Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 5/23/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3779

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3779, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
6amended by changing Sections 9, 15.1, 18, 26, 27, and 28 as
7follows:
 
8    (230 ILCS 5/9)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-9)
9    Sec. 9. The Board shall have all powers necessary and
10proper to fully and effectively execute the provisions of this
11Act, including, but not limited to, the following:
12    (a) The Board is vested with jurisdiction and supervision
13over all race meetings in this State, over all licensees doing
14business in this State, over all occupation licensees, and over
15all persons on the facilities of any licensee. Such
16jurisdiction shall include the power to issue licenses to the

 

 

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1Illinois Department of Agriculture authorizing the pari-mutuel
2system of wagering on harness and Quarter Horse races held (1)
3at the Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County, and (2) at the
4DuQuoin State Fair in Perry County. The jurisdiction of the
5Board shall also include the power to issue licenses to county
6fairs which are eligible to receive funds pursuant to the
7Agricultural Fair Act, as now or hereafter amended, or their
8agents, authorizing the pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse
9races conducted at the county fairs receiving such licenses.
10Such licenses shall be governed by subsection (n) of this
11Section.
12    Upon application, the Board shall issue a license to the
13Illinois Department of Agriculture to conduct harness and
14Quarter Horse races at the Illinois State Fair and at the
15DuQuoin State Fairgrounds during the scheduled dates of each
16fair. The Board shall not require and the Department of
17Agriculture shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections
1815.3, 18 and 19, paragraphs (a)(2), (b), (c), (d), (e), (e-5),
19(e-10), (f), (g), and (h) of Section 20, and Sections 21, 24
20and 25. The Board and the Department of Agriculture may extend
21any or all of these exemptions to any contractor or agent
22engaged by the Department of Agriculture to conduct its race
23meetings when the Board determines that this would best serve
24the public interest and the interest of horse racing.
25    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, it
26shall be lawful for any licensee to operate pari-mutuel

 

 

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1wagering or contract with the Department of Agriculture to
2operate pari-mutuel wagering at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
3or for the Department to enter into contracts with a licensee,
4employ its owners, employees or agents and employ such other
5occupation licensees as the Department deems necessary in
6connection with race meetings and wagerings.
7    (b) The Board is vested with the full power to promulgate
8reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
9administering the provisions of this Act and to prescribe
10reasonable rules, regulations and conditions under which all
11horse race meetings or wagering in the State shall be
12conducted. Such reasonable rules and regulations are to provide
13for the prevention of practices detrimental to the public
14interest and to promote the best interests of horse racing and
15to impose penalties for violations thereof.
16    (c) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
17delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter the
18facilities and other places of business of any licensee to
19determine whether there has been compliance with the provisions
20of this Act and its rules and regulations.
21    (d) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
22delegates this power, is vested with the authority to
23investigate alleged violations of the provisions of this Act,
24its reasonable rules and regulations, orders and final
25decisions; the Board shall take appropriate disciplinary
26action against any licensee or occupation licensee for

 

 

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1violation thereof or institute appropriate legal action for the
2enforcement thereof.
3    (e) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
4delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any race
5meeting or the facilities of any licensee, or any part thereof,
6any occupation licensee or any other individual whose conduct
7or reputation is such that his presence on those facilities
8may, in the opinion of the Board, call into question the
9honesty and integrity of horse racing or wagering or interfere
10with the orderly conduct of horse racing or wagering; provided,
11however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected from the
12facilities of any licensee solely on the grounds of race,
13color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex. The power to
14eject or exclude an occupation licensee or other individual may
15be exercised for just cause by the licensee or the Board,
16subject to subsequent hearing by the Board as to the propriety
17of said exclusion.
18    (f) The Board is vested with the power to acquire,
19establish, maintain and operate (or provide by contract to
20maintain and operate) testing laboratories and related
21facilities, for the purpose of conducting saliva, blood, urine
22and other tests on the horses run or to be run in any horse race
23meeting and to purchase all equipment and supplies deemed
24necessary or desirable in connection with any such testing
25laboratories and related facilities and all such tests.
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1financial or other statements of any licensee or any person
2affiliated with the licensee who is involved directly or
3indirectly in the activities of any licensee as regulated under
4this Act to the extent that those financial or other statements
5relate to such activities be kept in such manner as prescribed
6by the Board, and that Board employees shall have access to
7those records during reasonable business hours. Within 120 days
8of the end of its fiscal year, each licensee shall transmit to
9the Board an audit of the financial transactions and condition
10of the licensee's total operations. All audits shall be
11conducted by certified public accountants. Each certified
12public accountant must be registered in the State of Illinois
13under the Illinois Public Accounting Act. The compensation for
14each certified public accountant shall be paid directly by the
15licensee to the certified public accountant. A licensee shall
16also submit any other financial or related information the
17Board deems necessary to effectively administer this Act and
18all rules, regulations, and final decisions promulgated under
19this Act.
20    (h) The Board shall name and appoint in the manner provided
21by the rules and regulations of the Board: an Executive
22Director; a State director of mutuels; State veterinarians and
23representatives to take saliva, blood, urine and other tests on
24horses; licensing personnel; revenue inspectors; and State
25seasonal employees (excluding admission ticket sellers and
26mutuel clerks). All of those named and appointed as provided in

