102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB4020

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1605/2  from Ch. 120, par. 1152
20 ILCS 1605/9.1
20 ILCS 1605/20  from Ch. 120, par. 1170
20 ILCS 1605/21.15 new
30 ILCS 105/5.970 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.119b new

    Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Creates a lottery scratch-off game for the United Negro College Fund in support of educational scholarships. Provides for the distribution and use of the net revenue from the scratch-off game. Provides the Department of the Lottery with rulemaking authority. Amends the State Finance Act to create the UNCF Scholarship Fund. Amends the School Code. Creates the UNCF Scholarship Fund Advisory Board. Provides for the composition and responsibilities of the Board. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing
5Sections 2, 9.1, and 20 and by adding Section 21.15 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1152)
7    Sec. 2. This Act is enacted to implement and establish
8within the State a lottery to be conducted by the State through
9the Department. The entire net proceeds of the Lottery are to
10be used for the support of the State's Common School Fund,
11except as provided in subsection (o) of Section 9.1 and
12Sections 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.10, 21.11, 21.12,
13and 21.13, and 21.15. The General Assembly finds that it is in
14the public interest for the Department to conduct the
15functions of the Lottery with the assistance of a private
16manager under a management agreement overseen by the
17Department. The Department shall be accountable to the General
18Assembly and the people of the State through a comprehensive
19system of regulation, audits, reports, and enduring
20operational oversight. The Department's ongoing conduct of the
21Lottery through a management agreement with a private manager
22shall act to promote and ensure the integrity, security,
23honesty, and fairness of the Lottery's operation and

 

 

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1administration. It is the intent of the General Assembly that
2the Department shall conduct the Lottery with the assistance
3of a private manager under a management agreement at all times
4in a manner consistent with 18 U.S.C. 1307(a)(1), 1307(b)(1),
51953(b)(4).
6    Beginning with Fiscal Year 2018 and every year thereafter,
7any moneys transferred from the State Lottery Fund to the
8Common School Fund shall be supplemental to, and not in lieu
9of, any other money due to be transferred to the Common School
10Fund by law or appropriation.
11(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-561, eff. 8-23-19;
12102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
13    (20 ILCS 1605/9.1)
14    Sec. 9.1. Private manager and management agreement.
15    (a) As used in this Section:
16    "Offeror" means a person or group of persons that responds
17to a request for qualifications under this Section.
18    "Request for qualifications" means all materials and
19documents prepared by the Department to solicit the following
20from offerors:
21        (1) Statements of qualifications.
22        (2) Proposals to enter into a management agreement,
23    including the identity of any prospective vendor or
24    vendors that the offeror intends to initially engage to
25    assist the offeror in performing its obligations under the

 

 

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1    management agreement.
2    "Final offer" means the last proposal submitted by an
3offeror in response to the request for qualifications,
4including the identity of any prospective vendor or vendors
5that the offeror intends to initially engage to assist the
6offeror in performing its obligations under the management
7agreement.
8    "Final offeror" means the offeror ultimately selected by
9the Governor to be the private manager for the Lottery under
10subsection (h) of this Section.
11    (b) By September 15, 2010, the Governor shall select a
12private manager for the total management of the Lottery with
13integrated functions, such as lottery game design, supply of
14goods and services, and advertising and as specified in this
15Section.
16    (c) Pursuant to the terms of this subsection, the
17Department shall endeavor to expeditiously terminate the
18existing contracts in support of the Lottery in effect on July
1913, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-37) in
20connection with the selection of the private manager. As part
21of its obligation to terminate these contracts and select the
22private manager, the Department shall establish a mutually
23agreeable timetable to transfer the functions of existing
24contractors to the private manager so that existing Lottery
25operations are not materially diminished or impaired during
26the transition. To that end, the Department shall do the

 

 

