98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2234

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 40/5

    Amends the Video Gaming Act to provide that a video gaming terminal is a machine that can operate by insertion of an electronic voucher as well as cash. Defines "electronic voucher". 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 Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
5Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
9    "Credit" means one, 5, 10, or 25 cents either won or
10purchased by a player.
11    "Distributor" means an individual, partnership,
12corporation, or limited liability company licensed under this
13Act to buy, sell, lease, or distribute video gaming terminals
14or major components or parts of video gaming terminals to or
15from terminal operators.
16    "Electronic voucher" means a voucher printed by an
17electronic video game machine that is redeemable in the
18licensed establishment for which it was issued.
19    "Terminal operator" means an individual, partnership,
20corporation, or limited liability company that is licensed
21under this Act and that owns, services, and maintains video
22gaming terminals for placement in licensed establishments,
23licensed truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal

 

 

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1establishments, or licensed veterans establishments.
2    "Licensed technician" means an individual who is licensed
3under this Act to repair, service, and maintain video gaming
4terminals.
5    "Licensed terminal handler" means a person, including but
6not limited to an employee or independent contractor working
7for a manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or
8terminal operator, who is licensed under this Act to possess or
9control a video gaming terminal or to have access to the inner
10workings of a video gaming terminal. A licensed terminal
11handler does not include an individual, partnership,
12corporation, or limited liability company defined as a
13manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or terminal
14operator under this Act.
15    "Manufacturer" means an individual, partnership,
16corporation, or limited liability company that is licensed
17under this Act and that manufactures or assembles video gaming
18terminals.
19    "Supplier" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
20or limited liability company that is licensed under this Act to
21supply major components or parts to video gaming terminals to
22licensed terminal operators.
23    "Net terminal income" means money put into a video gaming
24terminal minus credits paid out to players.
25    "Video gaming terminal" means any electronic video game
26machine that, upon insertion of cash, electronic voucher, or

 

 

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1any combination thereof, is available to play or simulate the
2play of a video game, including but not limited to video poker,
3line up, and blackjack, as authorized by the Board utilizing a
4video display and microprocessors in which the player may
5receive free games or credits that can be redeemed for cash.
6The term does not include a machine that directly dispenses
7coins, cash, or tokens or is for amusement purposes only.
8    "Licensed establishment" means any licensed retail
9establishment where alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed,
10or otherwise served for consumption on the premises and
11includes any such establishment that has a contractual
12relationship with an inter-track wagering location licensee
13licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, provided
14any contractual relationship shall not include any transfer or
15offer of revenue from the operation of video gaming under this
16Act to any licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing
17Act of 1975. Provided, however, that the licensed establishment
18that has such a contractual relationship with an inter-track
19wagering location licensee may not, itself, be (i) an
20inter-track wagering location licensee, (ii) the corporate
21parent or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the
22Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or (iii) the corporate
23subsidiary of a corporation that is also the corporate parent
24or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse
25Racing Act of 1975. "Licensed establishment" does not include a
26facility operated by an organization licensee, an inter-track

 

 

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1wagering licensee, or an inter-track wagering location
2licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975
3or a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act,
4except as provided in this paragraph.
5    "Licensed fraternal establishment" means the location
6where a qualified fraternal organization that derives its
7charter from a national fraternal organization regularly
8meets.
9    "Licensed veterans establishment" means the location where
10a qualified veterans organization that derives its charter from
11a national veterans organization regularly meets.
12    "Licensed truck stop establishment" means a facility (i)
13that is at least a 3-acre facility with a convenience store,
14(ii) with separate diesel islands for fueling commercial motor
15vehicles, (iii) that sells at retail more than 10,000 gallons
16of diesel or biodiesel fuel per month, and (iv) with parking
17spaces for commercial motor vehicles. "Commercial motor
18vehicles" has the same meaning as defined in Section 18b-101 of
19the Illinois Vehicle Code. The requirement of item (iii) of
20this paragraph may be met by showing that estimated future
21sales or past sales average at least 10,000 gallons per month.
22(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09;
2396-1410, eff. 7-30-10; 96-1479, eff. 8-23-10; 97-333, eff.
248-12-11.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.