Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 5/1/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3779

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3779 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5amended 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
9system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
13Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
14Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
15to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
16wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under

 

 

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1the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
2unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
3notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
4promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
5advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
6    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
7gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
8licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
9taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
10wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
11otherwise be permitted under this Act.
12    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
13system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
14provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
15described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
16electronically by an individual while physically on the
17premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
18premises of that licensee.
19    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
20payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
21to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
22licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
23days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
24less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
25the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
26pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'

 

 

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

 

 

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1    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
2organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
3state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
4state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
5state or country on races conducted by the organization
6licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
7shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
8when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
9separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
10to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
11from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
12contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
13privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
14within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
15When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
16pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
17all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
18the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
19in which the race was conducted.
20    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
21races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
22locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
23signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
24more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
25pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
26with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools

 

 

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1established by other states.
2    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
3horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
4control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
5its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
6The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
7that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
8of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
9signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
10non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
11shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of
12all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
13shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
14Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
15approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
16signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast
17program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part
18of the simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. All
19organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all
20advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission
21fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's
22Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without
23prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under
24which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%.
25The Board shall adopt rules limiting the interstate commission
26fees charged to an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board

 

 

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1shall adopt rules regarding advance deposit wagering on
2interstate simulcast races that shall reflect, among other
3things, the General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to
4the State, horsemen purses, and organizational licensees.
5However, organization licensees providing live signals
6pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may
7petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an
8advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee
9discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information
10that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under
11investigation by another state or federal governmental agency,
12the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been
13suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering
14licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another
15state. The organization licensee's provision of their live
16signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this
17subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois.
18Advance deposit wagering licensees may place advance deposit
19wagering terminals at wagering facilities as a convenience to
20customers. The advance deposit wagering licensee shall not
21charge or collect any fee from purses for the placement of the
22advance deposit wagering terminals. The costs and expenses of
23the host track and non-host licensees associated with
24interstate simulcast wagering, other than the interstate
25commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
26non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate

 

 

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1commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
2interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
3the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
4permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
5interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
6racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
7fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
8non-host licensees.
9    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for a
10period of 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory
11Act of the 97th General Assembly the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, an organization
13licensee may maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering
14may take place or an organization licensee, with the consent of
15the horsemen association representing the largest number of
16owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
17horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
18contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
19deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
20withheld. All advance deposit wagers placed from within
21Illinois must be placed through a Board-approved advance
22deposit wagering licensee; no other entity may accept an
23advance deposit wager from a person within Illinois. All
24advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules adopted by the
25Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to regulate advance
26deposit wagering through the use of emergency rulemaking in

 

 

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1accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
2Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that the adoption of
3rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is deemed an
4emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and
5welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may retain all
6moneys as agreed to by contract with an organization licensee.
7Any moneys retained by the organization licensee from advance
8deposit wagering, not including moneys retained by the advance
9deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the
10organization licensee's purse account and 50% to the
11organization licensee. If more than one breed races at the same
12race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid to
13an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
14among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
15that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
16number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
17race track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent
18any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois
19for wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in
20escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
21determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
22action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
23disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
24        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
25    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
26    supplement the host track simulcast program with

 

 

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1    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
2    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
3    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
4    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
5    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
6    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
7    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
8    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
9    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
10    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
11    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
12    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
13    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
14    receiving the simulcast.
15        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
16    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
17    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
18    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
19    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
20    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
21    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
22    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
23    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
24    participating non-host licensees.
25        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
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1    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
2    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
3    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
4    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
5    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
6    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
7    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
8    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
9    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
10    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
11    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
12    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
13    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
14    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
15        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
16    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
17    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
18    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
19    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
20    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
21    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
22    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
23    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
24    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
25    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
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1    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
2    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
3    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
4    all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
5    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
6    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
7    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
8    follows:
9            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
10        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
11        host track.
12            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
13        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
14        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
15        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
16        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
17        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
18        track.
19        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
20    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
21    from a track located in a county with a population in
22    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
23    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
24    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
25    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
26    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.

