Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
Filed: 5/31/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2651
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2651, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | ||||||
4 | 3, on page 91, line 11, after the period, by inserting " The | ||||||
5 | Auditor General shall verify the accuracy of the Department's | ||||||
6 | reporting with an audit every 2 years. "; and | ||||||
7 | on page 96, line 14, by replacing " Seventy " with " Sixty "; and | ||||||
8 | on page 96, line 17, by replacing " Five " with " Fifteen "; and | ||||||
9 | on page 96, lines 20 through 22, by deleting " School districts | ||||||
10 | organized under Article 34 of the School Code are not eligible | ||||||
11 | for these funds. "; and | ||||||
12 | on page 98, line 23, after " Fund, " by inserting " the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Works Fund, the Illinois Works Debt Service Fund, the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Education Trust Fund, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
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1 | (LUST) Fund, the Focusing on Children, Uplifting Schools | ||||||
2 | (FOCUS) Fund, the Depressed Communities Economic Development | ||||||
3 | Fund, the Illinois Casino Development Authority Fund, "; and
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4 | on page 130, line 21 and line 22, by replacing " Illinois Works | ||||||
5 | Fund " each time it appears with " Illinois Works Debt Service | ||||||
6 | Fund "; and | ||||||
7 | on page 207, by replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following: | ||||||
8 | "non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees | ||||||
9 | shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of | ||||||
10 | all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees | ||||||
11 | shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any | ||||||
12 | Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the | ||||||
13 | approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the | ||||||
14 | signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast | ||||||
15 | program and
shall accept wagers on all races included as part | ||||||
16 | of the simulcast
program upon which wagering is permitted.
All | ||||||
17 | organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all | ||||||
18 | advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission | ||||||
19 | fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's | ||||||
20 | Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without | ||||||
21 | prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under | ||||||
22 | which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%. | ||||||
23 | However, organization licensees providing live signals | ||||||
24 | pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may |
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1 | petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an | ||||||
2 | advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee | ||||||
3 | discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information | ||||||
4 | that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under | ||||||
5 | investigation by another state or federal governmental agency, | ||||||
6 | the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been | ||||||
7 | suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering | ||||||
8 | licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another | ||||||
9 | state. The organization licensee's provision of their live | ||||||
10 | signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this | ||||||
11 | subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois. | ||||||
12 | The costs"; and | ||||||
13 | on page 294, line 6, by replacing " date " with " effective date "; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | on page 349, line 19, by replacing " rule. " with " rule. However, | ||||||
16 | the annual fees may not exceed $250,000 in any 4-year period. "; | ||||||
17 | and | ||||||
18 | on page 352, by replacing line 17 with the following: | ||||||
19 | " described in Section 7.5. The additional riverboat license | ||||||
20 | authorizes the conduct of gambling in a municipality that is | ||||||
21 | economically depressed or that is sited in an economically | ||||||
22 | depressed primary census statistical area, or both; however, | ||||||
23 | the licensee must not conduct gambling pursuant to this license |
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1 | within 15 miles from a licensed riverboat in operation on the | ||||||
2 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
3 | Assembly. In determining the water upon which the riverboat | ||||||
4 | authorized by the additional license will operate, the Board | ||||||
5 | shall minimize the reduction in privilege tax revenue received | ||||||
6 | by the State as a result of the impact of the additional | ||||||
7 | license on adjusted gross receipts generated by riverboat | ||||||
8 | gambling conducted by licenses in effect on the date of this | ||||||
9 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. | ||||||
10 | In determining the water upon which"; and | ||||||
11 | on page 353, line 1, by replacing "Illinois" with "Illinois ; | ||||||
12 | however, the Board, in issuing the one additional riverboat | ||||||
13 | license authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
14 | Assembly, must give favorable consideration to these factors in | ||||||
15 | granting the owners license located in a municipality that is | ||||||
16 | economically depressed or that is sited in an economically | ||||||
17 | depressed primary census statistical area, or both. "; and | ||||||
18 | on page 354, line 22 and line 26, by replacing " $50,000 " each | ||||||
19 | time it appears with " $40,000 "; and | ||||||
20 | on page 356, line 20, by replacing " $50,000 " with " $40,000 "; | ||||||
21 | and | ||||||
22 | on page 367, line 19 and line 24, by replacing " $50,000 " each |
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1 | time it appears with " $40,000 "; and | ||||||
2 | on page 368, line 6, by replacing " $50,000 " with " $40,000 "; and | ||||||
3 | on page 434, by replacing lines 4 through 18 with the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | " be transferred monthly into the Illinois Education Trust | ||||||
6 | Fund. "; and | ||||||
7 | on page 434, line 24, after the period, by inserting " Thirty | ||||||
8 | percent of the moneys received from subsections (d) and (e) of | ||||||
9 | Section 13 shall be transferred into the Focusing on Children | ||||||
10 | Uplifting Schools (FOCUS) Fund. ".
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