101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2398
 
Introduced , by Rep. Tony McCombie
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 1605/7.8b new

     Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires lottery tickets and instant scratch-off tickets to provide whether the proceeds from the purchase go toward the Common School Fund or a special cause.  Requires the Department of the Lottery to adopt rules to implement the requirements, including providing the size of the description to be printed or published. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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 adding 
5Section 7.8b as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/7.8b new)
7    Sec. 7.8b. Proceed disclosures on lottery tickets.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), on and after the 
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
10Assembly, a ticket or share or instant scratch-off sold under 
11this Act shall provide that the proceeds from the sale of the 
12ticket or share or instant scratch-off go towards the Common 
13School Fund or, for special instant scratch-off games 
14established under Sections 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.10, 
15and 21.11, the cause for which the special instant scratch-off 
16was established. 
17    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
18of the 101st General Assembly, if a multi-state game ticket is 
19sold in the State through an electronic device, then the sales 
20screen used by the customer to purchase the multi-state game 
21ticket shall provide that the proceeds from the sale of the 
22multi-state game ticket go toward the Common School Fund. 
23    (c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement the 
 
 
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1requirements of subsections (a) and (b). The rules shall 
2provide for the size, in typographic points, of the description 
3to be printed or published and the abbreviations that may be 
4used to make the description readable, whether the ticket or 
5share is printed or electronically published. 
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.