Full Text of HB1282 102nd General Assembly
HB1282ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 4/13/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1282
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1282 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
| 6 | | (230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407)
| 7 | | Sec. 7. Owners licenses.
| 8 | | (a) The Board shall issue owners licenses to persons or | 9 | | entities that apply for such licenses upon payment to the | 10 | | Board of the
non-refundable license fee as provided in | 11 | | subsection (e) or (e-5) and upon a determination by the Board | 12 | | that the
applicant is eligible for an owners license pursuant | 13 | | to this Act and the
rules of the Board. From December 15, 2008 | 14 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 95-1008) this amendatory Act | 15 | | of the 95th General Assembly until (i) 3 years after December | 16 | | 15, 2008 ( the effective date of Public Act 95-1008) this |
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| 1 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly , (ii) the date any | 2 | | organization licensee begins to operate a slot machine or | 3 | | video game of chance under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of | 4 | | 1975 or this Act, (iii) the date that payments begin under | 5 | | subsection (c-5) of Section 13 of this Act, (iv) the wagering | 6 | | tax imposed under Section 13 of this Act is increased by law to | 7 | | reflect a tax rate that is at least as stringent or more | 8 | | stringent than the tax rate contained in subsection (a-3) of | 9 | | Section 13, or (v) when an owners licensee holding a license | 10 | | issued pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Act begins conducting | 11 | | gaming, whichever occurs first, as a condition of licensure | 12 | | and as an alternative source of payment for those funds | 13 | | payable under subsection (c-5) of Section 13 of this Act, any | 14 | | owners licensee that holds or receives its owners license on | 15 | | or after May 26, 2006 ( the effective date of Public Act 94-804) | 16 | | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly , other than | 17 | | an owners licensee operating a riverboat with adjusted gross | 18 | | receipts in calendar year 2004 of less than $200,000,000, must | 19 | | pay into the Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund, in addition to any | 20 | | other payments required under this Act, an amount equal to 3% | 21 | | of the adjusted gross receipts received by the owners | 22 | | licensee. The payments required under this Section shall be | 23 | | made by the owners licensee to the State Treasurer no later | 24 | | than 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day after the day when the | 25 | | adjusted gross receipts were received by the owners licensee. | 26 | | A person or entity is ineligible to receive
an owners license |
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| 1 | | if:
| 2 | | (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under | 3 | | the laws of this
State, any other state, or the United | 4 | | States;
| 5 | | (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of | 6 | | Article 28 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | 7 | | Code of 2012, or substantially similar laws of any other | 8 | | jurisdiction;
| 9 | | (3) the person has submitted an application for a | 10 | | license under this
Act which contains false information;
| 11 | | (4) the person is
a member of the Board;
| 12 | | (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3), or (4) is an | 13 | | officer, director, or
managerial employee of the entity;
| 14 | | (6) the entity employs a person defined in (1), (2), | 15 | | (3), or
(4) who participates in the management or | 16 | | operation of gambling operations
authorized under this | 17 | | Act;
| 18 | | (7) (blank); or
| 19 | | (8) a license of the person or entity issued under
| 20 | | this Act, or a license to own or operate gambling | 21 | | facilities
in any other jurisdiction, has been revoked.
