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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing 
5Section 2 as follows:
 


6    (20 ILCS 1605/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1152)


7    Sec. 2. This Act is enacted to implement and establish 
8within the State
a lottery to be conducted by the State through 
9the Department. The entire net proceeds of the Lottery
are to 
10be used for the support of the State's Common School Fund,

11except as provided in subsection (o) of Section 9.1 and 
12Sections 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8, and 21.9. The General Assembly 
13finds that it is in the public interest for the Department to 
14conduct the functions of the Lottery with the assistance of a 
15private manager under a management agreement overseen by the 
16Department.  The Department shall be accountable to the General 
17Assembly and the people of the State through a comprehensive 
18system of regulation, audits, reports, and enduring 
19operational oversight.  The Department's ongoing conduct of the 
20Lottery through a management agreement with a private manager 
21shall act to promote and ensure the integrity, security, 
22honesty, and fairness of the Lottery's operation and 
23administration.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that 
 
 
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1the Department shall conduct the Lottery with the assistance of 
2a private manager under a management agreement at all times in 
3a manner consistent with 18 U.S.C. 1307(a)(1), 1307(b)(1), 
41953(b)(4). 

5    Any moneys transferred from the State Lottery Fund to the 
6Common School Fund shall be supplemental to, and not in lieu 
7of, any other money due to be transferred to the Common School 
8Fund by law or appropriation. 
9(Source: P.A. 98-649, eff. 6-16-14; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)