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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Riverboats licensed under the Riverboat Gambling |
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| Act generate
millions of dollars in revenue each year for the |
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| communities in which they
dock; and
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| WHEREAS, The city of Elgin has received a vast windfall |
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| from the riverboats
that dock within its borders; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Illinois House of Representatives urges that, if a license |
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| authorizing riverboat gambling operations in Cook County is |
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| issued, any municipality in which riverboats dock pursuant to |
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| such a license enter into agreements with all other |
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| municipalities in Cook County, other than Elgin, to share the |
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| revenues generated by riverboat gambling conducted pursuant to |
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| such a license; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| delivered to the top
ranking municipal official in each |
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| municipality in Cook County.
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