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90_HB0606sam001 LRB9001680LDdvam04 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 606 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 606 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is 5 amended by changing Section 31.1 as follows: 6 (230 ILCS 5/31.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1) 7 Sec. 31.1. (a) Organization licensees collectively shall 8 contribute annually to charity the sum of $750,000 to 9 non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, 10 counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or 11 work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks. These 12 contributions shall be collected as follows: (i) no later 13 than July 1st of each year the Board shall assess each 14 organization licensee, except those tracks thatwhichare not 15 within 100 miles of each other which tracks shall pay $30,000 16 annually apiece into the Board charity fund, that amount 17 which equals $690,000 multiplied by the amount of pari-mutuel 18 wagering handled by the organization licensee in the year 19 preceding assessment and divided by the total pari-mutuel 20 wagering handled by all Illinois organization licensees, 21 except those tracks which are not within 100 miles of each 22 other, in the year preceding assessment; (ii) notice of the -2- LRB9001680LDdvam04 1 assessed contribution shall be mailed to each organization 2 licensee; (iii) within 30thirtydays of its receipt of such 3 notice, each organization licensee shall remit the assessed 4 contribution to the Board. If an organization licensee 5 wilfully fails to so remit the contribution, the Board may 6 revoke its license to conduct horse racing. 7 (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any 8 qualified charitable organization seeking an allotment of 9 contributed funds shall submit to the Board an application 10 for those funds, using the Board's approved form. No later 11 than December 31st of each year, the Board shall distribute 12 all such amounts collected that year to such charitable 13 organization applicants. 14 (Source: P.A. 87-110.)".