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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0628 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 230 ILCS 25/1 | from Ch. 120, par. 1101 |
| Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0628 | | LRB098 03450 AMC 33465 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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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 Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon |
| 8 | | application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, and |
| 9 | | upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| 10 | | upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant meets
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| 11 | | all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a bingo |
| 12 | | license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the following: |
| 13 | | any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
fraternal, youth |
| 14 | | athletic, senior citizen, educational or veterans'
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| 15 | | organization organized in Illinois which operates without |
| 16 | | profit to its
members, which has been in existence in Illinois |
| 17 | | continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately before making |
| 18 | | application for a license and which
has had during that entire |
| 19 | | 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in
carrying out |
| 20 | | its objects. However, the 5 year requirement shall be
reduced |
| 21 | | to 2 years, as applied to a local organization which is |
| 22 | | affiliated
with and chartered by a national organization which |
| 23 | | meets the 5 year
requirement.
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