93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3180

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/28   from Ch. 8, par. 37-28

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to allow the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to use certain funds for expenses under the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law (instead of under a certain Section of that Law). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5 by changing Section 28 as follows:
 
6     (230 ILCS 5/28)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-28)
7     Sec. 28. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27
8 of this Act, moneys collected shall be distributed according to
9 the provisions of this Section 28.
10     (a) Thirty per cent of the total of all monies received by
11 the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the
12 Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Reconstruction Fund
13 in the State treasury until such Fund contains sufficient money
14 to pay in full, both principal and interest, all of the
15 outstanding bonds issued pursuant to the Fair and Exposition
16 Authority Reconstruction Act, approved July 31, 1967, as
17 amended, and thereafter shall be paid into the Metropolitan
18 Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Fund in the State
19 Treasury.
20     (b) Four and one-half per cent of the total of all monies
21 received by the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the
22 State treasury into a special Fund to be known as the
23 Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium, and Office Building Fund.
24     (c) Fifty per cent of the total of all monies received by
25 the State as privilege taxes under the provisions of this Act
26 shall be paid into the Agricultural Premium Fund.
27     (d) Seven per cent of the total of all monies received by
28 the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the Fair and
29 Exposition Fund in the State treasury; provided, however, that
30 when all bonds issued prior to July 1, 1984 by the Metropolitan
31 Fair and Exposition Authority shall have been paid or payment
32 shall have been provided for upon a refunding of those bonds,

 

 

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1 thereafter 1/12 of $1,665,662 of such monies shall be paid each
2 month into the Build Illinois Fund, and the remainder into the
3 Fair and Exposition Fund. All excess monies shall be allocated
4 to the Department of Agriculture for distribution to county
5 fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
6 Agricultural Fair Act.
7     (e) The monies provided for in Section 30 shall be paid
8 into the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
9     (f) The monies provided for in Section 31 shall be paid
10 into the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund.
11     (g) Until January 1, 2000, that part representing 1/2 of
12 the total breakage in Thoroughbred, Harness, Appaloosa,
13 Arabian, and Quarter Horse racing in the State shall be paid
14 into the Illinois Race Track Improvement Fund as established in
15 Section 32.
16     (h) All other monies received by the Board under this Act
17 shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund of the State.
18     (i) The salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
19 directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives,
20 accountants, clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other
21 employees of the Board, and all expenses of the Board incident
22 to the administration of this Act, including, but not limited
23 to, all expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva
24 and urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations
25 of the Board shall be paid out of the Agricultural Premium
26 Fund.
27     (j) The Agricultural Premium Fund shall also be used:
28         (1) for the expenses of operating the Illinois State
29     Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair, including the payment of
30     prize money or premiums;
31         (2) for the distribution to county fairs, vocational
32     agriculture section fairs, agricultural societies, and
33     agricultural extension clubs in accordance with the
34     Agricultural Fair Act, as amended;
35         (3) for payment of prize monies and premiums awarded
36     and for expenses incurred in connection with the

 

 

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1     International Livestock Exposition and the Mid-Continent
2     Livestock Exposition held in Illinois, which premiums, and
3     awards must be approved, and paid by the Illinois
4     Department of Agriculture;
5         (4) for personal service of county agricultural
6     advisors and county home advisors;
7         (5) for distribution to agricultural home economic
8     extension councils in accordance with "An Act in relation
9     to additional support and finance for the Agricultural and
10     Home Economic Extension Councils in the several counties in
11     this State and making an appropriation therefor", approved
12     July 24, 1967, as amended;
13         (6) for research on equine disease, including a
14     development center therefor;
15         (7) for training scholarships for study on equine
16     diseases to students at the University of Illinois College
17     of Veterinary Medicine;
18         (8) for the rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of
19     the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fair Grounds and the
20     structures and facilities thereon and the construction of
21     permanent improvements on such Fair Grounds, including
22     such structures, facilities and property located on such
23     State Fair Grounds which are under the custody and control
24     of the Department of Agriculture;
25         (9) for the expenses of the Department of Agriculture
26     under Section 5-530 of the Departments of State Government
27     Law (20 ILCS 5/5-530);
28         (10) for the expenses of the Department of Commerce and
29     Economic Opportunity Community Affairs under Sections
30     605-620, 605-625, and 605-630 of the Department of Commerce
31     and Economic Opportunity Community Affairs Law (20 ILCS
32     605/605-620, 605/605-625, and 605/605-630);
33         (11) for remodeling, expanding, and reconstructing
34     facilities destroyed by fire of any Fair and Exposition
35     Authority in counties with a population of 1,000,000 or
36     more inhabitants;

 

 

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1         (12) for the purpose of assisting in the care and
2     general rehabilitation of disabled veterans of any war and
3     their surviving spouses and orphans;
4         (13) for expenses of the Department of State Police for
5     duties performed under this Act;
6         (14) for the Department of Agriculture for soil surveys
7     and soil and water conservation purposes;
8         (15) for the Department of Agriculture for grants to
9     the City of Chicago for conducting the Chicagofest.
10     (k) To the extent that monies paid by the Board to the
11 Agricultural Premium Fund are in the opinion of the Governor in
12 excess of the amount necessary for the purposes herein stated,
13 the Governor shall notify the Comptroller and the State
14 Treasurer of such fact, who, upon receipt of such notification,
15 shall transfer such excess monies from the Agricultural Premium
16 Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 1-1-00; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
18 eff. 6-28-01; revised 12-6-03.)
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.