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Public Act 92-0211

HB1069 Enrolled                               LRB9206979LDprB

    AN ACT in relation to gambling.

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

    Section  5.  The  Illinois  Horse  Racing  Act of 1975 is
amended by changing Section 26 as follows:

    (230 ILCS 5/26) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
    Sec. 26. Wagering.
    (a)  Any  licensee  may   conduct   and   supervise   the
pari-mutuel system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of
this   Act,   on   horse   races  conducted  by  an  Illinois
organization licensee or conducted at a racetrack located  in
another  state  or  country  and  televised  in  Illinois  in
accordance  with  subsection  (g)  of Section 26 of this Act.
Subject to the prior consent  of  the  Board,  licensees  may
supplement  any  pari-mutuel  pool  in  order  to guarantee a
minimum distribution.  Such pari-mutuel  method  of  wagering
shall  not,  under  any  circumstances if conducted under the
provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be  unlawful,
other statutes of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Subject  to  rules  for  advance  wagering promulgated by the
Board, any licensee may accept wagers in advance of  the  day
of the race wagered upon occurs.
    (b)  No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
gambling  shall  be  used or permitted by the licensee.  Each
licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17%  of  all  money
wagered  under  subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
otherwise be permitted under this Act.
    (b-5)  An  individual  may  place  a  wager   under   the
pari-mutuel  system  from  any  licensed  location authorized
under this Act provided that wager is electronically recorded
in the manner described in Section  3.12  of  this  Act.  Any
wager  made  electronically by an individual while physically
on the premises of a licensee shall be deemed  to  have  been
made at the premises of that licensee.
    (c)  Until  January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee
for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if  unclaimed
prior  to  December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by
the licensee for payment of such  tickets  until  that  date.
Within  10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining
unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed by  such
licensee    for   the   purpose   of   guaranteeing   minimum
distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid  to  the
Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury,
except  as  provided  in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this
Act.
    (c-5)  Beginning January 1, 2000, the  sum  held  by  any
licensee  for  payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
unclaimed prior to December 31 of the  next  year,  shall  be
retained  by  the  licensee for payment of such tickets until
that date.  Within 10 days thereafter, the  balance  of  such
sum   remaining  unclaimed,  less  any  uncashed  supplements
contributed by such licensee for the purpose of  guaranteeing
minimum  distributions  of  any  pari-mutuel  pool,  shall be
evenly distributed to the purse account of  the  organization
licensee and the organization licensee.
    (d)  A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December
31  of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the
same and may charge the amount thereof against  unpaid  money
similarly  accumulated  on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
presented for payment.
    (e)  No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor,  other
than  an  employee  of  such  licensee  or an owner, trainer,
jockey, driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during  a
racing program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or
any  minor  to  be  a  patron  of  the  pari-mutuel system of
wagering conducted or supervised by it.  The admission of any
unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of  the  licensee
or  an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at
a race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
    (f)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
organization licensee may contract with an entity in  another
state  or  country  to  permit  any  legal wagering entity in
another state or country to accept wagers solely within  such
other state or country on races conducted by the organization
licensee  in  this  State.  Beginning  January 1, 2000, these
wagers shall not be subject to State taxation.  Until January
1, 2000, when the out-of-State entity conducts a  pari-mutuel
pool separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax
equal  to  7  1/2% of all monies received by the organization
licensee from entities in other states or countries  pursuant
to  such  contracts  is imposed on the organization licensee,
and such privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of
Revenue within 48 hours of receipt of  the  moneys  from  the
simulcast.   When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined
pari-mutuel pool with  the  organization  licensee,  the  tax
shall  be  10%  of  all  monies  received by the organization
licensee with 25% of the receipts from this  10%  tax  to  be
distributed to the county in which the race was conducted.
    An  organization  licensee  may permit one or more of its
races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or  more
locations  in  other states and may transmit audio and visual
signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
more locations outside the State  or  country  and  may  also
permit  pari-mutuel  pools in other states or countries to be
combined with  its  gross  or  net  wagering  pools  or  with
wagering pools established by other states.
    (g)  A  host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers
on horse races conducted in other  states  or  countries  and
shall  control  the  number of signals and types of breeds of
racing in its simulcast program, subject to  the  disapproval
of  the  Board.   The  Board may prohibit a simulcast program
only if it  finds  that  the  simulcast  program  is  clearly
adverse to the integrity of racing.  The host track simulcast
program  shall  include  the  signal  of  live  racing of all
organization licensees. All non-host  licensees  shall  carry
the  host  track  simulcast  program and accept wagers on all
races included as part of the simulcast  program  upon  which
wagering  is  permitted.  The  costs and expenses of the host
track  and  non-host  licensees  associated  with  interstate
simulcast wagering, other than the interstate commission fee,
shall be borne by the host track and all  non-host  licensees
incurring  these  costs.  The interstate commission fee shall
not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the interstate  simulcast
race or races without prior approval of the Board.  The Board
shall  promulgate  rules under which it may permit interstate
commission fees in excess of 5%.  The  interstate  commission
fee   and  other  fees  charged  by  the  sending  racetrack,
including, but not limited to, satellite decoder fees,  shall
be  uniformly  applied  to  the  host  track and all non-host
licensees.
