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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4155
Introduced 10/15/2007, by Rep. William B. Black SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, there may be only one special purpose lottery game offered for sale at a time, and no special purpose lottery game may be offered for sale for more than 3 consecutive months. Provides that all special purpose lottery games shall be placed on a waiting list in the order in which they were authorized. Defines "special purpose lottery game". Effective immediately.
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HB4155 |
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LRB095 14041 HLH 39887 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing |
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| Section 22 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 1605/22 new) |
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| Sec. 22. Limitation on special games; waiting list. |
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| Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, |
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| beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly, there may be only one special purpose |
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| lottery game offered for sale at a time, and no special purpose |
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| lottery game may be offered for sale for more than 3 |
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| consecutive months. All special purpose lottery games, |
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| including games that are offered for sale on the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, shall be |
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| placed on a waiting list in the order in which they were |
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| authorized. At the expiration of the 3-month sales period for |
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| each special purpose lottery game, that game shall be placed at |
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| the bottom of the waiting list, and the game at the top of the |
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| waiting list, if otherwise eligible, shall be offered for sale. |
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| For the purpose of this Section, the term "special purpose |
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| lottery game" means any lottery game for which any portion of |
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| the proceeds are used for a purpose other than the support of |