| 22 | | The Board is expressly prohibited from making changes to | 23 | | the requirement that licensees make payment into the Horse | 24 | | Racing Equity Trust Fund without the express authority of the | 25 | | Illinois General Assembly and making any other rule to | 26 | | implement or interpret Public Act 95-1008 this amendatory Act |
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| 1 | | of the 95th General Assembly . For the purposes of this | 2 | | paragraph, "rules" is given the meaning given to that term in | 3 | | Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | 4 | | (b) In determining whether to grant an owners license to | 5 | | an applicant, the
Board shall consider:
| 6 | | (1) the character, reputation, experience, and | 7 | | financial integrity of the
applicants and of any other or | 8 | | separate person that either:
| 9 | | (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such | 10 | | applicant ; , or
| 11 | | (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such | 12 | | applicant or by a
person which controls, directly or | 13 | | indirectly, such applicant;
| 14 | | (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the | 15 | | conduct of
gambling;
| 16 | | (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be | 17 | | derived by the State
from the conduct of gambling;
| 18 | | (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant | 19 | | reflects the
diversity of the State by including minority | 20 | | persons, women, and persons with a disability
and the good | 21 | | faith affirmative action plan of
each applicant to | 22 | | recruit, train and upgrade minority persons, women, and | 23 | | persons with a disability in all employment | 24 | | classifications; the Board shall further consider granting | 25 | | an owners license and giving preference to an applicant | 26 | | under this Section to applicants in which minority persons |
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| 1 | | and women hold ownership interest of at least 16% and 4%, | 2 | | respectively ; .
| 3 | | (4.5) the extent to which the ownership of the | 4 | | applicant includes veterans of service in the armed forces | 5 | | of the United States, and the good faith affirmative | 6 | | action plan of each applicant to recruit, train, and | 7 | | upgrade veterans of service in the armed forces of the | 8 | | United States in all employment classifications; | 9 | | (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase | 10 | | and maintain
adequate liability and casualty insurance;
| 11 | | (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization | 12 | | to provide and
maintain, for the duration of a license, a | 13 | | riverboat or casino;
| 14 | | (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets | 15 | | other standards
for the issuance of an owners license | 16 | | which the Board may adopt by rule;
| 17 | | (8) the amount of the applicant's license bid;
| 18 | | (9) the extent to which the applicant or the proposed | 19 | | host municipality plans to enter into revenue sharing | 20 | | agreements with communities other than the host | 21 | | municipality; and | 22 | | (10) the extent to which the ownership of an applicant | 23 | | includes the most qualified number of minority persons, | 24 | | women, and persons with a disability. | 25 | | (c) Each owners license shall specify the place where the | 26 | | casino shall
operate or the riverboat shall operate and dock.
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| 1 | | (d) Each applicant shall submit with his or her | 2 | | application, on forms
provided by the Board, 2 sets of his or | 3 | | her fingerprints.
| 4 | | (e) In addition to any licenses authorized under | 5 | | subsection (e-5) of this Section, the Board may issue up to 10 | 6 | | licenses authorizing the holders of such
licenses to own | 7 | | riverboats. In the application for an owners license, the
| 8 | | applicant shall state the dock at which the riverboat is based | 9 | | and the water
on which the riverboat will be located. The Board | 10 | | shall issue 5 licenses to
become effective not earlier than | 11 | | January 1, 1991. Three of such licenses
shall authorize | 12 | | riverboat gambling on the Mississippi River, or, with approval
| 13 | | by the municipality in which the
riverboat was docked on | 14 | | August 7, 2003 and with Board approval, be authorized to | 15 | | relocate to a new location,
in a
municipality that (1) borders | 16 | | on the Mississippi River or is within 5
miles of the city | 17 | | limits of a municipality that borders on the Mississippi
River | 18 | | and (2) on August 7, 2003, had a riverboat conducting | 19 | | riverboat gambling operations pursuant to
a license issued | 20 | | under this Act; one of which shall authorize riverboat
| 21 | | gambling from a home dock in the city of East St. Louis; and | 22 | | one of which shall authorize riverboat
gambling from a home | 23 | | dock in the City of Alton. One other license
shall
authorize | 24 | | riverboat gambling on
the Illinois River in the City of East | 25 | | Peoria or, with Board approval, shall authorize land-based | 26 | | gambling operations anywhere within the corporate limits of |
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| 1 | | the City of Peoria. The Board shall issue one
additional | 2 | | license to become effective not earlier than March 1, 1992, | 3 | | which
shall authorize riverboat gambling on the Des Plaines | 4 | | River in Will County.
