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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2083
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/28-7 |
from Ch. 38, par. 28-7 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning gambling contracts.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2083 |
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LRB094 03035 RLC 33036 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 28-7 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-7)
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| Sec. 28-7. Gambling contracts void.
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| (a) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants, |
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| contracts, agreements,
judgments, mortgages, or other |
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| securities or conveyances made, given,
granted, drawn, or |
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| entered into, or executed by any person whatsoever,
where the
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| the whole or any part of the consideration thereof is for any
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| money or thing of value, won or obtained in violation of any |
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| Section of
this Article are null and void. |
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| (b) Any obligation void under this Section may be set aside |
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| and vacated
by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon a |
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| complaint filed for that
purpose, by the person so granting, |
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| giving, entering into, or executing the
same, or by his |
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| executors or administrators, or by any creditor, heir,
legatee, |
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| purchaser or other person interested therein; or if a judgment,
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| the same may be set aside on motion of any person stated above, |
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| on due
notice thereof given.
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| (c) No assignment of any obligation void under this Section |
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| may in any
manner affect the defense of the person giving, |
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| granting, drawing, entering
into or executing such obligation, |
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| or the remedies of any person interested
therein.
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| (d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a |
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| riverboat
gambling operation from instituting a cause of action |
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| to collect any amount
due and owing under an extension of |
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| credit to a riverboat gambling patron
as authorized under the |
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| Riverboat Gambling Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-826.)
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