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90_HB0019
230 ILCS 25/2 from Ch. 120, par. 1102
Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act to increase the
aggregate prize limit in any county in this State from $2,250
to $3,250 (current provisions permit certain counties to hold
2 additional bingo games after the $2,250 limit is reached).
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Bingo License and Tax Act by changing
2 Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by
6 changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
8 Sec. 2. The conducting of bingo is subject to the
9 following restrictions:
10 (1) The entire net proceeds from bingo play must be
11 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
12 organization permitted to conduct that game.
13 (2) No person except a bona fide member of the
14 sponsoring organization or a bona fide member of an auxiliary
15 organization, substantially all of whose members are spouses
16 of members of the sponsoring organization may participate in
17 the management or operation of the game.
18 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
19 participating in the management or operation of the game,
20 except that if an organization licensed under this Act is
21 associated with a school or other educational institution,
22 that school or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a
23 designated pupil based on participation in the management or
24 operation of the game by any member of the organization. The
25 extent to which tuition and fees are reduced shall relate
26 proportionately to the amount of time volunteered by the
27 member, as determined by the school or other educational
28 institution.
29 (4) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or
30 merchandise awarded in any single day of bingo may not exceed
31 $3,250 $2,250, except that in adjoining counties having
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1 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties which
2 are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and are
3 adjacent to a total of not more than 2 counties in this
4 State, and in any municipality having 2,500 or more
5 inhabitants and within one mile of such adjoining and
6 adjacent counties having less than 25,000 inhabitants, 2
7 additional bingo games may be conducted after the $2,250
8 limit has been reached. The prize awarded for any one game,
9 including any game conducted after reaching the $2,250 limit
10 as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not exceed $500 cash
11 or its equivalent.
12 (5) The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day
13 including regular and special games, except that this
14 restriction on the number of games shall not apply to bingo
15 conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
16 in Illinois.
17 (6) The price paid for a single card under the license
18 may not exceed $1 and such card is valid for all regular
19 games on that day of bingo. A maximum of 5 special games may
20 be held on each bingo day, except that this restriction on
21 the number of special games shall not apply to bingo
22 conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
23 in Illinois. The price for a single special game card may not
24 exceed 50 cents.
25 (7) The number of bingo days conducted by a licensee
26 under this Act is limited to one per week, except as follows:
27 (i) Bingo may be conducted in accordance with the
28 terms of a special operator's permit or limited license
29 issued under subdivision (3) of Section 1.
30 (ii) Bingo may be conducted at the Illinois State
31 Fair or any county fair held in Illinois under
32 subdivision (3) of Section 1.
33 (iii) A licensee which cancels a day of bingo
34 because of inclement weather or because the day is a
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1 holiday or the eve of a holiday may, after giving notice
2 to the Department, conduct bingo on an additional date
3 which falls on a day of the week other than the day
4 authorized under the license. As used in this
5 subdivision (iii), "holiday" means any of the holidays
6 listed in Section 17 of the Promissory Note and Bank
7 Holiday Act.
8 (8) A licensee may rent a premises on which to conduct
9 bingo only from an organization which is licensed as a
10 provider of premises or exempt from license requirements
11 under this Act. If the organization providing the premises is
12 a metropolitan exposition, auditorium, and office building
13 authority created by State law, a licensee may enter into a
14 rental agreement with the organization authorizing the
15 licensee and the organization to share the gross proceeds of
16 bingo games; however, the organization shall not receive more
17 than 50% of the gross proceeds.
18 (9) No person under the age of 18 years may play or
19 participate in the conducting of bingo. Any person under the
20 age of 18 years may be within the area where bingo is being
21 played only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
22 (10) The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary
23 interest in the game promoted.
24 (11) Raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by
25 law shall not be conducted on the premises where bingo is
26 being conducted, except that pull tabs and jar games
27 conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act may
28 be conducted on the premises where bingo is being conducted.
29 Prizes awarded in pull tabs and jar games shall not be
30 included in the bingo prize limitation.
31 (12) An organization holding a special operator's permit
32 or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed by
33 such permit or license, conduct bingo for a maximum of 2
34 consecutive days, during each day of which the number of
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1 games may exceed 25, and regular game cards need not be valid
2 for all regular games. If only noncash prizes are awarded
3 during such occasions, the prize limits stated in paragraph
4 (4) of this Section shall not apply, provided that the retail
5 value of noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed
6 $150.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-220; 87-1175; 88-53.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.