Full Text of HB5064 96th General Assembly
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Executive Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5064
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5064 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 21 as follows:
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| (230 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-21)
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| Sec. 21.
(a) Applications for organization licenses must be | 8 |
| filed with
the Board at a time and place prescribed by the | 9 |
| rules and regulations of
the Board. The Board shall examine the | 10 |
| applications within 21 days
after
the date allowed for filing | 11 |
| with respect to their conformity with this Act
and such rules | 12 |
| and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board. If any
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| application does not comply with this Act or the rules and | 14 |
| regulations
prescribed by the Board, such application may be | 15 |
| rejected and an
organization license refused to the applicant, | 16 |
| or the Board may, within 21
days of the receipt of such |
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| application, advise the applicant of the
deficiencies of the | 2 |
| application under the Act or the rules and regulations of
the | 3 |
| Board,
and require the submittal of an amended application | 4 |
| within a reasonable time
determined by the Board; and upon | 5 |
| submittal of the amended application by the
applicant, the | 6 |
| Board may consider the
application consistent with the process | 7 |
| described in subsection (e-5) of
Section 20 of this Act. If it
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| is found to be in compliance with this Act and the rules and | 9 |
| regulations of
the Board, the Board may then issue an | 10 |
| organization license to such applicant.
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| (b) The Board may exercise discretion in granting racing
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| dates to qualified applicants different from those requested by | 13 |
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applicants in their
applications. However, if all eligible | 14 |
| applicants for organization
licenses whose tracks are located | 15 |
| within 100 miles of each other execute
and submit to the Board | 16 |
| a written agreement among such applicants as to
the award of | 17 |
| racing dates, including where applicable racing
programs, for
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| up to 3 consecutive years, then subject to annual review of | 19 |
| each
applicant's compliance with Board rules and regulations, | 20 |
| provisions of this
Act and conditions contained in annual dates | 21 |
| orders issued by the Board,
the Board may grant such dates and | 22 |
| programs
to such applicants
as so agreed by them if the Board | 23 |
| determines that the grant of these racing
dates is in the best
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| interests of racing. The Board shall treat any such agreement | 25 |
| as the
agreement signatories' joint and several application for | 26 |
| racing dates
during the term of the agreement. Unless otherwise |
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| provided by law, the Board and its employees may not, as a | 2 |
| condition, or a factor, in determining the number of racing | 3 |
| dates awarded to the race track require (i) the General | 4 |
| Assembly to pass legislation; (ii) that a collective bargaining | 5 |
| agreement be reached between the Board and any of its | 6 |
| employees; or (iii) the inclusion of any provisions within a | 7 |
| collective bargaining agreement between the Board and any of | 8 |
| its employees.
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| (c) Where 2 or more applicants propose to conduct horse
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| race meetings within 35 miles of each other, as certified to | 11 |
| the Board
under Section 19 (a) (1) of this Act, on conflicting | 12 |
| dates, the Board may
determine and grant the number of racing | 13 |
| days to be awarded to
the several
applicants in accordance with | 14 |
| the provisions of subsection (e-5) of Section
20 of this
Act.
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| (d) (Blank).
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| (e) Prior to the issuance of an organization license, the | 17 |
| applicant
shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State | 18 |
| of Illinois in the
sum of $200,000, executed by the applicant | 19 |
| and a surety company or
companies authorized to do business in | 20 |
| this State, and conditioned upon the
payment by the | 21 |
| organization licensee of all taxes due under Section 27,
other | 22 |
| monies due and payable under this Act, all purses due and | 23 |
| payable,
and that the organization licensee will upon | 24 |
| presentation of the winning
ticket or
tickets distribute all | 25 |
| sums due to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
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| (f) Each organization license shall specify the person to |
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| whom it is
issued, the dates upon which horse racing is | 2 |
| permitted, and the location,
place, track, or enclosure where | 3 |
| the horse race meeting is to be held.
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| (g) Any person who owns one or more race tracks
within the | 5 |
| State
may seek, in its own name, a separate organization | 6 |
| license
for each race track.
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| (h) All racing conducted under such organization license is | 8 |
| subject to
this Act and to the rules and regulations from time | 9 |
| to time prescribed by
the Board, and every such organization | 10 |
| license issued by the Board shall
contain a recital to that | 11 |
| effect.
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| (i) Each such organization licensee may provide
that at | 13 |
| least one race per day may be devoted to
the racing of quarter | 14 |
| horses, appaloosas, arabians, or paints.
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| (j) In acting on applications for organization licenses, | 16 |
| the Board shall
give weight to an organization license which | 17 |
| has
implemented a good faith affirmative
action effort to | 18 |
| recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all classifications
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| within the organization license.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-754, eff. 1-1-99; 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.".
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