         (1)  Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
    intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
    may  supplement  the  host  track  simulcast program with
    additional simulcast races  or  race  programs,  provided
    that  between  January 1 and the third Friday in February
    of any year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
    occurring  in   Illinois   during   this   period,   only
    thoroughbred   races   may   be   used  for  supplemental
    interstate simulcast purposes.  The Board shall  withhold
    approval  for a supplemental interstate simulcast only if
    it finds that the simulcast is  clearly  adverse  to  the
    integrity of racing.  A supplemental interstate simulcast
    may  be  transmitted from an intertrack wagering licensee
    to its affiliated  non-host  licensees.   The  interstate
    commission  fee  for  a supplemental interstate simulcast
    shall be paid by the non-host licensee and its affiliated
    non-host licensees receiving the simulcast.
         (2)  Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
    intertrack wagering licensee other than  the  host  track
    may  receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with
    the consent of the host track,  except  when   the  Board
    finds  that  the  simulcast  is  clearly  adverse  to the
    integrity  of  racing.   Consent   granted   under   this
    paragraph  (2)  to any intertrack wagering licensee shall
    be  deemed  consent  to  all  non-host  licensees.    The
    interstate commission fee for the supplemental interstate
    simulcast  shall  be  paid  by all participating non-host
    licensees.
         (3)  Each licensee conducting  interstate  simulcast
    wagering  may  retain,  subject  to  the  payment  of all
    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to  exceed
    17%  of all money wagered.  If any licensee conducts  the
    pari-mutuel  system  wagering  on  races   conducted   at
    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
    race  program  shall  be considered a separate racing day
    for the purpose  of  determining  the  daily  handle  and
    computing  the  privilege  tax  of  that  daily handle as
    provided in subsection (a) of Section 27.  Until  January
    1,  2000, from the sums permitted to be retained pursuant
    to this subsection,  each  intertrack  wagering  location
    licensee  shall  pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered
    on simulcast wagering to the Horse Racing Tax  Allocation
    Fund,  subject  to  the provisions of subparagraph (B) of
    paragraph (11) of subsection (h) of Section  26  of  this
    Act.
         (4)  A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast
    may  combine  its  gross  or  net pools with pools at the
    sending racetracks pursuant to rules established  by  the
    Board.   All  licensees  combining their gross pools at a
    sending racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of
    the sending racetrack. A licensee may  also  establish  a
    separate pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes
    on races conducted at race tracks outside of the State of
    Illinois.   The  licensee  may  permit pari-mutuel wagers
    placed in other states or countries to be  combined  with
    its gross or net wagering pools or other wagering pools.
         (5)  After  the payment of the interstate commission
    fee (except  for  the  interstate  commission  fee  on  a
    supplemental interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by
    the  host track and by each non-host licensee through the
    host-track) and all applicable  State  and  local  taxes,
    except  as  provided  in  subsection (g) of Section 27 of
    this Act, the remainder of moneys retained from simulcast
    wagering pursuant to this  subsection  (g),  and  Section
    26.2 shall be divided as follows:
              (A)  For  interstate simulcast wagers made at a
         host track, 50% to the host track and 50% to  purses
         at the host track.
              (B)  For  wagers placed on interstate simulcast
         races,  supplemental  simulcasts   as   defined   in
         subparagraphs  (1)  and  (2),  and separately pooled
         races conducted outside of  the  State  of  Illinois
         made  at a non-host licensee, 25% to the host track,
         25% to the non-host licensee, and 50% to the  purses
         at the host track.
         (6)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  in this Act to
    the  contrary,  non-host  licensees  who   derive   their
    licenses  from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
    population  in  excess  of  230,000  and that borders the
    Mississippi River  may  receive  supplemental  interstate
    simulcast  races  at all times subject to Board approval,
    which shall be  withheld  only  upon  a  finding  that  a
    supplemental  interstate  simulcast is clearly adverse to
    the integrity of racing.
         (7)  Notwithstanding any provision of  this  Act  to
    the  contrary,  after payment of all applicable State and
    local taxes  and  interstate  commission  fees,  non-host
    licensees  who derive their licenses from a track located
    in a county with a population in excess  of  230,000  and
    that  borders  the  Mississippi River shall retain 50% of
    the retention from interstate simulcast wagers and  shall
    pay  50%  to  purses at the track from which the non-host
    licensee derives its license as follows:
              (A)  Between January 1 and the third Friday  in
         February,  inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing
         is occurring in Illinois during  this  period,  when
         the interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the
         purse share to its standardbred purse account;
              (B)  Between  January 1 and the third Friday in
         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred  racing
         is occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
         interstate  simulcast  is  a  thoroughbred race, the
         purse share to its interstate simulcast  purse  pool
         to  be  distributed  under  paragraph  (10)  of this
         subsection (g);
              (C)  Between January 1 and the third Friday  in
         February,  inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
         occurring in Illinois, between 6:30  a.m.  and  6:30
         p.m.  the  purse  share from wagers made during this
         time period to its thoroughbred  purse  account  and
         between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from
         wagers   made   during   this  time  period  to  its
         standardbred purse accounts;
              (D)  Between the third Saturday in February and
         December 31, when the  interstate  simulcast  occurs
         between  the  hours  of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the
         purse share to its thoroughbred purse account;
              (E)  Between the third Saturday in February and
         December 31, when the  interstate  simulcast  occurs
         between  the  hours  of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the
         purse share to its standardbred purse account.