The Board may issue 4 additional | 5 | | licenses to become effective not
earlier than
March 1, 1992. | 6 | | In determining the water upon which riverboats will operate,
| 7 | | the Board shall consider the economic benefit which riverboat | 8 | | gambling confers
on the State, and shall seek to assure that | 9 | | all regions of the State share
in the economic benefits of | 10 | | riverboat gambling.
| 11 | | In granting all licenses, the Board may give favorable | 12 | | consideration to
economically depressed areas of the State, to | 13 | | applicants presenting plans
which provide for significant | 14 | | economic development over a large geographic
area, and to | 15 | | applicants who currently operate non-gambling riverboats in
| 16 | | Illinois.
The Board shall review all applications for owners | 17 | | licenses,
and shall inform each applicant of the Board's | 18 | | decision.
The Board may grant an owners license to an
| 19 | | applicant that has not submitted the highest license bid, but | 20 | | if it does not
select the highest bidder, the Board shall issue | 21 | | a written decision explaining
why another
applicant was | 22 | | selected and identifying the factors set forth in this Section
| 23 | | that favored the winning bidder. The fee for issuance or | 24 | | renewal of a license pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be | 25 | | $250,000.
| 26 | | (e-5) In addition to licenses authorized under subsection |
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| 1 | | (e) of this Section: | 2 | | (1) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 3 | | the conduct of casino gambling in the City of Chicago; | 4 | | (2) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 5 | | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Danville; | 6 | | (3) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 7 | | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Waukegan; | 8 | | (4) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 9 | | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Rockford; | 10 | | (5) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 11 | | the conduct of riverboat gambling in a municipality that | 12 | | is wholly or partially located in one of the following | 13 | | townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Rich, | 14 | | Thornton, or Worth Township; and | 15 | | (6) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | 16 | | the conduct of riverboat gambling in Franklin County or | 17 | | Williamson County the unincorporated area of Williamson | 18 | | County adjacent to the Big Muddy River . | 19 | | Except for the licenses license authorized under | 20 | | paragraphs paragraph (1) and (6) , each application for a | 21 | | license pursuant to this subsection (e-5) shall be submitted | 22 | | to the Board no later than 120 days after June 28, 2019 (the | 23 | | effective date of Public Act 101-31). All applications for a | 24 | | license under this subsection (e-5) shall include the | 25 | | nonrefundable application fee and the nonrefundable background | 26 | | investigation fee as provided in subsection (d) of Section 6 |
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| 1 | | of this Act. In the event that an applicant submits an | 2 | | application for a license pursuant to this subsection (e-5) | 3 | | prior to June 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act | 4 | | 101-31), such applicant shall submit the nonrefundable | 5 | | application fee and background investigation fee as provided | 6 | | in subsection (d) of Section 6 of this Act no later than 6 | 7 | | months after June 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act | 8 | | 101-31). | 9 | | The Board shall consider issuing a license pursuant to | 10 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection only after the | 11 | | corporate authority of the municipality or the county board of | 12 | | the county in which the riverboat or casino shall be located | 13 | | has certified to the Board the following: | 14 | | (i) that the applicant has negotiated with the | 15 | | corporate authority or county board in good faith; | 16 | | (ii) that the applicant and the corporate authority or | 17 | | county board have mutually agreed on the permanent | 18 | | location of the riverboat or casino; | 19 | | (iii) that the applicant and the corporate authority | 20 | | or county board have mutually agreed on the temporary | 21 | | location of the riverboat or casino; | 22 | | (iv) that the applicant and the corporate authority or | 23 | | the county board have mutually agreed on the percentage of | 24 | | revenues that will be shared with the municipality or | 25 | | county, if any; | 26 | | (v) that the applicant and the corporate authority or |
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| 1 | | county board have mutually agreed on any zoning, | 2 | | licensing, public health, or other issues that are within | 3 | | the jurisdiction of the municipality or county; | 4 | | (vi) that the corporate authority or county board has | 5 | | passed a resolution or ordinance in support of the | 6 | | riverboat or casino in the municipality or county; | 7 | | (vii) the applicant for a license under paragraph (1) | 8 | | has made a public presentation concerning its casino | 9 | | proposal; and | 10 | | (viii) the applicant for a license under paragraph (1) | 11 | | has prepared a summary of its casino proposal and such | 12 | | summary has been posted on a public website of the | 13 | | municipality or the county. | 14 | | At least 7 days before the corporate authority of a | 15 | | municipality or county board of the county submits a | 16 | | certification to the Board concerning items (i) through (viii) | 17 | | of this subsection, it shall hold a public hearing to discuss | 18 | | items (i) through (viii), as well as any other details | 19 | | concerning the proposed riverboat or casino in the | 20 | | municipality or county. The corporate authority or county | 21 | | board must subsequently memorialize the details concerning the | 22 | | proposed riverboat or casino in a resolution that must be | 23 | | adopted by a majority of the corporate authority or county | 24 | | board before any certification is sent to the Board. The Board | 25 | | shall not alter, amend, change, or otherwise interfere with | 26 | | any agreement between the applicant and the corporate |
