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92_HB1978

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to gambling.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois Horse Racing Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 26 as follows:

 6        (230 ILCS 5/26) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
 7        Sec. 26. Wagering.
 8        (a)  Any  licensee  may   conduct   and   supervise   the
 9    pari-mutuel system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of
10    this   Act,   on   horse   races  conducted  by  an  Illinois
11    organization licensee or conducted at a racetrack located  in
12    another  state  or  country  and  televised  in  Illinois  in
13    accordance  with  subsection  (g)  of Section 26 of this Act.
14    Subject to the prior consent  of  the  Board,  licensees  may
15    supplement  any  pari-mutuel  pool  in  order  to guarantee a
16    minimum distribution.  Such pari-mutuel  method  of  wagering
17    shall  not,  under  any  circumstances if conducted under the
18    provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be  unlawful,
19    other statutes of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.
20    Subject  to  rules  for  advance  wagering promulgated by the
21    Board, any licensee may accept wagers in advance of  the  day
22    of the race wagered upon occurs.
23        (b)  No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
24    gambling  shall  be  used or permitted by the licensee.  Each
25    licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
26    taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17%  of  all  money
27    wagered  under  subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
28    otherwise be permitted under this Act.
29        (b-5)  An  individual  may  place  a  wager   under   the
30    pari-mutuel  system  from  any  licensed  location authorized
31    under this Act provided that wager is electronically recorded
 
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 1    in the manner described in Section  3.12  of  this  Act.  Any
 2    wager  made  electronically by an individual while physically
 3    on the premises of a licensee shall be deemed  to  have  been
 4    made at the premises of that licensee.
 5        (c)  Until  January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee
 6    for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if  unclaimed
 7    prior  to  December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by
 8    the licensee for payment of such  tickets  until  that  date.
 9    Within  10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining
10    unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed by  such
11    licensee    for   the   purpose   of   guaranteeing   minimum
12    distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid  to  the
13    Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury,
14    except  as  provided  in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this
15    Act.
16        (c-5)  Beginning January 1, 2000, the  sum  held  by  any
17    licensee  for  payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
18    unclaimed prior to December 31 of the  next  year,  shall  be
19    retained  by  the  licensee for payment of such tickets until
20    that date.  Within 10 days thereafter, the  balance  of  such
21    sum   remaining  unclaimed,  less  any  uncashed  supplements
22    contributed by such licensee for the purpose of  guaranteeing
23    minimum  distributions  of  any  pari-mutuel  pool,  shall be
24    evenly distributed to the purse account of  the  organization
25    licensee and the organization licensee.
26        (d)  A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December
27    31  of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the
28    same and may charge the amount thereof against  unpaid  money
29    similarly  accumulated  on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
30    presented for payment.
31        (e)  No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor,  other
32    than  an  employee  of  such  licensee  or an owner, trainer,
33    jockey, driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during  a
34    racing program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or
 
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 1    any  minor  to  be  a  patron  of  the  pari-mutuel system of
 2    wagering conducted or supervised by it.  The admission of any
 3    unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of  the  licensee
 4    or  an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at
 5    a race track is a Class C misdemeanor. No person who  is  not
 6    at  least  21  years  of  age  shall make any wager under the
 7    pari-mutuel system of wagering conducted or supervised by the
 8    licensee.  The placing of a wager by a person who is  not  at
 9    least  21 years of age in violation of this subsection (e) is
10    a Class C misdemeanor.
11        (f)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
12    organization licensee may contract with an entity in  another
13    state  or  country  to  permit  any  legal wagering entity in
14    another state or country to accept wagers solely within  such
15    other state or country on races conducted by the organization
16    licensee  in  this  State.   Beginning January 1, 2000, these
17    wagers shall not be subject to State taxation.  Until January
18    1, 2000, when the out-of-State entity conducts a  pari-mutuel
19    pool separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax
20    equal  to  7  1/2% of all monies received by the organization
21    licensee from entities in other states or countries  pursuant
22    to  such  contracts  is imposed on the organization licensee,
23    and such privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of
24    Revenue within 48 hours of receipt of  the  moneys  from  the
25    simulcast.   When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined
26    pari-mutuel pool with  the  organization  licensee,  the  tax
27    shall  be  10%  of  all  monies  received by the organization
28    licensee with 25% of the receipts from this  10%  tax  to  be
29    distributed to the county in which the race was conducted.
30        An  organization  licensee  may permit one or more of its
31    races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or  more
32    locations  in  other states and may transmit audio and visual
33    signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
34    more locations outside the State  or  country  and  may  also
 
