Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 5/31/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 26

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 26 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 Sections 28.1 and 32.1 and by adding
6 Section 28.2 as follows:
 
7     (230 ILCS 5/28.1)
8     Sec. 28.1. Payments.
9     (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the
10 Department of Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section
11 26 or Section 27 of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse
12 Racing Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
13 State Treasury.
14     (b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
15 may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
16 salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, directors

 

 

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1 of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
2 clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the
3 Board, and all expenses of the Board incident to the
4 administration of this Act, including, but not limited to, all
5 expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva and
6 urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations of
7 the Board.
8     (b-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
9 Act of the 96th General Assembly, the amount of $1,000,000
10 shall be transferred annually from the Horse Racing Fund and
11 divided proportionally for deposit into the Illinois
12 Thoroughbred Breeder's Fund, the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
13 Breeder's Fund, and, for standardbred horses, the Illinois Colt
14 Stakes Purse Distribution Fund, based on races conducted by
15 each breed at Illinois county fairs, the DuQuoin State Fair,
16 and the Illinois State Fair in calendar year 2008.
17     (c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall transfer
18 the remainder of the funds generated pursuant to Sections 26
19 and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the General Revenue
20 Fund.
21     (d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in
22 existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999
23 that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and
24 28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of
25 Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
26 and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue

 

 

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1 Fund at the funding levels determined by amounts paid under
2 this Act in calendar year 1998. Beginning on the effective date
3 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments
4 to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General
5 Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to
6 that park district for museum purposes under this Act in
7 calendar year 1994. Beginning on the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, in lieu of
9 payments to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes,
10 payments to the Urbana Park District shall be made from the
11 General Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts
12 paid to the Champaign Park District for museum purposes under
13 this Act in calendar year 2005.
14     (e) Beginning July 1, 2006, the payment authorized under
15 subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park
16 districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums,
17 aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the
18 Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on
19 Chicago Park District property.
20     (f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum
21 in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General
22 Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts
23 paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this
24 Section in calendar year 2006.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-813, eff. 5-26-06; 95-222, eff. 8-16-07.)
 

 

 

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1     (230 ILCS 5/28.2 new)
2     Sec. 28.2. Drug testing at Illinois county fairs.
3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, annually, the
4 Illinois Department of Agriculture may take the sum of $100,000
5 proportionally from the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeder's Fund,
6 the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeder's Fund, and the
7 Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund based on amounts
8 deposited into those funds under subsection (b-5) of Section
9 28.1 to pay for drug testing at Illinois county fairs.
 
10     (230 ILCS 5/32.1)
11     Sec. 32.1. Pari-mutuel tax credit; statewide racetrack
12 real estate equalization. In order to encourage new investment
13 in Illinois racetrack facilities and mitigate differing real
14 estate tax burdens among all racetracks, the licensees
15 affiliated or associated with each racetrack that has been
16 awarded live racing dates in the current year and that
17 conducted live racing in 1998 shall receive an immediate
18 pari-mutuel tax credit in an amount equal to the greater of (i)
19 50% of the amount of the real estate taxes paid in the prior
20 year attributable to that racetrack, or (ii) the amount by
21 which the real estate taxes paid in the prior year attributable
22 to that racetrack exceeds 60% of the average real estate taxes
23 paid in the prior year for all racetracks awarded live horse
24 racing meets in the current year.
25     Each year, regardless of whether the organization licensee

 

 

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1 conducted live racing in the year of certification, the Board
2 shall certify in writing, prior to December 31, the real estate
3 taxes paid in that year for each racetrack and the amount of
4 the pari-mutuel tax credit that each organization licensee,
5 intertrack wagering licensee, and intertrack wagering location
6 licensee that derives its license from such racetrack is
7 entitled in the succeeding calendar year. The real estate taxes
8 considered under this Section for any racetrack shall be those
9 taxes on the real estate parcels and related facilities used to
10 conduct a horse race meeting and inter-track wagering at such
11 racetrack under this Act. In no event shall the amount of the
12 tax credit under this Section exceed the amount of pari-mutuel
13 taxes otherwise calculated under this Act. The amount of the
14 tax credit under this Section shall be retained by each
15 licensee and shall not be subject to any reallocation or
16 further distribution under this Act. The Board may promulgate
17 emergency rules to implement this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.".