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1following:
2        (1) where such contracts contain a provision
3    authorizing termination upon notice, the Department shall
4    provide notice of termination to occur upon the mutually
5    agreed timetable for transfer of functions;
6        (2) upon the expiration of any initial term or renewal
7    term of the current Lottery contracts, the Department
8    shall not renew such contract for a term extending beyond
9    the mutually agreed timetable for transfer of functions;
10    or
11        (3) in the event any current contract provides for
12    termination of that contract upon the implementation of a
13    contract with the private manager, the Department shall
14    perform all necessary actions to terminate the contract on
15    the date that coincides with the mutually agreed timetable
16    for transfer of functions.
17    If the contracts to support the current operation of the
18Lottery in effect on July 13, 2009 (the effective date of
19Public Act 96-34) are not subject to termination as provided
20for in this subsection (c), then the Department may include a
21provision in the contract with the private manager specifying
22a mutually agreeable methodology for incorporation.
23    (c-5) The Department shall include provisions in the
24management agreement whereby the private manager shall, for a
25fee, and pursuant to a contract negotiated with the Department
26(the "Employee Use Contract"), utilize the services of current

 

 

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1Department employees to assist in the administration and
2operation of the Lottery. The Department shall be the employer
3of all such bargaining unit employees assigned to perform such
4work for the private manager, and such employees shall be
5State employees, as defined by the Personnel Code. Department
6employees shall operate under the same employment policies,
7rules, regulations, and procedures, as other employees of the
8Department. In addition, neither historical representation
9rights under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, nor
10existing collective bargaining agreements, shall be disturbed
11by the management agreement with the private manager for the
12management of the Lottery.
13    (d) The management agreement with the private manager
14shall include all of the following:
15        (1) A term not to exceed 10 years, including any
16    renewals.
17        (2) A provision specifying that the Department:
18            (A) shall exercise actual control over all
19        significant business decisions;
20            (A-5) has the authority to direct or countermand
21        operating decisions by the private manager at any
22        time;
23            (B) has ready access at any time to information
24        regarding Lottery operations;
25            (C) has the right to demand and receive
26        information from the private manager concerning any

 

 

