100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3510

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/30.5

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that except as provided in specified provisions, 8.5% of all the moneys received by the State as pari-mutuel taxes shall be paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund on a schedule as the Illinois Racing Board prescribes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5by changing Section 30.5 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/30.5)
7    Sec. 30.5. Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
8    (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of
9this State to encourage the breeding of racing quarter horses
10in this State and the ownership of such horses by residents of
11this State in order to provide for sufficient numbers of high
12quality racing quarter horses in this State and to establish
13and preserve the agricultural and commercial benefits of such
14breeding and racing industries to the State of Illinois. It is
15the intent of the General Assembly to further this policy by
16the provisions of this Act.
17    (b) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
18Treasury to be known as the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
19Breeders Fund. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
2027 of this Act, 8.5% of all the moneys received by the State as
21pari-mutuel taxes on quarter horse racing shall be paid into
22the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund on a schedule
23as the Board prescribes.

 

 

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1    (c) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall
2be administered by the Department of Agriculture with the
3advice and assistance of the Advisory Board created in
4subsection (d) of this Section.
5    (d) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund
6Advisory Board shall consist of the Director of the Department
7of Agriculture, who shall serve as Chairman; a member of the
8Illinois Racing Board, designated by it; one representative of
9the organization licensees conducting pari-mutuel quarter
10horse racing meetings, recommended by them; 2 representatives
11of the Illinois Running Quarter Horse Association, recommended
12by it; and the Superintendent of Fairs and Promotions from the
13Department of Agriculture. Advisory Board members shall serve
14for 2 years commencing January 1 of each odd numbered year. If
15representatives have not been recommended by January 1 of each
16odd numbered year, the Director of the Department of
17Agriculture may make an appointment for the organization
18failing to so recommend a member of the Advisory Board.
19Advisory Board members shall receive no compensation for their
20services as members but may be reimbursed for all actual and
21necessary expenses and disbursements incurred in the execution
22of their official duties.
23    (e) No moneys shall be expended from the Illinois Racing
24Quarter Horse Breeders Fund except as appropriated by the
25General Assembly. Moneys appropriated from the Illinois Racing
26Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be expended by the Department

 

 

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1of Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
2Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory Board, for the
3following purposes only:
4        (1) To provide stakes and awards to be paid to the
5    owners of the winning horses in certain races. This
6    provision is limited to Illinois conceived and foaled
7    horses.
8        (2) To provide an award to the owner or owners of an
9    Illinois conceived and foaled horse that wins a race when
10    pari-mutuel wagering is conducted; providing the race is
11    not restricted to Illinois conceived and foaled horses.
12        (3) To provide purse money for an Illinois stallion
13    stakes program.
14        (4) To provide for purses to be distributed for the
15    running of races during the Illinois State Fair and the
16    DuQuoin State Fair exclusively for quarter horses
17    conceived and foaled in Illinois.
18        (5) To provide for purses to be distributed for the
19    running of races at Illinois county fairs exclusively for
20    quarter horses conceived and foaled in Illinois.
21        (6) To provide for purses to be distributed for running
22    races exclusively for quarter horses conceived and foaled
23    in Illinois at locations in Illinois determined by the
24    Department of Agriculture with advice and consent of the
25    Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory
26    Board.

 

 

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1        (7) No less than 90% of all moneys appropriated from
2    the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be
3    expended for the purposes in items (1), (2), (3), (4), and
4    (5) of this subsection (e).
5        (8) To provide for research programs concerning the
6    health, development, and care of racing quarter horses.
7        (9) To provide for dissemination of public information
8    designed to promote the breeding of racing quarter horses
9    in Illinois.
10        (10) To provide for expenses incurred in the
11    administration of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
12    Breeders Fund.
13    (f) The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule, with the
14advice and assistance of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
15Breeders Fund Advisory Board:
16        (1) Qualify stallions for Illinois breeding; such
17    stallions to stand for service within the State of
18    Illinois, at the time of a foal's conception. Such stallion
19    must not stand for service at any place outside the State
20    of Illinois during the calendar year in which the foal is
21    conceived. The Department of Agriculture may assess and
22    collect application fees for the registration of
23    Illinois-eligible stallions. All fees collected are to be
24    paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
25        (2) Provide for the registration of Illinois conceived
26    and foaled horses. No such horse shall compete in the races

 

 

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1    limited to Illinois conceived and foaled horses unless it
2    is registered with the Department of Agriculture. The
3    Department of Agriculture may prescribe such forms as are
4    necessary to determine the eligibility of such horses. The
5    Department of Agriculture may assess and collect
6    application fees for the registration of Illinois-eligible
7    foals. All fees collected are to be paid into the Illinois
8    Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund. No person shall
9    knowingly prepare or cause preparation of an application
10    for registration of such foals that contains false
11    information.
12    (g) The Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
13assistance of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund
14Advisory Board, shall provide that certain races limited to
15Illinois conceived and foaled be stakes races and determine the
16total amount of stakes and awards to be paid to the owners of
17the winning horses in such races.
18(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)