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Public Act 095-0649
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LRB095 06260 JAM 26354 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing |
Section 21.6 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1605/21.6)
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Sec. 21.6. Scratch-off for Illinois veterans. |
(a) The Department shall offer a special instant |
scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans. The game |
shall commence on January 1, 2006 or as soon thereafter, at the |
discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. The |
operation of the game shall be governed by this Act and any |
rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of this |
Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this Act, |
then this Section governs. |
(b) The Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund is created as a |
special fund in the State treasury. The net revenue from the |
Illinois veterans scratch-off game shall be deposited into the |
Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the |
Department of Veterans Affairs for making grants, funding |
additional services, or conducting additional research |
projects relating to each of the following: |
(i) veterans' post traumatic stress disorder; |
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(ii) veterans' homelessness; |
(iii) the health insurance costs of veterans; |
(iv) veterans' disability benefits, including but not |
limited to, disability benefits provided by veterans |
service organizations and veterans assistance commissions |
or centers; and |
(v) the long-term care of veterans; provided that, |
beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, no |
more than 20% of such moneys shall be used for health |
insurance costs. |
In order to expend moneys from this special fund, |
beginning with moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2008, |
the Director of Veterans' Affairs shall appoint a 3-member |
funding authorization committee. The Director shall |
designate one of the members as chairperson. The committee |
shall meet on a quarterly basis, at a minimum, and shall |
authorize expenditure of moneys from the special fund by a |
two-thirds vote. Decisions of the committee shall not take |
effect unless and until approved by the Director of |
Veterans' Affairs. Each member of the committee shall serve |
until a replacement is named by the Director of Veterans' |
Affairs. One member of the committee shall be a member of |
the Veterans' Advisory Council. |
Moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game |
shall be used only as a supplemental financial resource and |
shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of |
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Veterans Affairs may currently expend for the purposes set |
forth in items (i) through (v)
(i-v).
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Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, |
including, without limitation, net revenue from the special |
instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards |
from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the |
Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be |
deposited into the Fund.
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For purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means the |
total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of |
the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual administrative |
expenses of the Department solely related to the scratch-off |
game under this Section.
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(c) During the time that tickets are sold for the Illinois |
veterans scratch-off game, the Department shall not |
unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any |
other instant scratch-off lottery game. |
(d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to |
implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 94-585, eff. 8-15-05; revised 9-6-05.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
2007.
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