Full Text of HB1917 94th General Assembly
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Rep. Robert S. Molaro
Filed: 4/13/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1917
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1917 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 8h as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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| Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | 8 |
| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding | 9 |
| any other
State law to the contrary, the Governor
may, through | 10 |
| June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and | 11 |
| Comptroller to transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by | 12 |
| the State Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to | 13 |
| help defray the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. | 14 |
| The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any
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| fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the | 16 |
| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | 17 |
| or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% | 18 |
| of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year | 19 |
| 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final | 20 |
| balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State | 21 |
| Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts | 22 |
| determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act | 23 |
| 93-839 to the funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may | 24 |
| be made from a fund under this Section that would have the
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| effect of reducing the available balance in the fund to an | 2 |
| amount less than
the amount remaining unexpended and unreserved | 3 |
| from the total appropriation
from that fund estimated to be | 4 |
| expended for that fiscal year. This Section does not apply to | 5 |
| any
funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific use, | 6 |
| to any funds in
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Hospital Provider | 7 |
| Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, or the Horse Racing | 8 |
| Equity Trust Fund, or the Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute | 9 |
| Resolution Fund, or to any
funds to which subsection (f) of | 10 |
| Section 20-40 of the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act | 11 |
| applies. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section, | 12 |
| for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under this Section | 13 |
| from the Road Fund or the State
Construction Account Fund shall | 14 |
| not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the revenues to be deposited
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| into the fund during that fiscal year or (ii) 25% of the | 16 |
| beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal year 2005 through | 17 |
| fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be transferred under this | 18 |
| Section from the Road Fund, the State Construction Account | 19 |
| Fund, the Criminal Justice Information Systems Trust Fund, the | 20 |
| Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the Mandatory Arbitration | 21 |
| Fund.
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| In determining the available balance in a fund, the | 23 |
| Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | 24 |
| other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that | 25 |
| fiscal year.
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| The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | 27 |
| amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | 28 |
| practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | 29 |
| Governor.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to any fund established | 31 |
| under the Community Senior Services and Resources Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674, | 33 |
| eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04; | 34 |
| 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; 93-1067, eff. |
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| 1-15-05.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 3 |
| amended by changing Section 54 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 5/54)
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| Sec. 54. Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund.
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| (a) There is created in the State Treasury a Fund to be | 7 |
| known as the Horse
Racing
Equity Trust Fund , which is a | 8 |
| non-appropriated trust fund held separate and apart from State | 9 |
| moneys . The Fund shall consist of moneys paid into it by owners | 10 |
| licensees under
pursuant to
subsection
(c-5) of Section 13 of
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| the Riverboat Gambling Act for the purposes described in this | 12 |
| Section . The Fund shall
be administered
by the Board. Moneys in | 13 |
| the Fund shall be distributed as directed and certified by the | 14 |
| Board in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
the | 15 |
| Racing Board .
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| (b) The moneys deposited into the Fund , plus any accrued | 17 |
| interest on those moneys, shall be distributed by the State
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| Treasurer
within 10 days after those moneys are deposited into | 19 |
| the Fund as follows:
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| (1) Fifty percent of all moneys distributed under this | 21 |
| subsection shall be
distributed to organization licensees | 22 |
| to be distributed at their race
meetings as purses. | 23 |
| Fifty-seven percent of the amount distributed under this
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| paragraph (1) shall be distributed for thoroughbred race | 25 |
| meetings and
43% shall be distributed for standardbred race | 26 |
| meetings. Within each
breed, moneys shall be allocated to | 27 |
| each organization licensee's purse
fund in accordance with | 28 |
| the ratio between the purses generated for that
breed by | 29 |
| that licensee during the prior calendar year and the total | 30 |
| purses
generated throughout the State for that breed during | 31 |
| the prior calendar
year.
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| (2) The remaining 50% of the moneys distributed under |
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| this
subsection (b) shall be distributed pro rata
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| to the aggregate
proportion of state-wide handle at the | 3 |
| racetrack, inter-track, and inter-track
wagering locations | 4 |
| that derive their licenses from a racetrack identified in
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| this paragraph (2) for calendar years 1994, 1996, and 1997
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| to (i) any person (or its
successors or assigns) who had
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| operating control of a racing facility at which live racing | 8 |
| was conducted in
calendar year 1997 and who has operating | 9 |
| control of an organization licensee
that conducted racing | 10 |
| in calendar year 1997 and is a licensee in the current
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| year, or (ii) any person
(or its successors or assigns)
who | 12 |
| has operating control of a racing facility located in a
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| county that is bounded by the Mississippi River that has a | 14 |
| population of less
than 150,000 according to the 1990 | 15 |
| decennial census and conducted an average of
60 days of | 16 |
| racing per year between 1985 and 1993 and has been awarded | 17 |
| an
inter-track wagering license in the current year.
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| If any person identified in this paragraph (2) becomes
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| ineligible to receive moneys from the Fund, such amount | 20 |
| shall be redistributed
among the remaining persons in | 21 |
| proportion to their percentages otherwise
calculated.
