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Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
Filed: 5/23/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1732
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1732 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 19.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 5/19.5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 19.5. Standardbred racetrack in Cook County. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, in |
| 9 | | addition to organization licenses issued by the Board on |
| 10 | | December 17, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-689) |
| 11 | | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Board |
| 12 | | shall issue an organization license limited to standardbred |
| 13 | | racing to a racetrack located in one of the following |
| 14 | | townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, |
| 15 | | Rich, Thornton, or Worth. Before December 31, 2024, this This |
| 16 | | additional organization license shall not be issued within a |
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| 1 | | 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the |
| 2 | | Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st |
| 3 | | General Assembly, unless the person having operating control |
| 4 | | of such racetrack has given written consent to the |
| 5 | | organization licensee applicant, which consent must be filed |
| 6 | | with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. The |
| 7 | | organization license application shall be submitted to the |
| 8 | | Board and the Board may grant the organization license at any |
| 9 | | meeting of the Board. The Board shall examine the application |
| 10 | | within 21 days after receipt of the application with respect |
| 11 | | to its conformity with this Act and the rules adopted by the |
| 12 | | Board. If the application does not comply with this Act or the |
| 13 | | rules adopted by the Board, the application may be rejected |
| 14 | | and an organization license refused to the applicant, or the |
| 15 | | Board may, within 21 days after receipt of the application, |
| 16 | | advise the applicant of the deficiencies of the application |
| 17 | | under the Act or the rules of the Board and require the |
| 18 | | submittal of an amended application within a reasonable time |
| 19 | | determined by the Board; upon submittal of the amended |
| 20 | | application by the applicant, the Board may consider the |
| 21 | | application consistent with the process described in |
| 22 | | subsection (e-5) of Section 20. If the application is found to |
| 23 | | be in compliance with this Act and the rules of the Board, the |
| 24 | | Board shall then issue an organization license to the |
| 25 | | applicant. Once the organization license is granted, the |
| 26 | | licensee shall have all of the current and future rights of |
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| 1 | | existing Illinois racetracks, including, but not limited to, |
| 2 | | the ability to obtain an inter-track wagering license, the |
| 3 | | ability to obtain inter-track wagering location licenses, the |
| 4 | | ability to obtain an organization gaming license pursuant to |
| 5 | | the Illinois Gambling Act with 1,200 gaming positions, and the |
| 6 | | ability to offer Internet wagering on horse racing. |
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
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| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 9 | | becoming law.". |