         (7.1)  Notwithstanding any other provision  of  this
    Act  to  the  contrary,  if  no  standardbred  racing  is
    conducted at a racetrack located in Madison County during
    any  calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2002,
    all moneys  derived  by  that  racetrack  from  simulcast
    wagering and inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used
    for  purses  and  (2)  are generated between the hours of
    6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during that calendar  year  shall
    be paid as follows:
              (A)  If the licensee that conducts horse racing
         at  that  racetrack requests from the Board at least
         as many racing dates as were conducted  in  calendar
         year  2000,  80%  shall  be paid to its thoroughbred
         purse account; and
              (B)  Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
         Illinois Colt Stakes  Purse  Distribution  Fund  and
         shall  be  paid to purses for standardbred races for
         Illinois conceived and foaled  horses  conducted  at
         any  county  fairgrounds.  The moneys deposited into
         the Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall  be
         deposited  within  2  weeks  after the day they were
         generated, shall be in addition to and not  in  lieu
         of  any  other  moneys  paid  to standardbred purses
         under this Act, and shall  not  be  commingled  with
         other  moneys  paid  into  that  Fund.   The  moneys
         deposited pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be
         allocated   as   provided   by   the  Department  of
         Agriculture, with the advice and assistance  of  the
         Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board.
         (7.2)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this
    Act  to  the  contrary,  if  no  thoroughbred  racing  is
    conducted at a racetrack located in Madison County during
    any calendar year beginning on or after January 1,  2002,
    all  moneys  derived  by  that  racetrack  from simulcast
    wagering and inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used
    for purses and (2) are generated  between  the  hours  of
    6:30  a.m.  and 6:30 p.m. during that calendar year shall
    be deposited as follows:
              (A)  If the licensee that conducts horse racing
         at that racetrack requests from the Board  at  least
         as  many  racing dates as were conducted in calendar
         year  2000,  80%  shall  be   deposited   into   its
         standardbred purse account; and
              (B)  Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
         Illinois   Colt   Stakes  Purse  Distribution  Fund.
         Moneys deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
         Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph  (B)
         shall  be  paid  to  Illinois  conceived  and foaled
         thoroughbred breeders' programs and to  thoroughbred
         purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
         for  Illinois  conceived  and  foaled  horses at the
         discretion of the Department  of  Agriculture,  with
         the   advice   and   assistance   of   the  Illinois
         Thoroughbred  Breeders  Fund  Advisory  Board.   The
         moneys deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
         Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph  (B)
         shall be deposited within 2 weeks after the day they
         were  generated,  shall be in addition to and not in
         lieu of any other moneys paid to thoroughbred purses
         under this Act, and shall  not  be  commingled  with
         other moneys deposited into that Fund.
         (7.3)  If  no  live standardbred racing is conducted
    at a racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year
    2000 or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
    conduct horse racing  at  that  racetrack  shall,  before
    January  1,  2002,  pay all moneys derived from simulcast
    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years  2000
    and  2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
    account as follows:
              (A)  Eighty   percent   to   that    licensee's
         thoroughbred   purse   account   to   be   used  for
         thoroughbred purses; and
              (B)  Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
         Purse Distribution Fund.
         Failure to make the payment  to  the  Illinois  Colt
    Stakes  Purse  Distribution  Fund  before January 1, 2002
    shall  result  in  the  immediate   revocation   of   the
    licensee's  organization  license,  inter-track  wagering
    license, and inter-track wagering location license.
         Moneys  paid  into  the  Illinois  Colt Stakes Purse
    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)  shall
    be  paid  to  purses  for standardbred races for Illinois
    conceived and  foaled  horses  conducted  at  any  county
    fairgrounds.  Moneys  paid  into the Illinois Colt Stakes
    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph  (7.3)
    shall   be  used  as  determined  by  the  Department  of
    Agriculture,  with  the  advice  and  assistance  of  the
    Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall
    be in addition to and not in lieu  of  any  other  moneys
    paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not
    be commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
         (7.4)  If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
    racetrack  located  in  Madison  County  at  any  time in
    calendar year 2001  before  the  payment  required  under
    paragraph  (7.3) has been made, the organization licensee
    who is licensed to conduct racing at that racetrack shall
    pay all moneys derived by that racetrack  from  simulcast
    wagering  and  inter-track wagering during calendar years
    2000 and 2001 that (1) are to be used for purses and  (2)
    are  generated  between  the  hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
    a.m. during  2000  or  2001  to  the  standardbred  purse
    account  at  that  racetrack  to be used for standardbred
    purses.
         (8)  Notwithstanding any provision in  this  Act  to
    the  contrary,  an  organization  licensee  from  a track
    located in a  county  with  a  population  in  excess  of
    230,000  and  that  borders the Mississippi River and its
    affiliated non-host licensees shall not  be  entitled  to
    share  in  any retention generated on racing, inter-track
    wagering, or simulcast wagering  at  any  other  Illinois
    wagering facility.
         (8.1)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to
    the  contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
    of  6:30  p.m.  and  6:30  a.m.,  after  payment  of  all
    applicable  State  and   local   taxes   and   interstate
    commission  fees,  the  remainder  of the amount retained
    from simulcast wagering  otherwise  attributable  to  the
    host  track and to host track purses shall be split daily
    between the 2 organization licensees and  the  purses  at
    the tracks of the 2 organization licensees, respectively,
    based  on each organization licensee's share of the total
    live handle for that day, provided  that  this  provision
    shall not apply to any non-host licensee that derives its
    license   from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
    population in excess of  230,000  and  that  borders  the
    Mississippi River.
         (9)  (Blank).
         (10)  (Blank).
         (11)  (Blank).
         (12)  The  Board  shall have authority to compel all
    host tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all  races
    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
    and  include  all  such  races as part of their simulcast
    programs.
