HB3886 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3886

Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/8-1-19 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality within Cook County may not expend any funds relating to a land-based casino, including, but not limited to, legal fees or engineering costs, without approval by the electors of the municipality after a referendum. Provides that a municipality making such an expenditure shall report annually to the Comptroller all expenditures of the municipality related to a land-based casino. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 8-1-19 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/8-1-19 new)

Sec. 8-1-19. Casino expenditures.

(a) As used in this Section, "casino" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4 of the Illinois Gambling Act.

(b) A municipality within Cook County may not expend any funds relating to a land-based casino, including, but not limited to, legal fees or engineering costs, without approval by the electors of the municipality after a referendum.

(c) A municipality making an expenditure under subsection (b) shall report annually to the Comptroller all expenditures of the municipality related to a land-based casino.

(d) A home rule municipality within Cook County may not regulate expenditures related to a land-based casino in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.