101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1445

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/3.32 new
230 ILCS 5/3.33 new
230 ILCS 5/3.34 new
230 ILCS 5/3.35 new
230 ILCS 5/26  from Ch. 8, par. 37-26
230 ILCS 5/26.10 new

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Authorizes organization licensees to offer wagering on standardbred, quarter horse, and thoroughbred historical horse races. Requires the prior written approval of the Illinois Racing Board. Provides guidelines for the conduct of wagering on historical horse races. Defines "historical horse race", "initial seed pool", "seed pool", and "terminal". Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5by changing Section 26 and by adding Sections 3.32, 3.33, 3.34,
63.35, and 26.10 as follows:
 
7    (230 ILCS 5/3.32 new)
8    Sec. 3.32. Historical horse race. "Historical horse race"
9means a horse race that: (1) was previously run at a licensed
10pari-mutuel facility located in the United States, (2)
11concluded with official results, and (3) concluded without
12scratches, disqualifications, or dead-heat finishes.
 
13    (230 ILCS 5/3.33 new)
14    Sec. 3.33. Initial seed pool. "Initial seed pool" means a
15nonrefundable pool of money funded by an organization licensee
16in an amount sufficient to ensure that a patron will be paid
17the minimum amount required on a winning wager on a historical
18horse race.
 
19    (230 ILCS 5/3.34 new)
20    Sec. 3.34. Seed pool. "Seed pool" means a pool of money
21funded by patrons wagering on a historical horse race that is

 

 

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1used to ensure that all patrons are paid the minimum payout on
2winning wagers.
 
3    (230 ILCS 5/3.35 new)
4    Sec. 3.35. Terminal. "Terminal" means any self-service
5totalizator machine or other mechanical equipment used by a
6patron to place a pari-mutuel wager on a live or historical
7horse race.
 
8    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
9    Sec. 26. Wagering.
10    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
11system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
12horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
13conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
14and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
15Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
16Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
17to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
18wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
19the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
20unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
21notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
22promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
23advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
24    Subject to rules adopted by the Board, a licensee may

 

 

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1accept wagers on historical horse races as authorized in
2Section 26.10 on standardbred horse racing, quarter horse
3racing, and thoroughbred horse racing. Within 180 days after
4the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
5Assembly, the Board shall adopt rules necessary to regulate
6wagering on historical horse races through the use of emergency
7rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
8Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that
9the adoption of rules to regulate wagering on historical horse
10races is deemed an emergency and necessary for the public
11interest, safety, and welfare.
12    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
13gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
14licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
15taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
16wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
17otherwise be permitted under this Act.
18    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
19system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
20provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
21described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
22electronically by an individual while physically on the
23premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
24premises of that licensee.
25    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
26payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior

 

 

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1to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
2licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
3days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
4less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
5the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
6pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
7Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
8in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
9    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
10licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
11unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
12retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
13date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
14remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
15by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
16distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
17distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
18and the organization licensee.
19    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
20of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
21and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
22similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
23presented for payment.
24    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
25than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
26driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing

 

 

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1program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
2minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
3conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
4unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
5an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
6race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
7    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
8organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
9state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
10state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
11state or country on races conducted by the organization
12licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
13shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
14when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
15separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
16to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
17from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
18contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
19privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
20within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
21When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
22pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
23all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
24the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
25in which the race was conducted.
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1races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
2locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
3signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
4more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
5pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
6with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
7established by other states.
8    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
9horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
10control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
11its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
12The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
13that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
14of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
15signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
16non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
17shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of
18all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
19shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
20Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
21approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
22signal. For one year after August 15, 2014 (the effective date
23of Public Act 98-968), non-host licensees may carry the host
24track simulcast program and shall accept wagers on all races
25included as part of the simulcast program of horse races
26conducted at race tracks located within North America upon

 

 