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 1    permit  pari-mutuel  pools in other states or countries to be
 2    combined with  its  gross  or  net  wagering  pools  or  with
 3    wagering pools established by other states.
 4        (g)  A  host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers
 5    on horse races conducted in other  states  or  countries  and
 6    shall  control  the  number of signals and types of breeds of
 7    racing in its simulcast program, subject to  the  disapproval
 8    of  the  Board.   The  Board may prohibit a simulcast program
 9    only if it  finds  that  the  simulcast  program  is  clearly
10    adverse to the integrity of racing.  The host track simulcast
11    program  shall  include  the  signal  of  live  racing of all
12    organization licensees. All non-host  licensees  shall  carry
13    the  host  track  simulcast  program and accept wagers on all
14    races included as part of the simulcast  program  upon  which
15    wagering  is  permitted.  The  costs and expenses of the host
16    track  and  non-host  licensees  associated  with  interstate
17    simulcast wagering, other than the interstate commission fee,
18    shall be borne by the host track and all  non-host  licensees
19    incurring  these  costs.  The interstate commission fee shall
20    not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the interstate  simulcast
21    race or races without prior approval of the Board.  The Board
22    shall  promulgate  rules under which it may permit interstate
23    commission fees in excess of 5%.  The  interstate  commission
24    fee   and  other  fees  charged  by  the  sending  racetrack,
25    including, but not limited to, satellite decoder fees,  shall
26    be  uniformly  applied  to  the  host  track and all non-host
27    licensees.
28             (1)  Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
29        intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
30        may  supplement  the  host  track  simulcast program with
31        additional simulcast races  or  race  programs,  provided
32        that  between  January 1 and the third Friday in February
33        of any year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
34        occurring  in   Illinois   during   this   period,   only
 
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 1        thoroughbred   races   may   be   used  for  supplemental
 2        interstate simulcast purposes.  The Board shall  withhold
 3        approval  for a supplemental interstate simulcast only if
 4        it finds that the simulcast is  clearly  adverse  to  the
 5        integrity of racing.  A supplemental interstate simulcast
 6        may  be  transmitted from an intertrack wagering licensee
 7        to its affiliated  non-host  licensees.   The  interstate
 8        commission  fee  for  a supplemental interstate simulcast
 9        shall be paid by the non-host licensee and its affiliated
10        non-host licensees receiving the simulcast.
11             (2)  Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
12        intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
13        may  receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with
14        the consent of the host track,  except  when   the  Board
15        finds  that  the  simulcast  is  clearly  adverse  to the
16        integrity  of  racing.   Consent   granted   under   this
17        paragraph  (2)  to any intertrack wagering licensee shall
18        be  deemed  consent  to  all  non-host  licensees.    The
19        interstate commission fee for the supplemental interstate
20        simulcast  shall  be  paid  by all participating non-host
21        licensees.
22             (3)  Each licensee conducting  interstate  simulcast
23        wagering  may  retain,  subject  to  the  payment  of all
24        applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to  exceed
25        17%  of all money wagered.  If any licensee conducts  the
26        pari-mutuel  system  wagering  on  races   conducted   at
27        racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
28        race  program  shall  be considered a separate racing day
29        for the purpose  of  determining  the  daily  handle  and
30        computing  the  privilege  tax  of  that  daily handle as
31        provided in subsection (a) of Section 27.  Until  January
32        1,  2000, from the sums permitted to be retained pursuant
33        to this subsection,  each  intertrack  wagering  location
34        licensee  shall  pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered
 
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 1        on simulcast wagering to the Horse Racing Tax  Allocation
 2        Fund,  subject  to  the provisions of subparagraph (B) of
 3        paragraph (11) of subsection (h) of Section  26  of  this
 4        Act.
 5             (4)  A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast
 6        may  combine  its  gross  or  net pools with pools at the
 7        sending racetracks pursuant to rules established  by  the
 8        Board.   All  licensees  combining their gross pools at a
 9        sending racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of
10        the sending racetrack. A licensee may  also  establish  a
11        separate pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes
12        on races conducted at race tracks outside of the State of
13        Illinois.   The  licensee  may  permit pari-mutuel wagers
14        placed in other states or countries to be  combined  with
15        its gross or net wagering pools or other wagering pools.
16             (5)  After  the payment of the interstate commission
17        fee (except  for  the  interstate  commission  fee  on  a
18        supplemental interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by
19        the  host track and by each non-host licensee through the
20        host-track) and all applicable  State  and  local  taxes,
21        except  as  provided  in  subsection (g) of Section 27 of
22        this Act, the remainder of moneys retained from simulcast
23        wagering pursuant to this  subsection  (g),  and  Section
24        26.2 shall be divided as follows:
25                  (A)  For  interstate simulcast wagers made at a
26             host track, 50% to the host track and 50% to  purses
27             at the host track.
28                  (B)  For  wagers placed on interstate simulcast
29             races,  supplemental  simulcasts   as   defined   in
30             subparagraphs  (1)  and  (2),  and separately pooled
31             races conducted outside of  the  State  of  Illinois
32             made  at a non-host licensee, 25% to the host track,
33             25% to the non-host licensee, and 50% to the  purses
34             at the host track.
 
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 1             (6)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  in this Act to
 2        the  contrary,  non-host  licensees  who   derive   their
 3        licenses  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
 4        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
 5        Mississippi River  may  receive  supplemental  interstate
 6        simulcast  races  at all times subject to Board approval,
 7        which shall be  withheld  only  upon  a  finding  that  a
 8        supplemental  interstate  simulcast is clearly adverse to
 9        the integrity of racing.
10             (7)  Notwithstanding any provision of  this  Act  to
11        the  contrary,  after payment of all applicable State and
12        local taxes  and  interstate  commission  fees,  non-host
13        licensees  who derive their licenses from a track located
14        in a county with a population in excess  of  230,000  and
15        that  borders  the  Mississippi River shall retain 50% of
16        the retention from interstate simulcast wagers and  shall
17        pay  50%  to  purses at the track from which the non-host
18        licensee derives its license as follows:
19                  (A)  Between January 1 and the third Friday  in
20             February,  inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing
21             is occurring in Illinois during  this  period,  when
22             the interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the
23             purse share to its standardbred purse account;
24                  (B)  Between  January 1 and the third Friday in
25             February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred  racing
26             is occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
27             interstate  simulcast  is  a  thoroughbred race, the
28             purse share to its interstate simulcast  purse  pool
29             to  be  distributed  under  paragraph  (10)  of this
30             subsection (g);
31                  (C)  Between January 1 and the third Friday  in
32             February,  inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
33             occurring in Illinois, between 6:30  a.m.  and  6:30
34             p.m.  the  purse  share from wagers made during this
 
