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Public Act 92-0305
SB174 Enrolled LRB9202677LDpr
AN ACT in relation to gambling.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 15. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
Sec. 2. The conducting of bingo is subject to the
following restrictions:
(1) The entire net proceeds from bingo play must be
exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
organization permitted to conduct that game.
(2) (Blank). No person except a bona fide member of the
sponsoring organization or a bona fide member of an auxiliary
organization, substantially all of whose members are spouses
of members of the sponsoring organization may participate in
the management or operation of the game.
(3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
participating in the management or operation of the game,
except that if an organization licensed under this Act is
associated with a school or other educational institution,
that school or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a
designated pupil based on participation in the management or
operation of the game by any member of the organization. The
extent to which tuition and fees are reduced shall relate
proportionately to the amount of time volunteered by the
member, as determined by the school or other educational
institution.
(4) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or
merchandise awarded in any single day of bingo may not exceed
$2,250, except that in adjoining counties having 200,000 to
275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties which are adjacent
to either of such adjoining counties and are adjacent to a
total of not more than 2 counties in this State, and in any
municipality having 2,500 or more inhabitants and within one
mile of such adjoining and adjacent counties having less than
25,000 inhabitants, 2 additional bingo games may be conducted
after the $2,250 limit has been reached. The prize awarded
for any one game, including any game conducted after reaching
the $2,250 limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not
exceed $500 cash or its equivalent.
(5) The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day
including regular and special games, except that this
restriction on the number of games shall not apply to bingo
conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
in Illinois.
(6) The price paid for a single card under the license
may not exceed $1 and such card is valid for all regular
games on that day of bingo. A maximum of 5 special games may
be held on each bingo day, except that this restriction on
the number of special games shall not apply to bingo
conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
in Illinois. The price for a single special game card may not
exceed 50 cents.
(7) The number of bingo days conducted by a licensee
under this Act is limited to one per week, except as follows:
(i) Bingo may be conducted in accordance with the
terms of a special operator's permit or limited license
issued under subdivision (3) of Section 1.
(ii) Bingo may be conducted at the Illinois State
Fair or any county fair held in Illinois under
subdivision (3) of Section 1.
(iii) A licensee which cancels a day of bingo
because of inclement weather or because the day is a
holiday or the eve of a holiday may, after giving notice
to the Department, conduct bingo on an additional date
which falls on a day of the week other than the day
authorized under the license. As used in this
subdivision (iii), "holiday" means any of the holidays
listed in Section 17 of the Promissory Note and Bank
Holiday Act.
(8) A licensee may rent a premises on which to conduct
bingo only from an organization which is licensed as a
provider of premises or exempt from license requirements
under this Act. If the organization providing the premises is
a metropolitan exposition, auditorium, and office building
authority created by State law, a licensee may enter into a
rental agreement with the organization authorizing the
licensee and the organization to share the gross proceeds of
bingo games; however, the organization shall not receive more
than 50% of the gross proceeds.
(9) No person under the age of 18 years may play or
participate in the conducting of bingo. Any person under the
age of 18 years may be within the area where bingo is being
played only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
(10) The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary
interest in the game promoted.
(11) Raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by
law shall not be conducted on the premises where bingo is
being conducted, except that pull tabs and jar games
conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act may
be conducted on the premises where bingo is being conducted.
Prizes awarded in pull tabs and jar games shall not be
included in the bingo prize limitation.
(12) An organization holding a special operator's permit
or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed by
such permit or license, conduct bingo for a maximum of 2
consecutive days, during each day of which the number of
games may exceed 25, and regular game cards need not be valid
for all regular games. If only noncash prizes are awarded
during such occasions, the prize limits stated in paragraph
(4) of this Section shall not apply, provided that the retail
value of noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed
$150.
(Source: P.A. 87-220; 87-1175; 88-53.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 16, 2001.
Approved August 09, 2001.
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