(230 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-6)
Sec. 6.
(a) No person shall be appointed a member of the Board or continue
to be
a member of the Board who is (or any member of whose family is) a member of the
Board of Directors of, or who is a person financially interested in, any
licensee or other person who has applied for racing dates to the
Board, or the operations thereof including, but not
limited to, concessions, data
processing, track maintenance, track security and pari-mutuel operations,
located, scheduled
or doing business within the State of Illinois, or in any race horse competing
at a meeting
under the Board's jurisdiction. No Board member shall hold any other public
office for which he
shall receive compensation other than necessary travel or other incidental
expenses.
(b) No person shall be a member of the Board who is not of good moral
character or who
has been convicted of, or is under indictment for, a felony under the laws
of Illinois or any
other state, or the United States.
(Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
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