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| (c) The Board shall monitor organization licensees to | 23 |
| ensure that moneys paid to organization licensees under this | 24 |
| Section are distributed by the organization licensees as | 25 |
| provided in subsection (b).
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| Section 15. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by | 28 |
| changing Sections 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 23 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 120, par. 2403)
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| Sec. 3. Riverboat Gambling Authorized.
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| (a) Riverboat gambling
operations and the system of | 32 |
| wagering
incorporated therein, as defined in this Act, are |
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| hereby authorized to the
extent that they are carried out in | 2 |
| accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
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| (b) This Act does not apply to the pari-mutuel system of | 4 |
| wagering used
or intended to be used in connection with the | 5 |
| horse-race meetings as
authorized under the Illinois Horse | 6 |
| Racing Act of 1975, lottery games
authorized under the Illinois | 7 |
| Lottery Law, bingo authorized under the Bingo
License and Tax | 8 |
| Act, charitable games authorized under the Charitable Games
Act | 9 |
| or pull tabs and jar games conducted under the Illinois Pull | 10 |
| Tabs and Jar
Games Act.
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| (c) Riverboat gambling conducted pursuant to this Act may | 12 |
| be authorized
upon any water within the State of Illinois or | 13 |
| any
water other than Lake Michigan which constitutes a boundary | 14 |
| of the State
of Illinois.
A licensee may conduct riverboat | 15 |
| gambling authorized under this Act
regardless of whether it | 16 |
| conducts excursion cruises. A licensee may permit
the | 17 |
| continuous ingress and egress of passengers for the purpose of
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| gambling. Notwithstanding any provision in this subsection (c) | 19 |
| to the contrary, a licensee may conduct gambling at its home | 20 |
| dock facility as provided in Section 7.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407)
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| Sec. 7. Owners Licenses.
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| (a) The Board shall issue owners licenses to persons, firms | 25 |
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corporations which apply for such licenses upon payment to | 26 |
| the Board of the
non-refundable license fee set by the Board, | 27 |
| upon payment of a $25,000
license fee for the first year of | 28 |
| operation and a $5,000 license fee for
each succeeding year and | 29 |
| upon a determination by the Board that the
applicant is | 30 |
| eligible for an owners license pursuant to this Act and the
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| rules of the Board. As a condition of licensure, any owners | 32 |
| licensee that holds or receives its owners license on or after | 33 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly and had adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 2 |
| $100,000,000 the previous year must pay into the Horse Racing | 3 |
| Equity Trust Fund, in addition to any other payments required | 4 |
| under this Act, an amount equal to 3% of the adjusted gross | 5 |
| receipts received by the owners licensee. The payments required | 6 |
| under this Section shall be made by the owners licensee to the | 7 |
| State Treasurer no later than 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day | 8 |
| after the day when the adjusted gross receipts were received by | 9 |
| the owners licensee. A person, firm or corporation is | 10 |
| ineligible to receive
an owners license if:
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| (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under the | 12 |
| laws of this
State, any other state, or the United States;
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| (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of | 14 |
| Article 28 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, or substantially | 15 |
| similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
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| (3) the person has submitted an application for a | 17 |
| license under this
Act which contains false information;
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| (4) the person is
a member of the Board;
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| (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) is an | 20 |
| officer, director or
managerial employee of the firm or | 21 |
| corporation;
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| (6) the firm or corporation employs a person defined in | 23 |
| (1), (2), (3) or
(4) who participates in the management or | 24 |
| operation of gambling operations
authorized under this | 25 |
| Act;
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| (7) (blank); or
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| (8) a license of the person, firm or corporation issued | 28 |
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this Act, or a license to own or operate gambling | 29 |
| facilities
in any other jurisdiction, has been revoked.
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| (b) In determining whether to grant an owners license to an | 31 |
| applicant, the
Board shall consider:
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| (1) the character, reputation, experience and | 33 |
| financial integrity of the
applicants and of any other or | 34 |
| separate person that either:
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| (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such | 2 |
| applicant, or
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| (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such | 4 |
| applicant or by a
person which controls, directly or | 5 |
| indirectly, such applicant;
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| (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the | 7 |
| conduct of riverboat
gambling;
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| (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be derived | 9 |
| by the State
from the conduct of riverboat gambling;
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| (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant | 11 |
| reflects the
diversity of the State by including minority | 12 |
| persons and females
and the good faith affirmative action | 13 |
| plan of
each applicant to recruit, train and upgrade | 14 |
| minority persons and females in all employment | 15 |
| classifications;
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| (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase | 17 |
| and maintain
adequate liability and casualty insurance;
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| (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization | 19 |
| to provide and
maintain, for the duration of a license, a | 20 |
| riverboat;
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| (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets | 22 |
| other standards
for the issuance of an owners license which | 23 |
| the Board may adopt by rule;
and
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| (8) The amount of the applicant's license bid.
