations with respect to the
    management of the Lottery:
            (A) The right to use equipment and other assets
        used in the operation of the Lottery.
            (B) The rights and obligations under contracts
        with retailers and vendors.
            (C) The implementation of a comprehensive security
        program by the private manager.
            (D) The implementation of a comprehensive system
        of internal audits.
            (E) The implementation of a program by the private
        manager to curb compulsive gambling by persons playing
        the Lottery.
            (F) A system for determining (i) the type of
        Lottery games, (ii) the method of selecting winning
        tickets, (iii) the manner of payment of prizes to
        holders of winning tickets, (iv) the frequency of
        drawings of winning tickets, (v) the method to be used
        in selling tickets, (vi) a system for verifying the
        validity of tickets claimed to be winning tickets,
        (vii) the basis upon which retailer commissions are
        established by the manager, and (viii) minimum
        payouts.
        (10) A requirement that advertising and promotion must
    be consistent with Section 7.8a of this Act.
        (11) A requirement that the private manager market the
    Lottery to those residents who are new, infrequent, or
    lapsed players of the Lottery, especially those who are
    most likely to make regular purchases on the Internet as
    permitted by law.
        (12) A code of ethics for the private manager's
    officers and employees.
        (13) A requirement that the Department monitor and
    oversee the private manager's practices and take action
    that the Department considers appropriate to ensure that
    the private manager is in compliance with the terms of the
    management agreement, while allowing the manager, unless
    specifically prohibited by law or the management
    agreement, to negotiate and sign its own contracts with
    vendors.
        (14) A provision requiring the private manager to
    periodically file, at least on an annual basis, appropriate
    financial statements in a form and manner acceptable to the
    Department.
        (15) Cash reserves requirements.
        (16) Procedural requirements for obtaining the prior
    approval of the Department when a management agreement or
    an interest in a management agreement is sold, assigned,
    transferred, or pledged as collateral to secure financing.
        (17) Grounds for the termination of the management
    agreement by the Department or the private manager.
        (18) Procedures for amendment of the agreement.
        (19) A provision requiring the private manager to
    engage in an open and competitive bidding process for any
    procurement having a cost in excess of $50,000 that is not
    a part of the private manager's final offer. The process
    shall favor the selection of a vendor deemed to have
    submitted a proposal that provides the Lottery with the
    best overall value. The process shall not be subject to the
    provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code, unless
    specifically required by the management agreement.
    (Blank).
        (20) The transition of rights and obligations,
    including any associated equipment or other assets used in
    the operation of the Lottery, from the manager to any
    successor manager of the lottery, including the
    Department, following the termination of or foreclosure
    upon the management agreement.
        (21) Right of use of copyrights, trademarks, and
    service marks held by the Department in the name of the
    State. The agreement must provide that any use of them by
    the manager shall only be for the purpose of fulfilling its
    obligations under the management agreement during the term
    of the agreement.
    (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
Department shall select a private manager through a competitive
request for qualifications process consistent with Section
20-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code, which shall take into
account:
        (1) the offeror's ability to market the Lottery to
    those residents who are new, infrequent, or lapsed players
    of the Lottery, especially those who are most likely to
    make regular purchases on the Internet;
        (2) the offeror's ability to address the State's
    concern with the social effects of gambling on those who
    can least afford to do so;
        (3) the offeror's ability to provide the most
    successful management of the Lottery for the benefit of the
    people of the State based on current and past business
    practices or plans of the offeror; and
        (4) the offeror's poor or inadequate past performance
    in servicing, equipping, operating or managing a lottery on
    behalf of Illinois, another State or foreign government and
    attracting persons who are not currently regular players of
    a lottery.
