Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 4/14/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 665

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 665 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5 amended by changing Section 26 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

 

 

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1 taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
2 wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
3 otherwise be permitted under this Act.
4     (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
5 system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
6 provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
7 described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
8 electronically by an individual while physically on the
9 premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
10 premises of that licensee.
11     (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
12 payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
13 to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
14 licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
15 days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
16 less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
17 the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
18 pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
19 Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
20 in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
21     (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
22 licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
23 unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
24 retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
25 date; except that, beginning on the effective date of this
26 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the sum held by an
27 organization licensee located in a county with a population in
28 excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River and
29 every inter-track wagering location licensee who derives their
30 licenses from that organization licensee shall be retained by
31 the organization licensee for payment of such tickets until
32 that date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
33 remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
34 by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum

 

 

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1 distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
2 distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
3 and the organization licensee.
4     (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
5 of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
6 and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
7 similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
8 presented for payment.
9     (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
10 than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
11 driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
12 program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
13 minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
14 conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
15 unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
16 an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
17 race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
18     (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
19 organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
20 state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
21 state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
22 state or country on races conducted by the organization
23 licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
24 shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
25 when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
26 separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
27 to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
28 from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
29 contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
30 privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
31 within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
32 When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
33 pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
34 all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of

 

 

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1 the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
2 in which the race was conducted.
3     An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
4 races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
5 locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
6 signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
7 more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
8 pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
9 with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
10 established by other states.
11     (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
12 horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
13 control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
14 its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
15 The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
16 that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
17 of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
18 signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
19 non-host licensees shall carry the host track simulcast program
20 and accept wagers on all races included as part of the
21 simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. The costs
22 and expenses of the host track and non-host licensees
23 associated with interstate simulcast wagering, other than the
24 interstate commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and
25 all non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
26 commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
27 interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
28 the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
29 permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
30 interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
31 racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
32 fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
33 non-host licensees.
34         (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an

 

 

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1     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
2     supplement the host track simulcast program with
3     additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
4     between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
5     year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
6     occurring in Illinois during this period, only
7     thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
8     simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
9     supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
10     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
11     supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
12     an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
13     licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
14     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
15     non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
16     receiving the simulcast.
17         (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
18     intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
19     receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
20     consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
21     the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
22     racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
23     intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
24     non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
25     supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
26     participating non-host licensees.
27         (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
28     wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
29     applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
30     17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
31     pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
32     racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
33     race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
34     the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing

 

 

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1     the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
2     subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
3     the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
4     subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
5     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
6     wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
7     to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
8     subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
9         (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
10     combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
11     racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
12     licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
13     racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
14     sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
15     pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
16     conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
17     The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
18     states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
19     wagering pools or other wagering pools.
20         (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
21     (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
22     interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
23     and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
24     all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
25     subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
26     moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
27     subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
28     follows:
29             (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
30         track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
31         host track.
32             (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
33         races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
34         subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races

 

 

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1         conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
2         non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
3         non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
4         track.
5         (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
6     contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
7     from a track located in a county with a population in
8     excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
9     may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
10     times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
11     only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
12     simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
13         (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
14     contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
15     taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
16     who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
17     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
18     Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
19     interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
20     the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
21     license as follows:
22             (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
23         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
24         occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
25         interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
26         share to its standardbred purse account;
27             (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
28         February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
29         occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
30         interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
31         share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
32         distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
33         (g);
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1         February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
2         occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
3         the purse share from wagers made during this time
4         period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
5         6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
6         made during this time period to its standardbred purse
7         accounts;
8             (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
9         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
10         between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
11         share to its thoroughbred purse account;
12             (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
13         December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
14         between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
15         share to its standardbred purse account.
16         (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
17     to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
18     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
19     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
20     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
21     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
22     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
23     a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
24             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
25         that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
26         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
27         80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
28         and
29             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
30         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
31         be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
32         conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
33         fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
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1         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
2         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
3         paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
4         not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
5         Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
6         subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
7         Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
8         assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
9         Advisory Board.
10         (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
11     to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
12     a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
13     year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
14     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
15     inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
16     (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
17     p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
18     follows:
19             (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
20         that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
21         racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
22         80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
23         account; and
24             (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
25         Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
26         deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
27         Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
28         shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
29         thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
30         purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
31         for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
32         discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
33         advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
34         Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited

 

 

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1         into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
2         pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
3         within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
4         be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
5         paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
6         not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
7         Fund.
8         (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
9     racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
10     or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
11     conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
12     January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
13     wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
14     and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
15     account as follows:
16             (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
17         purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
18             (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
19         Purse Distribution Fund.
20         Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
21     Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
22     in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
23     license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
24     wagering location license.
25         Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
26     Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
27     paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
28     conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
29     fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
30     Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
31     shall be used as determined by the Department of
32     Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
33     Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
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1     standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
2     commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
3         (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
4     racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
5     year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
6     has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
7     conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
8     derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
9     inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
10     that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
11     between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
12     2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
13     be used for standardbred purses.
14         (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
15     contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
16     a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
17     borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
18     licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
19     generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
20     wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
21         (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
22     contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
23     standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
24     of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
25     State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
26     remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
27     otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
28     purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
29     licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
30     organization licensees, respectively, based on each
31     organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
32     that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
33     any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
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1     and that borders the Mississippi River.
2         (9) (Blank).
3         (10) (Blank).
4         (11) (Blank).
5         (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
6     tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
7     conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
8     and include all such races as part of their simulcast
9     programs.
10         (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
11     in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
12     Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
13     calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
14     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
15     wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
16     wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
17     pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
18     than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
19     Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
20     year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
21     otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
22     with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
23     succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
24     differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
25     Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
26     calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
27     a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
28     payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
29     wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
30     is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
31     wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
32     to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
33     during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
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1     race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
2     during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
3     reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
4     Board's certification shall be provided no later than
5     January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
6     facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
7     affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
8     for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
9     to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
10     between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
11     Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
12     racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
13     previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
14     shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
15     Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
16     into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
17     accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
18     each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
19     Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
20     each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
21     with the provisions of this Section.
22     (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
23 inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
24 wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
25 subject to the following terms and conditions:
26         (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
27     at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
28     during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
29     over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
30     of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
31     issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
32     located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
33     River, which has a population of less than 150,000
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1     at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
2     may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
3     a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
4     100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
5     calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
6     license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
7     result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
8     acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
9     licensee and the associations representing the largest
10     number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
11     drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
12     racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
13     extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
14     interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
15     100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
16     control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
17     inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
18     more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
19     for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
20     track located in a county that has a population of more
21     than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
22     may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
23     application for said license shall be filed with the Board
24     prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
25     application for an inter-track wagering location license
26     there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
27     bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
28     equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
29     and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
30     with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
31     the Board in connection therewith.
32         (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
33     respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
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1     compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
2     Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
3     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
4     applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
5     Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
6     by the Board.
7         (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
8     wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
9     consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
10     racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
11         (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
12     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
13     shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
14     Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
15     and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
16     in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
17     licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
18     other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
19     distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
20     winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
21     patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
22         (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
23     simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
24     issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
25     the track or location where the wagering is to be
26     conducted.
27         (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
28     Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
29     prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
30     the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
31         (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
32     wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
33     or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
34     under this Act.