         (13)  Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this
    Act,  in  the  event  that the total Illinois pari-mutuel
    handle on Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities
    in any calendar year  is  less  than  75%  of  the  total
    Illinois  pari-mutuel  handle  on Illinois horse races at
    all such wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then
    each wagering facility that has an annual total  Illinois
    pari-mutuel  handle  on Illinois horse races that is less
    than 75% of the  total  Illinois  pari-mutuel  handle  on
    Illinois  horse  races  at  such  wagering  facility  for
    calendar  year  1994, shall be permitted to receive, from
    any amount otherwise payable to the purse account at  the
    race track with which the wagering facility is affiliated
    in the succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of
    the  differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
    Illinois horse races at  the  wagering  facility  between
    that   calendar  year  in  question  and  1994  provided,
    however, that a wagering facility shall not  be  entitled
    to  any such payment until the Board certifies in writing
    to the wagering facility the amount to which the wagering
    facility is entitled and a schedule for  payment  of  the
    amount to the wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing
    dates  awarded  to  the  race  track  affiliated with the
    wagering facility during the succeeding  year;  (ii)  the
    sums  available  or  anticipated  to  be available in the
    purse account of  the  race  track  affiliated  with  the
    wagering  facility for purses during the succeeding year;
    and (iii) the need  to  ensure  reasonable  purse  levels
    during  the  payment  period.  The  Board's certification
    shall be  provided  no  later  than  January  31  of  the
    succeeding   year.  In  the  event  a  wagering  facility
    entitled to  a  payment  under  this  paragraph  (13)  is
    affiliated   with  a  race  track  that  maintains  purse
    accounts for both standardbred and  thoroughbred  racing,
    the  amount  to be paid to the wagering facility shall be
    divided between each purse account pro rata, based on the
    amount of Illinois handle on  Illinois  standardbred  and
    thoroughbred racing respectively at the wagering facility
    during  the previous calendar year. Annually, the General
    Assembly shall  appropriate  sufficient  funds  from  the
    General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for
    payment  into  the  thoroughbred  and  standardbred horse
    racing purse accounts  at  Illinois  pari-mutuel  tracks.
    The amount paid to each purse account shall be the amount
    certified  by the Illinois Racing Board in  January to be
    transferred from each account  to  each  eligible  racing
    facility  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this
    Section.
    (h)  The  Board  may  approve  and license the conduct of
inter-track wagering and simulcast  wagering  by  inter-track
wagering   licensees   and   inter-track   wagering  location
licensees subject to the following terms and conditions:
         (1)  Any person licensed to conduct a  race  meeting
    (i)  at  a  track  where  60  or more days of racing were
    conducted during the immediately preceding calendar  year
    or  where over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years
    an average of 30 or more days of  racing  were  conducted
    annually  may  be issued an inter-track wagering license;
    (ii) or at a track located in a county that is bounded by
    the Mississippi River, which has  a  population  of  less
    than  150,000 according to the 1990 decennial census, and
    an average of at least 60 days of racing per year between
    1985 and 1993  may  be  issued  an  inter-track  wagering
    license;  or  (iii)  at a track located in Madison County
    that conducted at least 100 days of  live  racing  during
    the  immediately preceding calendar year may be issued an
    inter-track wagering license, unless a lesser schedule of
    live racing is the result of (A)  weather,  unsafe  track
    conditions,  or  other  acts  of  God;  (B)  an agreement
    between the organization licensee  and  the  associations
    representing  the  largest  number  of  owners, trainers,
    jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race horses at  that
    organization  licensee's racing meeting; or (C) a finding
    by the Board of extraordinary circumstances and  that  it
    was  in  the best interest of the public and the sport to
    conduct fewer than 100 days  of  live  racing.  Any  such
    person  having  operating  control of the racing facility
    may also receive up to 6  inter-track  wagering  location
    licenses.  In  no  event  shall  more  than 6 inter-track
    wagering locations be established for each eligible  race
    track,  except  that  an eligible race track located in a
    county that has a population of  more  than  230,000  and
    that is bounded by the Mississippi River may establish up
    to  7  inter-track wagering locations. An application for
    said license shall be filed with the Board prior to  such
    dates  as may be fixed by the Board.  With an application
    for an inter-track wagering location license there  shall
    be delivered to the Board a certified check or bank draft
    payable  to the order of the Board for an amount equal to
    $500. The application shall be on  forms  prescribed  and
    furnished  by  the  Board.   The application shall comply
    with all other rules, regulations and conditions  imposed
    by the Board in connection therewith.
         (2)  The  Board  shall examine the applications with
    respect to their conformity with this Act and  the  rules
    and  regulations imposed by the Board.  If found to be in
    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of  the
    Board,  the  Board  may  then  issue a license to conduct
    inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  to  such
    applicant.  All such applications shall be acted upon  by
    the  Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be
    fixed by the Board.
         (3)  In granting  licenses  to  conduct  inter-track
    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
    consideration  to  the  best  interests of the public, of
    horse racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
         (4)  Prior to the issuance of a license  to  conduct
    inter-track   wagering   and   simulcast   wagering,  the
    applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
    State of Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by  the
    applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to
    do  business  in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the
    payment by the licensee of all taxes due under Section 27
    or 27.1 and any other monies due and payable  under  this
    Act,   and   (ii)  distribution  by  the  licensee,  upon
    presentation of the winning ticket  or  tickets,  of  all
    sums payable to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
         (5)  Each  license  to  conduct inter-track wagering
    and simulcast wagering shall specify the person  to  whom
    it  is  issued,  the  dates  on  which  such  wagering is
    permitted, and the track or location where  the  wagering
    is to be conducted.
         (6)  All  wagering  under such license is subject to
    this Act and to the rules and regulations  from  time  to
    time  prescribed  by  the  Board,  and every such license
    issued by the Board  shall  contain  a  recital  to  that
    effect.
         (7)  An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
    or  location    where  it  is  licensed,  or as otherwise
    provided under this Act.
