HB2506 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 07414 AMC 37481 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2506

Introduced , by Rep. Cynthia Soto

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 5/31.1

from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to certain charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. Requires that the AEDs be accessible at all times to industry workers. Provides that qualified charitable organizations receiving the charitable contributions shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. Requires the Board to conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed. Effective immediately.

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AN ACT concerning gaming.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended by changing Section 31.1 as follows:

(230 ILCS 5/31.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)

Sec. 31.1. (a) Organization licensees collectively shall contribute annually to charity the sum of $750,000 to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks. These contributions shall be collected as follows: (i) no later than July 1st of each year the Board shall assess each organization licensee, except those tracks which are not within 100 miles of each other which tracks shall pay $30,000 annually apiece into the Board charity fund, that amount which equals $690,000 multiplied by the amount of pari-mutuel wagering handled by the organization licensee in the year preceding assessment and divided by the total pari-mutuel wagering handled by all Illinois organization licensees, except those tracks which are not within 100 miles of each other, in the year preceding assessment; (ii) notice of the assessed contribution shall be mailed to each organization licensee; (iii) within thirty days of its receipt of such notice, each organization licensee shall remit the assessed contribution to the Board. If an organization licensee wilfully fails to so remit the contribution, the Board may revoke its license to conduct horse racing.

(b) In addition to the moneys described in subsection (a) of this Section, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. The AEDs shall be accessible at all times to industry workers. Qualified charitable organizations receiving moneys under this Section shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. The Board shall conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed.

(c) (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any qualified charitable organization seeking an allotment of contributed funds shall submit to the Board an application for those funds, using the Board's approved form. No later than December 31st of each year, the Board shall distribute all such amounts collected that year to such charitable organization applicants.

(Source: P.A. 87-110.)

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