 

 

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1this subsection shall serve during the pleasure of the Board;
2their compensation shall be determined by the Board and be paid
3in the same manner as other employees of the Board under this
4Act.
5    (i) The Board shall require that there shall be 3 stewards
6at each horse race meeting, at least 2 of whom shall be named
7and appointed by the Board. Stewards appointed or approved by
8the Board, while performing duties required by this Act or by
9the Board, shall be entitled to the same rights and immunities
10as granted to Board members and Board employees in Section 10
11of this Act.
12    (j) The Board may discharge any Board employee who fails or
13refuses for any reason to comply with the rules and regulations
14of the Board, or who, in the opinion of the Board, is guilty of
15fraud, dishonesty or who is proven to be incompetent. The Board
16shall have no right or power to determine who shall be
17officers, directors or employees of any licensee, or their
18salaries except the Board may, by rule, require that all or any
19officials or employees in charge of or whose duties relate to
20the actual running of races be approved by the Board.
21    (k) The Board is vested with the power to appoint delegates
22to execute any of the powers granted to it under this Section
23for the purpose of administering this Act and any rules or
24regulations promulgated in accordance with this Act.
25    (l) The Board is vested with the power to impose civil
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1$10,000 against a licensee for each violation of any provision
2of this Act, any rules adopted by the Board, any order of the
3Board or any other action which, in the Board's discretion, is
4a detriment or impediment to horse racing or wagering. All such
5civil penalties shall be deposited into the Horse Racing Fund.
6    (m) The Board is vested with the power to prescribe a form
7to be used by licensees as an application for employment for
8employees of each licensee.
9    (n) The Board shall have the power to issue a license to
10any county fair, or its agent, authorizing the conduct of the
11pari-mutuel system of wagering. The Board is vested with the
12full power to promulgate reasonable rules, regulations and
13conditions under which all horse race meetings licensed
14pursuant to this subsection shall be held and conducted,
15including rules, regulations and conditions for the conduct of
16the pari-mutuel system of wagering. The rules, regulations and
17conditions shall provide for the prevention of practices
18detrimental to the public interest and for the best interests
19of horse racing, and shall prescribe penalties for violations
20thereof. Any authority granted the Board under this Act shall
21extend to its jurisdiction and supervision over county fairs,
22or their agents, licensed pursuant to this subsection. However,
23the Board may waive any provision of this Act or its rules or
24regulations which would otherwise apply to such county fairs or
25their agents.
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1consider some aspect of criminal history record information for
2the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and
3responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in
4conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the
5Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), the
6Department of State Police is authorized to furnish, pursuant
7to positive identification, such information contained in
8State files as is necessary to fulfill the request.
9    (p) To insure the convenience, comfort, and wagering
10accessibility of race track patrons, to provide for the
11maximization of State revenue, and to generate increases in
12purse allotments to the horsemen, the Board shall require any
13licensee to staff the pari-mutuel department with adequate
14personnel.
15(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
16    (230 ILCS 5/15.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-15.1)
17    Sec. 15.1. Upon collection of the fee accompanying the
18application for an occupation license, the Board shall be
19authorized to make daily temporary deposits of the fees, for a
20period not to exceed 7 days, with the horsemen's bookkeeper at
21a race meeting. The horsemen's bookkeeper shall issue a check,
22payable to the order of the Illinois Racing Board, for monies
23deposited under this Section within 24 hours of receipt of the
24monies. Provided however, upon the issuance of the check by the
25horsemen's bookkeeper the check shall be deposited into the

 

 

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1Horse Racing Fund in the State Treasury in accordance with the
2provisions of the "State Officers and Employees Money
3Disposition Act", approved June 9, 1911, as amended.
4(Source: P.A. 84-432.)
 