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| (c) Each owners license shall specify the place where | 26 |
| riverboats shall
operate and dock.
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| (d) Each applicant shall submit with his application, on | 28 |
| forms
provided by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints.
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| (e) The Board may issue up to 10 licenses authorizing the | 30 |
| holders of such
licenses to own riverboats. In the application | 31 |
| for an owners license, the
applicant shall state the dock at | 32 |
| which the riverboat is based and the water
on which the | 33 |
| riverboat will be located. The Board shall issue 5 licenses to
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| become effective not earlier than January 1, 1991. Three of |
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| such licenses
shall authorize riverboat gambling on the | 2 |
| Mississippi River, or, with approval
by the municipality in | 3 |
| which the
riverboat is docked on August 7, 2003,
the effective | 4 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
Assembly,
in a
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| municipality that (1) borders on the Mississippi River or is | 6 |
| within 5
miles of the city limits of a municipality that | 7 |
| borders on the Mississippi
River and (2), on August 7, 2003,
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
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| Assembly, has a riverboat conducting riverboat gambling | 10 |
| operations pursuant to
a license issued under this Act; , one of | 11 |
| which shall authorize riverboat
gambling from a home dock in | 12 |
| the city of East St. Louis. One other license
shall
authorize | 13 |
| riverboat gambling on
the Illinois River south of Marshall | 14 |
| County. The Board shall issue one
additional license to become | 15 |
| effective not earlier than March 1, 1992, which
shall authorize | 16 |
| riverboat gambling on the Des Plaines River in Will County.
The | 17 |
| Board may issue 4 additional licenses to become effective not
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| earlier than
March 1, 1992. In determining the water upon which | 19 |
| riverboats will operate,
the Board shall consider the economic | 20 |
| benefit which riverboat gambling confers
on the State, and | 21 |
| shall seek to assure that all regions of the State share
in the | 22 |
| economic benefits of riverboat gambling.
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| In granting all licenses, the Board may give favorable | 24 |
| consideration to
economically depressed areas of the State, to | 25 |
| applicants presenting plans
which provide for significant | 26 |
| economic development over a large geographic
area, and to | 27 |
| applicants who currently operate non-gambling riverboats in
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| Illinois.
The Board shall review all applications for owners | 29 |
| licenses,
and shall inform each applicant of the Board's | 30 |
| decision.
The Board may grant an owners license to an
applicant | 31 |
| that has not submitted the highest license bid, but if it does | 32 |
| not
select the highest bidder, the Board shall issue a written | 33 |
| decision explaining
why another
applicant was selected and | 34 |
| identifying the factors set forth in this Section
that favored |
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| the winning bidder.
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| In addition to any other revocation powers granted to the | 3 |
| Board under this
Act,
the Board may revoke the owners license | 4 |
| of a licensee which fails
to begin conducting gambling within | 5 |
| 15 months
of receipt of the
Board's approval of the application | 6 |
| if the Board determines that license
revocation is in the best | 7 |
| interests of the State.
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| (f) The first 10 owners licenses issued under this Act | 9 |
| shall permit the
holder to own up to 2 riverboats and equipment | 10 |
| thereon
for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the | 11 |
| license. Holders of
the first 10 owners licenses must pay the | 12 |
| annual license fee for each of
the 3
years during which they | 13 |
| are authorized to own riverboats.
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| (g) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of each | 15 |
| of the first
10 licenses, which shall be issued for a 3 year | 16 |
| period, all licenses are
renewable annually upon payment of the | 17 |
| fee and a determination by the Board
that the licensee | 18 |
| continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act and the
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| Board's rules.
However, for licenses renewed on or after May 1, | 20 |
| 1998, renewal shall be
for a period of 4 years, unless the | 21 |
| Board sets a shorter period.
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| (h) An owners license shall entitle the licensee to own up | 23 |
| to 2
riverboats and operate up to 1,200 gaming positions, plus | 24 |
| an additional
number of positions as provided in subsections | 25 |
| (h-5), (h-7), (h-9), and (h-10) . | 26 |
| (h-5) In addition to the
1,200
gaming positions authorized | 27 |
| under subsection (h), a licensee may
purchase and operate | 28 |
| additional gaming positions as provided in
this subsection | 29 |
| (h-5).
Such a licensee may purchase up to 1,800
additional | 30 |
| gaming positions under this subsection (h-5) in groups of 100 | 31 |
| by paying to the Board, within 240 days after the adoption of | 32 |
| rules, a fee of $2,000,000 for each group of 100 additional | 33 |
| gaming positions. Within 60 days after the effective date of | 34 |
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| shall adopt rules concerning the purchase of additional gaming | 2 |
| positions obtained under this subsection (h-5). | 3 |
| (h-7) Gaming positions authorized under subsection (h-5) | 4 |
| that go unpurchased for 240 days after the adoption of rules, | 5 |
| shall be made available to owners licensees as provided in this | 6 |
| subsection (h-7). Sixty days after the end of that 240-day | 7 |
| period, the Gaming Board shall make those unpurchased positions | 8 |
| available to owners licensees under a process of competitive | 9 |
| bidding, in groups of 50 gaming positions. The minimum bid for | 10 |
| each group of 50 gaming positions shall be $1,000,000.