 

 

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1         (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
2     not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
3     track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
4         (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
5     derive their licenses from a particular organization
6     licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
7     wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
8     of that race track where the particular organization
9     licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
10     of that race track where the particular organization
11     licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
12     tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
13     on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
14     and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
15     licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
16     at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
17     current year, unless the person having operating control of
18     such race track has given its written consent to such
19     inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
20     must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
21     application is made.
22         (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
23     not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
24     licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
25     church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
26     residences of more than 50 registered voters without
27     receiving written permission from a majority of the
28     registered voters at such residences. Such written
29     permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
30     distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
31     of any building used for worship services, education
32     programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
33     wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
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1     or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
2     feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
3     registered voters if such church, school or residences have
4     been erected or established, or such voters have been
5     registered, after the Board issues the original
6     inter-track wagering location license at the site in
7     question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
8     conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
9     in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
10     purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
11     approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
12     to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
13     shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
14     inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
15     any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
16     resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
17     wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
18     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
19     conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
20     enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
21     wagering location licensee for the site in question.
22         (9) (Blank).
23         (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
24     inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
25     to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
26     amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
27     of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
28     or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
29     considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
30     determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
31     tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
32     Section 27.
33         (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
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1     shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
2     the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
3     of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
4     which such location is situated. In the event that an
5     inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
6     unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
7     of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
8     county.
9         (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
10     Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
11     located in a county that has a population of more than
12     230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
13     first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
14     inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
15     location licensee that derives its license from the
16     organization licensee that operates the first race track,
17     on races conducted at the first race track or on races
18     conducted at another Illinois race track and
19     simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
20     facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
21     inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
22     license from the organization licensee that operates the
23     first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
24     follows:
25             (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
26         standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
27         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
28         standardbred races.
29             (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
30         thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
31         be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
32         thoroughbred races.
33         (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
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1     in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
2     dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
3     inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
4     under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
5     inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
6     shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
7     participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
8     intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
9     a track located in a county with a population in excess of
10     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
11     divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
12     organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
13     an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
14     races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
15     race meet in a county with a population in excess of
16     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
17     divide any remaining retention with that organization
18     licensee.
19         (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
20     this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
21     pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
22     4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
23     such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
24     wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
25     track located in a county with a population in excess of
26     230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
27     all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
28     distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
29     intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
30     on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
31     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
32     borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
33     moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
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1     Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
2     wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
3     each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
4     the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
5     extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
6     Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
7     during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
8     distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
9     calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
10     redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
11     licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
12     total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
13     wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
14     during the calendar year in which this provision is
15     applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
16     inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
17     subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
18     subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
19     Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
20     amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
21     to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
22     paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
23     redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
24     the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
25     handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
26     question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
27     described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
28     licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
29     organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
30     with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
31     Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
32     provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
33     subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
34     further redistribution allocated to purses at that

 

 

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1     organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
2     purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
3     otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
4     licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
5     of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
6     at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
7     conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
8     retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
9     shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
10     the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
11     races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
12     location licensee that derives its license from a track
13     located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
14     and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
15     remaining retention with the organization licensee that
16     provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
17     location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
18     an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
19     county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
20     borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
21     remaining retention with the organization licensee.
22     Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
23     this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
24     wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
25     of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
26     those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
27     during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
28     5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
29     races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
30     12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
31     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
32     following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
33     satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
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1     8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
2     during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
3     months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
4     during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
5     additional intertrack wagering location licensees
6     authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
7     the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
8     5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
9     for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
10     be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
11     additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
12     this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
13     to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
14     pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
15     12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
16     of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
17         (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
18     Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
19     December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
20     December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
21     Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
22     Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
23     by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
24     districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
25     municipality that is not included within any park district
26     but is included within a conservation district and is the
27     county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
28     of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
29     according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
30     operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
31     appropriation as follows:
32             Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
33         Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
34         promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding

 

 

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1         industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
2         Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
3         appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
4         members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
5         as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
6         licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
7         this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
8         representatives of organization licensees conducting
9         standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
10         by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
11         Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
12         recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
13         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
14         Association, recommended by that Association; a
15         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
16         Protective Association or any successor organization
17         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
18         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
19         that Association or that successor organization; and a
20         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
21         Association, recommended by that Association.
22         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
23         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
24         representative of any of the above-named entities has
25         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
26         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
27         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
28         compensation for their services as members but shall be
29         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
30         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
31         official duties. The remaining 50% of this
32         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
33         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
34         Agricultural Fair Act;