5    (230 ILCS 5/18)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-18)
6    Sec. 18. (a) Together with its application, each applicant
7for racing dates shall deliver to the Board a certified check
8or bank draft payable to the order of the Board for $1,000. In
9the event the applicant applies for racing dates in 2 or 3
10successive calendar years as provided in subsection (b) of
11Section 21, the fee shall be $2,000. Filing fees shall not be
12refunded in the event the application is denied. All filing
13fees shall be deposited into the Horse Racing Fund.
14    (b) In addition to the filing fee of $1000 and the fees
15provided in subsection (j) of Section 20, each organization
16licensee shall pay a license fee of $100 for each racing
17program on which its daily pari-mutuel handle is $400,000 or
18more but less than $700,000, and a license fee of $200 for each
19racing program on which its daily pari-mutuel handle is
20$700,000 or more. The additional fees required to be paid under
21this Section by this amendatory Act of 1982 shall be remitted
22by the organization licensee to the Illinois Racing Board with
23each day's graduated privilege tax or pari-mutuel tax and
24breakage as provided under Section 27.
25    (c) Sections 11-42-1, 11-42-5, and 11-54-1 of the "Illinois

 

 

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1Municipal Code," approved May 29, 1961, as now or hereafter
2amended, shall not apply to any license under this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
 
4    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
5    Sec. 26. Wagering.
6    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
7system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
8horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
9conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
10and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
11Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
12Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
13to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
14wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
15the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
16unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
17notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
18promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
19advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
20    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
21gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
22licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
23taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
24wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
25otherwise be permitted under this Act.

 

 

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1    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
2system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
3provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
4described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
5electronically by an individual while physically on the
6premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
7premises of that licensee.
8    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
9payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
10to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
11licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
12days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
13less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
14the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
15pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
16Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
17in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
18    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
19licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
20unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
21retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
22date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
23remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
24by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
25distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
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1and the organization licensee.
2    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
3of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
4and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
5similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
6presented for payment.
7    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
8than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
9driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
10program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
11minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
12conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
13unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
14an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
15race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
16    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
17organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
18state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
19state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
20state or country on races conducted by the organization
21licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
22shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
23when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
24separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
25to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
26from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such

 

 

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1contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
2privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
3within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
4When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
5pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall be 10% of
6all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
7the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
8in which the race was conducted.
9    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
10races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
11locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
12signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
13more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
14pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
15with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
16established by other states.
17    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
18horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
19control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
20its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
21The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
22that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
23of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
24signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
25non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
26shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of

 

 

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1all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
2shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
3Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
4approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
5signal. Non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast
6program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part
7of the simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted. All
8organization licensees shall provide their live signal to all
9advance deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission
10fee not to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's
11Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without
12prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under
13which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%.
14The Board shall adopt rules limiting the interstate commission
15fees charged to an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board
16shall adopt rules regarding advance deposit wagering on
17interstate simulcast races that shall reflect, among other
18things, the General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to
19the State, horsemen purses, and organizational licensees.
20However, organization licensees providing live signals
21pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may
22petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an
23advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee
24discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible information
25that the advance deposit wagering licensee is under
26investigation by another state or federal governmental agency,

 

 

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1the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has been
2suspended in another state, or the advance deposit wagering
3licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in another
4state. The organization licensee's provision of their live
5signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this
6subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois.
7Advance deposit wagering licensees may place advance deposit
8wagering terminals at wagering facilities as a convenience to
9customers. The advance deposit wagering licensee shall not
10charge or collect any fee from purses for the placement of the
11advance deposit wagering terminals. The costs and expenses of
12the host track and non-host licensees associated with
13interstate simulcast wagering, other than the interstate
14commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
15non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
16commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
17interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
18the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
19permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
20interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
21racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
22fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
23non-host licensees.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for a
25period of one year 3 years after the effective date of this
26amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly this amendatory Act

 

 

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1of the 96th General Assembly, an organization licensee may
2maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
3place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
4horsemen association representing the largest number of
5owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
6horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
7contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
8deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
9withheld. All advance deposit wagers placed from within
10Illinois must be placed through a Board-approved advance
11deposit wagering licensee; no other entity may accept an
12advance deposit wager from a person within Illinois. All
13advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules adopted by the
14Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to regulate advance
15deposit wagering through the use of emergency rulemaking in
16accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
17Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that the adoption of
18rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is deemed an
19emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and
20welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may retain all
21moneys as agreed to by contract with an organization licensee.
22Any moneys retained by the organization licensee from advance
23deposit wagering, not including moneys retained by the advance
24deposit wagering licensee, shall be paid 50% to the
25organization licensee's purse account and 50% to the
26organization licensee. If more than one breed races at the same

 

 

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1race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid to
2an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
3among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
4that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
5number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
6race track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent
7any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois
8for wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in
9escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
10determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
11action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
12disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
13        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
14    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
15    supplement the host track simulcast program with
16    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
17    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
18    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
19    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
20    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
21    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
22    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
23    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
24    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
25    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
26    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a

 

 