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1which wagering is permitted. For a period of one year after
2August 15, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-968), on
3horse races conducted at race tracks located outside of North
4America, non-host licensees may accept wagers on all races
5included as part of the simulcast program upon which wagering
6is permitted. Beginning August 15, 2015 (one year after the
7effective date of Public Act 98-968), non-host licensees may
8carry the host track simulcast program and shall accept wagers
9on all races included as part of the simulcast program upon
10which wagering is permitted. All organization licensees shall
11provide their live signal to all advance deposit wagering
12licensees for a simulcast commission fee not to exceed 6% of
13the advance deposit wagering licensee's Illinois handle on the
14organization licensee's signal without prior approval by the
15Board. The Board may adopt rules under which it may permit
16simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%. The Board shall
17adopt rules limiting the interstate commission fees charged to
18an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board shall adopt
19rules regarding advance deposit wagering on interstate
20simulcast races that shall reflect, among other things, the
21General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to the State,
22horsemen purses, and organizational licensees. However,
23organization licensees providing live signals pursuant to the
24requirements of this subsection (g) may petition the Board to
25withhold their live signals from an advance deposit wagering
26licensee if the organization licensee discovers and the Board

 

 

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1finds reputable or credible information that the advance
2deposit wagering licensee is under investigation by another
3state or federal governmental agency, the advance deposit
4wagering licensee's license has been suspended in another
5state, or the advance deposit wagering licensee's license is in
6revocation proceedings in another state. The organization
7licensee's provision of their live signal to an advance deposit
8wagering licensee under this subsection (g) pertains to wagers
9placed from within Illinois. Advance deposit wagering
10licensees may place advance deposit wagering terminals at
11wagering facilities as a convenience to customers. The advance
12deposit wagering licensee shall not charge or collect any fee
13from purses for the placement of the advance deposit wagering
14terminals. The costs and expenses of the host track and
15non-host licensees associated with interstate simulcast
16wagering, other than the interstate commission fee, shall be
17borne by the host track and all non-host licensees incurring
18these costs. The interstate commission fee shall not exceed 5%
19of Illinois handle on the interstate simulcast race or races
20without prior approval of the Board. The Board shall promulgate
21rules under which it may permit interstate commission fees in
22excess of 5%. The interstate commission fee and other fees
23charged by the sending racetrack, including, but not limited
24to, satellite decoder fees, shall be uniformly applied to the
25host track and all non-host licensees.
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1December 31, 2020, an organization licensee, with the consent
2of the horsemen association representing the largest number of
3owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
4horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
5maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
6place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
7horsemen association representing the largest number of
8owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
9horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
10contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
11deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
12withheld. Only with respect to an appeal to the Board that
13consent for an organization licensee that maintains its own
14advance deposit wagering system is being unreasonably
15withheld, the Board shall issue a final order within 30 days
16after initiation of the appeal, and the organization licensee's
17advance deposit wagering system may remain operational during
18that 30-day period. The actions of any organization licensee
19who conducts advance deposit wagering or any person who has a
20contract with an organization licensee to conduct advance
21deposit wagering who conducts advance deposit wagering on or
22after January 1, 2013 and prior to June 7, 2013 (the effective
23date of Public Act 98-18) taken in reliance on the changes made
24to this subsection (g) by Public Act 98-18 are hereby
25validated, provided payment of all applicable pari-mutuel
26taxes are remitted to the Board. All advance deposit wagers

 

 