         (8)  Inter-track  wagering  or  simulcast   wagering
    shall  not  be  conducted  at any track less than 5 miles
    from a track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
         (8.1)  Inter-track wagering location  licensees  who
    derive  their  licenses  from  a  particular organization
    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
    wagering only at locations which  are  either  within  90
    miles   of   that   race   track   where  the  particular
    organization licensee is licensed to conduct  racing,  or
    within  135 miles of that race track where the particular
    organization licensee is licensed to  conduct  racing  in
    the  case of race tracks in counties of less than 400,000
    that were operating on or before June 1, 1986.   However,
    inter-track  wagering and simulcast wagering shall not be
    conducted by those licensees at  any  location  within  5
    miles of any race track at which a horse race meeting has
    been  licensed  in  the  current  year, unless the person
    having operating control of such race track has given its
    written consent to  such  inter-track  wagering  location
    licensees,  which consent must be filed with the Board at
    or prior to the time application is made.
         (8.2)  Inter-track wagering  or  simulcast  wagering
    shall   not  be  conducted  by  an  inter-track  wagering
    location licensee at any location within 500 feet  of  an
    existing  church  or existing school, nor within 500 feet
    of the residences  of  more  than  50  registered  voters
    without  receiving  written permission from a majority of
    the registered voters at such  residences.  Such  written
    permission statements shall be filed with the Board.  The
    distance  of  500  feet  shall be measured to the nearest
    part of any building used for worship services, education
    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
    wagering by an inter-track  wagering  location  licensee,
    and  not  to  property  boundaries.  However, inter-track
    wagering or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site
    within 500 feet of a church, school or residences  of  50
    or  more  registered  voters  if  such  church, school or
    residences have been  erected  or  established,  or  such
    voters  have  been registered, after the Board issues the
    original inter-track wagering  location  license  at  the
    site in question. Inter-track wagering location licensees
    may  conduct  inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
    only  in  areas  that  are  zoned   for   commercial   or
    manufacturing  purposes  or  in areas for which a special
    use has been approved  by  the  local  zoning  authority.
    However,  no  license to conduct inter-track wagering and
    simulcast wagering shall be granted  by  the  Board  with
    respect  to  any inter-track wagering location within the
    jurisdiction of any local zoning authority which has,  by
    ordinance  or by resolution, prohibited the establishment
    of  an   inter-track   wagering   location   within   its
    jurisdiction.    However,   inter-track   wagering    and
    simulcast wagering may be conducted at  a  site  if  such
    ordinance  or  resolution  is  enacted  after  the  Board
    licenses   the  original  inter-track  wagering  location
    licensee for the site in question.
         (9)  (Blank).
         (10)  An  inter-track  wagering   licensee   or   an
    inter-track   wagering   location  licensee  may  retain,
    subject to the payment of the  privilege  taxes  and  the
    purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered.
    Each  program  of  racing  conducted  by each inter-track
    wagering  licensee  or  inter-track   wagering   location
    licensee  shall  be  considered a separate racing day for
    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
    the privilege tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle
    as provided in Section 27.
         (10.1)  Except as  provided  in  subsection  (g)  of
    Section  27  of  this  Act, inter-track wagering location
    licensees shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at  each
    location  to  the  municipality in which such location is
    situated  and  1%  of  the  pari-mutuel  handle  at  each
    location  to  the  county  in  which  such  location   is
    situated.   In  the  event  that  an inter-track wagering
    location licensee is situated in an  unincorporated  area
    of   a   county,  such  licensee  shall  pay  2%  of  the
    pari-mutuel handle from such location to such county.
         (10.2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of  this
    Act,  with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
    located in a county that has a population  of  more  than
    230,000  and  that  is  bounded  by the Mississippi River
    ("the first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
    inter-track wagering  licensee  or  inter-track  wagering
    location  licensee  that  derives  its  license  from the
    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
    on races conducted at the first race track  or  on  races
    conducted    at   another   Illinois   race   track   and
    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to  a
    facility  operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
    inter-track wagering location licensee that  derives  its
    license  from the organization licensee that operates the
    first race track, those  moneys  shall  be  allocated  as
    follows:
              (A)  That  portion  of  all  moneys  wagered on
         standardbred racing that is required under this  Act
         to  be  paid  to  purses shall be paid to purses for
         standardbred races.
              (B)  That portion  of  all  moneys  wagered  on
         thoroughbred  racing that is required under this Act
         to be paid to purses shall be  paid  to  purses  for
         thoroughbred races.
         (11) (A)  After   payment   of   the   privilege  or
    pari-mutuel tax, any  other  applicable  taxes,  and  the
    costs  and  expenses  in  connection  with the gathering,
    transmission, and dissemination of all data necessary  to
    the conduct of inter-track wagering, the remainder of the
    monies  retained  under either Section 26 or Section 26.2
    of this Act  by  the  inter-track  wagering  licensee  on
    inter-track  wagering  shall  be allocated with 50% to be
    split between the 2 participating licensees  and  50%  to
    purses,  except that an intertrack wagering licensee that
    derives its license from a track located in a county with
    a population in excess of 230,000 and  that  borders  the
    Mississippi   River   shall   not  divide  any  remaining
    retention with the Illinois  organization  licensee  that
    provides  the  race  or races, and an intertrack wagering
    licensee that accepts wagers on  races  conducted  by  an
    organization  licensee  that  conducts  a  race meet in a
    county with a population in excess of  230,000  and  that
    borders  the  Mississippi  River  shall  not  divide  any
    remaining retention with that organization licensee.
