97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2881

 

Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/26  from Ch. 8, par. 37-26

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes the 3-year limitation on the authorization to conduct advance deposit wagering. Effective immediately.


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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 26 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
7    Sec. 26. Wagering.
8    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
9system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
13Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
14Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
15to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
16wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
17the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
18unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
19notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
20promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
21advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
22    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
23gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each

 

 

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1licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
2taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
3wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
4otherwise be permitted under this Act.
5    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
6system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
7provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
8described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
9electronically by an individual while physically on the
10premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
11premises of that licensee.
12    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
13payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
14to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
15licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
16days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
17less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
18the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
19pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
20Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
21in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
22    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
23licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
24unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
25retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
26date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum

 

 

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1remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
2by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
3distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
4distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
5and the organization licensee.
6    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
7of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
8and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
9similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
10presented for payment.
11    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
12than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
13driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
14program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
15minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
16conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
17unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
18an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
19race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
20    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
21organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
22state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
23state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
24state or country on races conducted by the organization
25licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
26shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,

 

 

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1when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
2separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
3to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
4from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
5contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
6privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
7within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
8When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
9pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
10all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
11the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
12in which the race was conducted.
13    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
14races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
15locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
16signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
17more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
18pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
19with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
20established by other states.
21    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
22horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
23control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
24its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
25The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
26that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity

 

 

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1of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
2signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
3non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
4shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of
5all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
6shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
7Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
8approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
9signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast
10program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part
11of the simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. All
12organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all
13advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission
14fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's
15Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without
16prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under
17which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%.
18The Board shall adopt rules limiting the interstate commission
19fees charged to an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board
20shall adopt rules regarding advance deposit wagering on
21interstate simulcast races that shall reflect, among other
22things, the General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to
23the State, horsemen purses, and organizational licensees.
24However, organization licensees providing live signals
25pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may
26petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an

 

 

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1advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee
2discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information
3that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under
4investigation by another state or federal governmental agency,
5the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been
6suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering
7licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another
8state. The organization licensee's provision of their live
9signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this
10subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois.
11Advance deposit wagering licensees may place advance deposit
12wagering terminals at wagering facilities as a convenience to
13customers. The advance deposit wagering licensee shall not
14charge or collect any fee from purses for the placement of the
15advance deposit wagering terminals. The costs and expenses of
16the host track and non-host licensees associated with
17interstate simulcast wagering, other than the interstate
18commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
19non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
20commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
21interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
22the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
23permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
24interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
25racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
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1non-host licensees.
2    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for a
3period of 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory
4Act of the 96th General Assembly, an organization licensee may
5maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
6place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
7horsemen association representing the largest number of
8owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
9horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
10contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
11deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
12withheld. All advance deposit wagers placed from within
13Illinois must be placed through a Board-approved advance
14deposit wagering licensee; no other entity may accept an
15advance deposit wager from a person within Illinois. All
16advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules adopted by the
17Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to regulate advance
18deposit wagering through the use of emergency rulemaking in
19accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
20Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that the adoption of
21rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is deemed an
22emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and
23welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may retain all
24moneys as agreed to by contract with an organization licensee.
25Any moneys retained by the organization licensee from advance
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1deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the
2organization licensee's purse account and 50% to the
3organization licensee. If more than one breed races at the same
4race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid to
5an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
6among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
7that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
8number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
9race track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent
10any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois
11for wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in
12escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
13determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
14action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
15disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
16        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
17    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
18    supplement the host track simulcast program with
19    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
20    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
21    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
22    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
23    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
24    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
25    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
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1    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
2    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
3    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
4    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
5    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
6    receiving the simulcast.
7        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
8    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
9    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
10    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
11    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
12    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
13    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
14    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
15    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
16    participating non-host licensees.
17        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
18    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
19    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
20    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
21    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
22    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
23    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
24    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
25    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
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1    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
2    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
3    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
4    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
5    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
6    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
7        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
8    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
9    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
10    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
11    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
12    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
13    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
14    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
15    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
16    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
17    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
18        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
19    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
20    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
21    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
22    all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
23    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
24    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
25    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
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1            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
2        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
3        host track.
4            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
5        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
6        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
7        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
8        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
9        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
10        track.
11        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
12    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
13    from a track located in a county with a population in
14    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
15    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
16    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
17    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
18    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
19        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
20    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
21    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
22    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
23    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
24    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
25    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
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1    license as follows:
2            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
3        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
4        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
5        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
6        share to its standardbred purse account;
7            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
8        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
9        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
10        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
11        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
12        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
13        (g);
14            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
15        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
16        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
17        the purse share from wagers made during this time
18        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
19        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
20        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
21        accounts;
22            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
23        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
24        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
25        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
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1        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
2        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
3        share to its standardbred purse account.
4        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
5    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
6    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
7    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
8    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
9    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
10    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
11    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
12            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
13        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
14        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
15        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
16        and
17            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
18        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
19        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
20        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
21        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
22        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
23        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
24        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
25        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
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1        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
2        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
3        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
4        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
5        Advisory Board.
6        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
7    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
8    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
9    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
10    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
11    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
12    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
13    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
14    follows:
15            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
16        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
17        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
18        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
19        account; and
20            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
21        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
22        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
23        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
24        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
25        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
26        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds