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1placed from within Illinois must be placed through a
2Board-approved advance deposit wagering licensee; no other
3entity may accept an advance deposit wager from a person within
4Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules
5adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to
6regulate advance deposit wagering through the use of emergency
7rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
8Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that
9the adoption of rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is
10deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest,
11safety, and welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may
12retain all moneys as agreed to by contract with an organization
13licensee. Any moneys retained by the organization licensee from
14advance deposit wagering, not including moneys retained by the
15advance deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the
16organization licensee's purse account and 50% to the
17organization licensee. With the exception of any organization
18licensee that is owned by a publicly traded company that is
19incorporated in a state other than Illinois and advance deposit
20wagering licensees under contract with such organization
21licensees, organization licensees that maintain advance
22deposit wagering systems and advance deposit wagering
23licensees that contract with organization licensees shall
24provide sufficiently detailed monthly accountings to the
25horsemen association representing the largest number of
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1horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting so that
2the horsemen association, as an interested party, can confirm
3the accuracy of the amounts paid to the purse account at the
4horsemen association's affiliated organization licensee from
5advance deposit wagering. If more than one breed races at the
6same race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid
7to an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
8among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
9that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
10number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
11race track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent
12any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois
13for wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in
14escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
15determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
16action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
17disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
18        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
19    inter-track wagering licensee other than the host track may
20    supplement the host track simulcast program with
21    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
22    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
23    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
24    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
25    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
26    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a

 

 

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1    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
2    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
3    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
4    an inter-track wagering licensee to its affiliated
5    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
6    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
7    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
8    receiving the simulcast.
9        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
10    inter-track wagering licensee other than the host track may
11    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
12    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
13    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
14    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
15    inter-track wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to
16    all non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for
17    the supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
18    participating non-host licensees.
19        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
20    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
21    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
22    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
23    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
24    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
25    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
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1    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
2    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
3    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
4    subsection, each inter-track wagering location licensee
5    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
6    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
7    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
8    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
9        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
10    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
11    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
12    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
13    racetrack shall adopt the takeout take-out percentages of
14    the sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a
15    separate pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes
16    on races conducted at race tracks outside of the State of
17    Illinois. The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers
18    placed in other states or countries to be combined with its
19    gross or net wagering pools or other wagering pools.
20        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
21    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
22    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
23    and by each non-host licensee through the host track
24    host-track) and all applicable State and local taxes,
25    except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this
26    Act, the remainder of moneys retained from simulcast

 

 

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1    wagering pursuant to this subsection (g), and Section 26.2
2    shall be divided as follows:
3            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
4        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
5        host track.
6            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
7        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
8        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
9        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
10        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
11        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
12        track.
13        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
14    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
15    from a track located in a county with a population in
16    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
17    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
18    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
19    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
20    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
21        (7) Effective January 1, 2017, notwithstanding any
22    provision of this Act to the contrary, after payment of all
23    applicable State and local taxes and interstate commission
24    fees, non-host licensees who derive their licenses from a
25    track located in a county with a population in excess of
26    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain

 

 

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1    50% of the retention from interstate simulcast wagers and
2    shall pay 50% to purses at the track from which the
3    non-host licensee derives its license.
4        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
5    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
6    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
7    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
8    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
9    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
10    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
11    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
12            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
13        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
14        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
15        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
16        and
17            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
18        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
19        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
20        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
21        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
22        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
23        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
24        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
25        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
26        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that

 

 

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1        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
2        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
3        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
4        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
5        Advisory Board.
6        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
7    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
8    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
9    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
10    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
11    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
12    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
13    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
14    follows:
15            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
16        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
17        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
18        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
19        account; and
20            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
21        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
22        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
23        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
24        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
25        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
26        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds

 

 

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1        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
2        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
3        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
4        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
5        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
6        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
7        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
8        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
9        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
10        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
11        Fund.
12        (7.3) (Blank).
13        (7.4) (Blank).
14        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
15    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
16    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
17    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
18    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
19    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
20    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
21        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
22    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
23    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
24    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
25    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
26    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering

 

 

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1    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
2    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
3    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
4    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
5    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
6    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
7    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
8    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
9    and that borders the Mississippi River.
10        (9) (Blank).
11        (10) (Blank).
12        (11) (Blank).
13        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
14    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
15    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
16    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
17    programs.
18        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
19    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
20    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
21    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
22    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
23    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
24    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
25    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
26    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on

 

 

