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Public Act 096-0562
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LRB096 04818 AMC 14883 b |
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
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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 Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended |
by changing Section 28.1 as follows:
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(230 ILCS 5/28.1)
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Sec. 28.1. Payments.
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(a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the |
Department of
Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section |
26 or Section 27
of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse |
Racing Fund, which is hereby
created as a special fund in the |
State Treasury.
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(b) Appropriations, as approved by the General
Assembly, |
may be made from
the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
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salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
directors |
of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
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clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the |
Board, and
all expenses of the Board incident to the |
administration of this Act,
including, but not limited to, all |
expenses and salaries incident to the
taking of saliva and |
urine samples in accordance with the rules and
regulations of |
the Board.
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(c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall
transfer |
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the remainder of the funds
generated pursuant to Sections 26 |
and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the
General Revenue |
Fund.
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(d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in |
existence on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 |
that are identified in Sections
26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and |
28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
(g), and (h) of |
Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
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and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue |
Fund at the
funding levels determined by amounts paid under |
this Act in calendar year
1998. Beginning on the effective date |
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments |
to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General |
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to |
that park district for museum purposes under this Act in |
calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of |
payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes, |
payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the |
General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts |
paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under |
this Act in calendar year 2005.
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If an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility |
changes its location, then the payments associated with that |
facility under this subsection (d) for museum purposes shall be |
paid to the park district in the area where the facility |
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relocates, and the payments shall be used for museum purposes. |
If the facility does not relocate to a park district, then the |
payments shall be paid to the taxing district that is |
responsible for park or museum expenditures. |
(e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under |
subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park |
districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums, |
aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the |
Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on |
Chicago Park District property.
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(f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum |
in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General |
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts |
paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this |
Section in calendar year 2006.
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(Source: P.A. 94-813, eff. 5-26-06; 95-222, eff. 8-16-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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