Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 12/1/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 737

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 737, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
41 as follows:
 
5on page 270, immediately below line 16, by inserting the
6following:
7    "(k) Subject to the approval of the Illinois Gaming Board,
8an organization licensee that (i) receives an electronic gaming
9license under this Act and (ii) has operating control of a race
10track facility located in Cook County, may relocate its race
11track facility within Cook County in conjunction with plans to
12construct a new structure for purposes of electronic gaming at
13a location within a 3-mile radius of its existing race track
14facility. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act,
15a race track facility may not be relocated outside of the
163-mile radius without the written consent of the geographically
17closest existing race track facility from that planned

 

 

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1relocation. The relocation must include the race track
2facility, including the race track operations used to conduct
3live racing and the planned electronic gaming facility in its
4entirety. For the purposes of this subsection (k), "race track
5facility" means all operations conducted on the race track
6property for which it was awarded a license for pari-mutuel
7wagering and live racing in the year 2010, except for the real
8estate itself. The Illinois Gaming Board shall make its
9decision after consulting with the Illinois Racing Board, and
10any relocation application shall be subject to all of the
11provisions of this Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
121975.".