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| (h-9) An owners licensee may sell, lease, or transfer | 12 |
| gaming positions purchased pursuant to subsection (h-5) to | 13 |
| another owners licensee.
No gaming position may be sold, | 14 |
| leased, or transferred under this subsection (h-9) without the | 15 |
| approval of the Board. An amount equal to 10% of the total sale | 16 |
| price of gaming positions that are sold shall be paid by the | 17 |
| buyer to the Board upon the execution of the sale contract. An | 18 |
| amount equal to 10% of the total lease price of gaming | 19 |
| positions that are leased divided by the number of years in the | 20 |
| lease contract shall be paid annually by the lessee to the | 21 |
| Board on the date the lease is executed and annually thereafter | 22 |
| during the term of the lease. An owners licensee may transfer | 23 |
| gaming positions. Positions, however, may only be transferred | 24 |
| to another licensee owned by the parent company of the | 25 |
| purchasing licensee. Moneys received by the Board under this | 26 |
| subsection shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund. | 27 |
| (h-10) The total number of gaming positions
used by an | 28 |
| owners licensee shall not exceed 4,500 at one time. Within this | 29 |
| limit, a licensee may operate both
of
its riverboats | 30 |
| concurrently. | 31 |
| An owners licensee that
obtains in excess of 1,200 | 32 |
| positions may conduct riverboat gambling operations with | 33 |
| respect to the excess positions from a land-based facility
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| within or attached to its home dock facility or from a |
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| temporary facility, as the term "temporary facility" is defined | 2 |
| by Board rule, that is attached to the licensee's home dock, | 3 |
| with Board approval. Gaming positions located in a land-based | 4 |
| facility or temporary facility must be located in an area
that | 5 |
| is accessible only to persons who are at least 21 years of age. | 6 |
| A
licensee may not conduct gambling at either a land-based | 7 |
| facility or a temporary facility unless the admission
tax | 8 |
| imposed under Section 12 has been paid for all persons who | 9 |
| enter the gaming area of the
facility.
The Board shall adopt | 10 |
| rules concerning the conduct of gambling
from land-based | 11 |
| facilities and temporary facilities.
A licensee shall limit the | 12 |
| number of gambling participants to
1,200 for any such owners | 13 |
| license.
A licensee may operate both of its riverboats | 14 |
| concurrently, provided that the
total number of gambling | 15 |
| participants on both riverboats does not exceed
1,200. | 16 |
| Riverboats licensed to operate on the
Mississippi River and the | 17 |
| Illinois River south of Marshall County shall
have an | 18 |
| authorized capacity of at least 500 persons. Any other | 19 |
| riverboat
licensed under this Act shall have an authorized | 20 |
| capacity of at least 400
persons.
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| (i) A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board | 22 |
| for and, if
approved therefor, to receive all licenses from the | 23 |
| Board necessary for the
operation of a riverboat, including a | 24 |
| liquor license, a license
to prepare and serve food for human | 25 |
| consumption, and other necessary
licenses. All use, occupation | 26 |
| and excise taxes which apply to the sale of
food and beverages | 27 |
| in this State and all taxes imposed on the sale or use
of | 28 |
| tangible personal property apply to such sales aboard the | 29 |
| riverboat.
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| (j) The Board may issue or re-issue a license authorizing a | 31 |
| riverboat to
dock
in a municipality or approve a relocation | 32 |
| under Section 11.2 only if, prior
to the issuance or | 33 |
| re-issuance of
the license or approval, the governing body of | 34 |
| the municipality in which
the riverboat will dock has by a |
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| majority vote approved the docking of
riverboats in the | 2 |
| municipality. The Board may issue or re-issue a license
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| authorizing a
riverboat to dock in areas of a county outside | 4 |
| any municipality or approve a
relocation under Section 11.2 | 5 |
| only if, prior to the issuance or re-issuance
of the license
or | 6 |
| approval, the
governing body of the county has by a majority | 7 |
| vote approved of the docking of
riverboats within such areas.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-600, eff. 6-28-02; 93-28, eff. 6-20-03; | 9 |
| 93-453, eff. 8-7-03;
revised 1-27-04.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)
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| Sec. 11. Conduct of gambling. Gambling may be conducted by | 12 |
| licensed owners or licensed managers on behalf
of the State | 13 |
| aboard riverboats or from a land-based facility as provided in | 14 |
| Section 7(h-10). If authorized by the Board by rule, an owners | 15 |
| licensee may
move
gaming positions to a "temporary facility" as | 16 |
| that term is defined in Section 7(h-10)
and use those gaming | 17 |
| positions to conduct gambling as provided in Section 7(h-10). | 18 |
| Gambling authorized under this Section shall
be ,
subject to the | 19 |
| following standards:
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| (1) A licensee may conduct riverboat gambling | 21 |
| authorized under this Act
regardless of whether it conducts | 22 |
| excursion cruises. A licensee may permit
the continuous | 23 |
| ingress and egress of passengers for the purpose of | 24 |
| gambling.