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1    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
2    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
3    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
4    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
5    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
6    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
7    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
8    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
9    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
10    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
11    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
12    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
13    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
14    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
15    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
16    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
17    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
18    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
19    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
20    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
21    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
22    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
23    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
24    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
25    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
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1    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
2    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
3    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
4    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
5    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
6    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
7    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
8    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
9    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
10    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
11    with the provisions of this Section.
12    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
13inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
14wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
15subject to the following terms and conditions:
16        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
17    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
18    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
19    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
20    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
21    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
22    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
23    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
24    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
25    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
26    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at

 

 

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1    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
2    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
3    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
4    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
5    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
6    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
7    licensee and the associations representing the largest
8    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
9    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
10    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
11    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
12    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
13    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
14    control of the racing facility may receive inter-track
15    wagering location licenses. An eligible race track located
16    in a county that has a population of more than 230,000 and
17    that is bounded by the Mississippi River may establish up
18    to 9 inter-track wagering locations, an eligible race track
19    located in Stickney Township in Cook County may establish
20    up to 16 inter-track wagering locations, and an eligible
21    race track located in Palatine Township in Cook County may
22    establish up to 18 inter-track wagering locations. An
23    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
24    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
25    application for an inter-track wagering location license
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1    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
2    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
3    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
4    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
5    the Board in connection therewith.
6        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
7    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
8    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
9    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
10    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
11    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
12    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
13    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
14    by the Board.
15        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
16    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
17    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
18    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
19        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
20    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
21    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
22    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
23    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
24    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
25    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
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1    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
2    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
3    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
4        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
5    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
6    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
7    the track or location where the wagering is to be
8    conducted.
9        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
10    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
11    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
12    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
13        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
14    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
15    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
16    under this Act.
17        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
18    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
19    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
20        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
21    derive their licenses from a particular organization
22    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
23    wagering only at locations that are within 160 miles of
24    that race track where the particular organization licensee
25    is licensed to conduct racing. However, inter-track
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1    those licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race
2    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
3    the current year, unless the person having operating
4    control of such race track has given its written consent to
5    such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
6    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
7    time application is made. In the case of any inter-track
8    wagering location licensee initially licensed after
9    December 31, 2013, inter-track wagering and simulcast
10    wagering shall not be conducted by those inter-track
11    wagering location licensees that are located outside the
12    City of Chicago at any location within 8 miles of any race
13    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
14    the current year, unless the person having operating
15    control of such race track has given its written consent to
16    such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
17    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
18    time application is made.
19        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
20    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
21    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
22    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
23    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
24    receiving written permission from a majority of the
25    registered voters at such residences. Such written
26    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The

 

 

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1    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
2    of any building used for worship services, education
3    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
4    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
5    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
6    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
7    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
8    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
9    been erected or established, or such voters have been
10    registered, after the Board issues the original
11    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
12    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
13    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
14    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
15    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
16    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
17    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
18    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
19    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
20    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
21    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
22    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
23    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
24    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
25    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
26    wagering location licensee for the site in question.

 

 

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1        (9) (Blank).
2        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
3    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
4    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
5    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
6    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
7    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
8    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
9    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
10    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
11    Section 27.
12        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
13    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
14    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
15    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
16    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
17    which such location is situated. In the event that an
18    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
19    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
20    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
21    county.
22        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
23    Act, with respect to inter-track wagering at a race track
24    located in a county that has a population of more than
25    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
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1    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
2    location licensee that derives its license from the
3    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
4    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
5    conducted at another Illinois race track and
6    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
7    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
8    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
9    license from the organization licensee that operates the
10    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
11    follows:
12            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
13        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
14        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
15        standardbred races.
16            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
17        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
18        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
19        thoroughbred races.
20        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
21    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
22    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
23    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
24    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
25    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
26    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering

 

 

