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Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
Filed: 5/6/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2437
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2437 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing |
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| Section 15 and adding Section 27.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
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| Sec. 15. No person under 21 minor under 18 years of age |
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| shall buy a lottery ticket or
share. No person shall sell, |
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| distribute samples of, or furnish a lottery
ticket or share to |
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| any person under 21 minor under 18 years of age, buy a lottery |
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| ticket or
share for any person under 21 minor under 18 years of |
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| age, or aid and abet in the purchase of
lottery tickets or |
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| shares by a person under 21 minor under 18 years of age.
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| No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize |
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| shall be paid to
any of the following persons: any member of |
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| the Board or any officer or
other person employed by the Board |
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| or by the Department;
any spouse, child, brother, sister, or |
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| parent residing as a member of the
same household in the |
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| principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
person |
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| under 21 minor under 18 years of age.
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| Any
violation of this Section by a person other than the |
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| purchasing person under 21 years of age minor shall be
a Class |
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| B misdemeanor;
provided,
that if any violation of this Section |
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| is a subsequent
violation, the
offender shall be guilty of a |
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| Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, |
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| a violation of this Section by a person under 21 minor under 18 |
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| years of age
shall be a petty offense.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)
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| (20 ILCS 1605/27.5 new) |
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| Sec. 27.5. No rulemaking authority. Notwithstanding any |
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| other provision of this Act or any other rulemaking authority |
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| that may exist, on and after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, neither the |
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| Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction |
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| of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules |
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| to implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, |
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| however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to |
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| implement or enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor |
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| may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with |
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| the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate and by |
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| requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking |
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| by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other |
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| appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. |
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| Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to grant |
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| rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where |
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| such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the |
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| purposes of this Act, "rules" is given the meaning contained in |
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| Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and |
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| "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in |
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| Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
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| Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or |
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| agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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