Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Filed: 4/20/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 211




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 211, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended  by changing 
6Section 9 as follows:
 



7    (20 ILCS 1605/9)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1159)


8    Sec. 9. The Director, as administrative head of
the 
9Department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative 
10and
technical activities.  In addition to the duties imposed 
11upon him
elsewhere in this Act, it
shall be the Director's 
12duty:

13        a.  To supervise and administer the operation of the 
14    lottery in
accordance with the provisions of this Act or 
15    such
rules and regulations of the Department
adopted 
16    thereunder.

 
 
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1        b.  To attend meetings of the Board or to appoint a 
2    designee to
attend in his stead.

3        c.  To employ and direct such personnel in accord with 
4    the Personnel Code,
as may be necessary to carry out the 
5    purposes of this Act.
 In addition, the Director

may by 
6    agreement secure such services as he or she may deem 
7    necessary
from any other department, agency, or unit of the 
8    State government, and
may employ and compensate such 
9    consultants and technical assistants as may
be required and 
10    is otherwise permitted by law.

11        d. To license, in accordance with the provisions of 
12    Sections 10 and 10.1
of this Act and the rules and 
13    regulations of the Department
adopted thereunder,
as 
14    agents to sell lottery tickets such persons as in his 
15    opinion will best
serve the public convenience and promote 
16    the sale of tickets or shares.
The Director may require a 
17    bond from every licensed agent, in such
amount as provided 
18    in the rules and regulations of the Department.  Every 
19    licensed
agent shall prominently display his license, or a 
20    copy thereof, as provided
in the rules and regulations of 
21    the Department.

22        e. To suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to 
23    this Act or the
rules and regulations promulgated by the 
24    Department thereunder.

25        f. To confer regularly as necessary or desirable and 
26    not
less than once
every month with the Lottery Control 
 
 
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1    Board on the operation and administration
of the Lottery; 
2    to make available for inspection by the Board or any member

3    of the Board, upon request, all books, records, files, and 
4    other information
and documents of his office; to advise 
5    the Board and recommend such rules
and regulations and such 
6    other matters as he deems necessary and advisable
to 
7    improve the operation and administration of the lottery.

8        g. To enter into contracts for the operation of the 
9    lottery, or any part
thereof, and into contracts for the 
10    promotion of the lottery on behalf of
the Department with 
11    any person, firm or corporation, to perform any of the

12    functions provided for in this Act or the rules and 
13    regulations promulgated
thereunder.  The Department shall 
14    not expend State funds on a contractual
basis for such 
15    functions unless those functions and expenditures are 
16    expressly
authorized by the General Assembly.

17        h. To enter into an agreement or agreements with the 
18    management of state
lotteries operated pursuant to the laws 
19    of other states for the purpose of
creating and operating a 
20    multi-state lottery game wherein a separate and
distinct 
21    prize pool would be combined to award larger prizes to the 
22    public
than could be offered by the several state 
23    lotteries, individually.  No
tickets or shares offered in 
24    connection with a multi-state lottery game
shall be sold 
25    within the State of Illinois, except those offered by and

26    through the Department.  No such agreement shall purport to 
 
 
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1    pledge the full
faith and credit of the State of Illinois, 
2    nor shall the Department expend
State funds on a 
3    contractual basis in connection with any such game unless

4    such expenditures are expressly authorized by the General 
5    Assembly,
provided, however, that in the event of error or 
6    omission by the Illinois
State Lottery in the conduct of 
7    the game, as determined by the multi-state
game directors, 
8    the Department shall be authorized to pay a prize winner or

9    winners the lesser of a disputed prize or $1,000,000, any 
10    such payment to
be made solely from funds appropriated for 
11    game prize purposes.  The
Department shall be authorized to 
12    share in the ordinary operating expenses
of any such 
13    multi-state lottery game, from funds appropriated by the 
14    General Assembly,
and in the event the multi-state game 
15    control offices are physically
located within the State of 
16    Illinois, the Department is authorized to
advance start-up 
17    operating costs not to exceed $150,000, subject to

18    proportionate reimbursement of such costs by the other 
19    participating state
lotteries.  The Department shall be 
20    authorized to share proportionately in
the costs of 
21    establishing a liability reserve fund from funds 
22    appropriated
by the General Assembly.  The Department is 
23    authorized to transfer prize
award funds attributable to 
24    Illinois sales of multi-state lottery game tickets to
the 
25    multi-state control office, or its designated depository, 
26    for deposit
to such game pool account or accounts as may be 
 
 
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1    established by the
multi-state game directors, the records 
2    of which account or accounts shall
be available at all 
3    times for inspection in an audit by the Auditor General
of 
4    Illinois and any other auditors pursuant to the laws of the 
5    State of
Illinois.
No multi-state game prize awarded to a 
6    nonresident of Illinois, with
respect to a ticket or share 
7    purchased in a state other than the State of
Illinois, 
8    shall be deemed to be a prize awarded under this Act for 
9    the
purpose of taxation under the Illinois Income Tax Act.


10    The Department shall promulgate such rules as may be 
11    appropriate to
implement the provisions of this Section.

12        i. To make a continuous study and investigation of (1) 
13    the operation and
the administration of similar laws which 
14    may be in effect in other states
or countries, (2) any 
15    literature on the subject which from time to time
may be 
16    published or available, (3) any Federal laws which may 
17    affect the
operation  of the
lottery,  and  (4) the reaction 
18    of Illinois citizens to existing and potential
features of 
19    the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting 
20    changes
that will tend to serve the purposes of this Act.

21        j. To report monthly to the State Treasurer and the 
22    Lottery Control Board
a full and complete statement of 
23    lottery revenues, prize disbursements and
other expenses 
24    for each month and the amounts to be transferred to the 
25    Common
School Fund pursuant to Section 7.2, and to
make an 
26    annual report, which shall include a full and complete 
 
 
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1    statement
of lottery revenues, prize disbursements and 
2    other expenses, to the Governor
and the Board.  All reports 
3    required by this subsection shall be public
and copies of 
4    all
such reports shall be sent to the Speaker of the House, 
5    the President of
the Senate, and the minority leaders of 
6    both houses.
7        k. To keep the name and municipality of residence of  
8    the prize winner of a prize of $250,000 or greater 
9    confidential upon the prize winner making a written request 
10    that his or her name and municipality of residence be kept 
11    confidential. The prize winner must submit his or her 
12    written request at the time of claiming the prize.  The 
13    written request shall be in the form established by the 
14    Department. 

15(Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)".