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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2884

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2884,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in  the  title,  by deleting ", amending certain named Acts";
 4    and

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

 7        "Section  5.  The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by
 8    changing Section 2 as follows:

 9        (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102)
10        Sec. 2.  The  conducting  of  bingo  is  subject  to  the
11    following restrictions:
12        (1)  The  entire  net  proceeds  from  bingo play must be
13    exclusively  devoted  to   the   lawful   purposes   of   the
14    organization permitted to conduct that game.
15        (2)  (Blank).  No person except a bona fide member of the
16    sponsoring organization or a bona fide member of an auxiliary
17    organization, substantially all of whose members are  spouses
18    of  members of the sponsoring organization may participate in
19    the management or operation of the game.
20        (3)  No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
21    participating in the management or  operation  of  the  game,
 
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 1    except  that  if  an  organization licensed under this Act is
 2    associated with a school or  other  educational  institution,
 3    that  school  or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a
 4    designated pupil based on participation in the management  or
 5    operation  of the game by any member of the organization. The
 6    extent to which tuition and fees  are  reduced  shall  relate
 7    proportionately  to  the  amount  of  time volunteered by the
 8    member, as determined by  the  school  or  other  educational
 9    institution.
10        (4)  The   aggregate   retail  value  of  all  prizes  or
11    merchandise awarded in any single day of bingo may not exceed
12    $2,250, except that in adjoining counties having  200,000  to
13    275,000  inhabitants each, and in counties which are adjacent
14    to either of such adjoining counties and are  adjacent  to  a
15    total  of  not more than 2 counties in this State, and in any
16    municipality having 2,500 or more inhabitants and within  one
17    mile of such adjoining and adjacent counties having less than
18    25,000 inhabitants, 2 additional bingo games may be conducted
19    after  the  $2,250 limit has been reached.  The prize awarded
20    for any one game, including any game conducted after reaching
21    the $2,250 limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not
22    exceed $500 cash or its equivalent.
23        (5)  The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day
24    including  regular  and  special  games,  except  that   this
25    restriction  on  the number of games shall not apply to bingo
26    conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair  held
27    in Illinois.
28        (6)  The  price  paid for a single card under the license
29    may not exceed $1 and such card  is  valid  for  all  regular
30    games  on that day of bingo. A maximum of 5 special games may
31    be held on each bingo day, except that  this  restriction  on
32    the  number  of  special  games  shall  not  apply  to  bingo
33    conducted  at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held
34    in Illinois. The price for a single special game card may not
 
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 1    exceed 50 cents.
 2        (7)  The number of bingo days  conducted  by  a  licensee
 3    under this Act is limited to one per week, except as follows:
 4             (i)  Bingo  may  be conducted in accordance with the
 5        terms of a special operator's permit or  limited  license
 6        issued under subdivision (3) of Section 1.
 7             (ii)  Bingo  may  be conducted at the Illinois State
 8        Fair  or  any  county  fair  held   in   Illinois   under
 9        subdivision (3) of Section 1.
10             (iii)  A  licensee  which  cancels  a  day  of bingo
11        because of inclement weather or  because  the  day  is  a
12        holiday  or the eve of a holiday may, after giving notice
13        to the Department, conduct bingo on  an  additional  date
14        which  falls  on  a  day  of  the week other than the day
15        authorized  under  the  license.    As   used   in   this
16        subdivision  (iii),  "holiday"  means any of the holidays
17        listed in Section 17 of  the  Promissory  Note  and  Bank
18        Holiday Act.
19        (8)  A  licensee  may rent a premises on which to conduct
20    bingo only from  an  organization  which  is  licensed  as  a
21    provider  of  premises  or  exempt  from license requirements
22    under this Act. If the organization providing the premises is
23    a metropolitan exposition, auditorium,  and  office  building
24    authority  created  by State law, a licensee may enter into a
25    rental  agreement  with  the  organization  authorizing   the
26    licensee  and the organization to share the gross proceeds of
27    bingo games; however, the organization shall not receive more
28    than 50% of the gross proceeds.
29        (9)  No person under the age of  18  years  may  play  or
30    participate in the conducting of bingo.  Any person under the
31    age  of  18 years may be within the area where bingo is being
32    played only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
33        (10)  The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary
34    interest in the game promoted.
 
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 1        (11)  Raffles or other forms of  gambling  prohibited  by
 2    law  shall  not  be  conducted on the premises where bingo is
 3    being  conducted,  except  that  pull  tabs  and  jar   games
 4    conducted  under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act may
 5    be conducted on the premises where bingo is being  conducted.
 6    Prizes  awarded  in  pull  tabs  and  jar  games shall not be
 7    included in the bingo prize limitation.
 8        (12)  An organization holding a special operator's permit
 9    or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed  by
10    such  permit  or  license,  conduct  bingo for a maximum of 2
11    consecutive days, during each day  of  which  the  number  of
12    games may exceed 25, and regular game cards need not be valid
13    for  all  regular  games.  If only noncash prizes are awarded
14    during such occasions, the prize limits stated  in  paragraph
15    (4) of this Section shall not apply, provided that the retail
16    value  of noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed
17    $150.
18    (Source: P.A. 87-220; 87-1175; 88-53.)".

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