 

 

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1             Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
2         that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
3         or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
4         location licensee is located in such a park district)
5         or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
6         inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
7         municipality that is not included within any park
8         district but is included within a conservation
9         district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
10         contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
11         population of 88,257 according to the United States
12         Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
13         district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
14         be allocated equally between the county and the
15         municipality in which the inter-track wagering
16         location licensee is located for general purposes) or
17         to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
18         an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
19         in a municipality that is not included within any park
20         district and park maintenance is the function of the
21         municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
22         1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
23         Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
24         distributed to each park district or conservation
25         district or municipality that does not have a park
26         district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
27         amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
28         licensee within the park district or conservation
29         district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
30         paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
31         the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
32         inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
33         municipality that is not included within any park
34         district but is included within a conservation

 

 

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

 

 

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1         the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
2         Association, recommended by that Association; a
3         representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
4         Protective Association or any successor organization
5         thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
6         largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
7         that Association or that successor organization; and a
8         representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
9         Association, recommended by that Association.
10         Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
11         commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
12         representative of any of the above-named entities has
13         not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
14         year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
15         fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
16         compensation for their services as members but shall be
17         reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
18         disbursements incurred in the performance of their
19         official duties. The remaining 50% of this
20         two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
21         premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
22         Agricultural Fair Act;
23             Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
24         park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
25         that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
26         previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
27         for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
28         of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
29             One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
30         used for distribution to agricultural home economics
31         extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
32         relation to additional support and finances for the
33         Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
34         the several counties of this State and making an

 

 

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1         appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
2         subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
3         and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
4             (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
5         subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
6         intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
7         divided as follows:
8                 (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
9             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
10             derives its license from an organization licensee
11             located in a county with a population in excess of
12             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
13             not conducting its own race meeting during the same
14             dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
15             purses at the track where the races wagered on are
16             being conducted.
17                 (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
18             except an intertrack wagering licensee that
19             derives its license from an organization licensee
20             located in a county with a population in excess of
21             230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
22             also conducting its own race meeting during the
23             same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
24             follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
25             wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
26             the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
27             is accepting such wagers.
28                 (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
29             conducted by an inter-track wagering location
30             licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
31             licensee that derives its license from an
32             organization licensee located in a county with a
33             population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
34             Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for

 

 

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1             Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
2             where the race meeting being wagered on is being
3             held.
4         (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
5     proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
6     inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
7     wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
8     licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
9             (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
10         reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
11         administering the conduct of this wagering and to
12         prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
13         under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
14         Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
15         prevention of practices detrimental to the public
16         interest and for the best interests of said wagering
17         and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
18             (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
19         delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
20         the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
21         there has been compliance with the provisions of this
22         Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
23         conduct of such wagering.
24             (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
25         delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
26         licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
27         reputation is such that his presence on such premises
28         may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
29         question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
30         with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
31         however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
32         from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
33         color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
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1             (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
2         delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
3         under this Section for the purpose of administering
4         this wagering and any rules and regulations
5         promulgated in accordance with this Act.
6             (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
7         director of this wagering who shall be a representative
8         of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
9         the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
10         for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
11         rules and regulation shall specify the method of
12         appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
13         duties.
14             (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
15         civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
16         up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
17         any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
18         this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
19         order of the Board or any other action which in the
20         Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
21         such wagering.
22         (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
23     agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
24     conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
25     licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
26     Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
27     Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
28     which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
29     that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
30     on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
31     which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
32     racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
33     racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
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1     daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
2     agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
3     wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
4     approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
5     best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
6     provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
7     subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
8     this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
9     meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
10     Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
11     Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
12     race meetings.
13     (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
14 conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
15 days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
16 Act.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99; 92-211, eff. 8-2-01.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".