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92_SB0618

 
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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  Riverboat  Gambling  Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 7 and 13 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,
 9    firms  or  corporations  which  apply  for such licenses upon
10    payment to the Board of the non-refundable license fee set by
11    the Board, upon payment of a  $25,000  license  fee  for  the
12    first  year  of  operation  and a $5,000 license fee for each
13    succeeding year and upon a determination by  the  Board  that
14    the  applicant is eligible for an owners  license pursuant to
15    this Act and the rules of  the  Board.   A  person,  firm  or
16    corporation is ineligible to receive an owners license if:
17             (1)  the person has been convicted of a felony under
18        the  laws  of  this State, any other state, or the United
19        States;
20             (2)  the person has been convicted of any  violation
21        of   Article   28  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  or
22        substantially similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
23             (3)  the person has submitted an application  for  a
24        license under this Act which contains false information;
25             (4)  the person is a member of the Board;
26             (5)  a  person defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) is an
27        officer, director or managerial employee of the  firm  or
28        corporation;
29             (6)  the   firm  or  corporation  employs  a  person
30        defined in (1), (2), (3) or (4) who participates  in  the
31        management or operation of gambling operations authorized
 
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 1        under this Act;
 2             (7)  (blank); or
 3             (8)  a  license  of  the person, firm or corporation
 4        issued under this Act, or a license  to  own  or  operate
 5        gambling  facilities  in any other jurisdiction, has been
 6        revoked.
 7        (b)  In determining whether to grant an owners license to
 8    an applicant, the Board shall consider:
 9             (1)  the  character,  reputation,  experience    and
10        financial integrity of the applicants and of any other or
11        separate person that either:
12                  (A)  controls,  directly  or  indirectly,  such
13             applicant, or
14                  (B)  is  controlled, directly or indirectly, by
15             such  applicant  or  by  a  person  which  controls,
16             directly or indirectly, such applicant;
17             (2)  the facilities or proposed facilities  for  the
18        conduct of riverboat gambling;
19             (3)  the  highest  prospective  total  revenue to be
20        derived by  the  State  from  the  conduct  of  riverboat
21        gambling;
22             (4)  the  good faith affirmative action plan of each
23        applicant to recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all
24        employment classifications;
25             (5)  the  financial  ability  of  the  applicant  to
26        purchase and maintain  adequate  liability  and  casualty
27        insurance;
28             (6)  whether     the    applicant    has    adequate
29        capitalization to provide and maintain, for the  duration
30        of a license, a riverboat; and
31             (7)  the  extent  to  which the applicant exceeds or
32        meets other standards  for  the  issuance  of  an  owners
33        license which the Board may adopt by rule.
34        (c)  Each  owners  license  shall specify the place where
 
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 1    riverboats shall operate and dock.
 2        (d)  Each applicant shall submit with his application, on
 3    forms provided by the Board, 2 sets of his fingerprints.
 4        (e)  The Board may issue up to  10  licenses  authorizing
 5    the  holders  of  such  licenses  to  own riverboats.  In the
 6    application for an owners license, the applicant shall  state
 7    the  dock  at  which  the riverboat is based and the water on
 8    which the riverboat will be located. The Board shall issue  5
 9    licenses  to  become  effective  not  earlier than January 1,
10    1991.  Three  of  such  licenses  shall  authorize  riverboat
11    gambling  on  the  Mississippi  River,  one  of  which  shall
12    authorize  riverboat gambling from a home dock in the city of
13    East St. Louis. One other license shall  authorize  riverboat
14    gambling  on the Illinois River south of Marshall County. The
15    Board shall issue 1 additional license  to  become  effective
16    not  earlier  than  March  1,  1992,  which  shall  authorize
17    riverboat  gambling  on the Des Plaines River in Will County.
18    The Board may issue 4 additional licenses to become effective
19    not earlier than March 1, 1992.   In  determining  the  water
20    upon  which riverboats will operate, the Board shall consider
21    the economic benefit which riverboat gambling confers on  the
22    State, and shall seek to assure that all regions of the State
23    share in the economic benefits of riverboat gambling.
24        In  granting  all  licenses, the Board may give favorable
25    consideration to economically depressed areas of  the  State,
26    to  applicants presenting plans which provide for significant
27    economic development over a large  geographic  area,  and  to
28    applicants  who  currently operate non-gambling riverboats in
29    Illinois.  The Board shall review all applications for owners
30    licenses, and shall inform  each  applicant  of  the  Board's
31    decision.
32        The  Board  may  revoke  the owners license of a licensee
33    which fails to begin conducting gambling within 15 months  of
34    receipt  of  the  Board's  approval of the application if the
 