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1    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
2    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
3    receiving the simulcast.
4        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
5    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
6    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
7    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
8    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
9    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
10    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
11    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
12    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
13    participating non-host licensees.
14        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
15    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
16    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
17    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
18    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
19    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
20    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
21    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
22    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
23    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
24    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
25    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
26    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast

 

 

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

 

 

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1            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
2        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
3        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
4        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
5        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
6        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
7        track.
8        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
9    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
10    from a track located in a county with a population in
11    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
12    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
13    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
14    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
15    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
16        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
17    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
18    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
19    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
20    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
21    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
22    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
23    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
24    license as follows:
25            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
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1        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
2        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
3        share to its standardbred purse account;
4            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
5        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
6        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
7        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
8        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
9        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
10        (g);
11            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
12        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
13        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
14        the purse share from wagers made during this time
15        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
16        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
17        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
18        accounts;
19            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
20        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
21        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
22        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
23            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
24        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
25        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
26        share to its standardbred purse account.

 

 

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1        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
2    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
3    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
4    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
5    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
6    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
7    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
8    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
9            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
10        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
11        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
12        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
13        and
14            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
15        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
16        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
17        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
18        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
19        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
20        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
21        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
22        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
23        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
24        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
25        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
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1        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
2        Advisory Board.
3        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
4    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
5    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
6    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
7    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
8    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
9    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
10    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
11    follows:
12            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
13        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
14        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
15        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
16        account; and
17            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
18        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
19        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
20        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
21        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
22        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
23        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
24        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
25        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
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1        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
2        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
3        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
4        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
5        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
6        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
7        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
8        Fund.
9        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
10    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
11    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
12    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
13    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
14    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
15    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
16    account as follows:
17            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
18        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
19            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
20        Purse Distribution Fund.
21        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
22    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
23    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
24    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
25    wagering location license.
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1    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
2    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
3    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
4    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
5    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
6    shall be used as determined by the Department of
7    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
8    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
9    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
10    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
11    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
12        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
13    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
14    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
15    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
16    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
17    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
18    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
19    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
20    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
21    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
22    be used for standardbred purses.
23        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
24    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
25    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
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1    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
2    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
3    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
4        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
5    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
6    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
7    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
8    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
9    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
10    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
11    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
12    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
13    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
14    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
15    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
16    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
17    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
18    and that borders the Mississippi River.
19        (9) (Blank).
20        (10) (Blank).
21        (11) (Blank).
22        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
23    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
24    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
25    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
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1        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
2    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
3    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
4    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
5    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
6    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
7    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
8    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
9    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
10    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
11    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
12    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
13    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
14    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
15    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
16    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
17    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
18    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
19    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
20    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
21    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
22    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
23    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
24    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
25    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
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1    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
2    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
3    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
4    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
5    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
6    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
7    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
8    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
9    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
10    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
11    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
12    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
13    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
14    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
15    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
16    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
17    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
18    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
19    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
20    with the provisions of this Section.
21    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
22inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
23wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
24subject to the following terms and conditions:
25        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
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1    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
2    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
3    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
4    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
5    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
6    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
7    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
8    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
9    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
10    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
11    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
12    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
13    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
14    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
15    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
16    licensee and the associations representing the largest
17    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
18    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
19    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
20    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
21    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
22    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
23    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
24    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
25    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
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1    track located in a county that has a population of more
2    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
3    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
4    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
5    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
6    application for an inter-track wagering location license
7    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
8    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
9    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
10    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
11    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
12    the Board in connection therewith.
13        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
14    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
15    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
16    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
17    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
18    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
19    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
20    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
21    by the Board.
22        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
23    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
24    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
25    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
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1    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
2    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
3    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
4    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
5    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
6    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
7    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
8    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
9    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
10    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
11        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
12    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
13    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
14    the track or location where the wagering is to be
15    conducted.
16        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
17    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
18    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
19    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
20        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
21    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
22    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
23    under this Act.
24        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
25    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
26    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.

 

 

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1        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
2    derive their licenses from a particular organization
3    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
4    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
5    of that race track where the particular organization
6    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
7    of that race track where the particular organization
8    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
9    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
10    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
11    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
12    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
13    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
14    current year, unless the person having operating control of
15    such race track has given its written consent to such
16    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
17    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
18    application is made.
19        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
20    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
21    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
22    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
23    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
24    receiving written permission from a majority of the
25    registered voters at such residences. Such written
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1    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
2    of any building used for worship services, education
3    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
4    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
5    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
6    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
7    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
8    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
9    been erected or established, or such voters have been
10    registered, after the Board issues the original
11    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
12    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
13    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
14    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
15    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
16    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
17    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
18    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
19    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
20    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
21    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
22    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
23    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
24    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
25    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
26    wagering location licensee for the site in question.

