101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2327
 
Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



30 ILCS 120/12  from Ch. 85, par. 662

     Amends the Agricultural Fair Act. Provides that county fairs whose fiscal accounting reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the Department of Agriculture for that year. Makes conforming changes.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 12 as follows:
 



6    (30 ILCS 120/12)  (from Ch. 85, par. 662)



7    Sec. 12. On or before October 15 of each year, the 
8president and
secretary of each county fair claiming state aid 
9shall have postmarked to or shall file with the
Department a 
10fiscal accounting of the expenditure of the grant monies 
11received
under Section 10. County fairs whose fiscal accounting 
12reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year 
13shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the 
14Department for that year. The report required under this 
15Section shall also include and a sworn statement of the actual 
16amount of cash premiums paid
at the fair that year. The sworn 
17statement shall state the following:

18        a) That all gambling and gambling devices which are 
19    declared
unlawful by laws of Illinois and the sale of 
20    alcoholic liquors other
than beer have been prohibited and 
21    excluded from the grounds of the fair
and from adjacent 
22    grounds under the fair's authority, during the fair
and at 
23    all other times when the fair grounds or adjacent grounds 
 
 
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1    are in
the possession of and under the immediate control 
2    and supervision of the
fair officials.

3        b) That all receipts from any source other than 
4    admissions to the
grandstand and entry fees for races, not 
5    necessary for the payment of
labor and advertising, have 
6    been prorated among all other claims and
expenses or that 
7    all other claims and expenses have been paid in full.

8    The statement shall correspond with the published offer of 
9premiums,
and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of all 
10premiums paid upon
the basis of the premiums provided, a copy 
11of the published premium list
of the fair, and a full statement 
12of receipts and expenditures for the
current year that has been 
13duly verified by the president and secretary
of the fair.

14    The Department may within the period not to exceed 30 days 
15after a
fair has filed its claim pay 75% of the fair's 
16authorized base amount if
the claim for premiums filed is equal 
17to or exceeds such fair's
authorized base for that year.  If the 
18claim filed is less than the
fair's authorized base, the 
19Department shall only pay 75% of the amount
of the claim filed.  
20Should the amount paid a fair exceed the amount
authorized 
21after the final audit of such claim, then the fair shall
within 
2230 days after notice by the Department pay to the Department 
23the
difference between the amount received and the amount as 
24approved for such
fair in the final audit as long as funds are 
25available.

26(Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)