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| (2) (Blank).
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| (3) Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be set by | 27 |
| the licensee.
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| (4) Agents of the Board and the Department of State | 29 |
| Police may board
and inspect any riverboat at any time for | 30 |
| the purpose of determining
whether this Act is being | 31 |
| complied with. Every riverboat, if under way and
being | 32 |
| hailed by a law enforcement officer or agent of the Board, | 33 |
| must stop
immediately and lay to.
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| (5) Employees of the Board shall have the right to be | 2 |
| present on the
riverboat or on adjacent facilities under | 3 |
| the control of the licensee.
| 4 |
| (6) Gambling equipment and supplies customarily used | 5 |
| in conducting
riverboat gambling must be purchased or | 6 |
| leased only from suppliers licensed
for such purpose under | 7 |
| this Act.
| 8 |
| (7) Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no | 9 |
| form of wagering on
gambling games except as permitted by | 10 |
| this Act.
| 11 |
| (8) Wagers may be received only from a person present | 12 |
| on a licensed
riverboat. No person present on a licensed | 13 |
| riverboat shall place
or attempt to place a wager on behalf | 14 |
| of another person who is not present
on the riverboat.
| 15 |
| (9) Wagering shall not be conducted with money or other | 16 |
| negotiable
currency.
| 17 |
| (10) A person under age 21 shall not be permitted on an | 18 |
| area of a
riverboat where gambling is being conducted, | 19 |
| except for a person at least
18 years of age who is an | 20 |
| employee of the riverboat gambling operation. No
employee | 21 |
| under age 21 shall perform any function involved in | 22 |
| gambling by
the patrons. No person under age 21 shall be | 23 |
| permitted to make a wager under
this Act.
| 24 |
| (11) Gambling excursion cruises are permitted only | 25 |
| when the waterway for
which the riverboat is licensed is | 26 |
| navigable, as determined by
the Board in consultation with | 27 |
| the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
This paragraph (11) does | 28 |
| not limit the ability of a licensee to conduct
gambling | 29 |
| authorized under this Act when gambling excursion cruises | 30 |
| are not
permitted.
| 31 |
| (12) All tokens, chips or electronic cards used to make | 32 |
| wagers must be
purchased from a licensed owner or manager | 33 |
| either aboard a riverboat or at
an onshore
facility which | 34 |
| has been approved by the Board and which is located where
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| the riverboat docks. The tokens, chips or electronic cards | 2 |
| may be
purchased by means of an agreement under which the | 3 |
| owner or manager extends
credit to
the patron. Such tokens, | 4 |
| chips or electronic cards may be used
while aboard the | 5 |
| riverboat only for the purpose of making wagers on
gambling | 6 |
| games.
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| (13) Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act, in | 8 |
| addition to the
other licenses authorized under this Act, | 9 |
| the Board may issue special event
licenses allowing persons | 10 |
| who are not otherwise licensed to conduct
riverboat | 11 |
| gambling to conduct such gambling on a specified date or | 12 |
| series
of dates. Riverboat gambling under such a license | 13 |
| may take place on a
riverboat not normally used for | 14 |
| riverboat gambling. The Board shall
establish standards, | 15 |
| fees and fines for, and limitations upon, such
licenses, | 16 |
| which may differ from the standards, fees, fines and | 17 |
| limitations
otherwise applicable under this Act. All such | 18 |
| fees shall be deposited into
the State Gaming Fund. All | 19 |
| such fines shall be deposited into the
Education Assistance | 20 |
| Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State
of | 21 |
| Illinois.
| 22 |
| (14) In addition to the above, gambling must be | 23 |
| conducted in accordance
with all rules adopted by the | 24 |
| Board.
| 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 2412)
| 27 |
| Sec. 12. Admission tax; fees.
| 28 |
| (a) A tax is hereby imposed upon admissions to riverboats | 29 |
| operated by
licensed owners authorized pursuant to this Act. | 30 |
| Until July 1, 2002, the
rate is $2 per person admitted. From | 31 |
| July 1, 2002 and until
July 1, 2003, the rate is $3 per person | 32 |
| admitted.
From
Beginning July 1, 2003 until the effective date | 33 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly , for a |
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| licensee that admitted 1,000,000 persons or
fewer in the | 2 |
| previous calendar year, the rate is $3 per person admitted; for | 3 |
| a
licensee that admitted more than 1,000,000 but no more than | 4 |
| 2,300,000 persons
in the previous calendar year, the rate is $4 | 5 |
| per person admitted; and for
a licensee that admitted more than | 6 |
| 2,300,000 persons in the previous calendar
year, the rate is $5 | 7 |
| per person admitted.