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 1             time period to its thoroughbred  purse  account  and
 2             between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from
 3             wagers   made   during   this  time  period  to  its
 4             standardbred purse accounts;
 5                  (D)  Between the third Saturday in February and
 6             December 31, when the  interstate  simulcast  occurs
 7             between  the  hours  of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the
 8             purse share to its thoroughbred purse account;
 9                  (E)  Between the third Saturday in February and
10             December 31, when the  interstate  simulcast  occurs
11             between  the  hours  of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the
12             purse share to its standardbred purse account.
13             (8)  Notwithstanding any provision in  this  Act  to
14        the  contrary,  an  organization  licensee  from  a track
15        located in a  county  with  a  population  in  excess  of
16        230,000  and  that  borders the Mississippi River and its
17        affiliated non-host licensees shall not  be  entitled  to
18        share  in  any retention generated on racing, inter-track
19        wagering, or simulcast wagering  at  any  other  Illinois
20        wagering facility.
21             (8.1)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to
22        the  contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
23        standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
24        of  6:30  p.m.  and  6:30  a.m.,  after  payment  of  all
25        applicable  State  and   local   taxes   and   interstate
26        commission  fees,  the  remainder  of the amount retained
27        from simulcast wagering  otherwise  attributable  to  the
28        host  track and to host track purses shall be split daily
29        between the 2 organization licensees and  the  purses  at
30        the tracks of the 2 organization licensees, respectively,
31        based  on each organization licensee's share of the total
32        live handle for that day, provided  that  this  provision
33        shall not apply to any non-host licensee that derives its
34        license   from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
 
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 1        population in excess of  230,000  and  that  borders  the
 2        Mississippi River.
 3             (9)  (Blank).
 4             (10)  (Blank).
 5             (11)  (Blank).
 6             (12)  The  Board  shall have authority to compel all
 7        host tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all  races
 8        conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
 9        and  include  all  such  races as part of their simulcast
10        programs.
11             (13)  Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this
12        Act,  in  the  event  that the total Illinois pari-mutuel
13        handle on Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities
14        in any calendar year  is  less  than  75%  of  the  total
15        Illinois  pari-mutuel  handle  on Illinois horse races at
16        all such wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then
17        each wagering facility that has an annual total  Illinois
18        pari-mutuel  handle  on Illinois horse races that is less
19        than 75% of the  total  Illinois  pari-mutuel  handle  on
20        Illinois  horse  races  at  such  wagering  facility  for
21        calendar  year  1994, shall be permitted to receive, from
22        any amount otherwise payable to the purse account at  the
23        race track with which the wagering facility is affiliated
24        in the succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of
25        the  differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
26        Illinois horse races at  the  wagering  facility  between
27        that   calendar  year  in  question  and  1994  provided,
28        however, that a wagering facility shall not  be  entitled
29        to  any such payment until the Board certifies in writing
30        to the wagering facility the amount to which the wagering
31        facility is entitled and a schedule for  payment  of  the
32        amount to the wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing
33        dates  awarded  to  the  race  track  affiliated with the
34        wagering facility during the succeeding  year;  (ii)  the
 
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 1        sums  available  or  anticipated  to  be available in the
 2        purse account of  the  race  track  affiliated  with  the
 3        wagering  facility for purses during the succeeding year;
 4        and (iii) the need  to  ensure  reasonable  purse  levels
 5        during  the  payment  period.  The  Board's certification
 6        shall be  provided  no  later  than  January  31  of  the
 7        succeeding   year.  In  the  event  a  wagering  facility
 8        entitled to  a  payment  under  this  paragraph  (13)  is
 9        affiliated   with  a  race  track  that  maintains  purse
10        accounts for both standardbred and  thoroughbred  racing,
11        the  amount  to be paid to the wagering facility shall be
12        divided between each purse account pro rata, based on the
13        amount of Illinois handle on  Illinois  standardbred  and
14        thoroughbred racing respectively at the wagering facility
15        during  the previous calendar year. Annually, the General
16        Assembly shall  appropriate  sufficient  funds  from  the
17        General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for
18        payment  into  the  thoroughbred  and  standardbred horse
19        racing purse accounts  at  Illinois  pari-mutuel  tracks.
20        The amount paid to each purse account shall be the amount
21        certified  by the Illinois Racing Board in  January to be
22        transferred from each account  to  each  eligible  racing
23        facility  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this
24        Section.
25        (h)  The  Board  may  approve  and license the conduct of
26    inter-track wagering and simulcast  wagering  by  inter-track
27    wagering   licensees   and   inter-track   wagering  location
28    licensees subject to the following terms and conditions:
29             (1)  Any person licensed to conduct a  race  meeting
30        at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
31        during  the  immediately preceding calendar year or where
32        over  the  5  immediately  preceding  calendar  years  an
33        average of 30 or  more  days  of  racing  were  conducted
34        annually  or  at  a  track  located  in  a county that is
 
