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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 21.6 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 1605/21.6)
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| 7 | Sec. 21.6. Scratch-off for Illinois veterans. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) The Department shall offer a special instant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans. The game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | shall commence on January 1, 2006 or as soon thereafter, at the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | operation of the game shall be governed by this Act and any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this Act, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | then this Section governs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (b) The Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund is created as a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | special fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Illinois veterans scratch-off game shall be deposited into the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Department of Veterans Affairs for making grants, funding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | additional services, or conducting additional research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | projects relating to each of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (i) veterans' post traumatic stress disorder; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (ii) veterans' homelessness; | ||||||
| 2 | (iii) the health insurance costs of veterans; | ||||||
| 3 | (iv) veterans' disability benefits, including but not | ||||||
| 4 | limited to, disability benefits provided by veterans | ||||||
| 5 | service organizations and veterans assistance commissions | ||||||
| 6 | or centers; and | ||||||
| 7 | (v) the long-term care of veterans; provided that, | ||||||
| 8 | beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, no | ||||||
| 9 | more than 20% of such moneys shall be used for health | ||||||
| 10 | insurance costs; and . | ||||||
| 11 | (vi) veteran employment and employment training. | ||||||
| 12 | In order to expend moneys from this special fund, | ||||||
| 13 | beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, | ||||||
| 14 | the Director of Veterans' Affairs shall appoint a 3-member | ||||||
| 15 | funding authorization committee. The Director shall | ||||||
| 16 | designate one of the members as chairperson. The committee | ||||||
| 17 | shall meet on a quarterly basis, at a minimum, and shall | ||||||
| 18 | authorize expenditure of moneys from the special fund by a | ||||||
| 19 | two-thirds vote. Decisions of the committee shall not take | ||||||
| 20 | effect unless and until approved by the Director of | ||||||
| 21 | Veterans' Affairs. Each member of the committee shall serve | ||||||
| 22 | until a replacement is named by the Director of Veterans' | ||||||
| 23 | Affairs. One member of the committee shall be a member of | ||||||
| 24 | the Veterans' Advisory Council. | ||||||
| 25 | Moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game | ||||||
| 26 | shall be used only as a supplemental financial resource and | ||||||
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| 1 | shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of | ||||||
| 2 | Veterans Affairs may currently expend for the purposes set | ||||||
| 3 | forth in items (i) through (v).
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| 4 | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
| 5 | including, without limitation, net revenue from the special | ||||||
| 6 | instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards | ||||||
| 7 | from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the | ||||||
| 8 | Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be | ||||||
| 9 | deposited into the Fund.
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| 10 | For purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means the | ||||||
| 11 | total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of | ||||||
| 12 | the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual administrative | ||||||
| 13 | expenses of the Department solely related to the scratch-off | ||||||
| 14 | game under this Section.
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| 15 | (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | veterans scratch-off game, the Department shall not | ||||||
| 17 | unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any | ||||||
| 18 | other instant scratch-off lottery game. | ||||||
| 19 | (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
| 20 | implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 94-585, eff. 8-15-05; 95-331, eff. 8-20-07; | ||||||
| 22 | 95-649, eff. 10-11-07.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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