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1    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
2    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
3    inter-track wagering licensee that derives its license
4    from a track located in a county with a population in
5    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
6    shall not divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
7    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
8    an inter-track wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
9    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
10    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
11    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
12    divide any remaining retention with that organization
13    licensee.
14        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
15    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
16    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
17    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering at
18    such location on races as purses, except that an
19    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
20    license from a track located in a county with a population
21    in excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
22    shall retain all purse moneys for its own purse account
23    consistent with distribution set forth in this subsection
24    (h), and inter-track wagering location licensees that
25    accept wagers on races conducted by an organization
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1    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall
2    distribute all purse moneys to purses at the operating host
3    track; (iii) until January 1, 2000, except as provided in
4    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the
5    pari-mutuel handle wagered on inter-track wagering and
6    simulcast wagering at each inter-track wagering location
7    licensee facility to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund,
8    provided that, to the extent the total amount collected and
9    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under
10    this subsection (h) during any calendar year exceeds the
11    amount collected and distributed to the Horse Racing Tax
12    Allocation Fund during calendar year 1994, that excess
13    amount shall be redistributed (I) to all inter-track
14    wagering location licensees, based on each licensee's pro
15    rata pro-rata share of the total handle from inter-track
16    wagering and simulcast wagering for all inter-track
17    wagering location licensees during the calendar year in
18    which this provision is applicable; then (II) the amounts
19    redistributed to each inter-track wagering location
20    licensee as described in subpart (I) shall be further
21    redistributed as provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph
22    (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 provided first,
23    that the shares of those amounts, which are to be
24    redistributed to the host track or to purses at the host
25    track under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection
26    (g) of this Section 26 shall be redistributed based on each

 

 

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1    host track's pro rata share of the total inter-track
2    wagering and simulcast wagering handle at all host tracks
3    during the calendar year in question, and second, that any
4    amounts redistributed as described in part (I) to an
5    inter-track wagering location licensee that accepts wagers
6    on races conducted by an organization licensee that
7    conducts a race meet in a county with a population in
8    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
9    shall be further redistributed, effective January 1, 2017,
10    as provided in paragraph (7) of subsection (g) of this
11    Section 26, with the portion of that further redistribution
12    allocated to purses at that organization licensee to be
13    divided between standardbred purses and thoroughbred
14    purses based on the amounts otherwise allocated to purses
15    at that organization licensee during the calendar year in
16    question; and (iv) 8% of the pari-mutuel handle on
17    inter-track wagering wagered at such location to satisfy
18    all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering. The
19    remainder of the monies retained by the inter-track
20    wagering location licensee shall be allocated 40% to the
21    location licensee and 60% to the organization licensee
22    which provides the Illinois races to the location, except
23    that an inter-track wagering location licensee that
24    derives its license from a track located in a county with a
25    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
26    Mississippi River shall not divide any remaining retention

 

 

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1    with the organization licensee that provides the race or
2    races and an inter-track wagering location licensee that
3    accepts wagers on races conducted by an organization
4    licensee that conducts a race meet in a county with a
5    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
6    Mississippi River shall not divide any remaining retention
7    with the organization licensee. Notwithstanding the
8    provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of this paragraph, in
9    the case of the additional inter-track wagering location
10    licenses authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection
11    (h) by Public Act 87-110, those licensees shall pay the
12    following amounts as purses: during the first 12 months the
13    licensee is in operation, 5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle
14    wagered at the location on races; during the second 12
15    months, 5.25%; during the third 12 months, 5.75%; during
16    the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and during the fifth 12 months
17    and thereafter, 6.75%. The following amounts shall be
18    retained by the licensee to satisfy all costs and expenses
19    of conducting its wagering: during the first 12 months the
20    licensee is in operation, 8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle
21    wagered at the location; during the second 12 months,
22    8.25%; during the third 12 months, 7.75%; during the fourth
23    12 months, 7.25%; and during the fifth 12 months and
24    thereafter, 6.75%. For additional inter-track wagering
25    location licensees authorized under Public Act 89-16,
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1    shall be 5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location,
2    purses for the second 12 months the licensee is in
3    operation shall be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be
4    6.75%. For additional inter-track location licensees
5    authorized under Public Act 89-16, the licensee shall be
6    allowed to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75%
7    of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during
8    its first 12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second
9    12 months of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
10        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
11    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
12    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
13    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
14    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
15    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
16    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
17    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
18    municipality that is not included within any park district
19    but is included within a conservation district and is the
20    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
21    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
22    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
23    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
24    appropriation as follows:
25            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
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1        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
2        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
3        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
4        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
5        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
6        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
7        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
8        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
9        representatives of organization licensees conducting
10        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
11        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
12        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
13        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
14        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
15        Association, recommended by that Association; a
16        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
17        Protective Association or any successor organization
18        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
19        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
20        that Association or that successor organization; and a
21        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
22        Association, recommended by that Association.
23        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
24        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
25        representative of any of the above-named entities has
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1        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
2        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
3        compensation for their services as members but shall be
4        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
5        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
6        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
7        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
8        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
9        Agricultural Fair Act;
10            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
11        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
12        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
13        location licensee is located in such a park district)
14        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
15        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
16        municipality that is not included within any park
17        district but is included within a conservation
18        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
19        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
20        population of 88,257 according to the United States
21        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
22        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
23        be allocated equally between the county and the
24        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
25        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
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1        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
2        in a municipality that is not included within any park
3        district and park maintenance is the function of the
4        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
5        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
6        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
7        distributed to each park district or conservation
8        district or municipality that does not have a park
9        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
10        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
11        licensee within the park district or conservation
12        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
13        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
14        August 9, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act
15        87-110) by an inter-track wagering location licensee
16        located in a municipality that is not included within
17        any park district but is included within a conservation
18        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
19        as practicable after August 9, 1991 (the effective date
20        of Public Act 87-110), be allocated and paid to that
21        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
22        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
23        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
24        the park district or municipality where the
25        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
26        for general purposes; and

