Rep. Robert S. Molaro
Filed: 5/19/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2651
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2651 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 54.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (230 ILCS 5/54.5) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 26, 2008)
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8 | Sec. 54.5. Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund. | ||||||
9 | (a) There is created a Fund to be known as the Horse
Racing
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10 | Equity Trust Fund, which is a non-appropriated trust fund held | ||||||
11 | separate and apart from State moneys. The Fund shall consist of | ||||||
12 | moneys paid into it by owners licensees under
the Riverboat | ||||||
13 | Gambling Act for the purposes described in this Section. The | ||||||
14 | Fund shall
be administered
by the Board. Moneys in the Fund | ||||||
15 | shall be distributed as directed and certified by the Board in | ||||||
16 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (b).
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1 | (b) The moneys deposited into the Fund, plus any accrued | ||||||
2 | interest on those moneys, shall be distributed
within 10 days | ||||||
3 | after those moneys are deposited into the Fund as follows:
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4 | (1) Sixty percent of all moneys distributed under this | ||||||
5 | subsection shall be
distributed to organization licensees | ||||||
6 | to be distributed at their race
meetings as purses. | ||||||
7 | Fifty-seven percent of the amount distributed under this
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8 | paragraph (1) shall be distributed for thoroughbred race | ||||||
9 | meetings and
43% shall be distributed for standardbred race | ||||||
10 | meetings. Within each
breed, moneys shall be allocated to | ||||||
11 | each organization licensee's purse
fund in accordance with | ||||||
12 | the ratio between the purses generated for that
breed by | ||||||
13 | that licensee during the prior calendar year and the total | ||||||
14 | purses
generated throughout the State for that breed during | ||||||
15 | the prior calendar
year by licensees in the current | ||||||
16 | calendar year.
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17 | (2) The remaining 40% of the moneys distributed under | ||||||
18 | this
subsection (b) shall be distributed as follows:
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19 | (A) 11% shall be distributed to any person (or its | ||||||
20 | successors or assigns) who had operating control of a | ||||||
21 | racetrack that conducted live racing in 2002 at a | ||||||
22 | racetrack in a
county with at least 230,000 inhabitants | ||||||
23 | that borders the Mississippi River and is a licensee in | ||||||
24 | the current year; and
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25 | (B) the remaining 89% shall be distributed pro rata
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26 | according to the aggregate
proportion of total handle |
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1 | from wagering on live races conducted in Illinois | ||||||
2 | (irrespective of where the wagers are placed) for | ||||||
3 | calendar years 2004 and 2005
to any person (or its
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4 | successors or assigns) who (i) had
majority operating | ||||||
5 | control of a racing facility at which live racing was | ||||||
6 | conducted in
calendar year 2002, (ii) is a licensee in | ||||||
7 | the current
year, and (iii) is not eligible to receive | ||||||
8 | moneys under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (2).
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9 | The moneys received by an organization licensee | ||||||
10 | under this paragraph (2) shall be used by each | ||||||
11 | organization licensee to improve, maintain, market, | ||||||
12 | and otherwise operate its racing facilities to conduct | ||||||
13 | live racing, which shall include backstretch services | ||||||
14 | and capital improvements related to live racing and the | ||||||
15 | backstretch. Any organization licensees sharing common | ||||||
16 | ownership may pool the moneys received and spent at all | ||||||
17 | racing facilities commonly owned in order to meet these | ||||||
18 | requirements.
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19 | If any person identified in this paragraph (2) becomes
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20 | ineligible to receive moneys from the Fund, such amount | ||||||
21 | shall be redistributed
among the remaining persons in | ||||||
22 | proportion to their percentages otherwise
calculated.
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23 | (c) The Board shall monitor organization licensees to | ||||||
24 | ensure that moneys paid to organization licensees under this | ||||||
25 | Section are distributed by the organization licensees as | ||||||
26 | provided in subsection (b).
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1 | (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2011 2 years after | ||||||
2 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
3 | Assembly .
