94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0293

 

Introduced 01/18/05, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 5/26   from Ch. 8, par. 37-26
230 ILCS 5/26.5   from Ch. 8, par. 37-26.5
230 ILCS 5/29   from Ch. 8, par. 37-29
230 ILCS 5/26.3 rep.

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Deletes the provisions concerning the payment of certain moneys that would otherwise be payable to purse accounts to wagering facilities if the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in a calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such wagering facilities for calendar year 1994 (the recapture provisions). Makes changes concerning the distribution of certain inter-track wagering moneys. Repeals a provision authorizing organization licensees to impose a surcharge on winning wagers and winnings from wagers and makes a corresponding change.


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1     AN ACT in relation to gambling.
 
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 Sections 26, 26.5, and 29 as follows:
 
6     (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
7     Sec. 26. Wagering.
8     (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
9 system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10 horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11 conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12 and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
13 Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
14 Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
15 to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
16 wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
17 the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
18 unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
19 notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
20 promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
21 advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
22     (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
23 gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
24 licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
25 taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
26 wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
27 otherwise be permitted under this Act.
28     (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
29 system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
30 provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
31 described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
32 electronically by an individual while physically on the

 

 

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1 premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
2 premises of that licensee.
3     (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
4 payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
5 to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
6 licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
7 days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
8 less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
9 the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
10 pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
11 Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
12 in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
13     (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
14 licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
15 unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
16 retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
17 date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
18 remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
19 by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
20 distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
21 distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
22 and the organization licensee.
23     (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
24 of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
25 and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
26 similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
27 presented for payment.
28     (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
29 than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
30 driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
31 program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
32 minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
33 conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
34 unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
35 an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
36 race track is a Class C misdemeanor.

 

 

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1     (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
2 organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
3 state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
4 state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
5 state or country on races conducted by the organization
6 licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
7 shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
8 when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
9 separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
10 to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
11 from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
12 contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
13 privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
14 within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
15 When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
16 pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
17 all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
18 the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
19 in which the race was conducted.
20     An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
21 races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
22 locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
23 signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
24 more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
25 pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
26 with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
27 established by other states.
28     (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
29 horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
30 control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
31 its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
32 The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
33 that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
34 of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
35 signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
36 non-host licensees shall carry the host track simulcast program

 

 

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1 and accept wagers on all races included as part of the
2 simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. The costs
3 and expenses of the host track and non-host licensees
4 associated with interstate simulcast wagering, other than the
5 interstate commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and
6 all non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
7 commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
8 interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
9 the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
10 permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
11 interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
12 racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
13 fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
14 non-host licensees.
15         (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
16     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
17     supplement the host track simulcast program with
18     additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
19     between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
20     year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
21     occurring in Illinois during this period, only
22     thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
23     simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
24     supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
25     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
26     supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
27     an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
28     licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
29     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
30     non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
31     receiving the simulcast.
32         (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
33     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
34     receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
35     consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
36     the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of

 

 

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1     racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
2     intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
3     non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
4     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
5     participating non-host licensees.
6         (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
7     wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
8     applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
9     17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
10     pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
11     racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
12     race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
13     the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
14     the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
15     subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
16     the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
17     subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
18     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
19     wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
20     to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
21     subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
22         (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
23     combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
24     racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
25     licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
26     racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
27     sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
28     pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
29     conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
30     The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
31     states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
32     wagering pools or other wagering pools.
33         (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
34     (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
35     interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
36     and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and

 

 

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1     all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
2     subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
3     moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
4     subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
5     follows:
6             (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
7         track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
8         host track.
9             (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
10         races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
11         subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
12         conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
13         non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
14         non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
15         track.
16         (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
17     contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
18     from a track located in a county with a population in
19     excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
20     may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
21     times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
22     only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
23     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
24         (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
25     contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
26     taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
27     who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
28     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
29     Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
30     interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
31     the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
32     license as follows:
33             (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
34         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
35         occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
36         interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse

 

 

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1         share to its standardbred purse account;
2             (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
3         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
4         occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
5         interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
6         share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
7         distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
8         (g);
9             (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
10         February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
11         occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
12         the purse share from wagers made during this time
13         period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
14         6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
15         made during this time period to its standardbred purse
16         accounts;
17             (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
18         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
19         between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
20         share to its thoroughbred purse account;
21             (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
22         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
23         between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
24         share to its standardbred purse account.
25         (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
26     to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
27     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
28     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
29     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
30     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
31     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
32     a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
33             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
34         that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
35         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
36         80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;

 

 

