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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2075
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that a special purpose lottery game may be offered for sale for no more than 9 consecutive months and there may not be more than 2 special purpose lottery scratchoff games offered for sale at any one time. Provides for a waiting list for subsequently authorized and expired games. Provides that "special purpose lottery game" means any game for which any portion of the proceeds are used for a purpose other than the support of the State's Common School Fund. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2075 |
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LRB095 17066 RCE 43118 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 adding |
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| Section 21.4 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1605/21.4 new) |
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| Sec. 21.4. Limitation on number of special purpose lottery |
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| games. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the |
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| contrary, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th General Assembly, a special purpose lottery |
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| game may be offered for sale for no more than 9 consecutive |
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| months and there may not be more than 2 special purpose lottery |
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| scratchoff games offered for sale at any one time. If any |
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| special ticket is authorized while there are 2 other special |
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| tickets being offered for sale, then the third and any |
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| subsequent special ticket shall be placed on a waiting list in |
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| the same order as the order in which they are authorized. At |
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| the expiration of the 9-month sales period of any special |
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| purpose lottery game, that game shall be placed at the end of |
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| the waiting list and the game on the top of the waiting list, |
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| if otherwise eligible, shall be offered for sale. When a game |
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| on the waiting list is offered for sale, it shall be removed |
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| from the waiting list. For the purpose of this Section, the |