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91_SB0222

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Riverboat Gambling Act by adding
 2    Section 5.2.

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

 5        Section  5.   The  Riverboat  Gambling  Act is amended by
 6    adding Section 5.2 as follows:

 7        (235 ILCS 10/5.2 new)
 8        Sec. 5.2. Revolving door prohibition.
 9        (a)  For the purpose of this Section,  "affected  person"
10    means  a  person  who  is (i) a former member of the Board or
11    (ii) a person formerly employed by the Board  in  a  position
12    other than a secretarial or clerical position.
13        (b)  An  affected person or the spouse, child, or sibling
14    of an affected  person  may  not,  within  one  year  of  the
15    termination of the affected person's services with the Board:
16             (1)  represent  any  person  before  the  Board in a
17        professional capacity with respect to any Board matter in
18        which the affected  person  participated  personally  and
19        substantially as a member or employee of the Board;
20             (2)  act  as agent or attorney for anyone other than
21        the State of Illinois in connection with  any  particular
22        Board  matter  in  which the affected person participated
23        personally and substantially as a member or  employee  of
24        the Board; or
25             (3)  accept  employment  with  any  riverboat casino
26        gambling operation or applicant  for  an  owners  license
27        under this Act in this State.
28        (c)  An  owners  licensee  or  an applicant for an owners
29    license under  this  Act  may  not  offer  employment  to  or
30    otherwise  hire  an  affected person or the spouse, child, or
31    sibling of an affected person as an agent or attorney  within
 
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 1    one   year  of  the  termination  of  the  affected  person's
 2    membership on the Board or employment with the Board if  that
 3    employment would violate subsection (a) of this Section.

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