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1        aspect of the Lottery operations at any time; and
2            (D) retains ownership of all trade names,
3        trademarks, and intellectual property associated with
4        the Lottery.
5        (3) A provision imposing an affirmative duty on the
6    private manager to provide the Department with material
7    information and with any information the private manager
8    reasonably believes the Department would want to know to
9    enable the Department to conduct the Lottery.
10        (4) A provision requiring the private manager to
11    provide the Department with advance notice of any
12    operating decision that bears significantly on the public
13    interest, including, but not limited to, decisions on the
14    kinds of games to be offered to the public and decisions
15    affecting the relative risk and reward of the games being
16    offered, so the Department has a reasonable opportunity to
17    evaluate and countermand that decision.
18        (5) A provision providing for compensation of the
19    private manager that may consist of, among other things, a
20    fee for services and a performance based bonus as
21    consideration for managing the Lottery, including terms
22    that may provide the private manager with an increase in
23    compensation if Lottery revenues grow by a specified
24    percentage in a given year.
25        (6) (Blank).
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1    proceeds to be deposited into the State Lottery Fund
2    except as otherwise provided in Section 20 of this Act.
3        (8) A provision requiring the private manager to
4    locate its principal office within the State.
5        (8-5) A provision encouraging that at least 20% of the
6    cost of contracts entered into for goods and services by
7    the private manager in connection with its management of
8    the Lottery, other than contracts with sales agents or
9    technical advisors, be awarded to businesses that are a
10    minority-owned business, a women-owned business, or a
11    business owned by a person with disability, as those terms
12    are defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
13    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
14        (9) A requirement that so long as the private manager
15    complies with all the conditions of the agreement under
16    the oversight of the Department, the private manager shall
17    have the following duties and obligations with respect to
18    the management of the Lottery:
19            (A) The right to use equipment and other assets
20        used in the operation of the Lottery.
21            (B) The rights and obligations under contracts
22        with retailers and vendors.
23            (C) The implementation of a comprehensive security
24        program by the private manager.
25            (D) The implementation of a comprehensive system
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1            (E) The implementation of a program by the private
2        manager to curb compulsive gambling by persons playing
3        the Lottery.
4            (F) A system for determining (i) the type of
5        Lottery games, (ii) the method of selecting winning
6        tickets, (iii) the manner of payment of prizes to
7        holders of winning tickets, (iv) the frequency of
8        drawings of winning tickets, (v) the method to be used
9        in selling tickets, (vi) a system for verifying the
10        validity of tickets claimed to be winning tickets,
11        (vii) the basis upon which retailer commissions are
12        established by the manager, and (viii) minimum
13        payouts.
14        (10) A requirement that advertising and promotion must
15    be consistent with Section 7.8a of this Act.
16        (11) A requirement that the private manager market the
17    Lottery to those residents who are new, infrequent, or
18    lapsed players of the Lottery, especially those who are
19    most likely to make regular purchases on the Internet as
20    permitted by law.
21        (12) A code of ethics for the private manager's
22    officers and employees.
23        (13) A requirement that the Department monitor and
24    oversee the private manager's practices and take action
25    that the Department considers appropriate to ensure that
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1    management agreement, while allowing the manager, unless
2    specifically prohibited by law or the management
3    agreement, to negotiate and sign its own contracts with
4    vendors.
5        (14) A provision requiring the private manager to
6    periodically file, at least on an annual basis,
7    appropriate financial statements in a form and manner
8    acceptable to the Department.
9        (15) Cash reserves requirements.
10        (16) Procedural requirements for obtaining the prior
11    approval of the Department when a management agreement or
12    an interest in a management agreement is sold, assigned,
13    transferred, or pledged as collateral to secure financing.
14        (17) Grounds for the termination of the management
15    agreement by the Department or the private manager.
16        (18) Procedures for amendment of the agreement.
17        (19) A provision requiring the private manager to
18    engage in an open and competitive bidding process for any
19    procurement having a cost in excess of $50,000 that is not
20    a part of the private manager's final offer. The process
21    shall favor the selection of a vendor deemed to have
22    submitted a proposal that provides the Lottery with the
23    best overall value. The process shall not be subject to
24    the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code, unless
25    specifically required by the management agreement.
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1    including any associated equipment or other assets used in
2    the operation of the Lottery, from the manager to any
3    successor manager of the lottery, including the
4    Department, following the termination of or foreclosure
5    upon the management agreement.
6        (21) Right of use of copyrights, trademarks, and
7    service marks held by the Department in the name of the
8    State. The agreement must provide that any use of them by
9    the manager shall only be for the purpose of fulfilling
10    its obligations under the management agreement during the
11    term of the agreement.
12        (22) The disclosure of any information requested by
13    the Department to enable it to comply with the reporting
14    requirements and information requests provided for under
15    subsection (p) of this Section.
16    (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
17Department shall select a private manager through a
18competitive request for qualifications process consistent with
19Section 20-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code, which shall