 

 

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1        (9) (Blank).
2        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
3    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
4    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
5    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
6    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
7    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
8    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
9    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
10    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
11    Section 27.
12        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
13    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
14    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
15    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
16    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
17    which such location is situated. In the event that an
18    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
19    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
20    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
21    county.
22        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
23    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
24    located in a county that has a population of more than
25    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
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1    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
2    location licensee that derives its license from the
3    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
4    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
5    conducted at another Illinois race track and
6    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
7    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
8    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
9    license from the organization licensee that operates the
10    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
11    follows:
12            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
13        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
14        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
15        standardbred races.
16            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
17        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
18        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
19        thoroughbred races.
20        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
21    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
22    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
23    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
24    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
25    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
26    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering

 

 

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1    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
2    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
3    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
4    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
5    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
6    divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
7    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
8    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
9    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
10    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
11    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
12    divide any remaining retention with that organization
13    licensee.
14        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
15    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
16    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
17    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
18    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
19    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
20    track located in a county with a population in excess of
21    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
22    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
23    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
24    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
25    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
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1    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
2    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
3    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
4    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
5    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
6    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
7    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
8    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
9    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
10    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
11    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
12    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
13    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
14    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
15    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
16    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
17    during the calendar year in which this provision is
18    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
19    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
20    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
21    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
22    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
23    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
24    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
25    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
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1    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
2    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
3    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
4    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
5    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
6    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
7    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
8    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
9    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
10    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
11    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
12    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
13    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
14    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
15    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
16    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
17    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
18    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
19    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
20    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
21    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
22    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
23    location licensee that derives its license from a track
24    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
25    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
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1    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
2    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
3    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
4    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
5    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
6    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
7    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
8    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
9    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
10    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
11    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
12    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
13    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
14    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
15    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
16    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
17    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
18    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
19    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
20    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
21    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
22    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
23    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
24    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
25    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
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1    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
2    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
3    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
4    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
5    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
6    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
7    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
8    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
9    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
10        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
11    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
12    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
13    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
14    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
15    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
16    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
17    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
18    municipality that is not included within any park district
19    but is included within a conservation district and is the
20    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
21    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
22    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
23    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
24    appropriation as follows:
25            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
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1        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
2        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
3        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
4        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
5        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
6        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
7        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
8        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
9        representatives of organization licensees conducting
10        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
11        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
12        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
13        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
14        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
15        Association, recommended by that Association; a
16        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
17        Protective Association or any successor organization
18        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
19        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
20        that Association or that successor organization; and a
21        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
22        Association, recommended by that Association.
23        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
24        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
25        representative of any of the above-named entities has
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1        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
2        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
3        compensation for their services as members but shall be
4        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
5        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
6        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
7        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
8        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
9        Agricultural Fair Act;
10            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
11        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
12        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
13        location licensee is located in such a park district)
14        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
15        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
16        municipality that is not included within any park
17        district but is included within a conservation
18        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
19        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
20        population of 88,257 according to the United States
21        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
22        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
23        be allocated equally between the county and the
24        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
25        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
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1        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
2        in a municipality that is not included within any park
3        district and park maintenance is the function of the
4        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
5        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
6        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
7        distributed to each park district or conservation
8        district or municipality that does not have a park
9        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
10        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
11        licensee within the park district or conservation
12        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
13        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
14        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
15        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
16        municipality that is not included within any park
17        district but is included within a conservation
18        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
19        as practicable after the effective date of this
20        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
21        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
22        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
23        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
24        the park district or municipality where the
25        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
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1            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
2        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
3        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
4        relation to additional support and finances for the
5        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
6        the several counties of this State and making an
7        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
8        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
9    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
10    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
11            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
12        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
13        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
14        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
15        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
16        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
17        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
18        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
19        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
20        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
21        representatives of organization licensees conducting
22        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
23        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
24        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
25        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
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1        Association, recommended by that Association; a
2        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
3        Protective Association or any successor organization
4        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
5        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
6        that Association or that successor organization; and a
7        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
8        Association, recommended by that Association.
9        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
10        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
11        representative of any of the above-named entities has
12        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
13        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
14        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
15        compensation for their services as members but shall be
16        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
17        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
18        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
19        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
20        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
21        Agricultural Fair Act;
22            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
23        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
24        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
25        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
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1        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
2            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
3        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
4        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
5        relation to additional support and finances for the
6        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
7        the several counties of this State and making an
8        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
9        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
10        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
11            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
12        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
13        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
14        divided as follows:
15                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
16            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
17            derives its license from an organization licensee
18            located in a county with a population in excess of
19            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
20            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
21            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
22            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
23            being conducted.
24                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
25            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
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1            located in a county with a population in excess of
2            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
3            also conducting its own race meeting during the
4            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
5            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
6            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
7            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
8            is accepting such wagers.
9                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
10            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
11            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
12            licensee that derives its license from an
13            organization licensee located in a county with a
14            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
15            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
16            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
17            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
18            held.
19        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
20    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
21    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
22    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
23    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
24            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
25        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
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1        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
2        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
3        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
4        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
5        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
6        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
7            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
8        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
9        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
10        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
11        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
12        conduct of such wagering.
13            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
14        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
15        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
16        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
17        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
18        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
19        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
20        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
21        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
22        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
23            (D) (Blank).
24            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
25        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
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1        this wagering and any rules and regulations
2        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
3            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
4        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
5        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
6        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
7        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
8        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
9        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
10        duties.
11            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
12        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
13        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
14        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
15        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
16        order of the Board or any other action which in the
17        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
18        such wagering.
19        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
20    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
21    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
22    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
23    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
24    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
25    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
26    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering