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 1        bounded by the Mississippi River, which has a  population
 2        of  less  than  150,000  according  to the 1990 decennial
 3        census, and an average of at least 60 days of racing  per
 4        year  between  1985 and 1993 may be issued an inter-track
 5        wagering  license.  Any  such  person  having   operating
 6        control  of  the racing facility may also receive up to 6
 7        inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
 8        more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
 9        for each eligible race track,  except  that  an  eligible
10        race  track  located in a county that has a population of
11        more than 230,000 and that is bounded by the  Mississippi
12        River   may   establish  up  to  7  inter-track  wagering
13        locations. An application for said license shall be filed
14        with the Board prior to such dates as may be fixed by the
15        Board.  With an application for an  inter-track  wagering
16        location  license there shall be delivered to the Board a
17        certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the
18        Board for an amount equal to $500.  The application shall
19        be on forms prescribed and furnished by the  Board.   The
20        application   shall   comply   with   all   other  rules,
21        regulations  and  conditions  imposed  by  the  Board  in
22        connection therewith.
23             (2)  The Board shall examine the  applications  with
24        respect  to  their conformity with this Act and the rules
25        and regulations imposed by the Board.  If found to be  in
26        compliance  with the Act and rules and regulations of the
27        Board, the Board may then  issue  a  license  to  conduct
28        inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  to  such
29        applicant.   All such applications shall be acted upon by
30        the Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may  be
31        fixed by the Board.
32             (3)  In  granting  licenses  to  conduct inter-track
33        wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
34        consideration to the best interests  of  the  public,  of
 
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 1        horse racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
 2             (4)  Prior  to  the issuance of a license to conduct
 3        inter-track  wagering   and   simulcast   wagering,   the
 4        applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
 5        State  of Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the
 6        applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to
 7        do business in this State, and conditioned upon  (i)  the
 8        payment by the licensee of all taxes due under Section 27
 9        or  27.1  and any other monies due and payable under this
10        Act,  and  (ii)  distribution  by  the   licensee,   upon
11        presentation  of  the  winning  ticket or tickets, of all
12        sums payable to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
13             (5)  Each license to  conduct  inter-track  wagering
14        and  simulcast  wagering shall specify the person to whom
15        it is  issued,  the  dates  on  which  such  wagering  is
16        permitted,  and  the track or location where the wagering
17        is to be conducted.
18             (6)  All wagering under such license is  subject  to
19        this  Act  and  to the rules and regulations from time to
20        time prescribed by the  Board,  and  every  such  license
21        issued  by  the  Board  shall  contain  a recital to that
22        effect.
23             (7)  An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
24        wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
25        or location   where  it  is  licensed,  or  as  otherwise
26        provided under this Act.
27             (8)  Inter-track   wagering  or  simulcast  wagering
28        shall not be conducted at any track  less  than  5  miles
29        from a track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
30             (8.1)  Inter-track  wagering  location licensees who
31        derive their  licenses  from  a  particular  organization
32        licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
33        wagering  only  at  locations  which are either within 90
34        miles  of  that   race   track   where   the   particular
 
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 1        organization  licensee  is licensed to conduct racing, or
 2        within 135 miles of that race track where the  particular
 3        organization  licensee  is  licensed to conduct racing in
 4        the case of race tracks in counties of less than  400,000
 5        that  were operating on or before June 1, 1986.  However,
 6        inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering shall not  be
 7        conducted  by  those  licensees  at any location within 5
 8        miles of any race track at which a horse race meeting has
 9        been licensed in the  current  year,  unless  the  person
10        having operating control of such race track has given its
11        written  consent  to  such  inter-track wagering location
12        licensees, which consent must be filed with the Board  at
13        or prior to the time application is made.
14             (8.2)  Inter-track  wagering  or  simulcast wagering
15        shall  not  be  conducted  by  an  inter-track   wagering
16        location  licensee  at any location within 500 feet of an
17        existing church or existing school, nor within  500  feet
18        of  the  residences  of  more  than  50 registered voters
19        without receiving written permission from a  majority  of
20        the  registered  voters  at such residences. Such written
21        permission statements shall be filed with the Board.  The
22        distance of 500 feet shall be  measured  to  the  nearest
23        part of any building used for worship services, education
24        programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
25        wagering  by  an  inter-track wagering location licensee,
26        and not to  property  boundaries.   However,  inter-track
27        wagering or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site
28        within  500  feet of a church, school or residences of 50
29        or more registered  voters  if  such  church,  school  or
30        residences  have  been  erected  or  established, or such
31        voters have been registered, after the Board  issues  the
32        original  inter-track  wagering  location  license at the
33        site in question. Inter-track wagering location licensees
34        may conduct inter-track wagering and  simulcast  wagering
 