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| 1 | | authority of the municipality or county board of the county | 2 | | regarding the location of any temporary or permanent facility. | 3 | | In addition, within 10 days after June 28, 2019 (the | 4 | | effective date of Public Act 101-31), the Board, with consent | 5 | | and at the expense of the City of Chicago, shall select and | 6 | | retain the services of a nationally recognized casino gaming | 7 | | feasibility consultant. Within 45 days after June 28, 2019 | 8 | | (the effective date of Public Act 101-31), the consultant | 9 | | shall prepare and deliver to the Board a study concerning the | 10 | | feasibility of, and the ability to finance, a casino in the | 11 | | City of Chicago. The feasibility study shall be delivered to | 12 | | the Mayor of the City of Chicago, the Governor, the President | 13 | | of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 14 | | Representatives. Ninety days after receipt of the feasibility | 15 | | study, the Board shall make a determination, based on the | 16 | | results of the feasibility study, whether to recommend to the | 17 | | General Assembly that the terms of the license under paragraph | 18 | | (1) of this subsection (e-5) should be modified. The Board may | 19 | | begin accepting applications for the owners license under | 20 | | paragraph (1) of this subsection (e-5) upon the determination | 21 | | to issue such an owners license. | 22 | | In addition, prior to the Board issuing the owners license | 23 | | authorized under paragraph (4) of subsection (e-5), an impact | 24 | | study shall be completed to determine what location in the | 25 | | city will provide the greater impact to the region, including | 26 | | the creation of jobs and the generation of tax revenue. |
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| 1 | | (e-10) The licenses authorized under subsection (e-5) of | 2 | | this Section shall be issued within 12 months after the date | 3 | | the license application is submitted. If the Board does not | 4 | | issue the licenses within that time period, then the Board | 5 | | shall give a written explanation to the applicant as to why it | 6 | | has not reached a determination and when it reasonably expects | 7 | | to make a determination. The fee for the issuance or renewal of | 8 | | a license issued pursuant to this subsection (e-10) shall be | 9 | | $250,000. Additionally, a licensee located outside of Cook | 10 | | County shall pay a minimum initial fee of $17,500 per gaming | 11 | | position, and a licensee located in Cook County shall pay a | 12 | | minimum initial fee of $30,000 per gaming position. The | 13 | | initial fees payable under this subsection (e-10) shall be | 14 | | deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. If at any | 15 | | point after June 1, 2020 there are no pending applications for | 16 | | a license under subsection (e-5) and not all licenses | 17 | | authorized under subsection (e-5) have been issued, then the | 18 | | Board shall reopen the license application process for those | 19 | | licenses authorized under subsection (e-5) that have not been | 20 | | issued. The Board shall follow the licensing process provided | 21 | | in subsection (e-5) with all time frames tied to the last date | 22 | | of a final order issued by the Board under subsection (e-5) | 23 | | rather than the effective date of the amendatory Act. | 24 | | (e-15) Each licensee of a license authorized under | 25 | | subsection (e-5) of this Section shall make a reconciliation | 26 | | payment 3 years after the date the licensee begins operating |
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| 1 | | in an amount equal to 75% of the adjusted gross receipts for | 2 | | the most lucrative 12-month period of operations, minus an | 3 | | amount equal to the initial payment per gaming position paid | 4 | | by the specific licensee. Each licensee shall pay a | 5 | | $15,000,000 reconciliation fee upon issuance of an owners | 6 | | license. If this calculation results in a negative amount, | 7 | | then the licensee is not entitled to any
reimbursement of fees | 8 | | previously paid. This reconciliation payment may be made in | 9 | | installments over a period of no more than 6 years. | 10 | | All payments by licensees under this subsection (e-15) | 11 | | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | 12 | | (e-20) In addition to any other revocation powers granted | 13 | | to the Board under this
Act,
the Board may revoke the owners | 14 | | license of a licensee which fails
to begin conducting gambling | 15 | | within 15 months
of receipt of the
Board's approval of the | 16 | | application if the Board determines that license
revocation is | 17 | | in the best interests of the State.