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4 | (e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
5 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
6 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
7 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
8 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
9 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
10 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
11 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
12 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
13 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
15 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
16 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
17 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
18 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
19 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
20 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
21 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
22 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
23 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
24 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
26 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the |
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1 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 94-804, eff. 5-26-06.) | ||||||
3 | Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by | ||||||
4 | changing Sections 7 and 13 as follows:
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5 | (230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407)
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6 | Sec. 7. Owners Licenses.
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7 | (a) The Board shall issue owners licenses to persons, firms | ||||||
8 | or
corporations which apply for such licenses upon payment to | ||||||
9 | the Board of the
non-refundable license fee set by the Board, | ||||||
10 | upon payment of a $25,000
license fee for the first year of | ||||||
11 | operation and a $5,000 license fee for
each succeeding year and | ||||||
12 | upon a determination by the Board that the
applicant is | ||||||
13 | eligible for an owners license pursuant to this Act and the
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14 | rules of the Board. From May 26, 2006 until (i) June 30, 2011, | ||||||
15 | (ii) the date any organization licensee begins to operate a | ||||||
16 | slot machine or video game of chance under the Illinois Horse | ||||||
17 | Racing Act of 1975 or this Act, or (iii) the wagering tax | ||||||
18 | imposed under Section 13 of this Act is increased by law to | ||||||
19 | reflect a tax rate that is at least as stringent or more | ||||||
20 | stringent than the tax rate contained in subsection (a-3) of | ||||||
21 | Section 13, whichever occurs first For a period of 2 years | ||||||
22 | beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
23 | 94th General Assembly , as a condition of licensure and as an | ||||||
24 | alternative source of payment for those funds payable under |
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1 | subsection (c-5) of Section 13 of the Riverboat Gambling Act, | ||||||
2 | any owners licensee that holds or receives its owners license | ||||||
3 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
4 | 94th General Assembly, other than an owners licensee operating | ||||||
5 | a riverboat with adjusted gross receipts in calendar year 2004 | ||||||
6 | of less than $200,000,000, must pay into the Horse Racing | ||||||
7 | Equity Trust Fund, in addition to any other payments required | ||||||
8 | under this Act, an amount equal to 3% of the adjusted gross | ||||||
9 | receipts received by the owners licensee. The payments required | ||||||
10 | under this Section shall be made by the owners licensee to the | ||||||
11 | State Treasurer no later than 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day | ||||||
12 | after the day when the adjusted gross receipts were received by | ||||||
13 | the owners licensee. A person, firm or corporation is | ||||||
14 | ineligible to receive
an owners license if:
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15 | (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under the | ||||||
16 | laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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17 | (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of | ||||||
18 | Article 28 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially | ||||||
19 | similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
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20 | (3) the person has submitted an application for a | ||||||
21 | license under this
Act which contains false information;
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22 | (4) the person is
a member of the Board;
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23 | (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) is an | ||||||
24 | officer, director or
managerial employee of the firm or | ||||||
25 | corporation;
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26 | (6) the firm or corporation employs a person defined in |
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1 | (1), (2), (3) or
(4) who participates in the management or | ||||||
2 | operation of gambling operations
authorized under this | ||||||
3 | Act;
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4 | (7) (blank); or
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5 | (8) a license of the person, firm or corporation issued | ||||||
6 | under
this Act, or a license to own or operate gambling | ||||||
7 | facilities
in any other jurisdiction, has been revoked.
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8 | (b) In determining whether to grant an owners license to an | ||||||
9 | applicant, the
Board shall consider:
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10 | (1) the character, reputation, experience and | ||||||
11 | financial integrity of the
applicants and of any other or | ||||||
12 | separate person that either:
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13 | (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such | ||||||
14 | applicant, or
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15 | (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such | ||||||
16 | applicant or by a
person which controls, directly or | ||||||
17 | indirectly, such applicant;
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18 | (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the | ||||||
19 | conduct of riverboat
gambling;
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20 | (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be derived | ||||||
21 | by the State
from the conduct of riverboat gambling;
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22 | (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant | ||||||
23 | reflects the
diversity of the State by including minority | ||||||
24 | persons and females
and the good faith affirmative action | ||||||
25 | plan of
each applicant to recruit, train and upgrade | ||||||
26 | minority persons and females in all employment |
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1 | classifications;
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2 | (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase | ||||||
3 | and maintain
adequate liability and casualty insurance;
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4 | (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization | ||||||
5 | to provide and
maintain, for the duration of a license, a | ||||||
6 | riverboat;
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7 | (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets | ||||||
8 | other standards
for the issuance of an owners license which | ||||||
9 | the Board may adopt by rule;
and
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10 | (8) The amount of the applicant's license bid.
