101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4222

 

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/7  from Ch. 116, par. 207
230 ILCS 10/5.3

    Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Instead of prohibiting an employee of the corporate authority of a host community from having financial interests in a riverboat or casino, receive certain things of value from a riverboat or casino, or accept employment from a casino or riverboat, requires the employee to make a public disclosure to the Illinois Gaming Board. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
7    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
8    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
9record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
10under this Section, but also contains information that is not
11exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
12information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
13remaining information available for inspection and copying.
14Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
15inspection and copying:
16        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
17    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
18    implementing federal or State law.
19        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
20    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
21    a court order.
22        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
23    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and

 

 

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1    specifically designed to provide information to one or more
2    law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
3    status of one or more individual subjects.
4        (c) Personal information contained within public
5    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
6    unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
7    disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
8    subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
9    personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
10    is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
11    and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
12    legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
13    The disclosure of information that bears on the public
14    duties of public employees and officials shall not be
15    considered an invasion of personal privacy.
16        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
17    created in the course of administrative enforcement
18    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
19    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
20    that disclosure would:
21            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
22        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
23        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
24        agency that is the recipient of the request;
25            (ii) interfere with active administrative
26        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body

 

 

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1        that is the recipient of the request;
2            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
3        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
4        hearing;
5            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
6        confidential source, confidential information
7        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
8        who file complaints with or provide information to
9        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
10        penal agencies; except that the identities of
11        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
12        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
13        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
14        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
15        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
16        request;
17            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
18        techniques other than those generally used and known or
19        disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
20        related to detection, observation or investigation of
21        incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
22        result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
23        body that is the recipient of the request;
24            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
25        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
26            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation

 

 

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1        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
2        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
3    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
4    record management system if the law enforcement agency that
5    is the recipient of the request did not create the record,
6    did not participate in or have a role in any of the events
7    which are the subject of the record, and only has access to
8    the record through the shared electronic record management
9    system.
10        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
11    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
12        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
13    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
14    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
15    materials are available in the library of the correctional
16    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
17    confined.
18        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
19    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
20    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
21    materials include records from staff members' personnel
22    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
23    information.
24        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
25    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
26    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available

 

 

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1    through an administrative request to the Department of
2    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
3    Mental Health.
4        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
5    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
6    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the disclosure
7    of which would result in the risk of harm to any person or
8    the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
9    institution or facility.
10        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail or
11    committed to the Department of Corrections or Department of
12    Human Services Division of Mental Health, containing
13    personal information pertaining to the person's victim or
14    the victim's family, including, but not limited to, a
15    victim's home address, home telephone number, work or
16    school address, work telephone number, social security
17    number, or any other identifying information, except as may
18    be relevant to a requester's current or potential case or
19    claim.
20        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
21    requested by a person committed to the Department of
22    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
23    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not limited
24    to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and crime scene
25    photographs, except as these records may be relevant to the
26    requester's current or potential case or claim.

 

 

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1        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
2    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
3    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
4    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
5    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
6    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
7    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
8    of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
9    pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
10        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
11    information obtained from a person or business where the
12    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
13    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
14    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
15    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
16    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
17    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
18    requested.
19        The information included under this exemption includes
20    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
21    obtained by a public body, including a public pension fund,
22    from a private equity fund or a privately held company
23    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund as
24    a result of either investing or evaluating a potential
25    investment of public funds in a private equity fund. The
26    exemption contained in this item does not apply to the

 

 

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1    aggregate financial performance information of a private
2    equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
3    general partners. The exemption contained in this item does
4    not apply to the identity of a privately held company
5    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund,
6    unless the disclosure of the identity of a privately held
7    company may cause competitive harm.
8        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
9    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
10    to disclosure.
11        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
12    agreement, including information which if it were
13    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
14    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
15    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
16    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
17    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
18    award or final selection is made.
19        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
20    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
21    any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
22    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
23    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
24    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
25    media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
26    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only

 

 

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1    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
2    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
3    legal rights of the general public.
4        (j) The following information pertaining to
5    educational matters:
6            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
7        examination data used to administer an academic
8        examination;
9            (ii) information received by a primary or
10        secondary school, college, or university under its
11        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
12        their academic peers;
13            (iii) information concerning a school or
14        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
15        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
16        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
17            (iv) course materials or research materials used
18        by faculty members.
19        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
20    submissions, and other construction related technical
21    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
22    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
23    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
24    including, but not limited to, power generating and
25    distribution stations and other transmission and
26    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,

 

 

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1    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
2    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
3    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
4    security.
5        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
6    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
7    public body makes the minutes available to the public under
8    Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
9        (m) Communications between a public body and an
10    attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
11    not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
12    prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
13    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
14    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
15    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
16    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
17        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
18    employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
19    exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
20    which discipline is imposed.
21        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
22    with automated data processing operations, including, but
23    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
24    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
25    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
26    pertaining to all logical and physical design of

 

 

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1    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
2    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
3    security of the system or its data or the security of
4    materials exempt under this Section.
5        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
6    between public bodies and their employees or
7    representatives, except that any final contract or
8    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
9        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
10    examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
11    applicant for a license or employment.
12        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
13    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
14    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
15    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
16    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
17    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
18    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
19    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
20    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
21    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
22    until a sale is consummated.
23        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
24    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
25    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
26    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.