 

 

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1    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
2    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
3    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
4    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
5    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
6    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
7    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
8    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
9    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
10    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
11    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
12    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
13    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
14    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
15    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
16    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
17    race meetings.
18    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
19conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
20days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
21Act.
22(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
23    (230 ILCS 5/27)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-27)
24    Sec. 27. (a) In addition to the organization license fee
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1privilege tax is hereby imposed for conducting the pari-mutuel
2system of wagering permitted under this Act. Until January 1,
32000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of
4this Act, all of the breakage of each racing day held by any
5licensee in the State shall be paid to the State. Until January
61, 2000, such daily graduated privilege tax shall be paid by
7the licensee from the amount permitted to be retained under
8this Act. Until January 1, 2000, each day's graduated privilege
9tax, breakage, and Horse Racing Tax Allocation funds shall be
10remitted to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after the
11close of the racing day upon which it is assessed or within
12such other time as the Board prescribes. The privilege tax
13hereby imposed, until January 1, 2000, shall be a flat tax at
14the rate of 2% of the daily pari-mutuel handle except as
15provided in Section 27.1.
16    In addition, every organization licensee, except as
17provided in Section 27.1 of this Act, which conducts multiple
18wagering shall pay, until January 1, 2000, as a privilege tax
19on multiple wagers an amount equal to 1.25% of all moneys
20wagered each day on such multiple wagers, plus an additional
21amount equal to 3.5% of the amount wagered each day on any
22other multiple wager which involves a single betting interest
23on 3 or more horses. The licensee shall remit the amount of
24such taxes to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after
25the close of the racing day on which it is assessed or within
26such other time as the Board prescribes.

 

 