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11 | (c) Each owners license shall specify the place where | ||||||
12 | riverboats shall
operate and dock.
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13 | (d) Each applicant shall submit with his application, on | ||||||
14 | forms
provided by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints.
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15 | (e) The Board may issue up to 10 licenses authorizing the | ||||||
16 | holders of such
licenses to own riverboats. In the application | ||||||
17 | for an owners license, the
applicant shall state the dock at | ||||||
18 | which the riverboat is based and the water
on which the | ||||||
19 | riverboat will be located. The Board shall issue 5 licenses to
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20 | become effective not earlier than January 1, 1991. Three of | ||||||
21 | such licenses
shall authorize riverboat gambling on the | ||||||
22 | Mississippi River, or, with approval
by the municipality in | ||||||
23 | which the
riverboat was docked on August 7, 2003 and with Board | ||||||
24 | approval, be authorized to relocate to a new location,
in a
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25 | municipality that (1) borders on the Mississippi River or is | ||||||
26 | within 5
miles of the city limits of a municipality that |
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1 | borders on the Mississippi
River and (2), on August 7, 2003, | ||||||
2 | had a riverboat conducting riverboat gambling operations | ||||||
3 | pursuant to
a license issued under this Act; one of which shall | ||||||
4 | authorize riverboat
gambling from a home dock in the city of | ||||||
5 | East St. Louis. One other license
shall
authorize riverboat | ||||||
6 | gambling on
the Illinois River south of Marshall County. The | ||||||
7 | Board shall issue one
additional license to become effective | ||||||
8 | not earlier than March 1, 1992, which
shall authorize riverboat | ||||||
9 | gambling on the Des Plaines River in Will County.
The Board may | ||||||
10 | issue 4 additional licenses to become effective not
earlier | ||||||
11 | than
March 1, 1992. In determining the water upon which | ||||||
12 | riverboats will operate,
the Board shall consider the economic | ||||||
13 | benefit which riverboat gambling confers
on the State, and | ||||||
14 | shall seek to assure that all regions of the State share
in the | ||||||
15 | economic benefits of riverboat gambling.
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16 | In granting all licenses, the Board may give favorable | ||||||
17 | consideration to
economically depressed areas of the State, to | ||||||
18 | applicants presenting plans
which provide for significant | ||||||
19 | economic development over a large geographic
area, and to | ||||||
20 | applicants who currently operate non-gambling riverboats in
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21 | Illinois.
The Board shall review all applications for owners | ||||||
22 | licenses,
and shall inform each applicant of the Board's | ||||||
23 | decision.
The Board may grant an owners license to an
applicant | ||||||
24 | that has not submitted the highest license bid, but if it does | ||||||
25 | not
select the highest bidder, the Board shall issue a written | ||||||
26 | decision explaining
why another
applicant was selected and |
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1 | identifying the factors set forth in this Section
that favored | ||||||
2 | the winning bidder.
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3 | In addition to any other revocation powers granted to the | ||||||
4 | Board under this
Act,
the Board may revoke the owners license | ||||||
5 | of a licensee which fails
to begin conducting gambling within | ||||||
6 | 15 months
of receipt of the
Board's approval of the application | ||||||
7 | if the Board determines that license
revocation is in the best | ||||||
8 | interests of the State.
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9 | (f) The first 10 owners licenses issued under this Act | ||||||
10 | shall permit the
holder to own up to 2 riverboats and equipment | ||||||
11 | thereon
for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the | ||||||
12 | license. Holders of
the first 10 owners licenses must pay the | ||||||
13 | annual license fee for each of
the 3
years during which they | ||||||
14 | are authorized to own riverboats.
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15 | (g) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of each | ||||||
16 | of the first
10 licenses, which shall be issued for a 3 year | ||||||
17 | period, all licenses are
renewable annually upon payment of the | ||||||
18 | fee and a determination by the Board
that the licensee | ||||||
19 | continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act and the
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20 | Board's rules.