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 1        only   in   areas   that  are  zoned  for  commercial  or
 2        manufacturing purposes or in areas for  which  a  special
 3        use  has  been  approved  by  the local zoning authority.
 4        However, no license to conduct inter-track  wagering  and
 5        simulcast  wagering  shall  be  granted by the Board with
 6        respect to any inter-track wagering location  within  the
 7        jurisdiction  of any local zoning authority which has, by
 8        ordinance or by resolution, prohibited the  establishment
 9        of   an   inter-track   wagering   location   within  its
10        jurisdiction.   However,  inter-track   wagering      and
11        simulcast  wagering  may  be  conducted at a site if such
12        ordinance  or  resolution  is  enacted  after  the  Board
13        licenses  the  original  inter-track  wagering   location
14        licensee for the site in question.
15             (9)  (Blank).
16             (10)  An   inter-track   wagering   licensee  or  an
17        inter-track  wagering  location  licensee   may   retain,
18        subject  to  the  payment  of the privilege taxes and the
19        purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered.
20        Each program of  racing  conducted  by  each  inter-track
21        wagering   licensee   or  inter-track  wagering  location
22        licensee shall be considered a separate  racing  day  for
23        the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
24        the privilege tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle
25        as provided in Section 27.
26             (10.1)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (g) of
27        Section 27 of this  Act,  inter-track  wagering  location
28        licensees  shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each
29        location to the municipality in which  such  location  is
30        situated  and  1%  of  the  pari-mutuel  handle  at  each
31        location   to  the  county  in  which  such  location  is
32        situated.  In the  event  that  an  inter-track  wagering
33        location  licensee  is situated in an unincorporated area
34        of  a  county,  such  licensee  shall  pay  2%   of   the
 
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 1        pari-mutuel handle from such location to such county.
 2             (10.2)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this
 3        Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race  track
 4        located  in  a  county that has a population of more than
 5        230,000 and that is  bounded  by  the  Mississippi  River
 6        ("the first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
 7        inter-track  wagering  licensee  or  inter-track wagering
 8        location licensee  that  derives  its  license  from  the
 9        organization licensee that operates the first race track,
10        on  races  conducted  at the first race track or on races
11        conducted   at   another   Illinois   race   track    and
12        simultaneously  televised to the first race track or to a
13        facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee  or
14        inter-track  wagering  location licensee that derives its
15        license from the organization licensee that operates  the
16        first  race  track,  those  moneys  shall be allocated as
17        follows:
18                  (A)  That portion  of  all  moneys  wagered  on
19             standardbred  racing that is required under this Act
20             to be paid to purses shall be  paid  to  purses  for
21             standardbred races.
22                  (B)  That  portion  of  all  moneys  wagered on
23             thoroughbred racing that is required under this  Act
24             to  be  paid  to  purses shall be paid to purses for
25             thoroughbred races.
26             (11) (A)  After  payment   of   the   privilege   or
27        pari-mutuel  tax,  any  other  applicable  taxes, and the
28        costs and expenses  in  connection  with  the  gathering,
29        transmission,  and dissemination of all data necessary to
30        the conduct of inter-track wagering, the remainder of the
31        monies retained under either Section 26 or  Section  26.2
32        of  this  Act  by  the  inter-track  wagering licensee on
33        inter-track wagering shall be allocated with  50%  to  be
34        split  between  the  2 participating licensees and 50% to
 
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 1        purses, except that an intertrack wagering licensee  that
 2        derives its license from a track located in a county with
 3        a  population  in  excess of 230,000 and that borders the
 4        Mississippi  River  shall  not   divide   any   remaining
 5        retention  with  the  Illinois organization licensee that
 6        provides the race or races, and  an  intertrack  wagering
 7        licensee  that  accepts  wagers  on races conducted by an
 8        organization licensee that conducts  a  race  meet  in  a
 9        county  with  a  population in excess of 230,000 and that
10        borders  the  Mississippi  River  shall  not  divide  any
11        remaining retention with that organization licensee.
12             (B)  From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant
13        to this Act each inter-track wagering  location  licensee
14        shall  pay  (i)  the  privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the
15        State; (ii) 4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack
16        wagering at such location on races as purses, except that
17        an intertrack wagering location licensee that derives its
18        license  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with   a
19        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
20        Mississippi River shall retain all purse moneys  for  its
21        own  purse account consistent with distribution set forth
22        in this subsection (h), and intertrack wagering  location
23        licensees  that  accept  wagers  on races conducted by an
24        organization  licensee  located  in  a  county   with   a
25        population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
26        Mississippi River shall distribute all  purse  moneys  to
27        purses  at  the operating host track; (iii) until January
28        1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of  Section
29        27  of  this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on
30        inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  at  each
31        inter-track wagering location licensee  facility  to  the
32        Horse  Racing  Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
33        extent the total amount collected and distributed to  the
34        Horse  Racing  Tax  Allocation Fund under this subsection
 