20take into account:
21        (1) the offeror's ability to market the Lottery to
22    those residents who are new, infrequent, or lapsed players
23    of the Lottery, especially those who are most likely to
24    make regular purchases on the Internet;
25        (2) the offeror's ability to address the State's
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1    can least afford to do so;
2        (3) the offeror's ability to provide the most
3    successful management of the Lottery for the benefit of
4    the people of the State based on current and past business
5    practices or plans of the offeror; and
6        (4) the offeror's poor or inadequate past performance
7    in servicing, equipping, operating or managing a lottery
8    on behalf of Illinois, another state, State or foreign
9    government and attracting persons who are not currently
10    regular players of a lottery.
11    (f) The Department may retain the services of an advisor
12or advisors with significant experience in financial services
13or the management, operation, and procurement of goods,
14services, and equipment for a government-run lottery to assist
15in the preparation of the terms of the request for
16qualifications and selection of the private manager. Any
17prospective advisor seeking to provide services under this
18subsection (f) shall disclose any material business or
19financial relationship during the past 3 years with any
20potential offeror, or with a contractor or subcontractor
21presently providing goods, services, or equipment to the
22Department to support the Lottery. The Department shall
23evaluate the material business or financial relationship of
24each prospective advisor. The Department shall not select any
25prospective advisor with a substantial business or financial
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1objectivity of the services to be provided by the prospective
2advisor. During the course of the advisor's engagement by the
3Department, and for a period of one year thereafter, the
4advisor shall not enter into any business or financial
5relationship with any offeror or any vendor identified to
6assist an offeror in performing its obligations under the
7management agreement. Any advisor retained by the Department
8shall be disqualified from being an offeror. The Department
9shall not include terms in the request for qualifications that
10provide a material advantage whether directly or indirectly to
11any potential offeror, or any contractor or subcontractor
12presently providing goods, services, or equipment to the
13Department to support the Lottery, including terms contained
14in previous responses to requests for proposals or
15qualifications submitted to Illinois, another state, State or
16foreign government when those terms are uniquely associated
17with a particular potential offeror, contractor, or
18subcontractor. The request for proposals offered by the
19Department on December 22, 2008 as "LOT08GAMESYS" and
20reference number "22016176" is declared void.
21    (g) The Department shall select at least 2 offerors as
22finalists to potentially serve as the private manager no later
23than August 9, 2010. Upon making preliminary selections, the
24Department shall schedule a public hearing on the finalists'
25proposals and provide public notice of the hearing at least 7
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1of the following:
2        (1) The date, time, and place of the hearing.
3        (2) The subject matter of the hearing.
4        (3) A brief description of the management agreement to
5    be awarded.
6        (4) The identity of the offerors that have been
7    selected as finalists to serve as the private manager.
8        (5) The address and telephone number of the
9    Department.
10    (h) At the public hearing, the Department shall (i)
11provide sufficient time for each finalist to present and
12explain its proposal to the Department and the Governor or the
13Governor's designee, including an opportunity to respond to
14questions posed by the Department, Governor, or designee and
15(ii) allow the public and non-selected offerors to comment on
16the presentations. The Governor or a designee shall attend the
17public hearing. After the public hearing, the Department shall
18have 14 calendar days to recommend to the Governor whether a
19management agreement should be entered into with a particular
20finalist. After reviewing the Department's recommendation, the
21Governor may accept or reject the Department's recommendation,
22and shall select a final offeror as the private manager by
23publication of a notice in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin
24on or before September 15, 2010. The Governor shall include in
25the notice a detailed explanation and the reasons why the
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1management services in a manner that best achieves the
2objectives of this Section. The Governor shall also sign the
3management agreement with the private manager.
4    (i) Any action to contest the private manager selected by
5the Governor under this Section must be brought within 7
6calendar days after the publication of the notice of the
7designation of the private manager as provided in subsection
8(h) of this Section.
9    (j) The Lottery shall remain, for so long as a private
10manager manages the Lottery in accordance with provisions of
11this Act, a Lottery conducted by the State, and the State shall
12not be authorized to sell or transfer the Lottery to a third
13party.
14    (k) Any tangible personal property used exclusively in
15connection with the lottery that is owned by the Department
16and leased to the private manager shall be owned by the
17Department in the name of the State and shall be considered to
18be public property devoted to an essential public and
19governmental function.
20    (l) The Department may exercise any of its powers under
21this Section or any other law as necessary or desirable for the
22execution of the Department's powers under this Section.
23    (m) Neither this Section nor any management agreement
24entered into under this Section prohibits the General Assembly
25from authorizing forms of gambling that are not in direct
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1by Public Act 101-31 constitute authorized forms of gambling
2that are not in direct competition with the Lottery.
3    (n) The private manager shall be subject to a complete
4investigation in the third, seventh, and tenth years of the
5agreement (if the agreement is for a 10-year term) by the
6Department in cooperation with the Auditor General to
7determine whether the private manager has complied with this
8Section and the management agreement. The private manager
9shall bear the cost of an investigation or reinvestigation of
10the private manager under this subsection.
11    (o) The powers conferred by this Section are in addition