Beginning on the effective date of this | 8 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, for a licensee | 9 |
| that (i) conducted riverboat gambling operations in calendar | 10 |
| year 2004 and (ii) admitted 1,000,000 persons or
fewer in the | 11 |
| calendar year immediately preceding the current calendar year, | 12 |
| the rate is $1 per person admitted, and for all other
licensees | 13 |
| the rate is $3 per person admitted.
Beginning July 1, 2003, for | 14 |
| a licensee that admitted 2,300,000 persons or
fewer in the | 15 |
| previous calendar year, the rate is $4 per person admitted and | 16 |
| for
a licensee that admitted more than 2,300,000 persons in the | 17 |
| previous calendar
year, the rate is $5 per person admitted.
| 18 |
| This admission tax is imposed upon the
licensed owner | 19 |
| conducting gambling.
| 20 |
| (1) The admission tax shall be paid for each admission , | 21 |
| except that a person who exits a riverboat gambling | 22 |
| facility and reenters that riverboat gambling facility | 23 |
| within a reasonable time, as determined by the Board by | 24 |
| rule, shall be subject only to the initial admission tax .
| 25 |
| (2) (Blank).
| 26 |
| (3) The riverboat licensee may issue tax-free passes to
| 27 |
| actual and necessary officials and employees of the | 28 |
| licensee or other
persons actually working on the | 29 |
| riverboat.
| 30 |
| (4) The number and issuance of tax-free passes is | 31 |
| subject to the rules
of the Board, and a list of all | 32 |
| persons to whom the tax-free passes are
issued shall be | 33 |
| filed with the Board.
| 34 |
| (a-5) A fee is hereby imposed upon admissions operated by |
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managers on behalf of the State pursuant to Section | 2 |
| 7.3 at the rates provided
in
this subsection (a-5). For a | 3 |
| licensee that
admitted 1,000,000 persons or fewer in the | 4 |
| previous calendar year, the rate is
$3 per person admitted; for | 5 |
| a licensee that admitted more than 1,000,000 but no
more than | 6 |
| 2,300,000 persons
in the previous calendar year, the rate is $4 | 7 |
| per person admitted; and for
a licensee that admitted more than | 8 |
| 2,300,000 persons in the previous calendar
year, the rate is $5 | 9 |
| per person admitted.
| 10 |
| (1) The admission fee shall be paid for each admission.
| 11 |
| (2) (Blank).
| 12 |
| (3) The licensed manager may issue fee-free passes to | 13 |
| actual and necessary
officials and employees of the manager | 14 |
| or other persons actually working on the
riverboat.
| 15 |
| (4) The number and issuance of fee-free passes is | 16 |
| subject to the rules
of the Board, and a list of all | 17 |
| persons to whom the fee-free passes are
issued shall be | 18 |
| filed with the Board.
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| (b) From the tax imposed under subsection (a) and the fee | 20 |
| imposed under
subsection (a-5), a municipality shall receive | 21 |
| from the State $1 for each
person embarking on a riverboat | 22 |
| docked within the municipality, and a county
shall receive $1 | 23 |
| for each person embarking on a riverboat docked within the
| 24 |
| county but outside the boundaries of any municipality. The | 25 |
| municipality's or
county's share shall be collected by the | 26 |
| Board on behalf of the State and
remitted quarterly by the | 27 |
| State, subject to appropriation, to the treasurer of
the unit | 28 |
| of local government for deposit in the general fund.
| 29 |
| (c) The licensed owner shall pay the entire admission tax | 30 |
| to the Board and
the licensed manager shall pay the entire | 31 |
| admission fee to the Board.
Such payments shall be made daily. | 32 |
| Accompanying each payment shall be a
return on forms provided | 33 |
| by the Board which shall include other
information regarding | 34 |
| admissions as the Board may require. Failure to
submit either |
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| the payment or the return within the specified time may
result | 2 |
| in suspension or revocation of the owners or managers license.
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| (d) The Board shall administer and collect the admission | 4 |
| tax imposed by
this Section, to the extent practicable, in a | 5 |
| manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, | 6 |
| 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a,
6b, 6c, 8, 9 and 10 of the | 7 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
Section 3-7 of the Uniform | 8 |
| Penalty and Interest Act.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-595, eff. 6-28-02; 93-27, eff. 6-20-03; 93-28, | 10 |
| eff. 6-20-03;
revised 8-1-03.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
| 12 |
| Sec. 13. Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
| 13 |
| (a) Until January 1, 1998, a tax is imposed on the adjusted | 14 |
| gross
receipts received from gambling games authorized under | 15 |
| this Act at the rate of
20%.
| 16 |
| (a-1) From January 1, 1998 until July 1, 2002, a privilege | 17 |
| tax is
imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting | 18 |
| riverboat gambling
operations, based on the adjusted gross | 19 |
| receipts received by a licensed owner
from gambling games | 20 |
| authorized under this Act at the following rates:
| 21 |
| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | 22 |
| including $25,000,000;
| 23 |
| 20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 24 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
| 25 |
| 25% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 26 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
| 27 |
| 30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 28 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
| 29 |
| 35% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 30 |
| $100,000,000.