However, for licenses renewed on or after May 1, | ||||||
21 | 1998, renewal shall be
for a period of 4 years, unless the | ||||||
22 | Board sets a shorter period.
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23 | (h) An owners license shall entitle the licensee to own up | ||||||
24 | to 2
riverboats. A licensee shall limit the number of gambling | ||||||
25 | participants to
1,200 for any such owners license.
A licensee | ||||||
26 | may operate both of its riverboats concurrently, provided that |
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1 | the
total number of gambling participants on both riverboats | ||||||
2 | does not exceed
1,200. Riverboats licensed to operate on the
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3 | Mississippi River and the Illinois River south of Marshall | ||||||
4 | County shall
have an authorized capacity of at least 500 | ||||||
5 | persons. Any other riverboat
licensed under this Act shall have | ||||||
6 | an authorized capacity of at least 400
persons.
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7 | (i) A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board | ||||||
8 | for and, if
approved therefor, to receive all licenses from the | ||||||
9 | Board necessary for the
operation of a riverboat, including a | ||||||
10 | liquor license, a license
to prepare and serve food for human | ||||||
11 | consumption, and other necessary
licenses. All use, occupation | ||||||
12 | and excise taxes which apply to the sale of
food and beverages | ||||||
13 | in this State and all taxes imposed on the sale or use
of | ||||||
14 | tangible personal property apply to such sales aboard the | ||||||
15 | riverboat.
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16 | (j) The Board may issue or re-issue a license authorizing a | ||||||
17 | riverboat to
dock
in a municipality or approve a relocation | ||||||
18 | under Section 11.2 only if, prior
to the issuance or | ||||||
19 | re-issuance of
the license or approval, the governing body of | ||||||
20 | the municipality in which
the riverboat will dock has by a | ||||||
21 | majority vote approved the docking of
riverboats in the | ||||||
22 | municipality. The Board may issue or re-issue a license
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23 | authorizing a
riverboat to dock in areas of a county outside | ||||||
24 | any municipality or approve a
relocation under Section 11.2 | ||||||
25 | only if, prior to the issuance or re-issuance
of the license
or | ||||||
26 | approval, the
governing body of the county has by a majority |
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1 | vote approved of the docking of
riverboats within such areas.
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2 | (k) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
3 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
4 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
5 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
6 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
7 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
8 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
9 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
10 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
11 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
13 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
14 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
15 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
16 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
17 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
18 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
19 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
20 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
21 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
22 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
24 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
25 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03; 93-453, eff. 8-7-03; 94-667, |
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1 | eff. 8-23-05; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06.)
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2 | (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
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3 | Sec. 13. Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
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4 | (a) Until January 1, 1998, a tax is imposed on the adjusted | ||||||
5 | gross
receipts received from gambling games authorized under | ||||||
6 | this Act at the rate of
20%.
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7 | (a-1) From January 1, 1998 until July 1, 2002, a privilege | ||||||
8 | tax is
imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting | ||||||
9 | riverboat gambling
operations, based on the adjusted gross | ||||||
10 | receipts received by a licensed owner
from gambling games | ||||||
11 | authorized under this Act at the following rates:
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12 | 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | ||||||
13 | including $25,000,000;
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14 | 20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
15 | $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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16 | 25% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
17 | $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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18 | 30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
19 | $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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20 | 35% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
21 | $100,000,000.
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22 | (a-2) From July 1, 2002 until July 1, 2003, a privilege tax | ||||||
23 | is imposed on
persons engaged in the business of conducting | ||||||
24 | riverboat gambling operations,
other than licensed managers | ||||||
25 | conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf
of the |
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1 | State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a | ||||||
2 | licensed
owner from gambling games authorized under this Act at | ||||||
3 | the following rates:
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4 | 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | ||||||
5 | including $25,000,000;
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6 | 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
7 | $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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8 | 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
9 | $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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10 | 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
11 | $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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12 | 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
13 | $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
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14 | 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
15 | $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000;
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16 | 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
17 | $200,000,000.