| 18 | | (f) The first 10 owners licenses issued under this Act | 19 | | shall permit the
holder to own up to 2 riverboats and equipment | 20 | | thereon
for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the | 21 | | license. Holders of
the first 10 owners licenses must pay the | 22 | | annual license fee for each of
the 3
years during which they | 23 | | are authorized to own riverboats.
| 24 | | (g) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of | 25 | | each of the first
10 licenses, which shall be issued for a | 26 | | 3-year period, all licenses are
renewable annually upon |
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| 1 | | payment of the fee and a determination by the Board
that the | 2 | | licensee continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act | 3 | | and the
Board's rules.
However, for licenses renewed on or | 4 | | after May 1, 1998, renewal shall be
for a period of 4 years, | 5 | | unless the Board sets a shorter period.
| 6 | | (h) An owners license, except for an owners license issued | 7 | | under subsection (e-5) of this Section, shall entitle the | 8 | | licensee to own up to 2
riverboats. | 9 | | An owners licensee of a casino or riverboat that is | 10 | | located in the City of Chicago pursuant to paragraph (1) of | 11 | | subsection (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number of | 12 | | gaming positions to 4,000 for such owner. An owners licensee | 13 | | authorized under subsection (e) or paragraph (2), (3), (4), or | 14 | | (5) of subsection (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number | 15 | | of gaming positions to 2,000 for any such owners license. An | 16 | | owners licensee authorized under paragraph (6) of subsection | 17 | | (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number of gaming | 18 | | positions to
1,200 for such owner. The initial fee for each | 19 | | gaming position obtained on or after June 28, 2019 (the | 20 | | effective date of Public Act 101-31) shall be a minimum of | 21 | | $17,500 for licensees not located in Cook County and a minimum | 22 | | of $30,000 for licensees located in Cook County, in addition | 23 | | to the reconciliation payment, as set forth in subsection | 24 | | (e-15) of this Section. The fees under this subsection (h) | 25 | | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | 26 | | The fees under this subsection (h) that are paid by an owners |
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| 1 | | licensee authorized under subsection (e) shall be paid by July | 2 | | 1, 2021. | 3 | | Each owners licensee under subsection (e) of this Section | 4 | | shall reserve its gaming positions within 30 days after June | 5 | | 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-31). The Board | 6 | | may grant an extension to this 30-day period, provided that | 7 | | the owners licensee submits a written request and explanation | 8 | | as to why it is unable to reserve its positions within the | 9 | | 30-day period. | 10 | | Each owners licensee under subsection (e-5) of this | 11 | | Section shall reserve its gaming positions within 30 days | 12 | | after issuance of its owners license. The Board may grant an | 13 | | extension to this 30-day period, provided that the owners | 14 | | licensee submits a written request and explanation as to why | 15 | | it is unable to reserve its positions within the 30-day | 16 | | period. | 17 | | A licensee may operate both of its riverboats | 18 | | concurrently, provided that the
total number of gaming | 19 | | positions on both riverboats does not exceed the limit | 20 | | established pursuant to this subsection. Riverboats licensed | 21 | | to operate on the
Mississippi River and the Illinois River | 22 | | south of Marshall County shall
have an authorized capacity of | 23 | | at least 500 persons. Any other riverboat
licensed under this | 24 | | Act shall have an authorized capacity of at least 400
persons.