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 1    Board determines that  license  revocation  is  in  the  best
 2    interests of the State.
 3        (f)  The  first  10 owners licenses issued under this Act
 4    shall permit the  holder  to  own  up  to  2  riverboats  and
 5    equipment thereon for a period of 3 years after the effective
 6    date  of the license. Holders of the first 10 owners licenses
 7    must pay the annual license fee  for  each  of  the  3  years
 8    during which they are authorized to own riverboats.
 9        (g)  Upon  the  termination, expiration, or revocation of
10    each of the first 10 licenses, which shall be issued for a  3
11    year period, all licenses are renewable annually upon payment
12    of the fee and a determination by the Board that the licensee
13    continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act and the
14    Board's rules.  However, for licenses renewed on or after May
15    1, 1998, renewal shall be for a period of 4 years, unless the
16    Board sets a shorter period.
17        (h)  An  owners license shall entitle the licensee to own
18    up to 2 riverboats.  A licensee shall  limit  the  number  of
19    gambling  participants  to  2,000  1,200  for any such owners
20    license. A  licensee  may  operate  both  of  its  riverboats
21    concurrently,  provided  that  the  total  number of gambling
22    participants on both riverboats does not exceed 2,000  1,200.
23    Riverboats  licensed  to operate on the Mississippi River and
24    the Illinois River south of Marshall  County  shall  have  an
25    authorized  capacity  of  at  least  500  persons.  Any other
26    riverboat licensed under this Act shall  have  an  authorized
27    capacity of at least 400 persons.
28        (i)  A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board
29    for  and,  if approved therefor, to receive all licenses from
30    the  Board  necessary  for  the  operation  of  a  riverboat,
31    including a liquor license, a license to  prepare  and  serve
32    food  for  human  consumption,  and other necessary licenses.
33    All use, occupation and excise taxes which apply to the  sale
34    of  food and beverages in this State and all taxes imposed on
 
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 1    the sale or use of tangible personal property apply  to  such
 2    sales aboard the riverboat.
 3        (j)    The  Board  may  issue  a  license  authorizing  a
 4    riverboat  to  dock in a municipality or approve a relocation
 5    under Section 11.2 only if, prior  to  the  issuance  of  the
 6    license  or  approval, the governing body of the municipality
 7    in which the riverboat will  dock  has  by  a  majority  vote
 8    approved  the docking of riverboats in the municipality.  The
 9    Board may issue a license authorizing a riverboat to dock  in
10    areas  of  a  county  outside  any  municipality or approve a
11    relocation under Section 11.2 only if, prior to the  issuance
12    of  the license or approval, the governing body of the county
13    has by a majority vote approved of the docking of  riverboats
14    within such areas.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

16        (230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
17        Sec. 13.  Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
18        (a)  Until  January  1,  1998,  a  tax  is imposed on the
19    adjusted  gross  receipts  received   from   gambling   games
20    authorized under this Act at the rate of 20%.
21        Beginning  January 1, 1998, a privilege tax is imposed on
22    persons engaged  in  the  business  of  conducting  riverboat
23    gambling  operations,  based  on  the adjusted gross receipts
24    received by a licensed owner from gambling  games  authorized
25    under this Act at the following rates:
26             15%  of  annual  adjusted  gross  receipts up to and
27        including $25,000,000;
28             20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
29        $25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
30             25%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
31        $50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
32             30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in  excess  of
33        $75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
 