| 31 |
| (a-2) From July 1, 2002 until July 1, 2003, a privilege tax | 32 |
| is imposed on
persons engaged in the business of conducting | 33 |
| riverboat gambling operations,
other than licensed managers |
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| conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf
of the | 2 |
| State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a | 3 |
| licensed
owner from gambling games authorized under this Act at | 4 |
| the following rates:
| 5 |
| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | 6 |
| including $25,000,000;
| 7 |
| 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 8 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
| 9 |
| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 10 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
| 11 |
| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 12 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
| 13 |
| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 14 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
| 15 |
| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 16 |
| $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000;
| 17 |
| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 18 |
| $200,000,000.
| 19 |
| (a-3) Beginning July 1, 2003, a privilege tax is imposed on | 20 |
| persons engaged
in the business of conducting riverboat | 21 |
| gambling operations, other than
licensed managers conducting | 22 |
| riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the
State, based on | 23 |
| the adjusted gross receipts received by a licensed owner from
| 24 |
| gambling games authorized under this Act at the following | 25 |
| rates:
| 26 |
| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | 27 |
| including $25,000,000;
| 28 |
| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 29 |
| $25,000,000 but not
exceeding $37,500,000;
| 30 |
| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 31 |
| $37,500,000 but not
exceeding $50,000,000;
| 32 |
| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 33 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
| 34 |
| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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exceeding $100,000,000;
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| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 3 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $250,000,000;
| 4 |
| 70% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 5 |
| $250,000,000.
| 6 |
| An amount equal to the amount of wagering taxes collected | 7 |
| under this
subsection (a-3) that are in addition to the amount | 8 |
| of wagering taxes that
would have been collected if the | 9 |
| wagering tax rates under subsection (a-2)
were in effect shall | 10 |
| be paid into the Common School Fund.
| 11 |
| The privilege tax imposed under this subsection (a-3) shall | 12 |
| no longer be
imposed beginning on the earlier of (i) July 1, | 13 |
| 2005; (ii) the first date
after June 20, 2003
the effective | 14 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly that | 15 |
| riverboat gambling operations are conducted
pursuant to a | 16 |
| dormant license; or (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling
| 17 |
| operations are conducted under the authority of an owners | 18 |
| license that is in
addition to the 10 owners licenses initially | 19 |
| authorized under this Act.
For the purposes of this subsection | 20 |
| (a-3), the term "dormant license"
means an owners license that | 21 |
| is authorized by this Act under which no
riverboat gambling | 22 |
| operations are being conducted on June 20, 2003
the effective | 23 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly .
| 24 |
| (a-4) Beginning on the first day on which the tax imposed | 25 |
| under
subsection (a-3) is no longer imposed, a privilege tax is | 26 |
| imposed on persons
engaged in the business of conducting | 27 |
| riverboat gambling operations, other
than licensed managers | 28 |
| conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf of
the | 29 |
| State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a | 30 |
| licensed owner
from gambling games authorized under this Act at | 31 |
| the following rates:
| 32 |
| 15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and | 33 |
| including $25,000,000;
| 34 |
| 22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of |
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exceeding $50,000,000;
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| 27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 3 |
| $50,000,000 but not
exceeding $75,000,000;
| 4 |
| 32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 5 |
| $75,000,000 but not
exceeding $100,000,000;
| 6 |
| 37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 7 |
| $100,000,000 but not
exceeding $150,000,000;
| 8 |
| 45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 9 |
| $150,000,000 but not
exceeding $200,000,000;
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| 50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of | 11 |
| $200,000,000.
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| (a-8) Riverboat gambling operations conducted by a | 13 |
| licensed manager on
behalf of the State are not subject to the | 14 |
| tax imposed under this Section.
| 15 |
| (a-10) The taxes imposed by this Section shall be paid by | 16 |
| the licensed
owner to the Board not later than 3:00 o'clock | 17 |
| p.m. of the day after the day
when the wagers were made.
| 18 |
| (b) Until January 1, 1998, 25% of the tax revenue deposited | 19 |
| in the State
Gaming Fund under this Section shall be paid, | 20 |
| subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly, to the unit | 21 |
| of local government which is designated as the
home dock of the | 22 |
| riverboat. Beginning January 1, 1998, from the tax revenue
| 23 |
| deposited in the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an | 24 |
| amount equal to 5% of
adjusted gross receipts generated by a | 25 |
| riverboat shall be paid monthly, subject
to appropriation by | 26 |
| the General Assembly, to the unit of local government that
is | 27 |
| designated as the home dock of the riverboat. From the tax | 28 |
| revenue
deposited in the State Gaming Fund pursuant to | 29 |
| riverboat gambling operations
conducted by a licensed manager | 30 |
| on behalf of the State, an amount equal to 5%
of adjusted gross | 31 |
| receipts generated pursuant to those riverboat gambling
| 32 |
| operations shall be paid monthly,
subject to appropriation by | 33 |
| the General Assembly, to the unit of local
government that is | 34 |
| designated as the home dock of the riverboat upon which
those |
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| riverboat gambling operations are conducted.