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18 | (a-3) Beginning July 1, 2003, a privilege tax is imposed on | ||||||
19 | persons engaged
in the business of conducting riverboat | ||||||
20 | gambling operations, other than
licensed managers conducting | ||||||
21 | riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the
State, based on | ||||||
22 | the adjusted gross receipts received by a licensed owner from
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23 | gambling games authorized under this Act at the following | ||||||
24 | rates:
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25 | 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | ||||||
26 | including $25,000,000;
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1 | 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
2 | $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $37,500,000;
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3 | 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
4 | $37,500,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
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5 | 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
6 | $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
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7 | 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
8 | $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
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9 | 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
10 | $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $250,000,000;
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11 | 70% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
12 | $250,000,000.
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13 | An amount equal to the amount of wagering taxes collected | ||||||
14 | under this
subsection (a-3) that are in addition to the amount | ||||||
15 | of wagering taxes that
would have been collected if the | ||||||
16 | wagering tax rates under subsection (a-2)
were in effect shall | ||||||
17 | be paid into the Common School Fund.
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18 | The privilege tax imposed under this subsection (a-3) shall | ||||||
19 | no longer be
imposed beginning on the earlier of (i) July 1, | ||||||
20 | 2005; (ii) the first date
after June 20, 2003 that riverboat | ||||||
21 | gambling operations are conducted
pursuant to a dormant | ||||||
22 | license; or (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling
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23 | operations are conducted under the authority of an owners | ||||||
24 | license that is in
addition to the 10 owners licenses initially | ||||||
25 | authorized under this Act.
For the purposes of this subsection | ||||||
26 | (a-3), the term "dormant license"
means an owners license that |
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1 | is authorized by this Act under which no
riverboat gambling | ||||||
2 | operations are being conducted on June 20, 2003.
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3 | (a-4) Beginning on the first day on which the tax imposed | ||||||
4 | under
subsection (a-3) is no longer imposed, a privilege tax is | ||||||
5 | imposed on persons
engaged in the business of conducting | ||||||
6 | riverboat gambling operations, other
than licensed managers | ||||||
7 | conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf of
the | ||||||
8 | State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a | ||||||
9 | licensed owner
from gambling games authorized under this Act at | ||||||
10 | the following rates:
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11 | 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | ||||||
12 | including $25,000,000;
| ||||||
13 | 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
14 | $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
| ||||||
15 | 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
16 | $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
| ||||||
17 | 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
18 | $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
| ||||||
19 | 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
20 | $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
| ||||||
21 | 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
22 | $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000;
| ||||||
23 | 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | ||||||
24 | $200,000,000.
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25 | (a-8) Riverboat gambling operations conducted by a | ||||||
26 | licensed manager on
behalf of the State are not subject to the |
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1 | tax imposed under this Section.
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2 | (a-10) The taxes imposed by this Section shall be paid by | ||||||
3 | the licensed
owner to the Board not later than 3:00 o'clock | ||||||
4 | p.m. of the day after the day
when the wagers were made.
