HB3639 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3639

Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 40/30

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a video gaming terminal operator may own, manage, or control a licensed establishment or licensed truck stop establishment as long as the video gaming terminal operator does not place video gaming terminals he or she owns, services, and maintains within that licensed establishment or licensed truck stop establishment. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning gaming.

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

Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

(230 ILCS 40/30)

Sec. 30. Multiple types of licenses prohibited. A video gaming terminal manufacturer may not be licensed as a video gaming terminal operator or own, manage, or control a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment, and shall be licensed to sell only to persons having a valid distributor's license or, if the manufacturer also holds a valid distributor's license, to sell, distribute, lease, or market to persons having a valid terminal operator's license. A video gaming terminal distributor may not be licensed as a video gaming terminal operator or own, manage, or control a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment, and shall only contract with a licensed terminal operator. A video gaming terminal operator may not be licensed as a video gaming terminal manufacturer or distributor or own, manage, or control a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment, and shall be licensed only to contract with licensed distributors and licensed establishments, licensed truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, and licensed veterans establishments. An owner or manager of a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment may not be licensed as a video gaming terminal manufacturer, distributor, or operator, and shall only contract with a licensed operator to place and service this equipment. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a video gaming terminal operator may own, manage, or control a licensed establishment or licensed truck stop establishment as long as the video gaming terminal operator does not place video gaming terminals he or she owns, services, and maintains within that licensed establishment or licensed truck stop establishment.

(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1410, eff. 7-30-10.)

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