12and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. If
13any other law or rule is inconsistent with this Section,
14including, but not limited to, provisions of the Illinois
15Procurement Code, then this Section controls as to any
16management agreement entered into under this Section. This
17Section and any rules adopted under this Section contain full
18and complete authority for a management agreement between the
19Department and a private manager. No law, procedure,
20proceeding, publication, notice, consent, approval, order, or
21act by the Department or any other officer, Department,
22agency, or instrumentality of the State or any political
23subdivision is required for the Department to enter into a
24management agreement under this Section. This Section contains
25full and complete authority for the Department to approve any
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1providing goods, services, or both goods and services to the
2private manager under the terms of the management agreement,
3including subcontractors of such vendors.
4    Upon receipt of a written request from the Chief
5Procurement Officer, the Department shall provide to the Chief
6Procurement Officer a complete and unredacted un-redacted copy
7of the management agreement or any contract that is subject to
8the Department's approval authority under this subsection (o).
9The Department shall provide a copy of the agreement or
10contract to the Chief Procurement Officer in the time
11specified by the Chief Procurement Officer in his or her
12written request, but no later than 5 business days after the
13request is received by the Department. The Chief Procurement
14Officer must retain any portions of the management agreement
15or of any contract designated by the Department as
16confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information in
17complete confidence pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 7 of
18the Freedom of Information Act. The Department shall also
19provide the Chief Procurement Officer with reasonable advance
20written notice of any contract that is pending Department
21approval.
22    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
23contrary, the Chief Procurement Officer shall adopt
24administrative rules, including emergency rules, to establish
25a procurement process to select a successor private manager if
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1selection process shall at a minimum take into account the
2criteria set forth in items (1) through (4) of subsection (e)
3of this Section and may include provisions consistent with
4subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this Section. The Chief
5Procurement Officer shall also implement and administer the
6adopted selection process upon the termination of a private
7management agreement. The Department, after the Chief
8Procurement Officer certifies that the procurement process has
9been followed in accordance with the rules adopted under this
10subsection (o), shall select a final offeror as the private
11manager and sign the management agreement with the private
12manager.
13    Except as provided in Sections 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8,
1421.9, 21.10, 21.11, 21.12, and 21.13, and 21.15, the
15Department shall distribute all proceeds of lottery tickets
16and shares sold in the following priority and manner:
17        (1) The payment of prizes and retailer bonuses.
18        (2) The payment of costs incurred in the operation and
19    administration of the Lottery, including the payment of
20    sums due to the private manager under the management
21    agreement with the Department.
22        (3) On the last day of each month or as soon thereafter
23    as possible, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
24    State Treasurer shall transfer from the State Lottery Fund
25    to the Common School Fund an amount that is equal to the
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1    year 2009, as adjusted for inflation, to the Common School
2    Fund.
3        (4) On or before September 30 of each fiscal year,
4    deposit any estimated remaining proceeds from the prior
5    fiscal year, subject to payments under items (1), (2), and
6    (3), into the Capital Projects Fund. Beginning in fiscal
7    year 2019, the amount deposited shall be increased or
8    decreased each year by the amount the estimated payment
9    differs from the amount determined from each year-end
10    financial audit. Only remaining net deficits from prior
11    fiscal years may reduce the requirement to deposit these
12    funds, as determined by the annual financial audit.
13    (p) The Department shall be subject to the following
14reporting and information request requirements:
15        (1) the Department shall submit written quarterly
16    reports to the Governor and the General Assembly on the
17    activities and actions of the private manager selected
18    under this Section;
19        (2) upon request of the Chief Procurement Officer, the
20    Department shall promptly produce information related to
21    the procurement activities of the Department and the
22    private manager requested by the Chief Procurement
23    Officer; the Chief Procurement Officer must retain
24    confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information
25    designated by the Department in complete confidence
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1    Information Act; and
2        (3) at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the
3    Department's fiscal year, the Department shall prepare an
4    annual written report on the activities of the private
5    manager selected under this Section and deliver that
6    report to the Governor and General Assembly.
7(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
8101-561, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
9    (20 ILCS 1605/20)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1170)
10    Sec. 20. State Lottery Fund.
11    (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund
12to be known as the State Lottery Fund. Such fund shall consist
13of all revenues received from (1) the sale of lottery tickets
14or shares, (net of commissions, fees representing those
15expenses that are directly proportionate to the sale of
16tickets or shares at the agent location, and prizes of less
17than $600 which have been validly paid at the agent level), (2)
18application fees, and (3) all other sources including moneys
19credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source
20pursuant to law. Interest earnings of the State Lottery Fund
21shall be credited to the Common School Fund.
22    (b) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
2321.5 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.5.
24    (c) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
2521.6 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.6.