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1    This subsection (a) shall be inoperative and of no force
2and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
3    (a-5) Beginning on January 1, 2000, a flat pari-mutuel tax
4at the rate of 1.5% of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed
5at all pari-mutuel wagering facilities and on advance deposit
6wagering from a location other than a wagering facility, except
7as otherwise provided for in this subsection (a-5). In addition
8to the pari-mutuel tax imposed on advance deposit wagering
9pursuant to this subsection (a-5), an additional pari-mutuel
10tax at the rate of 0.25% shall be imposed on advance deposit
11wagering, the amount of which shall not exceed $250,000 in each
12calendar year. The additional 0.25% pari-mutuel tax imposed on
13advance deposit wagering by Public Act 96-972 this amendatory
14Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be deposited as follows:
1550% deposited into the Quarter Horse Purse Fund, which shall be
16created as a non-appropriated trust fund administered by the
17Board for grants to thoroughbred organization licensees for
18payment of purses for quarter horse races conducted by the
19organization licensee, and 50% deposited equally into the
20standardbred purse accounts of organization licensees
21conducting standardbred racing. Thoroughbred organization
22licensees may petition the Board to conduct quarter horse
23racing and receive purse grants from the Quarter Horse Purse
24Fund. The Board shall have complete discretion in distributing
25the Quarter Horse Purse Fund to the petitioning organization
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1Act of the 96th General Assembly and until moneys deposited
2pursuant to Section 54 are distributed and received, a
3pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 0.75% of the daily pari-mutuel
4handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel facility whose license is
5derived from a track located in a county that borders the
6Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the previous
7year. After moneys deposited pursuant to Section 54 are
8distributed and received, a pari-mutuel tax at the rate of 1.5%
9of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel
10facility whose license is derived from a track located in a
11county that borders the Mississippi River and conducted live
12racing in the previous year. The pari-mutuel tax imposed by
13this subsection (a-5) shall be remitted to the Department of
14Revenue within 48 hours after the close of the racing day upon
15which it is assessed or within such other time as the Board
16prescribes.
17    (a-6) On August 25, 2012, and every 30 days thereafter for
18a total period of one year, all advance deposit wagering
19licensees shall collectively pay an aggregate amount of
20$27,084, which shall be deposited equally into the standardbred
21purse accounts of organization licensees conducting
22standardbred racing. Each advance deposit wagering licensee's
23share of the monthly payment shall be directly proportional to
24that advance deposit wagering licensee's share of the total
25advance deposit wagering handle for 2011.
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1organization licensee conducts 2 separate programs of races on
2any day, each such program shall be considered a separate
3racing day for purposes of determining the daily handle and
4computing the privilege tax on such daily handle as provided in
5subsection (a) of this Section.
6    (c) Licensees shall at all times keep accurate books and
7records of all monies wagered on each day of a race meeting and
8of the taxes paid to the Department of Revenue under the
9provisions of this Section. The Board or its duly authorized
10representative or representatives shall at all reasonable
11times have access to such records for the purpose of examining
12and checking the same and ascertaining whether the proper
13amount of taxes is being paid as provided. The Board shall
14require verified reports and a statement of the total of all
15monies wagered daily at each wagering facility upon which the
16taxes are assessed and may prescribe forms upon which such
17reports and statement shall be made.
18    (d) Any licensee failing or refusing to pay the amount of
19any tax due under this Section shall be guilty of a business
20offense and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $5,000
21in addition to the amount found due as tax under this Section.
22Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. All
23fines paid into Court by a licensee hereunder shall be
24transmitted and paid over by the Clerk of the Court to the
25Board.
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1racing fee, except as provided in this Act, shall be assessed
2or collected from any such licensee by the State.
3    (f) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax or
4racing fee shall be assessed or collected from any such
5licensee by units of local government except as provided in
6paragraph 10.1 of subsection (h) and subsection (f) of Section
726 of this Act. However, any municipality that has a Board
8licensed horse race meeting at a race track wholly within its
9corporate boundaries or a township that has a Board licensed
10horse race meeting at a race track wholly within the
11unincorporated area of the township may charge a local
12amusement tax not to exceed 10¢ per admission to such horse
13race meeting by the enactment of an ordinance. However, any
14municipality or county that has a Board licensed inter-track
15wagering location facility wholly within its corporate
16boundaries may each impose an admission fee not to exceed $1.00
17per admission to such inter-track wagering location facility,
18so that a total of not more than $2.00 per admission may be
19imposed. Except as provided in subparagraph (g) of Section 27
20of this Act, the inter-track wagering location licensee shall
21collect any and all such fees and within 48 hours remit the
22fees to the Board, which shall, pursuant to rule, cause the
23fees to be distributed to the county or municipality.
24    (g) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
25contrary, if in any calendar year the total taxes and fees
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1this Act to all State and local governmental authorities
2exceeds the amount of such taxes and fees distributed to each
3State and local governmental authority to which each State and
4local governmental authority was entitled under this Act for
5calendar year 1994, then the first $11 million of that excess
6amount shall be allocated at the earliest possible date for
7distribution as purse money for the succeeding calendar year.
8Upon reaching the 1994 level, and until the excess amount of
9taxes and fees exceeds $11 million, the Board shall direct all
10licensees to cease paying the subject taxes and fees and the
11Board shall direct all licensees to allocate any such excess
12amount for purses as follows:
13        (i) the excess amount shall be initially divided
14    between thoroughbred and standardbred purses based on the
15    thoroughbred's and standardbred's respective percentages
16    of total Illinois live wagering in calendar year 1994;
17        (ii) each thoroughbred and standardbred organization
18    licensee issued an organization licensee in that
19    succeeding allocation year shall be allocated an amount
20    equal to the product of its percentage of total Illinois
21    live thoroughbred or standardbred wagering in calendar
22    year 1994 (the total to be determined based on the sum of
23    1994 on-track wagering for all organization licensees
24    issued organization licenses in both the allocation year
25    and the preceding year) multiplied by the total amount
26    allocated for standardbred or thoroughbred purses,

 

 

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1    provided that the first $1,500,000 of the amount allocated
2    to standardbred purses under item (i) shall be allocated to
3    the Department of Agriculture to be expended with the
4    assistance and advice of the Illinois Standardbred
5    Breeders Funds Advisory Board for the purposes listed in
6    subsection (g) of Section 31 of this Act, before the amount
7    allocated to standardbred purses under item (i) is
8    allocated to standardbred organization licensees in the
9    succeeding allocation year.
10    To the extent the excess amount of taxes and fees to be
11collected and distributed to State and local governmental
12authorities exceeds $11 million, that excess amount shall be
13collected and distributed to State and local authorities as
14provided for under this Act.
15(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1287, eff. 7-26-10.)
 