 

 

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1    Insurance or self insurance (including any
2    intergovernmental risk management association or self
3    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
4    information, records, data, advice or communications.
5        (t) Information contained in or related to
6    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
7    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
8    for the regulation or supervision of financial
9    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
10    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
11    law.
12        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
13    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
14    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
15    used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
16    Electronic Commerce Security Act.
17        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
18    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
19    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
20    population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
21    destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
22    clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
23    community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
24    reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
25    the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
26    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may

 

 

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1    include such things as details pertaining to the
2    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
3    the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
4    tactical operations.
5        (w) (Blank).
6        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
7    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
8    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
9    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
10    Illinois Power Agency.
11        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
12    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
13    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
14    Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
15    is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
16    Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
17    Commission.
18        (z) Information about students exempted from
19    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
20    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
21    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
22    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
23    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
24        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
25    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
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1    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
2    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
3    Mortality Review Team Act.
4        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
5    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
6    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
7    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
8        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
9    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
10    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
11    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
12        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
13    information of persons who are minors and are also
14    participants and registrants in programs of park
15    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
16    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
17    associations.
18        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
19    information of participants and registrants in programs of
20    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
21    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
22    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
23    minors.
24        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
25    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
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1    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
2    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
3    School Code and any information contained in that report.
4        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
5    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
6    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to the
7    Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
8    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
9    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
10    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
11    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
12    or (iii) are available through an administrative request to
13    the Department of Human Services or the Department of
14    Corrections.
15        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
16    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
17        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
18    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
19    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
20    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
21    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
22    of a governmental entity or a person.
23        (ll) (kk) Records concerning the work of the threat
24    assessment team of a school district.
25        (mm) The public disclosures to the Illinois Gaming
26    Board required under subsection (j-1) of Section 5.3 of the

 

 

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1    Illinois Gambling Act.
2    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
3Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
4prior to disclosure under this Act.
5    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
6public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
7agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
8behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
9governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
10Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
11for purposes of this Act.
12    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
13information or limit the availability of records to the public,
14except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
15Act.
16(Source: P.A. 100-26, eff. 8-4-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
17100-732, eff. 8-3-18; 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff.
181-1-20; 101-455, eff. 8-23-19; revised 9-27-19.)
 
19    Section 10. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by
20changing Section 5.3 as follows:
 
21    (230 ILCS 10/5.3)
22    Sec. 5.3. Ethical conduct.
23    (a) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
24host community must carry out their duties and responsibilities

 

 

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1in such a manner as to promote and preserve public trust and
2confidence in the integrity and conduct of gaming.
3    (b) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
4host community shall not use or attempt to use his or her
5official position to secure or attempt to secure any privilege,
6advantage, favor, or influence for himself or herself or
7others.
8    (c) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
9host community may not have a financial interest, directly or
10indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name of any other
11person, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or other
12entity in any contract or subcontract for the performance of
13any work for a riverboat or casino that is located in the host
14community. This prohibition shall extend to the holding or
15acquisition of an interest in any entity identified by Board
16action that, in the Board's judgment, could represent the
17potential for or the appearance of a financial interest. The
18holding or acquisition of an interest in such entities through
19an indirect means, such as through a mutual fund, shall not be
20prohibited, except that the Board may identify specific
21investments or funds that, in its judgment, are so influenced
22by gaming holdings as to represent the potential for or the
23appearance of a conflict of interest.
24    (d) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
25host community may not accept any gift, gratuity, service,
26compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value, with the

 

 