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5 | (a-15) If the privilege tax imposed under subsection (a-3) | ||||||
6 | is no longer imposed pursuant to item (i) of the last paragraph | ||||||
7 | of subsection (a-3), then by June 15 of each year, each owners | ||||||
8 | licensee, other than an owners licensee that admitted 1,000,000 | ||||||
9 | persons or
fewer in calendar year 2004, must, in addition to | ||||||
10 | the payment of all amounts otherwise due under this Section, | ||||||
11 | pay to the Board a reconciliation payment in the amount, if | ||||||
12 | any, by which the licensed owner's base amount exceeds the | ||||||
13 | amount of net privilege tax paid by the licensed owner to the | ||||||
14 | Board in the then current State fiscal year. A licensed owner's | ||||||
15 | net privilege tax obligation due for the balance of the State | ||||||
16 | fiscal year shall be reduced up to the total of the amount paid | ||||||
17 | by the licensed owner in its June 15 reconciliation payment. | ||||||
18 | The obligation imposed by this subsection (a-15) is binding on | ||||||
19 | any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that acquires an | ||||||
20 | ownership interest in any such owners license. The obligation | ||||||
21 | imposed under this subsection (a-15) terminates on the earliest | ||||||
22 | of: (i) July 1, 2007, (ii) the first day after the effective | ||||||
23 | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly that | ||||||
24 | riverboat gambling operations are conducted pursuant to a | ||||||
25 | dormant license, (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling | ||||||
26 | operations are conducted under the authority of an owners |
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1 | license that is in addition to the 10 owners licenses initially | ||||||
2 | authorized under this Act, or (iv) the first day that a | ||||||
3 | licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 conducts | ||||||
4 | gaming operations with slot machines or other electronic gaming | ||||||
5 | devices. The Board must reduce the obligation imposed under | ||||||
6 | this subsection (a-15) by an amount the Board deems reasonable | ||||||
7 | for any of the following reasons: (A) an act or acts of God, | ||||||
8 | (B) an act of bioterrorism or terrorism or a bioterrorism or | ||||||
9 | terrorism threat that was investigated by a law enforcement | ||||||
10 | agency, or (C) a condition beyond the control of the owners | ||||||
11 | licensee that does not result from any act or omission by the | ||||||
12 | owners licensee or any of its agents and that poses a hazardous | ||||||
13 | threat to the health and safety of patrons. If an owners | ||||||
14 | licensee pays an amount in excess of its liability under this | ||||||
15 | Section, the Board shall apply the overpayment to future | ||||||
16 | payments required under this Section. | ||||||
17 | For purposes of this subsection (a-15): | ||||||
18 | "Act of God" means an incident caused by the operation of | ||||||
19 | an extraordinary force that cannot be foreseen, that cannot be | ||||||
20 | avoided by the exercise of due care, and for which no person | ||||||
21 | can be held liable.
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22 | "Base amount" means the following: | ||||||
23 | For a riverboat in Alton, $31,000,000.
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24 | For a riverboat in East Peoria, $43,000,000.
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25 | For the Empress riverboat in Joliet, $86,000,000.
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26 | For a riverboat in Metropolis, $45,000,000.
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1 | For the Harrah's riverboat in Joliet, $114,000,000.
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2 | For a riverboat in Aurora, $86,000,000.
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3 | For a riverboat in East St. Louis, $48,500,000.
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4 | For a riverboat in Elgin, $198,000,000.
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5 | "Dormant license" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
6 | subsection (a-3).
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7 | "Net privilege tax" means all privilege taxes paid by a | ||||||
8 | licensed owner to the Board under this Section, less all | ||||||
9 | payments made from the State Gaming Fund pursuant to subsection | ||||||
10 | (b) of this Section. | ||||||
11 | The changes made to this subsection (a-15) by Public Act | ||||||
12 | 94-839 are intended to restate and clarify the intent of Public | ||||||
13 | Act 94-673 with respect to the amount of the payments required | ||||||
14 | to be made under this subsection by an owners licensee to the | ||||||
15 | Board.
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16 | (b) Until January 1, 1998, 25% of the tax revenue deposited | ||||||
17 | in the State
Gaming Fund under this Section shall be paid, | ||||||
18 | subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly, to the unit | ||||||
19 | of local government which is designated as the
home dock of the | ||||||
20 | riverboat. Beginning January 1, 1998, from the tax revenue
| ||||||
21 | deposited in the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an | ||||||
22 | amount equal to 5% of
adjusted gross receipts generated by a | ||||||
23 | riverboat shall be paid monthly, subject
to appropriation by | ||||||
24 | the General Assembly, to the unit of local government that
is | ||||||
25 | designated as the home dock of the riverboat. From the tax | ||||||
26 | revenue
deposited in the State Gaming Fund pursuant to |
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1 | riverboat gambling operations
conducted by a licensed manager | ||||||
2 | on behalf of the State, an amount equal to 5%
of adjusted gross | ||||||
3 | receipts generated pursuant to those riverboat gambling
| ||||||
4 | operations shall be paid monthly,
subject to appropriation by | ||||||
5 | the General Assembly, to the unit of local
government that is | ||||||
6 | designated as the home dock of the riverboat upon which
those | ||||||
7 | riverboat gambling operations are conducted.