 

 

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1        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
2        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
3        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
4        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
5        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
6        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
7        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
8        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
9        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
10        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
11        Fund.
12        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
13    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
14    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
15    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
16    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
17    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
18    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
19    account as follows:
20            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
21        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
22            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
23        Purse Distribution Fund.
24        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
25    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
26    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization

 

 

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1    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
2    wagering location license.
3        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
4    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
5    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
6    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
7    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
8    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
9    shall be used as determined by the Department of
10    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
11    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
12    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
13    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
14    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
15        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
16    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
17    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
18    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
19    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
20    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
21    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
22    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
23    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
24    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
25    be used for standardbred purses.
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1    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
2    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
3    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
4    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
5    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
6    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
7        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
8    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
9    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
10    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
11    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
12    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
13    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
14    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
15    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
16    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
17    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
18    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
19    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
20    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
21    and that borders the Mississippi River.
22        (9) (Blank).
23        (10) (Blank).
24        (11) (Blank).
25        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
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1    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
2    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
3    programs.
4        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
5    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
6    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
7    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
8    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
9    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
10    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
11    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
12    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
13    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
14    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
15    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
16    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
17    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
18    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
19    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
20    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
21    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
22    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
23    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
24    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
25    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
26    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility

 

 

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1    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
2    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
3    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
4    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
5    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
6    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
7    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
8    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
9    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
10    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
11    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
12    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
13    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
14    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
15    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
16    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
17    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
18    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
19    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
20    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
21    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
22    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
23    with the provisions of this Section.
24    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
25inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
26wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees

 

 