         (B)  From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant
    to  this  Act each inter-track wagering location licensee
    shall pay (i) the privilege or  pari-mutuel  tax  to  the
    State; (ii) 4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack
    wagering at such location on races as purses, except that
    an intertrack wagering location licensee that derives its
    license   from  a  track  located  in  a  county  with  a
    population in excess of  230,000  and  that  borders  the
    Mississippi  River  shall retain all purse moneys for its
    own purse account consistent with distribution set  forth
    in  this subsection (h), and intertrack wagering location
    licensees that accept wagers on  races  conducted  by  an
    organization   licensee   located  in  a  county  with  a
    population in excess of  230,000  and  that  borders  the
    Mississippi  River  shall  distribute all purse moneys to
    purses at the operating host track; (iii)  until  January
    1,  2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
    27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle  wagered  on
    inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast  wagering  at  each
    inter-track  wagering  location  licensee facility to the
    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that,  to  the
    extent  the total amount collected and distributed to the
    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund  under  this  subsection
    (h) during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected
    and  distributed  to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund
    during calendar year 1994, that excess  amount  shall  be
    redistributed  (I)  to  all inter-track wagering location
    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
    total handle  from  inter-track  wagering  and  simulcast
    wagering  for all inter-track wagering location licensees
    during the calendar  year  in  which  this  provision  is
    applicable;  then  (II) the amounts redistributed to each
    inter-track wagering location licensee  as  described  in
    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
    subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of
    this Section 26 provided first, that the shares of  those
    amounts,  which are to be redistributed to the host track
    or to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B)  of
    paragraph  (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall
    be redistributed based on  each  host  track's  pro  rata
    share  of  the  total  inter-track wagering and simulcast
    wagering handle at all host tracks  during  the  calendar
    year   in   question,   and   second,  that  any  amounts
    redistributed as described in part (I) to an  inter-track
    wagering  location  licensee that accepts wagers on races
    conducted by an organization  licensee  that  conducts  a
    race  meet  in  a  county  with a population in excess of
    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River  shall  be
    further  redistributed  as  provided in subparagraphs (D)
    and (E) of  paragraph  (7)  of  subsection  (g)  of  this
    Section   26,   with   the   portion   of   that  further
    redistribution allocated to purses at  that  organization
    licensee  to  be  divided between standardbred purses and
    thoroughbred  purses  based  on  the  amounts   otherwise
    allocated  to purses at that organization licensee during
    the calendar year  in  question;   and  (iv)  8%  of  the
    pari-mutuel  handle  on  inter-track  wagering wagered at
    such location  to  satisfy  all  costs  and  expenses  of
    conducting  its  wagering.  The  remainder  of the monies
    retained by the inter-track  wagering  location  licensee
    shall  be  allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60%
    to the organization licensee which provides the  Illinois
    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
    location  licensee  that derives its license from a track
    located in a  county  with  a  population  in  excess  of
    230,000  and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
    divide any  remaining  retention  with  the  organization
    licensee   that   provides  the  race  or  races  and  an
    intertrack wagering location licensee that accepts wagers
    on races  conducted  by  an  organization  licensee  that
    conducts  a  race  meet  in a county with a population in
    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi  River
    shall   not  divide  any  remaining  retention  with  the
    organization licensee. Notwithstanding the provisions  of
    clauses  (ii)  and (iv) of this paragraph, in the case of
    the additional  inter-track  wagering  location  licenses
    authorized  under paragraph (1) of this subsection (h) by
    this amendatory Act of 1991, those  licensees  shall  pay
    the  following  amounts  as  purses:  during the first 12
    months  the  licensee  is  in  operation,  5.25%  of  the
    pari-mutuel handle wagered  at  the  location  on  races;
    during  the  second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third 12
    months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12  months,  6.25%;  and
    during  the  fifth  12  months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
    following amounts shall be retained by  the  licensee  to
    satisfy   all   costs  and  expenses  of  conducting  its
    wagering: during the first 12 months the licensee  is  in
    operation, 8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the
    location;  during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the
    third 12 months, 7.75%;  during  the  fourth  12  months,
    7.25%;  and  during  the  fifth 12 months and thereafter,
    6.75%.  For  additional  intertrack   wagering   location
    licensees  authorized  under this amendatory Act of 1995,
    purses for  the  first  12  months  the  licensee  is  in
    operation  shall  be  5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at
    the  location,  purses  for  the  second  12  months  the
    licensee is in  operation  shall  be  6.25%,  and  purses
    thereafter  shall  be  6.75%.   For additional intertrack
    location licensees authorized under this  amendatory  Act
    of  1995,  the  licensee  shall  be  allowed to retain to
    satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the  pari-mutuel
    handle wagered at the location during its first 12 months
    of  operation,  7.25%  during  its  second  12  months of
    operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
         (C)  There is hereby created the  Horse  Racing  Tax
    Allocation  Fund  which  shall  remain in existence until
    December 31, 1999.  Moneys remaining in  the  Fund  after
    December  31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
    Fund.  Until January 1, 2000, all monies  paid  into  the
    Horse   Racing  Tax  Allocation  Fund  pursuant  to  this
    paragraph (11) by inter-track wagering location licensees
    located in park districts of 500,000 population or  less,
    or in a municipality that is not included within any park
    district  but  is included within a conservation district
    and is the county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous
    to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of
    88,257 according to  the  United  States  Bureau  of  the
    Census,  and  operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated
    by appropriation as follows:
              Two-sevenths to the Department of  Agriculture.