 

 

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1        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
2    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
3    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
4    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
5    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
6    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
7    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
8    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
9    license as follows:
10            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
11        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
12        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
13        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
14        share to its standardbred purse account;
15            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
16        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
17        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
18        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
19        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
20        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
21        (g);
22            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
23        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
24        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
25        the purse share from wagers made during this time
26        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between

 

 

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

 

 

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1        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
2        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
3        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
4        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
5        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
6        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
7        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
8        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
9        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
10        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
11        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
12        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
13        Advisory Board.
14        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
15    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
16    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
17    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
18    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
19    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
20    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
21    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
22    follows:
23            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
24        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
25        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
26        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse

 

 

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1        account; and
2            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
3        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
4        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
5        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
6        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
7        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
8        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
9        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
10        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
11        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
12        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
13        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
14        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
15        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
16        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
17        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
18        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
19        Fund.
20        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
21    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
22    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
23    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
24    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
25    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
26    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse

 

 

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1    account as follows:
2            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
3        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
4            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
5        Purse Distribution Fund.
6        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
7    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
8    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
9    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
10    wagering location license.
11        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
12    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
13    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
14    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
15    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
16    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
17    shall be used as determined by the Department of
18    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
19    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
20    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
21    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
22    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
23        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
24    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
25    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
26    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to

 

 

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1    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
2    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
3    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
4    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
5    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
6    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
7    be used for standardbred purses.
8        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
9    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
10    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
11    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
12    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
13    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
14    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
15        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
16    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
17    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
18    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
19    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
20    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
21    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
22    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
23    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
24    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
25    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
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1    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
2    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
3    and that borders the Mississippi River.
4        (9) (Blank).
5        (10) (Blank).
6        (11) (Blank).
7        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
8    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
9    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
10    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
11    programs.
12        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
13    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
14    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
15    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
16    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
17    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
18    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
19    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
20    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
21    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
22    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
23    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
24    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
25    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
26    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on

 

 

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1    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
2    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
3    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
4    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
5    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
6    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
7    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
8    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
9    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
10    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
11    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
12    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
13    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
14    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
15    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
16    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
17    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
18    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
19    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
20    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
21    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
22    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
23    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
24    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
25    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
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1    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
2    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
3    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
4    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
5    with the provisions of this Section.
6    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
7inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
8wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
9subject to the following terms and conditions:
10        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
11    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
12    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
13    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
14    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
15    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
16    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
17    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
18    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
19    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
20    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
21    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
22    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
23    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
24    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
25    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
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1    licensee and the associations representing the largest
2    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
3    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
4    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
5    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
6    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
7    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
8    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
9    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
10    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
11    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
12    track located in a county that has a population of more
13    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
14    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
15    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
16    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
17    application for an inter-track wagering location license
18    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
19    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
20    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
21    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
22    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
23    the Board in connection therewith.
24        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
25    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
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1        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
2    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
3    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
4    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
5        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
6    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
7    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
8    under this Act.
9        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
10    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
11    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
12        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
13    derive their licenses from a particular organization
14    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
15    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
16    of that race track where the particular organization
17    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
18    of that race track where the particular organization
19    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
20    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
21    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
22    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
23    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
24    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
25    current year, unless the person having operating control of
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1    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
2    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
3    application is made.
4        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
5    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
6    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
7    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
8    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
9    receiving written permission from a majority of the
10    registered voters at such residences. Such written
11    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
12    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
13    of any building used for worship services, education
14    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
15    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
16    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
17    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
18    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
19    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
20    been erected or established, or such voters have been
21    registered, after the Board issues the original
22    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
23    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
24    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
25    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
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1    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
2    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
3    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
4    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
5    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
6    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
7    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
8    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
9    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
10    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
11    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
12        (9) (Blank).
13        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
14    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
15    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
16    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
17    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
18    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
19    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
20    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
21    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
22    Section 27.
23        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
24    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
25    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
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1    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
2    which such location is situated. In the event that an
3    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
4    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
5    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
6    county.
7        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
8    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
9    located in a county that has a population of more than
10    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
11    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
12    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
13    location licensee that derives its license from the
14    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
15    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
16    conducted at another Illinois race track and
17    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
18    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
19    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
20    license from the organization licensee that operates the
21    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
22    follows:
23            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
24        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
25        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
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1            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
2        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
3        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
4        thoroughbred races.
5        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
6    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
7    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
8    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
9    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
10    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
11    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
12    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
13    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
14    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
15    a track located 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 the Illinois
18    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
19    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
20    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
21    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
22    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
23    divide any remaining retention with that organization
24    licensee.
25        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
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1    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
2    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
3    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
4    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
5    track located in a county with a population in excess of
6    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
7    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
8    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
9    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
10    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
11    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
12    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
13    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
14    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
15    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
16    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
17    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
18    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
19    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
20    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
21    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
22    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
23    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
24    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
25    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
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1    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
2    during the calendar year in which this provision is
3    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
4    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
5    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
6    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
7    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
8    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
9    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
10    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
11    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
12    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
13    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
14    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
15    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
16    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
17    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
18    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
19    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
20    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
21    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
22    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
23    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
24    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
25    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
26    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%