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1subject to the following terms and conditions:
2        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
3    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
4    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
5    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
6    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
7    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
8    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
9    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
10    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
11    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
12    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
13    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
14    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
15    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
16    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
17    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
18    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
19    licensee and the associations representing the largest
20    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
21    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
22    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
23    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
24    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
25    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
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1    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
2    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
3    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
4    track located in a county that has a population of more
5    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
6    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
7    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
8    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
9    application for an inter-track wagering location license
10    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
11    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
12    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
13    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
14    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
15    the Board in connection therewith.
16        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
17    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
18    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
19    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
20    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
21    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
22    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
23    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
24    by the Board.
25        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
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1    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
2    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
3        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
4    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
5    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
6    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
7    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
8    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
9    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
10    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
11    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
12    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
13    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
14        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
15    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
16    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
17    the track or location where the wagering is to be
18    conducted.
19        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
20    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
21    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
22    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
23        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
24    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
25    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
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1        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
2    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
3    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
4        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
5    derive their licenses from a particular organization
6    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
7    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
8    of that race track where the particular organization
9    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
10    of that race track where the particular organization
11    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
12    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
13    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
14    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
15    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
16    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
17    current year, unless the person having operating control of
18    such race track has given its written consent to such
19    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
20    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
21    application is made.
22        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
23    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
24    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
25    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
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1    receiving written permission from a majority of the
2    registered voters at such residences. Such written
3    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
4    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
5    of any building used for worship services, education
6    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
7    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
8    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
9    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
10    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
11    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
12    been erected or established, or such voters have been
13    registered, after the Board issues the original
14    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
15    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
16    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
17    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
18    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
19    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
20    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
21    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
22    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
23    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
24    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
25    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
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1    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
2    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
3    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
4        (9) (Blank).
5        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
6    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
7    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
8    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
9    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
10    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
11    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
12    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
13    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
14    Section 27.
15        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
16    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
17    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
18    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
19    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
20    which such location is situated. In the event that an
21    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
22    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
23    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
24    county.
25        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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1    located in a county that has a population of more than
2    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
3    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
4    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
5    location licensee that derives its license from the
6    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
7    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
8    conducted at another Illinois race track and
9    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
10    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
11    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
12    license from the organization licensee that operates the
13    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
14    follows:
15            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
16        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
17        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
18        standardbred races.
19            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
20        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
21        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
22        thoroughbred races.
23        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
24    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
25    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
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1    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
2    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
3    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
4    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
5    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
6    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
7    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
8    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
9    divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
10    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
11    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
12    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
13    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
14    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
15    divide any remaining retention with that organization
16    licensee.
17        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
18    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
19    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
20    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
21    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
22    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
23    track located in a county with a population in excess of
24    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
25    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
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1    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
2    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
3    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
4    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
5    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
6    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
7    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
8    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
9    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
10    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
11    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
12    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
13    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
14    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
15    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
16    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
17    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
18    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
19    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
20    during the calendar year in which this provision is
21    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
22    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
23    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
24    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
25    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
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1    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
2    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
3    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
4    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
5    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
6    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
7    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
8    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
9    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
10    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
11    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
12    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
13    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
14    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
15    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
16    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
17    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
18    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
19    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
20    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
21    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
22    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
23    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
24    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
25    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
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1    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
2    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
3    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
4    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
5    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
6    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
7    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
8    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
9    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
10    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
11    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
12    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
13    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
14    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
15    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
16    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
17    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
18    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
19    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
20    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
21    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
22    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
23    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
24    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
25    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
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1    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
2    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
3    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
4    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
5    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
6    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
7    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
8    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
9    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
10    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
11    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
12    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
13        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
14    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
15    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
16    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
17    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
18    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
19    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
20    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
21    municipality that is not included within any park district
22    but is included within a conservation district and is the
23    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
24    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
25    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
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1    appropriation as follows:
2            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
3        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
4        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
5        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
6        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
7        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
8        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
9        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
10        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
11        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
12        representatives of organization licensees conducting
13        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
14        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
15        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
16        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
17        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
18        Association, recommended by that Association; a
19        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
20        Protective Association or any successor organization
21        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
22        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
23        that Association or that successor organization; and a
24        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
25        Association, recommended by that Association.
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1        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
2        representative of any of the above-named entities has
3        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
4        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
5        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
6        compensation for their services as members but shall be
7        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
8        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
9        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
10        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
11        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
12        Agricultural Fair Act;
13            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
14        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
15        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
16        location licensee is located in such a park district)
17        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
18        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
19        municipality that is not included within any park
20        district but is included within a conservation
21        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
22        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
23        population of 88,257 according to the United States
24        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
25        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
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1        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
2        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
3        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
4        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
5        in a municipality that is not included within any park
6        district and park maintenance is the function of the
7        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
8        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
9        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
10        distributed to each park district or conservation
11        district or municipality that does not have a park
12        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
13        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
14        licensee within the park district or conservation
15        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
16        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
17        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
18        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
19        municipality that is not included within any park
20        district but is included within a conservation
21        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
22        as practicable after the effective date of this
23        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
24        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
25        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
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1        the park district or municipality where the
2        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
3        for general purposes; and
4            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
5        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
6        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
7        relation to additional support and finances for the
8        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
9        the several counties of this State and making an
10        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
11        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
12    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
13    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
14            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
15        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
16        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
17        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
18        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
19        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
20        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
21        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
22        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
23        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
24        representatives of organization licensees conducting
25        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
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1        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
2        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
3        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
4        Association, recommended by that Association; a
5        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
6        Protective Association or any successor organization
7        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
8        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
9        that Association or that successor organization; and a
10        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
11        Association, recommended by that Association.
12        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
13        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
14        representative of any of the above-named entities has
15        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
16        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
17        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
18        compensation for their services as members but shall be
19        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
20        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
21        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
22        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
23        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
24        Agricultural Fair Act;
25            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
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1        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
2        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
3        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
4        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
5            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
6        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
7        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
8        relation to additional support and finances for the
9        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
10        the several counties of this State and making an
11        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
12        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
13        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
14            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
15        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
16        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
17        divided as follows:
18                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
19            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
20            derives its license from an organization licensee
21            located in a county with a population in excess of
22            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
23            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
24            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
25            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
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1                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
2            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
3            derives its license from an organization licensee
4            located in a county with a population in excess of
5            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
6            also conducting its own race meeting during the
7            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
8            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
9            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
10            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
11            is accepting such wagers.
12                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
13            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
14            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
15            licensee that derives its license from an
16            organization licensee located in a county with a
17            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
18            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
19            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
20            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
21            held.
22        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
23    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
24    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
25    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
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1            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
2        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
3        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
4        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
5        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
6        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
7        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
8        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
9        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
10            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
11        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
12        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
13        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
14        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
15        conduct of such wagering.
16            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
17        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
18        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
19        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
20        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
21        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
22        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
23        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
24        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
25        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
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1            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
2        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
3        under this Section for the purpose of administering
4        this wagering and any rules and regulations
5        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
6            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
7        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
8        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
9        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
10        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
11        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
12        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
13        duties.
14            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
15        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
16        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
17        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
18        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
19        order of the Board or any other action which in the
20        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
21        such wagering.
22        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
23    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
24    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
25    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
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1    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
2    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
3    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
4    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
5    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
6    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
7    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
8    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
9    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
10    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
11    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
12    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
13    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
14    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
15    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
16    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
17    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
18    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
19    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
20    race meetings.
21    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
22conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
23days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
24Act.
25(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
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1becoming law.