Sen. James A. DeLeo
Filed: 5/9/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1947
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1947 on page 1, line | ||||||
3 | 6, after "16,", by inserting "17.9,"; and
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4 | by replacing line 6 on page 17 through line 6 on page 18 with | ||||||
5 | the following:
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6 | "(225 ILCS 105/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 5013)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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8 | Sec. 13. Tickets; tax. Tickets to boxing contests ,
other | ||||||
9 | than a boxing contest conducted at premises
with an indoor | ||||||
10 | seating
capacity of more than 17,000, shall be printed in such | ||||||
11 | form as
the Department shall prescribe. A certified inventory | ||||||
12 | of all
tickets printed
for any boxing contest shall be mailed | ||||||
13 | to the Department by the
promoter
not less
than 7 days before | ||||||
14 | the boxing contest. The total number of
tickets
printed shall | ||||||
15 | not exceed the total seating capacity of the premises in which
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16 | the boxing contest is to be held. No tickets of admission to |
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1 | any
boxing contest ,
other than a boxing contest conducted at | ||||||
2 | premises
with an indoor seating
capacity of more than 17,000,
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3 | shall be sold except those declared on an
official ticket | ||||||
4 | inventory as described in this Section.
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5 | A promoter may not issue complimentary tickets for more | ||||||
6 | than 4% of the tickets sold without the Department's written | ||||||
7 | authorization or issue any other ticket unless provided for by | ||||||
8 | rule. The promoter shall be responsible to pay the tax provided | ||||||
9 | for in this Section for all complimentary tickets over and | ||||||
10 | above the 4% maximum cap on complimentary tickets. Each | ||||||
11 | complimentary ticket must indicate on the ticket the value of | ||||||
12 | the ticket had it actually been purchased and that it is a | ||||||
13 | complimentary ticket.
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14 | A promoter who conducts a boxing contest under this
Act ,
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15 | other than a boxing contest conducted at premises
with an | ||||||
16 | indoor seating
capacity of more than 17,000, shall, within 24 | ||||||
17 | hours after a boxing contest: (1)
furnish to the Department a | ||||||
18 | written report verified by the promoter or his
authorized | ||||||
19 | designee showing the number of tickets sold for the boxing
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20 | contest or the
actual ticket stubs of tickets sold and the
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21 | amount of the gross proceeds thereof; and (2) pay to the | ||||||
22 | Department a tax
of 3%
10% of the first $500,000 of gross | ||||||
23 | receipts
from the sale of admission tickets, to be placed in | ||||||
24 | the General Revenue Fund.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)"; and
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1 | on page 23, immediately below line 14, by inserting the | ||||||
2 | following:
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3 | "(225 ILCS 105/17.9)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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5 | Sec. 17.9. Summary suspension of a license. The Director
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6 | may summarily
suspend a license without a hearing if the | ||||||
7 | Director finds that evidence in
the
Director's possession
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8 | indicates that the continuation of practice would constitute an | ||||||
9 | imminent
danger to the public , participants, including any | ||||||
10 | contest officials, or the
individual involved or cause harm to | ||||||
11 | the profession . If the Director summarily suspends the
license
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12 | without a hearing, a hearing must be commenced within 30 days | ||||||
13 | after the
suspension has occurred
and concluded as | ||||||
14 | expeditiously as practical.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)".
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