102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3672

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. LaToya Greenwood

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 45/25-90

    Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2021, from the tax revenue from sports wagering deposited in the Sports Wagering Fund, an amount equal to 5% of adjusted gross receipts generated by a master sports wagering licensee (other than an online sports wagering operator) shall be paid monthly, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the unit of local government in which the master sports wagering licensee is located. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing
5Section 25-90 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 45/25-90)
7    Sec. 25-90. Tax; Sports Wagering Fund.
8    (a) For the privilege of holding a license to operate
9sports wagering under this Act, this State shall impose and
10collect 15% of a master sports wagering licensee's adjusted
11gross sports wagering receipts from sports wagering. The
12accrual method of accounting shall be used for purposes of
13calculating the amount of the tax owed by the licensee.
14    The taxes levied and collected pursuant to this subsection
15(a) are due and payable to the Board no later than the last day
16of the month following the calendar month in which the
17adjusted gross sports wagering receipts were received and the
18tax obligation was accrued.
19    (a-3) Beginning July 1, 2021, from the tax revenue from
20sports wagering deposited in the Sports Wagering Fund under
21this Section, an amount equal to 5% of adjusted gross receipts
22generated by a master sports wagering licensee, other than a
23licensee under Section 25-45, shall be paid monthly, subject

 

 

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1to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the unit of local
2government in which the master sports wagering licensee is
3located.
4    (a-5) In addition to the tax imposed under subsection (a)
5of this Section, for the privilege of holding a license to
6operate sports wagering under this Act, the State shall impose
7and collect 2% of the adjusted gross receipts from sports
8wagers that are placed within a home rule county with a
9population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants, which shall be paid,
10subject to appropriation from the General Assembly, from the
11Sports Wagering Fund to that home rule county for the purpose
12of enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
13    (b) The Sports Wagering Fund is hereby created as special
14fund in the State treasury. Except as otherwise provided in
15this Act, all moneys collected under this Act by the Board
16shall be deposited into the Sports Wagering Fund. On the 25th
17of each month, any moneys remaining in the Sports Wagering
18Fund shall be transferred to the Capital Projects Fund.
19(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.