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 1        (h) during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected
 2        and distributed to the Horse Racing Tax  Allocation  Fund
 3        during  calendar  year  1994, that excess amount shall be
 4        redistributed (I) to all  inter-track  wagering  location
 5        licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
 6        total  handle  from  inter-track  wagering  and simulcast
 7        wagering for all inter-track wagering location  licensees
 8        during  the  calendar  year  in  which  this provision is
 9        applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed  to  each
10        inter-track  wagering  location  licensee as described in
11        subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
12        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of  subsection  (g)  of
13        this  Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
14        amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host  track
15        or  to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
16        paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26  shall
17        be  redistributed  based  on  each  host track's pro rata
18        share of the total  inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast
19        wagering  handle  at  all host tracks during the calendar
20        year  in  question,  and   second,   that   any   amounts
21        redistributed  as described in part (I) to an inter-track
22        wagering location licensee that accepts wagers  on  races
23        conducted  by  an  organization  licensee that conducts a
24        race meet in a county with  a  population  in  excess  of
25        230,000  and  that borders the Mississippi River shall be
26        further redistributed as provided  in  subparagraphs  (D)
27        and  (E)  of  paragraph  (7)  of  subsection  (g) of this
28        Section  26,   with   the   portion   of   that   further
29        redistribution  allocated  to purses at that organization
30        licensee to be divided between  standardbred  purses  and
31        thoroughbred   purses  based  on  the  amounts  otherwise
32        allocated to purses at that organization licensee  during
33        the  calendar  year  in  question;   and  (iv)  8% of the
34        pari-mutuel handle on  inter-track  wagering  wagered  at
 
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 1        such  location  to  satisfy  all  costs  and  expenses of
 2        conducting its wagering.  The  remainder  of  the  monies
 3        retained  by  the  inter-track wagering location licensee
 4        shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee  and  60%
 5        to  the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
 6        races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
 7        location licensee that derives its license from  a  track
 8        located  in  a  county  with  a  population  in excess of
 9        230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall  not
10        divide  any  remaining  retention  with  the organization
11        licensee  that  provides  the  race  or  races   and   an
12        intertrack wagering location licensee that accepts wagers
13        on  races  conducted  by  an  organization  licensee that
14        conducts a race meet in a county  with  a  population  in
15        excess  of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
16        shall  not  divide  any  remaining  retention  with   the
17        organization  licensee. Notwithstanding the provisions of
18        clauses (ii) and (iv) of this paragraph, in the  case  of
19        the  additional  inter-track  wagering  location licenses
20        authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection (h)  by
21        this  amendatory  Act  of 1991, those licensees shall pay
22        the following amounts as  purses:  during  the  first  12
23        months  the  licensee  is  in  operation,  5.25%  of  the
24        pari-mutuel  handle  wagered  at  the  location on races;
25        during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the  third  12
26        months,  5.75%;  during  the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
27        during the fifth 12 months  and  thereafter,  6.75%.  The
28        following  amounts  shall  be retained by the licensee to
29        satisfy  all  costs  and  expenses  of   conducting   its
30        wagering:  during  the first 12 months the licensee is in
31        operation, 8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the
32        location; during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during  the
33        third  12  months,  7.75%;  during  the fourth 12 months,
34        7.25%; and during the fifth  12  months  and  thereafter,
 
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 1        6.75%.   For   additional  intertrack  wagering  location
 2        licensees authorized under this amendatory Act  of  1995,
 3        purses  for  the  first  12  months  the  licensee  is in
 4        operation shall be 5.75% of the  pari-mutuel  wagered  at
 5        the  location,  purses  for  the  second  12  months  the
 6        licensee  is  in  operation  shall  be  6.25%, and purses
 7        thereafter shall be  6.75%.   For  additional  intertrack
 8        location  licensees  authorized under this amendatory Act
 9        of 1995, the licensee  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  to
10        satisfy  all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the pari-mutuel
11        handle wagered at the location during its first 12 months
12        of operation,  7.25%  during  its  second  12  months  of
13        operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
14             (C)  There  is  hereby  created the Horse Racing Tax
15        Allocation Fund which shall  remain  in  existence  until
16        December  31,  1999.   Moneys remaining in the Fund after
17        December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General  Revenue
18        Fund.   Until  January  1, 2000, all monies paid into the
19        Horse  Racing  Tax  Allocation  Fund  pursuant  to   this
20        paragraph (11) by inter-track wagering location licensees
21        located  in park districts of 500,000 population or less,
22        or in a municipality that is not included within any park
23        district but is included within a  conservation  district
24        and is the county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous
25        to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of
26        88,257  according  to  the  United  States  Bureau of the
27        Census, and operating on May 1, 1994 shall  be  allocated
28        by appropriation as follows:
29                  Two-sevenths  to the Department of Agriculture.
30             Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used  to
31             promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
32             industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
33             of   Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a  9-member
34             committee appointed by the  Governor  consisting  of
 
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 1             the  following members: the Director of Agriculture,
 2             who shall serve as chairman;  2  representatives  of
 3             organization  licensees conducting thoroughbred race
 4             meetings  in  this  State,  recommended   by   those
 5             licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
 6             licensees  conducting  standardbred race meetings in
 7             this  State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;   a
 8             representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
 9             and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
10             Foundation;   a   representative   of  the  Illinois
11             Standardbred  Owners   and   Breeders   Association,
12             recommended by that Association; a representative of
13             the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
14             or any successor organization thereto established in
15             Illinois  comprised  of the largest number of owners
16             and trainers, recommended  by  that  Association  or
17             that successor organization; and a representative of
18             the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
19             recommended  by that Association.  Committee members
20             shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
21             1 of each even-numbered year.  If  a  representative
22             of  any  of  the  above-named  entities has not been
23             recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered  year,
24             the  Governor  shall  appoint  a committee member to
25             fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
26             no compensation for their services  as  members  but
27             shall  be  reimbursed  for  all actual and necessary
28             expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
29             performance of their official duties.  The remaining
30             50% of this two-sevenths  shall  be  distributed  to
31             county  fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as set
32             forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
33                  Four-sevenths    to    park    districts     or
34             municipalities  that  do not have a park district of
 
