Full Text of SB2898 103rd General Assembly
SB2898 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2898 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 230 ILCS 5/33.1 | from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 |
| Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes a provision providing that if the determination is made that a standardbred stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning standardbred horses. Effective immediately. |
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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 Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 33.1 as follows: | 6 | | (230 ILCS 5/33.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1) | 7 | | Sec. 33.1. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall be | 8 | | responsible for investigating and determining the eligibility | 9 | | of mares and Illinois conceived and foaled horses and Illinois | 10 | | foaled horses to participate in Illinois conceived and foaled | 11 | | and Illinois foaled races. The Department of Agriculture shall | 12 | | also qualify stallions to participate in the Illinois | 13 | | Standardbred and Thoroughbred programs. | 14 | | (b) The Director of the Department of Agriculture or his | 15 | | authorized agent is authorized to conduct hearings, administer | 16 | | oaths, and issue subpoenas to carry out his responsibilities | 17 | | concerning the Illinois Standardbred and Thoroughbred programs | 18 | | as set forth in Sections 30 and 31. | 19 | | (c) The Director of the Department of Agriculture or his | 20 | | authorized agent shall, after a hearing, affirm or deny the | 21 | | qualification of a stallion for the Illinois Standardbred or | 22 | | Thoroughbred program. The decision of the Director of the | 23 | | Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall be |
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| 1 | | subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review | 2 | | Law. The term "administrative decision" shall have the meaning | 3 | | ascribed to it in Section 3-101 of the Administrative Review | 4 | | Law. | 5 | | (d) If the determination is made that a standardbred | 6 | | stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or | 7 | | that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a | 8 | | standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred | 9 | | stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her | 10 | | has knowingly participated in the arrangements for | 11 | | transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered | 12 | | under this Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of | 13 | | Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish | 14 | | notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning | 15 | | standardbred horses, announcing the disqualification of such | 16 | | stallion or his foals. From January 1, 2018 until January 1, | 17 | | 2022, the Director of Agriculture or his or her authorized | 18 | | agent shall not publish notice announcing the disqualification | 19 | | of such stallion or his foals on the basis that a stallion | 20 | | owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has | 21 | | knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting | 22 | | semen from a standardbred stallion registered under this Act | 23 | | out of State. If any person owning any stallion, mare , or foal | 24 | | is found by the Director of the Department of Agriculture or | 25 | | his authorized agent to have willfully violated any provision | 26 | | of this Act or to have made any false statements concerning |
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| 1 | | such person's stallion, mare , or foal, then no animal owned by | 2 | | such person is eligible to participate in any events conducted | 3 | | pursuant to Sections 30 and 31. | 4 | | (e) Any person who is served with a subpoena, issued by the | 5 | | Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized | 6 | | agent, to appear and testify or to produce documents and who | 7 | | refuses or neglects to testify or produce documents relevant | 8 | | to the investigation, as directed in the subpoenas, may be | 9 | | punished as provided in this Section. | 10 | | (f) Any circuit court of this State, upon petition by the | 11 | | Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized | 12 | | agent, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production | 13 | | of documents and giving the testimony required by this Section | 14 | | in the same manner as the production of evidence may be | 15 | | compelled in any other judicial proceeding before such court. | 16 | | Any person who willfully swears or affirms falsely in any | 17 | | proceeding conducted pursuant to this Section is guilty of | 18 | | perjury. | 19 | | (g) The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel in the | 20 | | course of any investigation shall be the same as the fees of | 21 | | witnesses before the circuit courts of this State. | 22 | | (h) The Department shall have authority to promulgate | 23 | | rules and regulations for the enforcement of Sections 30, 31 | 24 | | and 33.1 of this Act. Conditions and purses shall not be | 25 | | subject to Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative | 26 | | Procedure Act but shall be set and published from time to time. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-777, eff. 8-10-18.) | 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law. |
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