Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
Filed: 5/6/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2437
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2437 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 15 and adding Section 27.5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
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7 | Sec. 15. No person under 21 minor under 18 years of age | ||||||
8 | shall buy a lottery ticket or
share. No person shall sell, | ||||||
9 | distribute samples of, or furnish a lottery
ticket or share to | ||||||
10 | any person under 21 minor under 18 years of age, buy a lottery | ||||||
11 | ticket or
share for any person under 21 minor under 18 years of | ||||||
12 | age, or aid and abet in the purchase of
lottery tickets or | ||||||
13 | shares by a person under 21 minor under 18 years of age.
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14 | No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize | ||||||
15 | shall be paid to
any of the following persons: any member of | ||||||
16 | the Board or any officer or
other person employed by the Board |
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1 | or by the Department;
any spouse, child, brother, sister , or | ||||||
2 | parent residing as a member of the
same household in the | ||||||
3 | principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
person | ||||||
4 | under 21 minor under 18 years of age.
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5 | Any
violation of this Section by a person other than the | ||||||
6 | purchasing person under 21 years of age minor shall be
a Class | ||||||
7 | B misdemeanor;
provided,
that if any violation of this Section | ||||||
8 | is a subsequent
violation, the
offender shall be guilty of a | ||||||
9 | Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, | ||||||
10 | a violation of this Section by a person under 21 minor under 18 | ||||||
11 | years of age
shall be a petty offense.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)
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13 | (20 ILCS 1605/27.5 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 27.5. No rulemaking authority. Notwithstanding any | ||||||
15 | other provision of this Act or any other rulemaking authority | ||||||
16 | that may exist, on and after the effective date of this | ||||||
17 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, neither the | ||||||
18 | Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction | ||||||
19 | of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules | ||||||
20 | to implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, | ||||||
21 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
22 | implement or enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor | ||||||
23 | may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with | ||||||
24 | the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate and by | ||||||
25 | requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking |
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1 | by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other | ||||||
2 | appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. | ||||||
3 | Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to grant | ||||||
4 | rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where | ||||||
5 | such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the | ||||||
6 | purposes of this Act, "rules" is given the meaning contained in | ||||||
7 | Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and | ||||||
8 | "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in | ||||||
9 | Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
10 | Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or | ||||||
11 | agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.".
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