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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1.3 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (230 ILCS 25/1.3)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.3. Restrictions on licensure. Licensing for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | conducting of bingo is subject to the following restrictions: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (1) The license application, when submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Department, must contain a sworn statement attesting to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | not-for-profit character of the prospective licensee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | organization, signed by a person listed on the application | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | as an owner, officer, or other person in charge of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | necessary day-to-day operations of that organization. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | (2) The license application shall be prepared in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | accordance with the rules of the Department. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (3) The licensee shall prominently display the license | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | in the area where the licensee conducts bingo. The licensee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | shall likewise display, in the form and manner as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | prescribed by the Department, the provisions of Section 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (4) Each license shall state the day of the week, hours | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | and at which location the licensee is permitted to conduct | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | bingo games. | ||||||
| 2 | (5) A license is not assignable or transferable. | ||||||
| 3 | (6) A license authorizes the licensee to conduct the | ||||||
| 4 | game commonly known as bingo, in which prizes are awarded | ||||||
| 5 | on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card | ||||||
| 6 | conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random. | ||||||
| 7 | (7) The Department may, on special application made by | ||||||
| 8 | any organization having a bingo license, issue a special | ||||||
| 9 | permit for conducting bingo at other premises and on other | ||||||
| 10 | days not exceeding 5 consecutive days, except that a | ||||||
| 11 | licensee may conduct bingo at the Illinois State Fair or | ||||||
| 12 | any county fair held in Illinois during each day that the | ||||||
| 13 | fair is held, without a fee. Bingo games conducted at the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois State Fair or a county fair shall not require a | ||||||
| 15 | special permit. No more than 2 special permits may be | ||||||
| 16 | issued in one year to any one organization. | ||||||
| 17 | (8) Any organization qualified for a license but not | ||||||
| 18 | holding one may, upon application and payment of a | ||||||
| 19 | nonrefundable fee of $50, receive a limited license to | ||||||
| 20 | conduct bingo games at no more than 2 indoor or outdoor | ||||||
| 21 | festivals in a year for a maximum of 5 consecutive days on | ||||||
| 22 | each occasion. No more than 2 limited licenses under this | ||||||
| 23 | item (7) may be issued to any organization in any year. A | ||||||
| 24 | limited license must be prominently displayed at the site | ||||||
| 25 | where the bingo games are conducted. | ||||||
| 26 | (9) Senior citizens organizations and units of local | ||||||
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| 1 | government may conduct bingo without a license or fee, | ||||||
| 2 | subject to the following conditions: | ||||||
| 3 | (A) bingo shall be conducted only (i) at a facility | ||||||
| 4 | that is owned by a unit of local government to which | ||||||
| 5 | the corporate authorities have given their approval | ||||||
| 6 | and that is used to provide social services or a | ||||||
| 7 | meeting place to senior citizens, (ii) in common areas | ||||||
| 8 | in multi-unit federally assisted rental housing | ||||||
| 9 | maintained solely for the elderly and handicapped, or | ||||||
| 10 | (iii) at a building owned by a church or veterans | ||||||
| 11 | organization; | ||||||
| 12 | (B) the price paid for a single card shall not | ||||||
| 13 | exceed 50 cents; | ||||||
| 14 | (C) the aggregate retail value of all prizes or | ||||||
| 15 | merchandise awarded in any one game of bingo shall not | ||||||
| 16 | exceed $10; | ||||||
| 17 | (D) no person or organization shall participate in | ||||||
| 18 | the management or operation of bingo under this item | ||||||
| 19 | (9) if the person or organization would be ineligible | ||||||
| 20 | for a license under this Section; and | ||||||
| 21 | (E) no license is required to provide premises for | ||||||
| 22 | bingo conducted under this item (9). | ||||||
| 23 | (10) Bingo equipment shall not be used for any purpose | ||||||
| 24 | other than for the play of bingo.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 96-210, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1055, eff. 7-14-10; | ||||||
| 26 | 96-1150, eff. 7-21-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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