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1         and
2             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
3         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
4         be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
5         conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
6         fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
7         pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
8         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
9         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
10         paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
11         not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
12         Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
13         subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
14         Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
15         assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
16         Advisory Board.
17         (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
18     to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
19     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
20     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
21     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
22     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
23     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
24     p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
25     follows:
26             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
27         that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
28         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
29         80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
30         account; and
31             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
32         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
33         deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
34         Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
35         shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
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1         purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
2         for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
3         discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
4         advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
5         Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
6         into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
7         pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
8         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
9         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
10         paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
11         not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
12         Fund.
13         (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
14     racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
15     or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
16     conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
17     January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
18     wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
19     and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
20     account as follows:
21             (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
22         purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
23             (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
24         Purse Distribution Fund.
25         Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
26     Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
27     in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
28     license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
29     wagering location license.
30         Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
31     Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
32     paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
33     conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
34     fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
35     Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
36     shall be used as determined by the Department of

 

 

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1     Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
2     Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
3     addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
4     standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
5     commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
6         (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
7     racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
8     year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
9     has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
10     conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
11     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
12     inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
13     that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
14     between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
15     2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
16     be used for standardbred purses.
17         (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
18     contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
19     a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
20     borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
21     licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
22     generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
23     wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
24         (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
25     contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
26     standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
27     of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
28     State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
29     remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
30     otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
31     purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
32     licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
33     organization licensees, respectively, based on each
34     organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
35     that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
36     any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track

 

 

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1     located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
2     and that borders the Mississippi River.
3         (9) (Blank).
4         (10) (Blank).
5         (11) (Blank).
6         (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
7     tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
8     conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
9     and include all such races as part of their simulcast
10     programs.
11         (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
12     in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
13     Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
14     calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
15     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
16     wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
17     wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
18     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
19     than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
20     Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
21     year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
22     otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
23     with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
24     succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
25     differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
26     Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
27     calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
28     a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
29     payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
30     wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
31     is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
32     wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
33     to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
34     during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
35     anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
36     race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses

 

 

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1     during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
2     reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
3     Board's certification shall be provided no later than
4     January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
5     facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
6     affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
7     for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
8     to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
9     between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
10     Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
11     racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
12     previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
13     shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
14     Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
15     into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
16     accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
17     each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
18     Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
19     each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
20     with the provisions of this Section.
21     (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
22 inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
23 wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
24 subject to the following terms and conditions:
25         (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
26     at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
27     during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
28     over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
29     of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
30     issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
31     located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
32     River, which has a population of less than 150,000
33     according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
34     at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
35     may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
36     a track located in Madison County that conducted at least

 

 

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1     100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
2     calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
3     license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
4     result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
5     acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
6     licensee and the associations representing the largest
7     number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
8     drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
9     racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
10     extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
11     interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
12     100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
13     control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
14     inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
15     more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
16     for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
17     track located in a county that has a population of more
18     than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
19     may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
20     application for said license shall be filed with the Board
21     prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
22     application for an inter-track wagering location license
23     there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
24     bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
25     equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
26     and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
27     with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
28     the Board in connection therewith.
29         (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
30     respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
31     regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
32     compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
33     Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
34     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
35     applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
36     Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed

 

 

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1     by the Board.
2         (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
3     wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
4     consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
5     racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
6         (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
7     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
8     shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
9     Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
10     and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
11     in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
12     licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
13     other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
14     distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
15     winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
16     patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
17         (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
18     simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
19     issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
20     the track or location where the wagering is to be
21     conducted.
22         (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
23     Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
24     prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
25     the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
26         (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
27     wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
28     or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
29     under this Act.
30         (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
31     not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
32     track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
33         (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
34     derive their licenses from a particular organization
35     licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
36     wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles

 

 

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1     of that race track where the particular organization
2     licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
3     of that race track where the particular organization
4     licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
5     tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
6     on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
7     and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
8     licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
9     at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
10     current year, unless the person having operating control of
11     such race track has given its written consent to such
12     inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
13     must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
14     application is made.
15         (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
16     not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
17     licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
18     church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
19     residences of more than 50 registered voters without
20     receiving written permission from a majority of the
21     registered voters at such residences. Such written
22     permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
23     distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
24     of any building used for worship services, education
25     programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
26     wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
27     not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
28     or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
29     feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
30     registered voters if such church, school or residences have
31     been erected or established, or such voters have been
32     registered, after the Board issues the original
33     inter-track wagering location license at the site in
34     question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
35     conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
36     in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing

 

 