 

 

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1    (d) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
221.7 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.7.
3    (e) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
421.8 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.8.
5    (f) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
621.9 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.9.
7    (g) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
821.10 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.10.
9    (h) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
1021.11 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.11.
11    (i) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
1221.12 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.12.
13    (j) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
1421.13 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.13.
15    (k) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
1625-70 of the Sports Wagering Act shall be in accordance with
17Section 25-70 of the Sports Wagering Act.
18    (l) The receipt and distribution of moneys under Section
1921.15 of this Act shall be in accordance with Section 21.15.
20(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-561, eff. 8-23-19;
21102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 1605/21.15 new)
23    Sec. 21.15. Scratch-off for United Negro College Fund.
24    (a) The Department shall offer a special instant
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1in support of educational scholarships to university and
2college students. The game shall commence on August 1, 2022 or
3as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the Director, as is
4reasonably practical, and shall be discontinued on January 1,
52028. The operation of the game shall be governed by this Act
6and any rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of
7this Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this
8Act, then this Section governs.
9    (b) The net revenue from the United Negro College Fund in
10support of education scholarships to university and college
11students scratch-off game shall be deposited into the UNCF
12Scholarship Fund as soon as practical, but at least on a
13monthly basis. Moneys received for the purposes of this
14Section, including, without limitation, net revenue from the
15special instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and
16awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited
17into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must
18be deposited into the Fund. For the purposes of this
19subsection, "net revenue" means the total amount for which
20tickets have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in
21the prizes and the actual administrative expenses of the
22Department solely related to the scratch-off game under this
23Section.
24    (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the United
25Negro College Fund in support of education scholarships to
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1Department shall not unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted
2to marketing any other instant scratch-off lottery game.
3    (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
4implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
5    (e) This Section is repealed January 1, 2028.
 
6    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
7Section 5.970 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
9    Sec. 5.970. The UNCF Scholarship Fund. This Section is
10repealed January 1, 2028.
 
11    Section 15. The School Code is amended by adding Section
122-3.119b as follows:
 
13    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.119b new)
14    Sec. 2-3.119b. UNCF Scholarship Fund Advisory Board.
15    (a) The UNCF Scholarship Fund Advisory Board is created as
16an advisory board within the Department. The Board shall
17consist of 10 members as follows: 2 members appointed by the
18President of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Minority
19Leader of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the
20House of Representatives; 2 members appointed by the Minority
21Leader of the House of Representatives; and 2 members
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1Senate, one of whom shall be designated as chair of the Board
2at the time of appointment. If a vacancy occurs in the Board
3membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as
4the initial appointment.
5    (b) Board members shall serve without compensation but may
6be reimbursed for their reasonable travel expenses from funds
7available for that purpose. The Department shall provide staff
8and administrative support services to the Board.
9    (c) The Board must: (i) consult with the Department of
10Revenue in designing and promoting the United Negro College
11Fund in support of education scholarships to university and
12college students instant scratch-off lottery game; and (ii)
13review and direct funds to the United Negro College Fund,
14Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and consult with the Department
15of Education in accordance with Section 21.15 of the Illinois
16Lottery Law.
17    (d) This Section is repealed September 1, 2027.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.