95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4155

 

Introduced 10/15/2007, by Rep. William B. Black

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1605/22 new

    Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, there may be only one special purpose lottery game offered for sale at a time, and no special purpose lottery game may be offered for sale for more than 3 consecutive months. Provides that all special purpose lottery games shall be placed on a waiting list in the order in which they were authorized. Defines "special purpose lottery game". Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing
5 Section 22 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 1605/22 new)
7     Sec. 22. Limitation on special games; waiting list.
8 Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary,
9 beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10 95th General Assembly, there may be only one special purpose
11 lottery game offered for sale at a time, and no special purpose
12 lottery game may be offered for sale for more than 3
13 consecutive months. All special purpose lottery games,
14 including games that are offered for sale on the effective date
15 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, shall be
16 placed on a waiting list in the order in which they were
17 authorized. At the expiration of the 3-month sales period for
18 each special purpose lottery game, that game shall be placed at
19 the bottom of the waiting list, and the game at the top of the
20 waiting list, if otherwise eligible, shall be offered for sale.
21 For the purpose of this Section, the term "special purpose
22 lottery game" means any lottery game for which any portion of
23 the proceeds are used for a purpose other than the support of

 

 

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1 the Common School Fund.
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.