 

 

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1    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
2    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
3    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
4    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
5    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
6    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
7    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
8    location licensee that derives its license from a track
9    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
10    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
11    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
12    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
13    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
14    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
15    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
16    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
17    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
18    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
19    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
20    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
21    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
22    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
23    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
24    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
25    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
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1    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
2    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
3    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
4    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
5    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
6    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
7    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
8    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
9    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
10    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
11    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
12    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
13    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
14    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
15    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
16    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
17    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
18    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
19    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
20    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
21        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
22    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
23    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
24    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
25    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
26    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)

 

 

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1    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
2    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
3    municipality that is not included within any park district
4    but is included within a conservation district and is the
5    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
6    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
7    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
8    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
9    appropriation as follows:
10            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
11        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
12        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
13        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
14        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
15        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
16        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
17        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
18        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
19        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
20        representatives of organization licensees conducting
21        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
22        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
23        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
24        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
25        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
26        Association, recommended by that Association; a

 

 

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1        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
2        Protective Association or any successor organization
3        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
4        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
5        that Association or that successor organization; and a
6        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
7        Association, recommended by that Association.
8        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
9        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
10        representative of any of the above-named entities has
11        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
12        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
13        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
14        compensation for their services as members but shall be
15        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
16        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
17        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
18        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
19        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
20        Agricultural Fair Act;
21            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
22        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
23        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
24        location licensee is located in such a park district)
25        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
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1        municipality that is not included within any park
2        district but is included within a conservation
3        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
4        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
5        population of 88,257 according to the United States
6        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
7        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
8        be allocated equally between the county and the
9        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
10        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
11        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
12        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
13        in a municipality that is not included within any park
14        district and park maintenance is the function of the
15        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
16        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
17        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
18        distributed to each park district or conservation
19        district or municipality that does not have a park
20        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
21        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
22        licensee within the park district or conservation
23        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
24        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
25        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
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1        municipality that is not included within any park
2        district but is included within a conservation
3        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
4        as practicable after the effective date of this
5        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
6        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
7        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
8        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
9        the park district or municipality where the
10        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
11        for general purposes; and
12            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
13        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
14        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
15        relation to additional support and finances for the
16        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
17        the several counties of this State and making an
18        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
19        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
20    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
21    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
22            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
23        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
24        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
25        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
26        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee

 

 

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1        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
2        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
3        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
4        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
5        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
6        representatives of organization licensees conducting
7        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
8        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
9        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
10        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
11        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
12        Association, recommended by that Association; a
13        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
14        Protective Association or any successor organization
15        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
16        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
17        that Association or that successor organization; and a
18        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
19        Association, recommended by that Association.
20        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
21        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
22        representative of any of the above-named entities has
23        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
24        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
25        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
26        compensation for their services as members but shall be

 

 

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1        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
2        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
3        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
4        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
5        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
6        Agricultural Fair Act;
7            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
8        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
9        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
10        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
11        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
12        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
13            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
14        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
15        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
16        relation to additional support and finances for the
17        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
18        the several counties of this State and making an
19        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
20        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
21        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
22            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
23        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
24        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
25        divided as follows:
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1            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
2            derives its license from an organization licensee
3            located in a county with a population in excess of
4            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
5            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
6            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
7            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
8            being conducted.
9                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
10            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
11            derives its license from an organization licensee
12            located in a county with a population in excess of
13            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
14            also conducting its own race meeting during the
15            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
16            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
17            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
18            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
19            is accepting such wagers.
20                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
21            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
22            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
23            licensee that derives its license from an
24            organization licensee located in a county with a
25            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
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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
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1        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
2        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
3        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
4        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
5        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
6        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
7        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
8            (D) (Blank).
9            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
10        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
11        under this Section for the purpose of administering
12        this wagering and any rules and regulations
13        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
14            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
15        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
16        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
17        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
18        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
19        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
20        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
21        duties.
22            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
23        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
24        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
25        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
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1        order of the Board or any other action which in the
2        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
3        such wagering.
4        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
5    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
6    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
7    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
8    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
9    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
10    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
11    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
12    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
13    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
14    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
15    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
16    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
17    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
18    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
19    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
20    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
21    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
22    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
23    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
24    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
25    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
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1    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
2    race meetings.
3    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
4conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
5days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
6Act.
7(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".