16    (230 ILCS 5/28)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-28)
17    Sec. 28. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27
18of this Act, moneys collected shall be distributed according to
19the provisions of this Section 28.
20    (a) Thirty per cent of the total of all monies received by
21the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the
22Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Fund in
23the State Treasury.
24    (b) In addition, 4.5% of the total of all monies received
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1treasury into a special Fund to be known as the Metropolitan
2Exposition, Auditorium, and Office Building Fund.
3    (c) Fifty per cent of the total of all monies received by
4the State as privilege taxes under the provisions of this Act
5shall be paid into the Agricultural Premium Fund.
6    (d) Seven per cent of the total of all monies received by
7the State as privilege taxes shall be paid into the Fair and
8Exposition Fund in the State treasury; provided, however, that
9when all bonds issued prior to July 1, 1984 by the Metropolitan
10Fair and Exposition Authority shall have been paid or payment
11shall have been provided for upon a refunding of those bonds,
12thereafter 1/12 of $1,665,662 of such monies shall be paid each
13month into the Build Illinois Fund, and the remainder into the
14Fair and Exposition Fund. All excess monies shall be allocated
15to the Department of Agriculture for distribution to county
16fairs for premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
17Agricultural Fair Act.
18    (e) The monies provided for in Section 30 shall be paid
19into the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund.
20    (f) The monies provided for in Section 31 shall be paid
21into the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund.
22    (g) Until January 1, 2000, that part representing 1/2 of
23the total breakage in Thoroughbred, Harness, Appaloosa,
24Arabian, and Quarter Horse racing in the State shall be paid
25into the Illinois Race Track Improvement Fund as established in
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1    (h) All other monies received by the Board under this Act
2shall be paid into the Horse Racing Fund General Revenue Fund
3of the State.
4    (i) The salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards,
5directors of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives,
6accountants, clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other
7employees of the Board, and all expenses of the Board incident
8to the administration of this Act, including, but not limited
9to, all expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva
10and urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations
11of the Board shall be paid out of the Agricultural Premium
12Fund.
13    (j) The Agricultural Premium Fund shall also be used:
14        (1) for the expenses of operating the Illinois State
15    Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair, including the payment of
16    prize money or premiums;
17        (2) for the distribution to county fairs, vocational
18    agriculture section fairs, agricultural societies, and
19    agricultural extension clubs in accordance with the
20    Agricultural Fair Act, as amended;
21        (3) for payment of prize monies and premiums awarded
22    and for expenses incurred in connection with the
23    International Livestock Exposition and the Mid-Continent
24    Livestock Exposition held in Illinois, which premiums, and
25    awards must be approved, and paid by the Illinois
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1        (4) for personal service of county agricultural
2    advisors and county home advisors;
3        (5) for distribution to agricultural home economic
4    extension councils in accordance with "An Act in relation
5    to additional support and finance for the Agricultural and
6    Home Economic Extension Councils in the several counties in
7    this State and making an appropriation therefor", approved
8    July 24, 1967, as amended;
9        (6) for research on equine disease, including a
10    development center therefor;
11        (7) for training scholarships for study on equine
12    diseases to students at the University of Illinois College
13    of Veterinary Medicine;
14        (8) for the rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of
15    the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fair Grounds and the
16    structures and facilities thereon and the construction of
17    permanent improvements on such Fair Grounds, including
18    such structures, facilities and property located on such
19    State Fair Grounds which are under the custody and control
20    of the Department of Agriculture;
21        (9) for the expenses of the Department of Agriculture
22    under Section 5-530 of the Departments of State Government
23    Law (20 ILCS 5/5-530);
24        (10) for the expenses of the Department of Commerce and
25    Economic Opportunity under Sections 605-620, 605-625, and
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1    Opportunity Law (20 ILCS 605/605-620, 605/605-625, and
2    605/605-630);
3        (11) for remodeling, expanding, and reconstructing
4    facilities destroyed by fire of any Fair and Exposition
5    Authority in counties with a population of 1,000,000 or
6    more inhabitants;
7        (12) for the purpose of assisting in the care and
8    general rehabilitation of disabled veterans of any war and
9    their surviving spouses and orphans;
10        (13) for expenses of the Department of State Police for
11    duties performed under this Act;
12        (14) for the Department of Agriculture for soil surveys
13    and soil and water conservation purposes;
14        (15) for the Department of Agriculture for grants to
15    the City of Chicago for conducting the Chicagofest;
16        (16) for the State Comptroller for grants and operating
17    expenses authorized by the Illinois Global Partnership
18    Act.
19    (k) To the extent that monies paid by the Board to the
20Agricultural Premium Fund are in the opinion of the Governor in
21excess of the amount necessary for the purposes herein stated,
22the Governor shall notify the Comptroller and the State
23Treasurer of such fact, who, upon receipt of such notification,
24shall transfer such excess monies from the Agricultural Premium
25Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
26(Source: P.A. 94-91, Sections 55-135 and 90-10, eff. 7-1-05.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".