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1     purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
2     approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
3     to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
4     shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
5     inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
6     any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
7     resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
8     wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
9     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
10     conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
11     enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
12     wagering location licensee for the site in question.
13         (9) (Blank).
14         (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
15     inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
16     to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
17     amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
18     of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
19     or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
20     considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
21     determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
22     tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
23     Section 27.
24         (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
25     27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
26     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
27     the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
28     of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
29     which such location is situated. In the event that an
30     inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
31     unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
32     of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
33     county.
34         (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
35     Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
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1     230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
2     first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
3     inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
4     location licensee that derives its license from the
5     organization licensee that operates the first race track,
6     on races conducted at the first race track or on races
7     conducted at another Illinois race track and
8     simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
9     facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
10     inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
11     license from the organization licensee that operates the
12     first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
13     follows:
14             (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
15         standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
16         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
17         standardbred races.
18             (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
19         thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
20         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
21         thoroughbred races.
22         (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
23     tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
24     in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
25     dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
26     inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
27     under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
28     inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
29     shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
30     participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
31     intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
32     a track located in a county with a population in excess of
33     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
34     divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
35     organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
36     an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on

 

 

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1     races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
2     race meet in a county with a population in excess of
3     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
4     divide any remaining retention with that organization
5     licensee.
6         (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
7     this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
8     pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
9     4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
10     such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
11     wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
12     track located in a county with a population in excess of
13     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
14     all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
15     distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
16     intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
17     on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
18     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
19     borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
20     moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
21     January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
22     Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
23     wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
24     each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
25     the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
26     extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
27     Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
28     during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
29     distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
30     calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
31     redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
32     licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
33     total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
34     wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
35     during the calendar year in which this provision is
36     applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each

 

 

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1     inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
2     subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
3     subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
4     Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
5     amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
6     to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
7     paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
8     redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
9     the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
10     handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
11     question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
12     described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
13     licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
14     organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
15     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
16     Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
17     provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
18     subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
19     further redistribution allocated to purses at that
20     organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
21     purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
22     otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
23     licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
24     of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
25     at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
26     conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
27     retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
28     shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
29     the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
30     races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
31     location licensee that derives its license from a track
32     located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
33     and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
34     remaining retention with the organization licensee that
35     provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
36     location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by

 

 

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1     an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
2     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
3     borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
4     remaining retention with the organization licensee.
5     Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
6     this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
7     wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
8     of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
9     those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
10     during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
11     5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
12     races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
13     12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
14     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
15     following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
16     satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
17     during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
18     8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
19     during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
20     months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
21     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
22     additional intertrack wagering location licensees
23     authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
24     the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
25     5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
26     for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
27     be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
28     additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
29     this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
30     to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
31     pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
32     12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
33     of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
34         (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
35     Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
36     December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after

 

 

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1     December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
2     Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
3     Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
4     by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
5     districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
6     municipality that is not included within any park district
7     but is included within a conservation district and is the
8     county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
9     of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
10     according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
11     operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
12     appropriation as follows:
13             Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
14         Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
15         promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
16         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
17         Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
18         appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
19         members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
20         as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
21         licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
22         this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
23         representatives of organization licensees conducting
24         standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
25         by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
26         Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
27         recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
28         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
29         Association, recommended by that Association; a
30         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
31         Protective Association or any successor organization
32         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
33         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
34         that Association or that successor organization; and a
35         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
36         Association, recommended by that Association.

 

 

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1         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
2         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
3         representative of any of the above-named entities has
4         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
5         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
6         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
7         compensation for their services as members but shall be
8         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
9         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
10         official duties. The remaining 50% of this
11         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
12         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
13         Agricultural Fair Act;
14             Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
15         that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
16         or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
17         location licensee is located in such a park district)
18         or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
19         inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
20         municipality that is not included within any park
21         district but is included within a conservation
22         district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
23         contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
24         population of 88,257 according to the United States
25         Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
26         district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
27         be allocated equally between the county and the
28         municipality in which the inter-track wagering
29         location licensee is located for general purposes) or
30         to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
31         an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
32         in a municipality that is not included within any park
33         district and park maintenance is the function of the
34         municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
35         1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
36         Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are

 

 

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1         distributed to each park district or conservation
2         district or municipality that does not have a park
3         district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
4         amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
5         licensee within the park district or conservation
6         district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
7         paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
8         the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
9         inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
10         municipality that is not included within any park
11         district but is included within a conservation
12         district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
13         as practicable after the effective date of this
14         amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
15         conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
16         Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
17         museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
18         the park district or municipality where the
19         inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
20         for general purposes; and
21             One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
22         used for distribution to agricultural home economics
23         extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
24         relation to additional support and finances for the
25         Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
26         the several counties of this State and making an
27         appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
28         Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
29     Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
30     (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
31             Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
32         Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
33         promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
34         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
35         Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
36         appointed by the Governor consisting of the following

 

 