 

 

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1            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
2        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
3        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
4        relation to additional support and finances for the
5        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
6        the several counties of this State and making an
7        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
8        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
9    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
10    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
11            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
12        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
13        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
14        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
15        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
16        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
17        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
18        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
19        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
20        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
21        representatives of organization licensees conducting
22        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
23        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
24        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
25        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
26        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders

 

 

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1        Association, recommended by that Association; a
2        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
3        Protective Association or any successor organization
4        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
5        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
6        that Association or that successor organization; and a
7        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
8        Association, recommended by that Association.
9        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
10        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
11        representative of any of the above-named entities has
12        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
13        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
14        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
15        compensation for their services as members but shall be
16        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
17        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
18        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
19        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
20        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
21        Agricultural Fair Act;
22            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
23        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
24        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
25        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
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1        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
2            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
3        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
4        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
5        relation to additional support and finances for the
6        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
7        the several counties of this State and making an
8        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
9        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
10        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
11            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
12        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
13        inter-track wagering, the monies so retained shall be
14        divided as follows:
15                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
16            except an inter-track wagering licensee that
17            derives its license from an organization licensee
18            located in a county with a population in excess of
19            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
20            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
21            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
22            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
23            being conducted.
24                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
25            except an inter-track wagering licensee that
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1            located in a county with a population in excess of
2            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
3            also conducting its own race meeting during the
4            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
5            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
6            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
7            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
8            is accepting such wagers.
9                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
10            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
11            licensee, except an inter-track wagering location
12            licensee that derives its license from an
13            organization licensee located in a county with a
14            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
15            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
16            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
17            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
18            held.
19        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
20    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
21    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
22    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
23    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
24            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
25        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
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1        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
2        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
3        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
4        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
5        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
6        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
7            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
8        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
9        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
10        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
11        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
12        conduct of such wagering.
13            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
14        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
15        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
16        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
17        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
18        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
19        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
20        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
21        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
22        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
23            (D) (Blank).
24            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
25        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
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1        this wagering and any rules and regulations
2        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
3            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
4        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
5        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
6        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
7        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
8        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
9        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
10        duties.
11            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
12        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
13        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
14        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
15        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
16        order of the Board or any other action which in the
17        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
18        such wagering.
19        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
20    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
21    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
22    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
23    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
24    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
25    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
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1    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
2    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
3    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
4    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
5    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
6    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
7    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
8    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
9    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
10    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
11    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
12    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
13    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
14    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
15    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
16    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
17    race meetings.
18        (14) An inter-track wagering location license
19    authorized by the Board in 2016 that is owned and operated
20    by a race track in Rock Island County shall be transferred
21    to a commonly owned race track in Cook County on August 12,
22    2016 (the effective date of Public Act 99-757). The
23    licensee shall retain its status in relation to purse
24    distribution under paragraph (11) of this subsection (h)
25    following the transfer to the new entity. The pari-mutuel
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1    any pari-mutuel tax obligation of the inter-track wagering
2    location licensee of the license that is transferred under
3    this paragraph (14).
4    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
5conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
6days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
7Act.
8(Source: P.A. 99-756, eff. 8-12-16; 99-757, eff. 8-12-16;
9100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-627, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1152, eff.
1012-14-18; revised 1-13-19.)
 