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1exception of unsolicited items of an incidental nature, from
2any person, corporation, or entity doing business with the
3riverboat or casino that is located in the host community.
4    (e) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
5host community shall not, during the period that the person is
6an official or employee of the corporate authority or for a
7period of 2 years immediately after leaving such office,
8knowingly accept employment or receive compensation or fees for
9services from a person or entity, or its parent or affiliate,
10that has engaged in business with the riverboat or casino that
11is located in the host community that resulted in contracts
12with an aggregate value of at least $25,000 or if that official
13or employee has made a decision that directly applied to the
14person or entity, or its parent or affiliate.
15    (f) A spouse, child, or parent of an official or employee
16of the corporate authority of a host community may not have a
17financial interest, directly or indirectly, in his or her own
18name or in the name of any other person, partnership,
19association, trust, corporation, or other entity in any
20contract or subcontract for the performance of any work for a
21riverboat or casino in the host community. This prohibition
22shall extend to the holding or acquisition of an interest in
23any entity identified by Board action that, in the judgment of
24the Board, could represent the potential for or the appearance
25of a conflict of interest. The holding or acquisition of an
26interest in such entities through an indirect means, such as

 

 

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1through a mutual fund, shall not be prohibited, expect that the
2Board may identify specific investments or funds that, in its
3judgment, are so influenced by gaming holdings as to represent
4the potential for or the appearance of a conflict of interest.
5    (g) A spouse, child, or parent of an official or employee
6of the corporate authority of a host community may not accept
7any gift, gratuity, service, compensation, travel, lodging, or
8thing of value, with the exception of unsolicited items of an
9incidental nature, from any person, corporation, or entity
10doing business with the riverboat or casino that is located in
11the host community.
12    (h) A spouse, child, or parent of an official or employee
13of the corporate authority of a host community may not, during
14the period that the person is an official of the corporate
15authority or for a period of 2 years immediately after leaving
16such office or employment, knowingly accept employment or
17receive compensation or fees for services from a person or
18entity, or its parent or affiliate, that has engaged in
19business with the riverboat or casino that is located in the
20host community that resulted in contracts with an aggregate
21value of at least $25,000 or if that official or employee has
22made a decision that directly applied to the person or entity,
23or its parent or affiliate.
24    (i) Officials and employees of the corporate authority of a
25host community shall not attempt, in any way, to influence any
26person or entity doing business with the riverboat or casino

 

 

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1that is located in the host community or any officer, agent, or
2employee thereof to hire or contract with any person or entity
3for any compensated work.
4    (j) Any communication between an official of the corporate
5authority of a host community and any applicant for an owners
6license in the host community, or an officer, director, or
7employee of a riverboat or casino in the host community,
8concerning any matter relating in any way to gaming shall be
9disclosed to the Board. Such disclosure shall be in writing by
10the official within 30 days after the communication and shall
11be filed with the Board. Disclosure must consist of the date of
12the communication, the identity and job title of the person
13with whom the communication was made, a brief summary of the
14communication, the action requested or recommended, all
15responses made, the identity and job title of the person making
16the response, and any other pertinent information. Public
17disclosure of the written summary provided to the Board and the
18Gaming Board shall be subject to the exemptions provided under
19the Freedom of Information Act.
20    This subsection (j) shall not apply to communications
21regarding traffic, law enforcement, security, environmental
22issues, city services, transportation, or other routine
23matters concerning the ordinary operations of the riverboat or
24casino. For purposes of this subsection (j), "ordinary
25operations" means operations relating to the casino or
26riverboat facility other than the conduct of gambling

 

 

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1activities, and "routine matters" includes the application
2for, issuance of, renewal of, and other processes associated
3with municipal permits and licenses.
4    (j-1) Any employee of the corporate authority of a host
5community who has, within the previous calendar year, committed
6conduct of the types enumerated in subsections (c) and (d) must
7by January 31 of the following calendar year file a description
8of this conduct with the Board. Public disclosure of the
9description provided to the Board shall be subject to the
10exemptions provided under the Freedom of Information Act.
11    Any former employee of the corporate authority of a host
12community who has, within the previous calendar year, committed
13conduct of the types enumerated in subsection (e) must by
14January 31 of the following calendar year file a description of
15this conduct with the Board. Public disclosure of the
16description provided to the Board shall be subject to the
17exemptions provided under the Freedom of Information Act.
18    Any spouse, child, or parent of an employee of the
19corporate authority of a host community who has, within the
20previous calendar year, committed conduct of the types
21enumerated in subsections (f), (g), and (h) must by January 31
22of the following calendar year file a description of this
23conduct with the Board. Public disclosure of the description
24provided to the Board shall be subject to the exemptions
25provided under the Freedom of Information Act.
26    (k) Any official or employee who violates any provision of

 

 

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1this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
2    (l) For purposes of this Section: , "host community"
3    "Employee of the corporate authority of a host community"
4means an employee of the corporate authority of a host
5community who is not an official of the corporate authority of
6a host community.
7    "Host community" or "host municipality" means a unit of
8local government that contains a riverboat or casino within its
9borders.
10    "Official of the corporate authority of a host community"
11means a person who is: (1) an elected official of the corporate
12authority of a host community or (2) a department head or
13executive official of a host community.
14(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.