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8 | (c) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly, | ||||||
9 | may be made
from the State Gaming Fund to the Department of | ||||||
10 | Revenue and the Department
of State Police for the | ||||||
11 | administration and enforcement of this Act, or to the
| ||||||
12 | Department of Human Services for the administration of programs | ||||||
13 | to treat
problem gambling.
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14 | (c-5) Before May 26, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
15 | 94-804) and beginning June 30, 2011, unless any organization | ||||||
16 | licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 begins to | ||||||
17 | operate a slot machine or video game of chance under the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 or this Act 2 years after May | ||||||
19 | 26, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-804) , after the | ||||||
20 | payments required under subsections (b) and (c) have been
made, | ||||||
21 | an amount equal to 15% of the adjusted gross receipts of (1) an | ||||||
22 | owners
licensee that relocates pursuant to Section 11.2,
(2) an | ||||||
23 | owners licensee
conducting riverboat gambling operations
| ||||||
24 | pursuant to an
owners license that is initially issued after | ||||||
25 | June
25, 1999,
or (3) the first
riverboat gambling operations | ||||||
26 | conducted by a licensed manager on behalf of the
State under |
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1 | Section 7.3,
whichever comes first, shall be paid from the | ||||||
2 | State
Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
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3 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
4 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
5 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
6 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
7 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
8 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
9 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
10 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
11 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
13 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
14 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
15 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
16 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
17 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
18 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
19 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
20 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
21 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
22 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
23 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
24 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
25 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of the Governor. |
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1 | (c-10) Each year the General Assembly shall appropriate | ||||||
2 | from the General
Revenue Fund to the Education Assistance Fund | ||||||
3 | an amount equal to the amount
paid into the Horse Racing Equity | ||||||
4 | Fund pursuant to subsection (c-5) in the
prior calendar year.
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5 | (c-15) After the payments required under subsections (b), | ||||||
6 | (c), and (c-5)
have been made, an amount equal to 2% of the | ||||||
7 | adjusted gross receipts of (1)
an owners licensee that | ||||||
8 | relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an owners
licensee | ||||||
9 | conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
an
owners | ||||||
10 | license that is initially issued after June 25, 1999,
or (3) | ||||||
11 | the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed | ||||||
12 | manager on behalf of the
State under Section 7.3,
whichever | ||||||
13 | comes first, shall be paid, subject to appropriation
from the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly, from the State Gaming Fund to each home rule
| ||||||
15 | county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the | ||||||
16 | purpose of
enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
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17 | (c-20) Each year the General Assembly shall appropriate | ||||||
18 | from the General
Revenue Fund to the Education Assistance Fund | ||||||
19 | an amount equal to the amount
paid to each home rule county | ||||||
20 | with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants
pursuant to | ||||||
21 | subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
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22 | (c-25) After the payments required under subsections (b), | ||||||
23 | (c), (c-5) and
(c-15) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of | ||||||
24 | the
adjusted gross receipts of (1) an owners licensee
that
| ||||||
25 | relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an
owners
licensee | ||||||
26 | conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
an
owners |
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1 | license
that is initially issued after June 25, 1999,
or (3) | ||||||
2 | the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed | ||||||
3 | manager on behalf of the
State under Section 7.3,
whichever
| ||||||
4 | comes first,
shall be paid from the State
Gaming Fund to | ||||||
5 | Chicago State University.
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6 | (d) From time to time, the
Board shall transfer the | ||||||
7 | remainder of the funds
generated by this Act into the Education
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8 | Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State of | ||||||
9 | Illinois.
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10 | (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local | ||||||
11 | government
designated as the home dock of the riverboat from | ||||||
12 | entering into agreements
with other units of local government | ||||||
13 | in this State or in other states to
share its portion of the | ||||||
14 | tax revenue.
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15 | (f) To the extent practicable, the Board shall administer | ||||||
16 | and collect the
wagering taxes imposed by this Section in a | ||||||
17 | manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, | ||||||
18 | 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
6c, 8, 9, and 10 of the | ||||||
19 | Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
Uniform | ||||||
20 | Penalty and Interest Act.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 94-673, eff. 8-23-05; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; | ||||||
22 | 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.".
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