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90_HB2729eng

      230 ILCS 5/15.1           from Ch. 8, par. 37-15.1
          Amends the Illinois Horse  Racing  Act  of  1975.   Makes
      technical   changes   and  adds  a  caption  to  the  Section
      concerning deposits of fees.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975  by
 2    changing Section 21.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The Illinois  Horse  Racing  Act  of  1975  is
 6    amended by changing Section 21 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-21)
 8        Sec.  21. (a) Applications for organization licenses must
 9    be filed with the Board at a time and place prescribed by the
10    rules and regulations of the Board.  The Board shall  examine
11    the  applications  within  21 days after the date allowed for
12    filing with respect to their conformity  with  this  Act  and
13    such  rules   and  regulations  as  may  be prescribed by the
14    Board.  If any application does not comply with this  Act  or
15    the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the Board, such
16    application may  be  rejected  and  an  organization  license
17    refused to the applicant, or the Board may, within 21 days of
18    the  receipt of such application, advise the applicant of the
19    deficiencies of the application under the Act  or  the  rules
20    and regulations of the Board, and require the submittal of an
21    amended  application  within  a reasonable time determined by
22    the Board; and upon submittal of the amended  application  by
23    the   applicant,  the  Board  may  consider  the  application
24    consistent with the process described in subsection (e-5)  of
25    Section  20  of this Act.  If it is found to be in compliance
26    with this Act and the rules and regulations of the Board, the
27    Board  may  then  issue  an  organization  license  to   such
28    applicant.
29        (b)  The Board may exercise discretion in granting racing
30    dates  to qualified applicants different from those requested
31    by the applicants in their  applications.   However,  if  all
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 1    eligible  applicants  for  organization licenses whose tracks
 2    are located within 100 miles of each other execute and submit
 3    to the Board a written agreement among such applicants as  to
 4    the  award of racing dates, including where applicable racing
 5    programs, for up to 3  consecutive  years,  then  subject  to
 6    annual review of each applicant's compliance with Board rules
 7    and  regulations,  provisions  of  this  Act  and  conditions
 8    contained  in  annual  dates  orders issued by the Board, the
 9    Board may grant such dates and programs to such applicants as
10    so agreed by them if the Board determines that the  grant  of
11    these  racing  dates is in the best interests of racing.  The
12    Board  shall  treat  any  such  agreement  as  the  agreement
13    signatories' joint and several application for  racing  dates
14    during the term of the agreement.
15        (c)  Where  2 or more applicants propose to conduct horse
16    race meetings within 35 miles of each other, as certified  to
17    the   Board  under  Section  19  (a)  (1)  of  this  Act,  on
18    conflicting dates, the Board  may  determine  and  grant  the
19    number of racing days to be awarded to the several applicants
20    in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of subsection (e-5) of
21    Section 20 of this Act.
22        (d)  (Blank).
23        (e)  Prior to the issuance of  an  organization  license,
24    the applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
25    State  of  Illinois  in  the sum of $200,000, executed by the
26    applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to  do
27    business  in  this State, and conditioned upon the payment by
28    the organization licensee of all taxes due under Section  27,
29    other  monies  due and payable under this Act, all purses due
30    and payable, and that the  organization  licensee  will  upon
31    presentation  of the winning ticket or tickets distribute all
32    sums due to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
33        (f)  Each organization license shall specify  the  person
34    to  whom  it  is issued, the dates upon which horse racing is
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 1    permitted, and the location, place, track, or enclosure where
 2    the horse race meeting is to be held.
 3        (g)  Any person who owns one or more race  tracks  within
 4    the  State may seek, in its own name, a separate organization
 5    license for each race track.
 6        (h)  All racing conducted under such organization license
 7    is subject to this Act and to the rules and regulations  from
 8    time  to  time  prescribed  by  the  Board,  and  every  such
 9    organization  license  issued  by  the  Board shall contain a
10    recital to that effect.
11        (i)  Each Any such organization licensee may in the  case
12    of days allotted to thoroughbred horse racing may, with prior
13    approval  of  the Board, provide that at least one race per a
14    day  may  be  devoted  to  the  racing  of  quarter   horses,
15    appaloosas, or arabians, or paints.
16        (j)  In acting on applications for organization licenses,
17    the  Board shall give weight to an organization license which
18    has implemented a good faith  affirmative  action  effort  to
19    recruit,  train and upgrade minorities in all classifications
20    within the organization license.
21    (Source: P.A. 88-495; 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)

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