11    (230 ILCS 5/26.10 new)
12    Sec. 26.10. Wagering on historical horse races authorized.
13    (a) Wagering on historical horse races is authorized and
14may be conducted in accordance with this Act.
15    Wagering on a historical horse race shall only be conducted
16by an organization licensee licensed to conduct a live horse
17race meet and licensed to conduct inter-track and simulcast
18wagering in the year 2016.
19    Wagering on a historical horse race shall only be permitted
20in a designated area at any licensed premise of an organization
21licensee licensed to conduct a live horse race meeting.
22    An organization licensee may conduct wagering on
23standardbred, quarter horse, and thoroughbred historical horse
24races regardless of the type of breed that primarily races in
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1organization licensee may conduct wagering on historical races
2on any days and hours during which pari-mutuel wagering on live
3or simulcast races is being conducted and is approved by the
4Board, and wagering shall not be limited to times during which
5the organization licensee is conducting a live horse race
6meeting.
7    Any wager placed on a historical horse race shall be
8through the pari-mutuel system of wagering.
9    Before offering wagering on a historical horse race, an
10organization licensee shall first obtain the Board's written
11approval of all wagers offered as set forth in rules adopted by
12the Board.
13    (b) All wagering on a historical horse race shall
14incorporate all of the following elements:
15        (1) A patron may only wager on a historical horse race
16    on a terminal approved by the Board.
17        (2) Once a patron wagers an amount in the terminal
18    offering wagering on a historical horse race, a historical
19    horse race shall be chosen at random.
20        (3) Prior to the patron making his or her wager
21    selections, the terminal shall not display any information
22    that would allow the patron to identify the historical race
23    on which he or she is wagering, including the location of
24    the race, the date on which the race was run, the names of
25    the horses in the race, or the names of the jockeys or
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1        (4) The terminal shall make available true and accurate
2    past performance information on the historical horse race
3    to the patron prior to making his or her wager selections.
4    The information shall be current as of the day the
5    historical horse race was actually run. The information
6    provided to the patron shall be displayed on the terminal
7    in data or graphical form.
8        (5) After a patron finalizes his or her wager
9    selections, the terminal shall display a video replay of
10    the race, or a portion thereof, or an animated depiction of
11    the race's finish and the official results of the race. The
12    identity of the race shall be revealed to the patron after
13    the patron has placed his or her wager.
14    (c) A wager on a historical horse race, less deductions
15permitted by this Act shall be placed in pari-mutuels pools
16approved by the Board.
17    A payout to a winning patron shall be paid from money
18wagered by patrons or the initial seed pool and shall not
19constitute a wager against the organization licensee.
20    An organization licensee conducting wagering on a
21historical horse race shall not conduct wagering in such a
22manner that patrons are wagering against the organization
23licensee or in such a manner that the amount retained by the
24organization licensee is dependent upon the outcome of any
25particular race or the success of any particular wager.
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1a historical horse race out of the applicable pari-mutuel pool
2and shall not pay a winning wager out of the organization
3licensee's funds. Payment of a winning wager shall not exceed
4the amount available in the applicable pari-mutuel pool.
5    An organization licensee offering wagering on a historical
6horse race shall operate seed pools in a manner and method
7approved by the Board as set forth in this Act. For each wager
8made, an organization licensee may assign a percentage of the
9wager to seed pools. The seed pools shall be maintained and
10funded so that the amount available at any given time is
11sufficient to ensure that a patron will be paid the minimum
12amount required on a winning wager.
13    An organization licensee shall provide the funding for the
14initial seed pool for each type of exotic wager. The funding
15for the initial seed pool shall be nonrefundable and in an
16amount sufficient to ensure that a patron will be paid the