    (f) The Department may retain the services of an advisor or
advisors with significant experience in financial services or
the management, operation, and procurement of goods, services,
and equipment for a government-run lottery to assist in the
preparation of the terms of the request for qualifications and
selection of the private manager. Any prospective advisor
seeking to provide services under this subsection (f) shall
disclose any material business or financial relationship
during the past 3 years with any potential offeror, or with a
contractor or subcontractor presently providing goods,
services, or equipment to the Department to support the
Lottery. The Department shall evaluate the material business or
financial relationship of each prospective advisor. The
Department shall not select any prospective advisor with a
substantial business or financial relationship that the
Department deems to impair the objectivity of the services to
be provided by the prospective advisor. During the course of
the advisor's engagement by the Department, and for a period of
one year thereafter, the advisor shall not enter into any
business or financial relationship with any offeror or any
vendor identified to assist an offeror in performing its
obligations under the management agreement. Any advisor
retained by the Department shall be disqualified from being an
offeror. No advisor or advisors retained may have any prior or
present affiliation with any potential offeror, or with a
contractor or subcontractor presently providing goods,
services or equipment to the Department to support the Lottery.
The Department shall not include terms in the request for
qualifications that provide a material provides an advantage
whether directly or indirectly to any potential offeror, or any
contractor or subcontractor presently providing goods,
services, or equipment to the Department to support the
Lottery, including terms contained in previous a contractor or
subcontractor's responses to requests for proposals or
qualifications submitted to Illinois, another State or foreign
government when those terms are uniquely associated with a
particular potential offeror, contractor, or subcontractor.
The request for proposals offered by the Department on December
22, 2008 as "LOT08GAMESYS" and reference number "22016176" is
declared void.
    (g) The Department shall select at least 2 offerors as
finalists to potentially serve as the private manager no later
than August 9, 2010 February 1, 2010. Upon making preliminary
selections, the Department shall schedule a public hearing on
the finalists' proposals and provide public notice of the
hearing at least 7 calendar days before the hearing. The notice
must include all of the following:
        (1) The date, time, and place of the hearing.
        (2) The subject matter of the hearing.
        (3) A brief description of the management agreement to
    be awarded.
        (4) The identity of the offerors that have been
    selected as finalists to serve as the private manager.
        (5) The address and telephone number of the Department.
    (h) At the public hearing, the Department shall (i) provide
sufficient time for each finalist to present and explain its
proposal to the Department and the Governor or the Governor's
designee, including an opportunity to respond to questions
posed by the Department, Governor, or designee and (ii) allow
the public and non-selected offerors to comment on the
presentations. The Governor or a designee shall attend the
public hearing. After the public hearing, the Department shall
have 14 calendar days to recommend to the Governor whether a
management agreement should be entered into with a particular
finalist. After reviewing the Department's recommendation, the
Governor may accept or reject the Department's recommendation,
and shall select a final offeror as the private manager by
publication of a notice in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin on
or before September 15, 2010. The Governor shall include in the
notice a detailed explanation and the reasons why the final
offeror is superior to other offerors and will provide
management services in a manner that best achieves the
objectives of this Section. The Governor shall designate a
final offeror as the private manager with sufficient time for
the Department to enter into a management agreement on or
before March 1, 2010. The Governor shall also sign the
management agreement with the private manager.
    (i) Any action to contest the private manager selected by
the Governor validity of a management agreement entered into
under this Section must be brought within 7 14 calendar days
after the publication of the notice of the designation of the
private manager as provided in subsection (h) of this Section.
    (j) The Lottery shall remain, for so long as a private
manager manages the Lottery in accordance with provisions of
this Act, a Lottery conducted by the State, and the State shall
not be authorized to sell or transfer the Lottery to a third
party.
    (k) Any tangible personal property used exclusively in
connection with the lottery that is owned by the Department and
leased to the private manager shall be owned by the Department
in the name of the State and shall be considered to be public
property devoted to an essential public and governmental
function.
    (l) The Department may exercise any of its powers under
this Section or any other law as necessary or desirable for the
execution of the Department's powers under this Section.
    (m) Neither this Section nor any management agreement
entered into under this Section prohibits the General Assembly
from authorizing forms of gambling that are not in direct
competition with the Lottery.