| 25 | | (h-5) An owners licensee who conducted gambling operations | 26 | | prior to January 1, 2012 and obtains positions pursuant to |
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| 1 | | Public Act 101-31 shall make a reconciliation payment 3 years | 2 | | after any additional gaming positions begin operating in an | 3 | | amount equal to 75% of the owners licensee's average gross | 4 | | receipts for the most lucrative 12-month period of operations | 5 | | minus an amount equal to the initial fee that the owners | 6 | | licensee paid per additional gaming position. For purposes of | 7 | | this subsection (h-5), "average gross receipts" means (i) the | 8 | | increase in adjusted gross receipts for the most lucrative | 9 | | 12-month period of operations over the adjusted gross receipts | 10 | | for 2019, multiplied by (ii) the percentage derived by | 11 | | dividing the number of additional gaming positions that an | 12 | | owners licensee had obtained by the total number of gaming | 13 | | positions operated by the owners licensee. If this calculation | 14 | | results in a negative amount, then the owners licensee is not | 15 | | entitled to any reimbursement of fees previously paid. This | 16 | | reconciliation payment may be made in installments over a | 17 | | period of no more than 6 years. These reconciliation payments | 18 | | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | 19 | | (i) A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board | 20 | | for and, if
approved therefor, to receive all licenses from | 21 | | the Board necessary for the
operation of a riverboat or | 22 | | casino, including a liquor license, a license
to prepare and | 23 | | serve food for human consumption, and other necessary
| 24 | | licenses. All use, occupation, and excise taxes which apply to | 25 | | the sale of
food and beverages in this State and all taxes | 26 | | imposed on the sale or use
of tangible personal property apply |
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| 1 | | to such sales aboard the riverboat or in the casino.
| 2 | | (j) The Board may issue or re-issue a license authorizing | 3 | | a riverboat to
dock
in a municipality or approve a relocation | 4 | | under Section 11.2 only if, prior
to the issuance or | 5 | | re-issuance of
the license or approval, the governing body of | 6 | | the municipality in which
the riverboat will dock has by a | 7 | | majority vote approved the docking of
riverboats in the | 8 | | municipality. The Board may issue or re-issue a license
| 9 | | authorizing a
riverboat to dock in areas of a county outside | 10 | | any municipality or approve a
relocation under Section 11.2 | 11 | | only if, prior to the issuance or re-issuance
of the license
or | 12 | | approval, the
governing body of the county has by a majority | 13 | | vote approved of the docking of
riverboats within such areas.
| 14 | | (k) An owners licensee may conduct land-based gambling | 15 | | operations upon approval by the Board and payment of a fee of | 16 | | $250,000, which shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund. | 17 | | (l) An owners licensee may conduct gaming at a temporary | 18 | | facility pending the construction of a permanent facility or | 19 | | the remodeling or relocation of an existing facility to | 20 | | accommodate gaming participants for up to 24 months after the | 21 | | temporary facility begins to conduct gaming. Upon request by | 22 | | an owners licensee and upon a showing of good cause by the | 23 | | owners licensee, the Board shall extend the period during | 24 | | which the licensee may conduct gaming at a temporary facility | 25 | | by up to 12 months. The Board shall make rules concerning the | 26 | | conduct of gaming from temporary facilities. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1152, eff. 12-14-18; | 2 | | 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-648, eff. 6-30-20; revised | 3 | | 8-19-20.)".
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