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| (c) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly, | 3 |
| may be made
from the State Gaming Fund to the Department of | 4 |
| Revenue and the Department
of State Police for the | 5 |
| administration and enforcement of this Act, or to the
| 6 |
| Department of Human Services for the administration of programs | 7 |
| to treat
problem gambling.
| 8 |
| (c-5) (Blank).
After the payments required under | 9 |
| subsections (b) and (c) have been
made, an amount equal to 15% | 10 |
| of the adjusted gross receipts of (1) an owners
licensee that | 11 |
| relocates pursuant to Section 11.2,
(2) an owners
license | 12 |
| conducting riverboat gambling operations
pursuant to an
owners | 13 |
| license that is initially issued after June
25, 1999,
or (3) | 14 |
| the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed | 15 |
| manager on behalf of the
State under Section
7.2,
whichever | 16 |
| comes first, shall be paid from the State
Gaming Fund into the | 17 |
| Horse Racing Equity Fund.
| 18 |
| (c-10) (Blank).
Each year the General Assembly shall | 19 |
| appropriate from the General
Revenue Fund to the Education | 20 |
| Assistance Fund an amount equal to the amount
paid into the | 21 |
| Horse Racing Equity Fund pursuant to subsection (c-5) in the
| 22 |
| prior calendar year.
| 23 |
| (c-15) After the payments required under subsections (b), | 24 |
| (c), and (c-5)
have been made, an amount equal to 2% of the | 25 |
| adjusted gross receipts of (1)
an owners licensee that | 26 |
| relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an owners
licensee | 27 |
| conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
an
owners | 28 |
| license that is initially issued after June 25, 1999,
or (3) | 29 |
| the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed | 30 |
| manager on behalf of the
State under Section 7.3
7.2 ,
whichever | 31 |
| comes first, shall be paid, subject to appropriation
from the | 32 |
| General Assembly, from the State Gaming Fund to each home rule
| 33 |
| county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the | 34 |
| purpose of
enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
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| (c-20) Each year the General Assembly shall appropriate | 2 |
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Revenue Fund to the Education Assistance Fund | 3 |
| an amount equal to the amount
paid to each home rule county | 4 |
| with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants
pursuant to | 5 |
| subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
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| (c-25) After the payments required under subsections (b), | 7 |
| (c), (c-5) and
(c-15) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of | 8 |
| the
adjusted gross receipts of (1) an owners licensee
license
| 9 |
| that
relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an
owners
licensee
| 10 |
| license conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
| 11 |
| an
owners license
that is initially issued after June 25, 1999,
| 12 |
| or (3) the first
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a | 13 |
| licensed manager on behalf of the
State under Section 7.3
7.2 ,
| 14 |
| whichever
comes first,
shall be paid from the State
Gaming Fund | 15 |
| to Chicago State University.
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| (d) From time to time, the
Board shall transfer the | 17 |
| remainder of the funds
generated by this Act into the Education
| 18 |
| Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State of | 19 |
| Illinois.
| 20 |
| (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local | 21 |
| government
designated as the home dock of the riverboat from | 22 |
| entering into agreements
with other units of local government | 23 |
| in this State or in other states to
share its portion of the | 24 |
| tax revenue.
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| (f) To the extent practicable, the Board shall administer | 26 |
| and collect the
wagering taxes imposed by this Section in a | 27 |
| manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, | 28 |
| 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
6c, 8, 9, and 10 of the | 29 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
Uniform | 30 |
| Penalty and Interest Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-595, eff. 6-28-02; 93-27, eff. 6-20-03; 93-28, | 32 |
| eff.
6-20-03; revised 1-28-04.)
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| (230 ILCS 10/23) (from Ch. 120, par. 2423)
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| Sec. 23. The State Gaming Fund. On or after the effective | 2 |
| date of
this Act, except as provided for payments into the | 3 |
| Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund under subsection (a) of Section | 4 |
| 7, all of the fees and taxes collected pursuant to
subsections | 5 |
| of this Act shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund, a
| 6 |
| special fund in the State Treasury, which is hereby created. | 7 |
| The adjusted
gross receipts of any riverboat gambling | 8 |
| operations conducted by a licensed
manager on behalf of the | 9 |
| State remaining after the payment of the fees and
expenses of | 10 |
| the licensed manager shall be deposited into the State Gaming
| 11 |
| Fund. Fines and
penalties collected pursuant to this Act shall | 12 |
| be deposited into the
Education Assistance Fund, created by | 13 |
| Public Act 86-0018, of the State of
Illinois.
| 14 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-28, eff. 6-20-03.)
| 15 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.490 rep.)
| 16 |
| Section 20. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing | 17 |
| Section 5.490. | 18 |
| Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 19 |
| severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
| 20 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 |
| becoming law.".
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