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1         members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
2         as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
3         licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
4         this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
5         representatives of organization licensees conducting
6         standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
7         by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
8         Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
9         recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
10         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
11         Association, recommended by that Association; a
12         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
13         Protective Association or any successor organization
14         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
15         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
16         that Association or that successor organization; and a
17         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
18         Association, recommended by that Association.
19         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
20         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
21         representative of any of the above-named entities has
22         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
23         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
24         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
25         compensation for their services as members but shall be
26         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
27         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
28         official duties. The remaining 50% of this
29         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
30         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
31         Agricultural Fair Act;
32             Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
33         park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
34         that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
35         previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
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1         of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
2             One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
3         used for distribution to agricultural home economics
4         extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
5         relation to additional support and finances for the
6         Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
7         the several counties of this State and making an
8         appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
9         subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
10         and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
11             (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
12         subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
13         intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
14         divided as follows:
15                 (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
16             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
17             derives its license from an organization licensee
18             located in a county with a population in excess of
19             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
20             not conducting its own race meeting during the same
21             dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
22             purses at the track where the races wagered on are
23             being conducted.
24                 (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
25             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
26             derives its license from an organization licensee
27             located in a county with a population in excess of
28             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
29             also conducting its own race meeting during the
30             same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
31             follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
32             wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
33             the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
34             is accepting such wagers.
35                 (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
36             conducted by an inter-track wagering location

 

 

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1             licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
2             licensee that derives its license from an
3             organization licensee located in a county with a
4             population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
5             Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
6             Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
7             where the race meeting being wagered on is being
8             held.
9         (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
10     proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
11     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
12     wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
13     licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
14             (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
15         reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
16         administering the conduct of this wagering and to
17         prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
18         under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
19         Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
20         prevention of practices detrimental to the public
21         interest and for the best interests of said wagering
22         and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
23             (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
24         delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
25         the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
26         there has been compliance with the provisions of this
27         Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
28         conduct of such wagering.
29             (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
30         delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
31         licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
32         reputation is such that his presence on such premises
33         may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
34         question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
35         with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
36         however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected

 

 

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1         from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
2         color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
3             (D) (Blank).
4             (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
5         delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
6         under this Section for the purpose of administering
7         this wagering and any rules and regulations
8         promulgated in accordance with this Act.
9             (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
10         director of this wagering who shall be a representative
11         of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
12         the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
13         for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
14         rules and regulation shall specify the method of
15         appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
16         duties.
17             (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
18         civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
19         up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
20         any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
21         this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
22         order of the Board or any other action which in the
23         Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
24         such wagering.
25         (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
26     agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
27     conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
28     licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
29     Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
30     Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
31     which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
32     that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
33     on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
34     which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
35     racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
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1     and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
2     daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
3     agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
4     wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
5     approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
6     best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
7     provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
8     subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
9     this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
10     meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
11     Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
12     Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
13     race meetings.
14     (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
15 conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
16 days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
17 Act.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99; 92-211, eff. 8-2-01.)
 
19     (230 ILCS 5/26.5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26.5)
20     Sec. 26.5. Inter-track wagering licensee surcharge. In
21 addition to the amount retained pursuant to paragraph (10) of
22 subsection (h) of Section 26, inter-track wagering licensees
23 shall retain an additional amount equal to 0.9% 1.5% of each
24 winning wager and winnings from wagers. The surcharge shall be
25 deducted from winnings prior to payout, except as provided in
26 subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act. Amounts retained
27 under this Section shall be distributed as follows: 66% 40% to
28 the organization licensee at whose track the wager was placed,
29 40% as purses at the track where the wager was placed, and 34%
30 20% to the county in which the track where the wager was placed
31 is located.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
 
33     (230 ILCS 5/29)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-29)
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1 established in Sections 26(f), 27, and 27.1 is paid to the
2 State from the monies retained by the organization licensee
3 pursuant to Sections 26 and , 26.2, and 26.3, the remainder of
4 those monies retained pursuant to Sections 26 and 26.2, except
5 as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, shall
6 be allocated evenly to the organization licensee and as purses.
7     (b) (Blank).
8     (c) (Blank).
9     (d) Each organization licensee and inter-track wagering
10 licensee from the money retained for purses as set forth in
11 subsection (a) of this Section, shall pay to an organization
12 representing the largest number of horse owners and trainers
13 which has negotiated a contract with the organization licensee
14 for such purpose an amount equal to at least 1% of the
15 organization licensee's and inter-track wagering licensee's
16 retention of the pari-mutuel handle for the racing season. Each
17 inter-track wagering location licensee, from the 4% of its
18 handle required to be paid as purses under paragraph (11) of
19 subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act, shall pay to the
20 contractually established representative organization 2% of
21 that 4%, provided that the payments so made to the organization
22 shall not exceed a total of $125,000 in any calendar year. Such
23 contract shall be negotiated and signed prior to the beginning
24 of the racing season.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
 
26     (230 ILCS 5/26.3 rep.)
27     Section 10. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
28 amended by repealing Section 26.3.