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 1             500,000 population or less for museum  purposes  (if
 2             an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
 3             in   such   a  park  district)  or  to  conservation
 4             districts for museum  purposes  (if  an  inter-track
 5             wagering   location   licensee   is   located  in  a
 6             municipality that is not included  within  any  park
 7             district  but  is  included  within  a  conservation
 8             district and is the county seat of a county that (i)
 9             is contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a
10             1990  population  of  88,257 according to the United
11             States Bureau of the  Census,  except  that  if  the
12             conservation  district  does  not maintain a museum,
13             the monies shall be allocated  equally  between  the
14             county and the municipality in which the inter-track
15             wagering  location  licensee  is located for general
16             purposes) or to a  municipal  recreation  board  for
17             park  purposes  (if an inter-track wagering location
18             licensee is located in a municipality  that  is  not
19             included   within   any   park   district  and  park
20             maintenance  is  the  function  of   the   municipal
21             recreation  board  and  the  municipality has a 1990
22             population of 9,302 according to the  United  States
23             Bureau  of the Census); provided that the monies are
24             distributed to each park  district  or  conservation
25             district  or  municipality that does not have a park
26             district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of  the
27             amount   collected   by  each  inter-track  wagering
28             location  licensee  within  the  park  district   or
29             conservation  district or municipality for the Fund.
30             Monies that were paid  into  the  Horse  Racing  Tax
31             Allocation  Fund  before  the effective date of this
32             amendatory Act of 1991 by  an  inter-track  wagering
33             location  licensee located in a municipality that is
34             not  included  within  any  park  district  but   is
 
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 1             included  within a conservation district as provided
 2             in this paragraph  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable
 3             after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
 4             1991, be allocated and  paid  to  that  conservation
 5             district  as  provided  in  this paragraph. Any park
 6             district or municipality not  maintaining  a  museum
 7             may  deposit the monies in the corporate fund of the
 8             park district or municipality where the  inter-track
 9             wagering location is located, to be used for general
10             purposes; and
11                  One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
12             be   used  for  distribution  to  agricultural  home
13             economics extension councils in accordance with  "An
14             Act  in  relation to additional support and finances
15             for the Agricultural  and  Home  Economic  Extension
16             Councils  in  the several counties of this State and
17             making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
18             1967.
19             Until January 1, 2000, all other  monies  paid  into
20        the  Horse  Racing  Tax  Allocation Fund pursuant to this
21        paragraph (11) shall be  allocated  by  appropriation  as
22        follows:
23                  Two-sevenths  to the Department of Agriculture.
24             Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used  to
25             promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
26             industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
27             of   Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a  9-member
28             committee appointed by the  Governor  consisting  of
29             the  following members: the Director of Agriculture,
30             who shall serve as chairman;  2  representatives  of
31             organization  licensees conducting thoroughbred race
32             meetings  in  this  State,  recommended   by   those
33             licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
34             licensees  conducting  standardbred race meetings in
 
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 1             this  State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;   a
 2             representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
 3             and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
 4             Foundation;   a   representative   of  the  Illinois
 5             Standardbred  Owners   and   Breeders   Association,
 6             recommended by that Association; a representative of
 7             the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
 8             or any successor organization thereto established in
 9             Illinois  comprised  of the largest number of owners
10             and trainers, recommended  by  that  Association  or
11             that successor organization; and a representative of
12             the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
13             recommended  by that Association.  Committee members
14             shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
15             1 of each even-numbered year.  If  a  representative
16             of  any  of  the  above-named  entities has not been
17             recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered  year,
18             the  Governor  shall  appoint  a committee member to
19             fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
20             no compensation for their services  as  members  but
21             shall  be  reimbursed  for  all actual and necessary
22             expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
23             performance of their official duties.  The remaining
24             50% of this two-sevenths  shall  be  distributed  to
25             county  fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as set
26             forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
27                  Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums  located
28             in   park  districts  of  over  500,000  population;
29             provided  that  the  monies   are   distributed   in
30             accordance  with the previous year's distribution of
31             the maintenance tax for such museums  and  aquariums
32             as  provided  in  Section  2  of  the  Park District
33             Aquarium and Museum Act; and
34                  One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
 
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 1             be  used  for  distribution  to  agricultural   home
 2             economics  extension councils in accordance with "An
 3             Act in relation to additional support  and  finances
 4             for  the  Agricultural  and  Home Economic Extension
 5             Councils in the several counties of this  State  and
 6             making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
 7             1967. This subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and
 8             of no force and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
 9                  (D)  Except  as  provided  in paragraph (11) of
10             this  subsection  (h),   with   respect   to   purse
11             allocation  from  intertrack wagering, the monies so
12             retained shall be divided as follows:
13                       (i)  If the inter-track wagering licensee,
14                  except an  intertrack  wagering  licensee  that
15                  derives   its   license  from  an  organization
16                  licensee located in a county with a  population
17                  in   excess  of  230,000  and  bounded  by  the
18                  Mississippi River, is not  conducting  its  own
19                  race  meeting  during  the same dates, then the
20                  entire purse allocation shall be to  purses  at
21                  the  track where the races wagered on are being
22                  conducted.
23                       (ii)  If    the    inter-track    wagering
24                  licensee,   except   an   intertrack   wagering
25                  licensee  that  derives  its  license  from  an
26                  organization licensee located in a county  with
27                  a  population  in excess of 230,000 and bounded
28                  by the Mississippi River,  is  also  conducting
29                  its  own  race  meeting  during the same dates,
30                  then the purse allocation shall be as  follows:
31                  50%  to  purses  at  the  track where the races
32                  wagered on are being conducted; 50%  to  purses
33                  at  the  track  where  the inter-track wagering
34                  licensee is accepting such wagers.
 
