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HB4730 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4730

 

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Robert Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/19.5

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2022, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5amended by changing Section 19.5 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/19.5)
7    Sec. 19.5. Standardbred racetrack in Cook County.
8Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, in
9addition to organization licenses issued by the Board on the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
11Assembly, the Board shall issue an organization license
12limited to standardbred racing to a racetrack located in one
13of the following townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen,
14Calumet, Orland, Rich, Thornton, or Worth. Before June 29,
152022, this This additional organization license shall not be
16issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license
17issued by the Board on the effective date of this amendatory
18Act of the 101st General Assembly, unless the person having
19operating control of such racetrack has given written consent
20to the organization licensee applicant, which consent must be
21filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is
22made. The organization license application shall be submitted
23to the Board and the Board may grant the organization license

 

 

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1at any meeting of the Board. The Board shall examine the
2application within 21 days after receipt of the application
3with respect to its conformity with this Act and the rules
4adopted by the Board. If the application does not comply with
5this Act or the rules adopted by the Board, the application may
6be rejected and an organization license refused to the
7applicant, or the Board may, within 21 days after receipt of
8the application, advise the applicant of the deficiencies of
9the application under the Act or the rules of the Board and
10require the submittal of an amended application within a
11reasonable time determined by the Board; upon submittal of the
12amended application by the applicant, the Board may consider
13the application consistent with the process described in
14subsection (e-5) of Section 20. If the application is found to
15be in compliance with this Act and the rules of the Board, the
16Board shall then issue an organization license to the
17applicant. Once the organization license is granted, the
18licensee shall have all of the current and future rights of
19existing Illinois racetracks, including, but not limited to,
20the ability to obtain an inter-track wagering license, the
21ability to obtain inter-track wagering location licenses, the
22ability to obtain an organization gaming license pursuant to
23the Illinois Gambling Act with 1,200 gaming positions, and the
24ability to offer Internet wagering on horse racing.
25(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)