96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0742

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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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1     AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (230 ILCS 25/1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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
10 upon a determination by the Department that the applicant meets
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'
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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1     Each license shall be in effect for one year from its date
2 of issuance unless extended, suspended, or revoked by
3 Department action before that date. The Department may provide
4 by rule for an extension of any bingo license issued under this
5 Act. Any extension provided shall not exceed one year. A
6 licensee may hold only one license to conduct bingo and that
7 license is valid for only one location. The Department may
8 authorize by rule the filing by electronic means of any
9 application, license, permit, return, or registration required
10 under this Act. All taxes and fees imposed by this Act, unless
11 otherwise specified, shall be paid into the General Revenue
12 Fund of the State Treasury.
13 (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)