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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 479

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  479  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to amend the Riverboat Gambling Act by changing
 5    Section 11."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.   The  Riverboat  Gambling Act is amended by
 9    changing Section 11 as follows:

10        (230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)
11        Sec. 11.  Conduct of gambling.
12        (a)  Gambling may be conducted by licensed owners  aboard
13    riverboats, subject to the following standards:
14             (1)  No  gambling may be conducted while a riverboat
15        is docked.
16             (2)  Riverboat cruises may not exceed 4 hours for  a
17        round  trip,  with the exception of any extended cruises,
18        each of which shall be expressly approved by the Board.
19             (3)  Minimum and maximum wagers on  games  shall  be
20        set by the licensee.
21             (4)  Agents of the Board and the Department of State
 
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 1        Police  may  board  and inspect any riverboat at any time
 2        for the purpose of determining whether this Act is  being
 3        complied  with.   Every riverboat, if under way and being
 4        hailed by a law  enforcement  officer  or  agent  of  the
 5        Board, must stop immediately and lay to.
 6             (5)  Employees  of the Board shall have the right to
 7        be present on the riverboat  or  on  adjacent  facilities
 8        under the control of the licensee.
 9             (6)  Gambling  equipment  and  supplies  customarily
10        used  in  conducting riverboat gambling must be purchased
11        or leased only from suppliers licensed for  such  purpose
12        under this Act.
13             (7)  Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no
14        form of wagering on gambling games except as permitted by
15        this Act.
16             (8)  Wagers  may  be  received  only  from  a person
17        present on a licensed riverboat.  No person present on  a
18        licensed  riverboat  shall  place  or  attempt to place a
19        wager on behalf of another person who is not  present  on
20        the riverboat.
21             (9)  Wagering  shall  not be conducted with money or
22        other negotiable currency.
23             (10)  A person under age 21 shall not  be  permitted
24        on  an  area  of  a  riverboat  where  gambling  is being
25        conducted, except for a person at least 18 years  of  age
26        who  is  an employee of the riverboat gambling operation.
27        No employee under  age  21  shall  perform  any  function
28        involved  in gambling by the patrons. No person under age
29        21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this Act.
30             (11)  Gambling excursion cruises are permitted  only
31        when  the  navigable  stream  for  which the riverboat is
32        licensed is navigable, as  determined  by  the  Board  in
33        consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
34             (12)  All  tokens, chips or electronic cards used to
 
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 1        make wagers must  be  purchased  from  a  licensed  owner
 2        either aboard a riverboat or at an onshore facility which
 3        has been approved by the Board and which is located where
 4        the  riverboat  docks.  The  tokens,  chips or electronic
 5        cards may be purchased by means  of  an  agreement  under
 6        which  the  owner  extends  credit  to  the patron.  Such
 7        tokens, chips or  electronic  cards  may  be  used  while
 8        aboard  the  riverboat  only  for  the  purpose of making
 9        wagers on gambling games.
10             (13)  Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act,
11        in addition to the other licenses authorized  under  this
12        Act,  the Board may issue special event licenses allowing
13        persons  who  are  not  otherwise  licensed  to   conduct
14        riverboat   gambling   to  conduct  such  gambling  on  a
15        specified date or series of  dates.   Riverboat  gambling
16        under  such  a  license may take place on a riverboat not
17        normally used for riverboat gambling.   The  Board  shall
18        establish  standards, fees and fines for, and limitations
19        upon, such licenses, which may differ from the standards,
20        fees, fines and limitations  otherwise  applicable  under
21        this  Act.   All  such  fees  shall be deposited into the
22        State Gaming Fund.  All such  fines  shall  be  deposited
23        into the Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act
24        86-0018, of the State of Illinois.
25             (14)  In  addition  to  the  above, gambling must be
26        conducted in accordance with all  rules  adopted  by  the
27        Board.
28             (15)  For  the  purpose of this paragraph, the terms
29        "terminal",  "access   device"   and   "electronic   fund
30        transfer"  have  the meaning as defined in the Electronic
31        Fund Transfer Act.  "Credit card" and "debit  card"  have
32        the  meaning  as  defined in the Illinois Credit Card and
33        Debit Card Act.
34             No licensed owner or contractor of a licensed  owner
 
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 1        that  provides services to the licensed owner at the dock
 2        or adjacent to a dock of a licensed owner shall permit or
 3        cause to have installed on a riverboat or on the dock  or
 4        adjacent  to  a  dock  a  terminal that accepts an access
 5        device, credit card, or debit  card  for  the  electronic
 6        transfer of funds.
 7             No  licensed owner or contractor of a licensed owner
 8        that provides services to the licensed owner at the  dock
 9        or  adjacent to a dock of a licensed owner shall provide,
10        offer, or make available check cashing  services  to  any
11        person on the riverboat, the dock, or adjacent to a dock,
12        or   issue   to  any  person  debt  warrants  or  coupons
13        redeemable for cash or tokens.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-1029; 86-1389; 87-826.)".

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