HB3417 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3417

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 40/50

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that if a licensee has not violated the Act or its rules for 3 years, then the Illinois Gaming Board may renew the license for a period of 4 years unless sooner cancelled or terminated. Provides that certain fees collected under the Act shall continue to be collected annually.

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 50 as follows:

(230 ILCS 40/50)

Sec. 50. Distribution of license fees.

(a) All fees collected under Section 45 shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund.

(b) Fees collected under Section 45 shall be used as follows:

(1) Twenty-five percent shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Department of Human Services for administration of programs for the treatment of compulsive gambling.

(2) Seventy-five percent shall be used for the administration of this Act.

(c) Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection (b), all All licenses issued by the Board under this Act are renewable annually unless sooner cancelled or terminated. If a licensee has not violated this Act or its rules for 3 years, then the Board may renew the license for a period of 4 years unless sooner cancelled or terminated; however, fees collected under subsection (g) Section 45 shall always be collected annually. No license issued under this Act is transferable or assignable.

(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)