         Fifty  percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
         promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
         of  Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a   9-member
         committee  appointed  by  the Governor consisting of
         the following members: the Director of  Agriculture,
         who  shall  serve  as chairman; 2 representatives of
         organization licensees conducting thoroughbred  race
         meetings   in   this  State,  recommended  by  those
         licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
         licensees conducting standardbred race  meetings  in
         this   State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;  a
         representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
         and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
         Foundation;  a  representative   of   the   Illinois
         Standardbred   Owners   and   Breeders  Association,
         recommended by that Association; a representative of
         the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
         or any successor organization thereto established in
         Illinois comprised of the largest number  of  owners
         and  trainers,  recommended  by  that Association or
         that successor organization; and a representative of
         the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
         recommended by that Association.  Committee  members
         shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
         1  of  each even-numbered year.  If a representative
         of any of the  above-named  entities  has  not  been
         recommended  by January 1 of any even-numbered year,
         the Governor shall appoint  a  committee  member  to
         fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
         no  compensation  for  their services as members but
         shall be reimbursed for  all  actual  and  necessary
         expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
         performance of their official duties.  The remaining
         50%  of  this  two-sevenths  shall be distributed to
         county fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as  set
         forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
              Four-sevenths     to    park    districts    or
         municipalities that do not have a park  district  of
         500,000  population  or less for museum purposes (if
         an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
         in  such  a  park  district)  or   to   conservation
         districts  for  museum  purposes  (if an inter-track
         wagering  location  licensee   is   located   in   a
         municipality  that  is  not included within any park
         district  but  is  included  within  a  conservation
         district and is the county seat of a county that (i)
         is contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a
         1990 population of 88,257 according  to  the  United
         States  Bureau  of  the  Census,  except that if the
         conservation district does not  maintain  a  museum,
         the  monies  shall  be allocated equally between the
         county and the municipality in which the inter-track
         wagering location licensee is  located  for  general
         purposes)  or  to  a  municipal recreation board for
         park purposes (if an inter-track  wagering  location
         licensee  is  located  in a municipality that is not
         included  within  any   park   district   and   park
         maintenance   is   the  function  of  the  municipal
         recreation board and the  municipality  has  a  1990
         population  of  9,302 according to the United States
         Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies  are
         distributed  to  each  park district or conservation
         district or municipality that does not have  a  park
         district  in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
         amount  collected  by  each   inter-track   wagering
         location   licensee  within  the  park  district  or
         conservation district or municipality for the  Fund.
         Monies  that  were  paid  into  the Horse Racing Tax
         Allocation Fund before the effective  date  of  this
         amendatory  Act  of  1991 by an inter-track wagering
         location licensee located in a municipality that  is
         not   included  within  any  park  district  but  is
         included within a conservation district as  provided
         in  this  paragraph  shall,  as  soon as practicable
         after the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of
         1991,  be  allocated  and  paid to that conservation
         district as provided in  this  paragraph.  Any  park
         district  or  municipality  not maintaining a museum
         may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of  the
         park  district or municipality where the inter-track
         wagering location is located, to be used for general
         purposes; and
              One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
         be  used  for  distribution  to  agricultural   home
         economics  extension councils in accordance with "An
         Act in relation to additional support  and  finances
         for  the  Agricultural  and  Home Economic Extension
         Councils in the several counties of this  State  and
         making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
         1967.
         Until  January  1,  2000, all other monies paid into
    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation  Fund  pursuant  to  this
    paragraph  (11)  shall  be  allocated by appropriation as
    follows:
              Two-sevenths to the Department of  Agriculture.
         Fifty  percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
         promote  the  Illinois  horse  racing  and  breeding
         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
         of  Agriculture  upon  the  advice  of  a   9-member
         committee  appointed  by  the Governor consisting of
         the following members: the Director of  Agriculture,
         who  shall  serve  as chairman; 2 representatives of
         organization licensees conducting thoroughbred  race
         meetings   in   this  State,  recommended  by  those
         licensees;   2   representatives   of   organization
         licensees conducting standardbred race  meetings  in
         this   State,  recommended  by  those  licensees;  a
         representative of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders
         and   Owners   Foundation,   recommended   by   that
         Foundation;  a  representative   of   the   Illinois
         Standardbred   Owners   and   Breeders  Association,
         recommended by that Association; a representative of
         the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
         or any successor organization thereto established in
         Illinois comprised of the largest number  of  owners
         and  trainers,  recommended  by  that Association or
         that successor organization; and a representative of
         the   Illinois   Harness   Horsemen's   Association,
         recommended by that Association.  Committee  members
         shall serve for terms of 2 years, commencing January
         1  of  each even-numbered year.  If a representative
         of any of the  above-named  entities  has  not  been
         recommended  by January 1 of any even-numbered year,
         the Governor shall appoint  a  committee  member  to
         fill that position.  Committee members shall receive
         no  compensation  for  their services as members but
         shall be reimbursed for  all  actual  and  necessary
         expenses   and   disbursements   incurred   in   the
         performance of their official duties.  The remaining
         50%  of  this  two-sevenths  shall be distributed to
         county fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as  set
         forth in the Agricultural Fair Act;
              Four-sevenths  to museums and aquariums located
         in  park  districts  of  over  500,000   population;
         provided   that   the   monies  are  distributed  in
         accordance with the previous year's distribution  of
         the  maintenance  tax for such museums and aquariums
         as provided  in  Section  2  of  the  Park  District
         Aquarium and Museum Act; and
              One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to
         be   used  for  distribution  to  agricultural  home
         economics extension councils in accordance with  "An
         Act  in  relation to additional support and finances
         for the Agricultural  and  Home  Economic  Extension
         Councils  in  the several counties of this State and
         making an appropriation therefor", approved July 24,
         1967. This subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and
         of no force and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
              (D)  Except as provided in  paragraph  (11)  of
         this   subsection   (h),   with   respect  to  purse
         allocation from intertrack wagering, the  monies  so
         retained shall be divided as follows:
                   (i)  If the inter-track wagering licensee,
              except  an  intertrack  wagering  licensee that
              derives  its  license  from   an   organization
              licensee  located in a county with a population
              in  excess  of  230,000  and  bounded  by   the
              Mississippi  River,  is  not conducting its own
              race meeting during the same  dates,  then  the
              entire  purse  allocation shall be to purses at
              the track where the races wagered on are  being
              conducted.