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 1                       (iii)  If  the  inter-track  wagering   is
 2                  being  conducted  by  an  inter-track  wagering
 3                  location   licensee,   except   an   intertrack
 4                  wagering  location  licensee  that  derives its
 5                  license from an organization  licensee  located
 6                  in  a  county  with  a  population in excess of
 7                  230,000 and bounded by the  Mississippi  River,
 8                  the  entire purse allocation for Illinois races
 9                  shall be to purses at the track where the  race
10                  meeting being wagered on is being held.
11             (12)  The  Board shall have all powers necessary and
12        proper to fully supervise  and  control  the  conduct  of
13        inter-track    wagering   and   simulcast   wagering   by
14        inter-track wagering licensees and  inter-track  wagering
15        location  licensees,  including,  but  not limited to the
16        following:
17                  (A)  The  Board  is  vested   with   power   to
18             promulgate  reasonable rules and regulations for the
19             purpose  of  administering  the  conduct   of   this
20             wagering   and   to   prescribe   reasonable  rules,
21             regulations and conditions under which such wagering
22             shall  be  held  and  conducted.   Such  rules   and
23             regulations  are  to  provide  for the prevention of
24             practices detrimental to the public interest and for
25             the best interests of said wagering  and  to  impose
26             penalties for violations thereof.
27                  (B)  The  Board,  and  any person or persons to
28             whom it delegates this power,  is  vested  with  the
29             power  to  enter  the  facilities of any licensee to
30             determine whether there has been compliance with the
31             provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations
32             relating to the conduct of such wagering.
33                  (C)  The Board, and any person  or  persons  to
34             whom  it  delegates this power, may eject or exclude
 
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 1             from any licensee's  facilities,  any  person  whose
 2             conduct  or  reputation is such that his presence on
 3             such premises may, in the opinion of the Board, call
 4             into the question the honesty and integrity  of,  or
 5             interfere with the orderly conduct of such wagering;
 6             provided,  however, that no person shall be excluded
 7             or ejected from such premises solely on the  grounds
 8             of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or
 9             sex.
10                  (D)  (Blank).
11                  (E)  The  Board  is  vested  with  the power to
12             appoint delegates  to  execute  any  of  the  powers
13             granted  to it under this Section for the purpose of
14             administering  this  wagering  and  any  rules   and
15             regulations promulgated in accordance with this Act.
16                  (F)  The  Board  shall name and appoint a State
17             director  of  this   wagering   who   shall   be   a
18             representative  of the Board and whose duty it shall
19             be to supervise the conduct of inter-track  wagering
20             as  may be provided for by the rules and regulations
21             of  the  Board;  such  rules  and  regulation  shall
22             specify the method of appointment and the Director's
23             powers, authority and duties.
24                  (G)  The Board is  vested  with  the  power  to
25             impose  civil  penalties  of  up  to  $5,000 against
26             individuals and up to $10,000 against licensees  for
27             each violation of any provision of this Act relating
28             to  the  conduct of this wagering, any rules adopted
29             by the Board, any order of the Board  or  any  other
30             action   which  in  the  Board's  discretion,  is  a
31             detriment or impediment to such wagering.
32             (13)  The Department of Agriculture may  enter  into
33        agreements  with  licensees authorizing such licensees to
34        conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held  at  the
 
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 1        licensed  race  meetings  conducted  by the Department of
 2        Agriculture.   Such agreement shall specify the races  of
 3        the  Department  of  Agriculture's  licensed race meeting
 4        upon which the licensees will conduct wagering.   In  the
 5        event  that  a  licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel
 6        wagering on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin
 7        State Fair  which  are  in  addition  to  the  licensee's
 8        previously  approved racing program, those races shall be
 9        considered a separate  racing  day  for  the  purpose  of
10        determining  the daily handle and computing the privilege
11        or pari-mutuel tax on that daily handle  as  provided  in
12        Sections  27 and 27.1.  Such agreements shall be approved
13        by the Board before such wagering may be  conducted.   In
14        determining  whether  to  grant approval, the Board shall
15        give due consideration  to  the  best  interests  of  the
16        public and of horse racing.  The provisions of paragraphs
17        (1),  (8),  (8.1),  and  (8.2)  of subsection (h) of this
18        Section which are not specified in  this  paragraph  (13)
19        shall  not  apply  to licensed race meetings conducted by
20        the Department of Agriculture at the Illinois State  Fair
21        in  Sangamon  County  or  the DuQuoin State Fair in Perry
22        County, or  to  any  wagering  conducted  on  those  race
23        meetings.
24        (i)  Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions of this Act,
25    the conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is  authorized
26    on  all  days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section
27    19 of this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.

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