17minimum amount required on a winning wager.
18    (d) Terminals offering wagering on historical horse races
19shall be located within designated areas that have the prior
20written approval of the Board. Designated areas shall be
21established in such a way as to control access by the general
22public and prevent entry by any patron who is under 18 years of
23age or is otherwise not permitted to place wagers. Each
24organization licensee shall be limited to operating 300
25terminals at the same time.
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1and leaving the designated areas and shall prevent access to
2any patron who is under 18 years of age or is otherwise not
3permitted to place wagers on historical horse races.
4    An organization licensee shall provide terminals that are
5accessible to patrons with disabilities.
6    (e) An organization licensee shall not offer a wager on any
7historical horse race without the prior written approval of the
8Board.
9    An organization licensee making a request to offer a
10pari-mutuel wager on a historical horse race may make an oral
11presentation to the Board regarding the wager prior to the
12Board deciding on the request. The presentation shall be made
13by the organization licensee during a meeting of the Board and
14shall be limited to the information contained in the written
15request and any supplemental information relevant to the
16Board's determination of the suitability of the wager. The
17Board may require an organization licensee to clarify or
18otherwise respond to questions concerning the written request
19as a condition to approval of the wager.
20    The Board may request additional information from an
21organization licensee regarding the wager if the additional
22information would assist the Board in deciding whether to
23approve it.
24    (f) An organization licensee shall submit a written request
25to the Board for permission to offer a wager on a historical
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1        (1) the types, numbers, and denominations of
2    pari-mutuel wagers to be offered;
3        (2) a detailed description of the rules that apply to
4    the pari-mutuel wager and the method of calculating
5    payouts, including how money will be allocated to the seed
6    pool;
7        (3) the days and hours of operation during which
8    wagering on historical horse races will be offered;
9        (4) a detailed description of the proposed designated
10    area and the terminal or terminals on which the pari-mutuel
11    wagers will be made, including an architect's rendering of
12    the proposed designated area, that describes the size,
13    construction, layout, capacity, and number of terminals
14    and at least one photograph of the designated area when
15    construction is completed;
16        (5) the practices and procedures that will ensure the
17    security, safety, and comfort of patrons in the designated
18    area;
19        (6) the manufacturer, make, and model of the terminal,
20    including a copy of all literature supplied by the
21    manufacturer of the terminal;
22        (7) the maintenance and repair procedures that will
23    ensure the integrity of the terminals; and
24        (8) a complete list of individuals who are authorized
25    to examine and repair the terminals for any reason.
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1only on terminals approved by the Board as set forth in this
2Section. The Board shall not require any particular make of
3terminal.
4    The Board shall require testing of each terminal used for
5wagering on historical horse races by an independent testing
6laboratory to ensure its integrity and proper working order.
7The independent testing laboratory shall be chosen by the
8Board, and the expense of the testing shall be paid by the
9organization licensee offering the wagering on historical
10horse races.
11    Each terminal for wagering for a historical horse race
12shall display odds or pool amounts that the patron will receive
13for a winning wager on each pari-mutuel wagering pool.
14    (h) After payment of the pari-mutuel tax and any other
15applicable taxes, each organization licensee shall allocate
1615% of the remaining amount retained under this Section to
17purse accounts.
18    (i) From the amount the Board collects from the pari-mutuel
19tax imposed on wagers placed on historical racing, the Board
20shall pay 50% of the tax to the purse accounts of the
21organization licensee where the tax was generated. Amounts paid
22under this subsection (i) to purse accounts shall not be
23subject to appropriation.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.