                   (ii)  If    the    inter-track    wagering
              licensee,   except   an   intertrack   wagering
              licensee  that  derives  its  license  from  an
              organization  licensee located in a county with
              a population in excess of 230,000  and  bounded
              by  the  Mississippi  River, is also conducting
              its own race meeting  during  the  same  dates,
              then  the purse allocation shall be as follows:
              50% to purses at  the  track  where  the  races
              wagered  on  are being conducted; 50% to purses
              at the track  where  the  inter-track  wagering
              licensee is accepting such wagers.
                   (iii)  If   the  inter-track  wagering  is
              being  conducted  by  an  inter-track  wagering
              location   licensee,   except   an   intertrack
              wagering location  licensee  that  derives  its
              license  from  an organization licensee located
              in a county with  a  population  in  excess  of
              230,000  and  bounded by the Mississippi River,
              the entire purse allocation for Illinois  races
              shall  be to purses at the track where the race
              meeting being wagered on is being held.
         (12)  The Board shall have all powers necessary  and
    proper  to  fully  supervise  and  control the conduct of
    inter-track   wagering   and   simulcast   wagering    by
    inter-track  wagering  licensees and inter-track wagering
    location licensees, including, but  not  limited  to  the
    following:
              (A)  The   Board   is   vested  with  power  to
         promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for  the
         purpose   of   administering  the  conduct  of  this
         wagering  and   to   prescribe   reasonable   rules,
         regulations and conditions under which such wagering
         shall   be  held  and  conducted.   Such  rules  and
         regulations are to provide  for  the  prevention  of
         practices detrimental to the public interest and for
         the  best  interests  of said wagering and to impose
         penalties for violations thereof.
              (B)  The Board, and any person  or  persons  to
         whom  it  delegates  this  power, is vested with the
         power to enter the facilities  of  any  licensee  to
         determine whether there has been compliance with the
         provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations
         relating to the conduct of such wagering.
              (C)  The  Board,  and  any person or persons to
         whom it delegates this power, may eject  or  exclude
         from  any  licensee's  facilities,  any person whose
         conduct or reputation is such that his  presence  on
         such premises may, in the opinion of the Board, call
         into  the  question the honesty and integrity of, or
         interfere with the orderly conduct of such wagering;
         provided, however, that no person shall be  excluded
         or  ejected from such premises solely on the grounds
         of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or
         sex.
              (D)  (Blank).
              (E)  The Board is  vested  with  the  power  to
         appoint  delegates  to  execute  any  of  the powers
         granted to it under this Section for the purpose  of
         administering   this  wagering  and  any  rules  and
         regulations promulgated in accordance with this Act.
              (F)  The Board shall name and appoint  a  State
         director   of   this   wagering   who   shall  be  a
         representative of the Board and whose duty it  shall
         be  to supervise the conduct of inter-track wagering
         as may be provided for by the rules and  regulations
         of  the  Board;  such  rules  and  regulation  shall
         specify the method of appointment and the Director's
         powers, authority and duties.
              (G)  The  Board  is  vested  with  the power to
         impose civil  penalties  of  up  to  $5,000  against
         individuals  and up to $10,000 against licensees for
         each violation of any provision of this Act relating
         to the conduct of this wagering, any  rules  adopted
         by  the  Board,  any order of the Board or any other
         action  which  in  the  Board's  discretion,  is   a
         detriment or impediment to such wagering.
         (13)  The  Department  of Agriculture may enter into
    agreements with licensees authorizing such  licensees  to
    conduct  inter-track  wagering on races to be held at the
    licensed race meetings conducted  by  the  Department  of
    Agriculture.    Such agreement shall specify the races of
    the Department of  Agriculture's  licensed  race  meeting
    upon  which the licensees will conduct wagering.   In the
    event that a licensee  conducts  inter-track  pari-mutuel
    wagering on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin
    State  Fair  which  are  in  addition  to  the licensee's
    previously approved racing program, those races shall  be
    considered  a  separate  racing  day  for  the purpose of
    determining the daily handle and computing the  privilege
    or  pari-mutuel  tax  on that daily handle as provided in
    Sections 27 and 27.1.  Such agreements shall be  approved
    by  the  Board before such wagering may be conducted.  In
    determining whether to grant approval,  the  Board  shall
    give  due  consideration  to  the  best  interests of the
    public and of horse racing.  The provisions of paragraphs
    (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2)  of  subsection  (h)  of  this
    Section  which  are  not specified in this paragraph (13)
    shall not apply to licensed race  meetings  conducted  by
    the  Department of Agriculture at the Illinois State Fair
    in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin  State  Fair  in  Perry
    County,  or  to  any  wagering  conducted  on  those race
    meetings.
    (i)  Notwithstanding the other provisions  of  this  Act,
the  conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized
on all days, except as limited by subsection (b)  of  Section
19 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

    Section  90. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

    Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 25, 2001.
    Approved August 02, 2001.

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