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 1             35%  of  annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
 2        $100,000,000.
 3        The taxes imposed by this Section shall be  paid  by  the
 4    licensed  owner to the Board not later than 3:00 o'clock p.m.
 5    of the day after the day when the wagers were made.
 6        (b)  Until January  1,  1998,  25%  of  the  tax  revenue
 7    deposited  in  the State Gaming Fund under this Section shall
 8    be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to
 9    the unit of local government which is designated as the  home
10    dock  of  the riverboat.  Beginning January 1, 1998, from the
11    tax revenue deposited in the State  Gaming  Fund  under  this
12    Section,  an  amount  equal  to 5% of adjusted gross receipts
13    generated by a riverboat shall be paid  monthly,  subject  to
14    appropriation  by  the General Assembly, to the unit of local
15    government that  is  designated  as  the  home  dock  of  the
16    riverboat.
17        (c)  Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
18    may  be  made from the State Gaming Fund to the Department of
19    Revenue  and  the  Department  of  State   Police   for   the
20    administration and enforcement of this Act.
21        (c-5)  After  the payments required under subsections (b)
22    and (c) have been  made,  an  amount  equal  to  15%  of  the
23    adjusted  gross  receipts  of  a riverboat (1) that relocates
24    pursuant to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners  license
25    is   initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of  this
26    amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be  paid
27    from the State Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
28        (c-10)  Each  year the General Assembly shall appropriate
29    from the General Revenue Fund  to  the  Education  Assistance
30    Fund an amount equal to the amount paid into the Horse Racing
31    Equity  Fund  pursuant  to  subsection  (c-5)  in  the  prior
32    calendar year.
33        (c-15)  After  the  payments  required  under subsections
34    (b), (c), and (c-5) have been made, an amount equal to 2%  of
 
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 1    the adjusted gross receipts of a riverboat (1) that relocates
 2    pursuant  to Section 11.2, or (2) for which an owners license
 3    is  initially  issued  after  the  effective  date  of   this
 4    amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall be paid,
 5    subject  to appropriation from the General Assembly, from the
 6    State Gaming Fund to each home rule county with a  population
 7    of  over  3,000,000  inhabitants for the purpose of enhancing
 8    the county's criminal justice system.
 9        (c-20)  Each year the General Assembly shall  appropriate
10    from  the  General  Revenue  Fund to the Education Assistance
11    Fund an amount equal to the amount paid  to  each  home  rule
12    county  with  a  population  of  over  3,000,000  inhabitants
13    pursuant to subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
14        (c-25)  After  the  payments  required  under subsections
15    (b), (c), (c-5) and (c-15) have been made, an amount equal to
16    2% of the adjusted gross receipts of  a  riverboat  (1)  that
17    relocates  pursuant  to  Section  11.2,  or  (2) for which an
18    owners license is initially issued after the  effective  date
19    of  this amendatory Act of 1999, whichever comes first, shall
20    be  paid  from  the  State  Gaming  Fund   into   the   State
21    Universities Athletic Capital Improvement Fund.
22        (c-30) After the payments required under subsections (b),
23    (c),  (c-5),  (c-15), and (c-25) have been made, an aggregate
24    amount equal to 1%  of  the  adjusted  gross  receipts  of  a
25    riverboat less an amount equal to the amount paid to the unit
26    of  local  government  that is designated as the home dock of
27    the riverboat pursuant  to  subsection  (b),  shall  be  paid
28    monthly,  subject  to  appropriation by the General Assembly,
29    from the State Gaming Fund to blighted  municipalities  other
30    than  the  municipality  in which the riverboat docks, if the
31    riverboat docks within the boundaries of a municipality, that
32    are located in the county in which the riverboat docks  based
33    on  the  proportion  that  the  population  of  each of those
34    blighted municipalities bears  to  the  total  population  of
 
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 1    blighted  municipalities  in  the county, other than the home
 2    dock municipality. For the purpose of this subsection (c-30),
 3    the term "blighted municipality" means a municipality that is
 4    in the bottom 10% of all the municipalities in the county  in
 5    average median income or employment rate.
 6        (d)  From  time  to  time,  the  Board shall transfer the
 7    remainder of  the  funds  generated  by  this  Act  into  the
 8    Education  Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of
 9    the State of Illinois.
10        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local
11    government designated as the home dock of the riverboat  from
12    entering into agreements with other units of local government
13    in  this State or in other states to share its portion of the
14    tax revenue.
15        (f)  To  the  extent   practicable,   the   Board   shall
16    administer  and  collect  the  wagering taxes imposed by this
17    Section  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  provisions  of
18    Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b,
19    6c, 8, 9, and 10 of the Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  and
20    Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

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