    (n) The private manager shall be subject to a complete
investigation in the third, seventh, and tenth years of the
agreement (if the agreement is for a 10-year term) by the
Department in cooperation with the Auditor General to determine
whether the private manager has complied with this Section and
the management agreement. The private manager shall bear the
cost of an investigation or reinvestigation of the private
manager under this subsection.
    (o) The powers conferred by this Section are in addition
and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. If
any other law or rule is inconsistent with this Section,
including, but not limited to, provisions of the Illinois
Procurement Code, then this Section controls as to any
management agreement entered into under this Section. This
Section and any rules adopted under this Section contain full
and complete authority for a management agreement between the
Department and a private manager. No law, procedure,
proceeding, publication, notice, consent, approval, order, or
act by the Department or any other officer, Department, agency,
or instrumentality of the State or any political subdivision is
required for the Department to enter into a management
agreement under this Section. This Section contains full and
complete authority for the Department to approve any contracts
subcontracts entered into by a private manager with a vendor
providing goods, services, or both goods and services to the
private manager under the terms of the a management agreement.
    Except as provided in Sections 21.2, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, and
21.8, the Department shall distribute all proceeds of lottery
tickets and shares sold in the following priority and manner:
        (1) The payment of prizes and retailer bonuses.
        (2) The payment of costs incurred in the operation and
    administration of the Lottery, including the payment of
    sums due to the private manager under the management
    agreement with the Department and payment of sums due to
    the private vendor for lottery tickets and shares sold on
    the Internet via the pilot program as compensation under
    its contract with the Department.
        (3) On the last day of each month or as soon thereafter
    as possible, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
    State Treasurer shall transfer from the Lottery Fund to the
    Common School Fund an amount that is equal to the proceeds
    transferred in the corresponding month of fiscal year 2009,
    as adjusted for inflation, to the Common School Fund.
        (4) On or before the last day of each fiscal year,
    deposit any remaining proceeds, subject to payments under
    items (1), (2), and (3) into the Capital Projects Fund each
    fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 1-10 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 500/1-10)
    Sec. 1-10. Application.
    (a) This Code applies only to procurements for which
contractors were first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This
Code shall not be construed to affect or impair any contract,
or any provision of a contract, entered into based on a
solicitation prior to the implementation date of this Code as
described in Article 99, including but not limited to any
covenant entered into with respect to any revenue bonds or
similar instruments. All procurements for which contracts are
solicited between the effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and
July 1, 1998 shall be substantially in accordance with this
Code and its intent.
    (b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the
funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal
assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:
        (1) Contracts between the State and its political
    subdivisions or other governments, or between State
    governmental bodies except as specifically provided in
    this Code.
        (2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of
    Section 20-80.
        (3) Purchase of care.
        (4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an
    independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment
    code or policy or by contract directly with that
    individual.
        (5) Collective bargaining contracts.
        (6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this
    type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be
    published in the Procurement Bulletin within 7 days after
    the deed is recorded in the county of jurisdiction. The
    notice shall identify the real estate purchased, the names
    of all parties to the contract, the value of the contract,
    and the effective date of the contract.
        (7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated
    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations,
    provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall
    give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is
    one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and
    provided that the chief legal counsel of any other
    procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her
    prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject
    to the jurisdiction of the Governor.
        (8) Contracts for services to Northern Illinois
    University by a person, acting as an independent
    contractor, who is qualified by education, experience, and
    technical ability and is selected by negotiation for the
    purpose of providing non-credit educational service
    activities or products by means of specialized programs
    offered by the university.
        (9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois
    Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.
    (c) This Code does not apply to the electric power
procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the
Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public
Utilities Act.
    (d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code,
and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois
Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the
procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the
Illinois Lottery Law.
(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-615, eff. 9-11-07;
95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1605/7.17 rep.)
    Section 15. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by
repealing Section 7.17.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.