97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3827

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Terry Link

 

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

    Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, for a period of 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act (rather than for a period of 3 years after the effective date of Public Act 96-762), an organization licensee may maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take place or an organization licensee may contract with another person to carry out a system of advance deposit wagering. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
5by changing Section 26 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
7    Sec. 26. Wagering.
8    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
9system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
13Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
14Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
15to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
16wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
17the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
18unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
19notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
20promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
21advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
22    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
23gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each

 

 

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1licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
2taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
3wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
4otherwise be permitted under this Act.
5    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
6system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
7provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
8described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
9electronically by an individual while physically on the
10premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
11premises of that licensee.
12    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
13payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
14to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
15licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
16days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
17less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
18the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
19pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
20Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
21in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
22    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
23licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
24unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
25retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
26date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum

 

 

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1remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
2by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
3distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
4distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
5and the organization licensee.
6    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
7of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
8and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
9similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
10presented for payment.
11    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
12than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
13driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
14program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
15minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
16conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
17unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
18an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
19race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
20    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
21organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
22state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
23state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
24state or country on races conducted by the organization
25licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
26shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1non-host licensees.
2    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for a
3period of 5 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory
4Act of the 97th General Assembly this amendatory Act of the
596th General Assembly, an organization licensee may maintain a
6system whereby advance deposit wagering may take place or an
7organization licensee, with the consent of the horsemen
8association representing the largest number of owners,
9trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race horses at
10that organization licensee's racing meeting, may contract with
11another person to carry out a system of advance deposit
12wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. All
13advance deposit wagers placed from within Illinois must be
14placed through a Board-approved advance deposit wagering
15licensee; no other entity may accept an advance deposit wager
16from a person within Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is
17subject to any rules adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt
18rules necessary to regulate advance deposit wagering through
19the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45
20of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General
21Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate advance
22deposit wagering is deemed an emergency and necessary for the
23public interest, safety, and welfare. An advance deposit
24wagering licensee may retain all moneys as agreed to by
25contract with an organization licensee. Any moneys retained by
26the organization licensee from advance deposit wagering, not

 

 

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1including moneys retained by the advance deposit wagering
2licensee, shall be paid 50% to the organization licensee's
3purse account and 50% to the organization licensee. If more
4than one breed races at the same race track facility, then the
550% of the moneys to be paid to an organization licensee's
6purse account shall be allocated among all organization
7licensees' purse accounts operating at that race track facility
8proportionately based on the actual number of host days that
9the Board grants to that breed at that race track facility in
10the current calendar year. To the extent any fees from advance
11deposit wagering conducted in Illinois for wagers in Illinois
12or other states have been placed in escrow or otherwise
13withheld from wagers pending a determination of the legality of
14advance deposit wagering, no action shall be brought to declare
15such wagers or the disbursement of any fees previously escrowed
16illegal.
17        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
18    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
19    supplement the host track simulcast program with
20    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
21    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
22    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
23    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
24    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
25    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
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1    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
2    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
3    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
4    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
5    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
6    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
7    receiving the simulcast.
8        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
9    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
10    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
11    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
12    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
13    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
14    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
15    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
16    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
17    participating non-host licensees.
18        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
19    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
20    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
21    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
22    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
23    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
24    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
25    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
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1    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
2    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
3    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
4    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
5    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
6    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
7    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
8        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
9    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
10    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
11    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
12    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
13    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
14    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
15    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
16    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
17    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
18    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
19        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
20    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
21    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
22    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
23    all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
24    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
25    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
26    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as

 

 

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1    follows:
2            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
3        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
4        host track.
5            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
6        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
7        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
8        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
9        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
10        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
11        track.
12        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
13    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
14    from a track located in a county with a population in
15    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
16    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
17    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
18    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
19    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
20        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
21    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
22    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
23    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
24    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
25    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
26    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at

 

 

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1    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
2    license as follows:
3            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
4        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
5        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
6        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
7        share to its standardbred purse account;
8            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
9        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
10        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
11        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
12        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
13        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
14        (g);
15            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
16        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
17        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
18        the purse share from wagers made during this time
19        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
20        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
21        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
22        accounts;
23            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
24        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
25        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
26        share to its thoroughbred purse account;

 

 

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1            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
2        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
3        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
4        share to its standardbred purse account.
5        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
6    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
7    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
8    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
9    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
10    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
11    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
12    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
13            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
14        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
15        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
16        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
17        and
18            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
19        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
20        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
21        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
22        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
23        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
24        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
25        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
26        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall

 

 

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

 

 

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1    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
2    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
3    wagering location license.
4        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
5    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
6    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
7    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
8    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
9    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
10    shall be used as determined by the Department of
11    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
12    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
13    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
14    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
15    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
16        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
17    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
18    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
19    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
20    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
21    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
22    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
23    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
24    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
25    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
26    be used for standardbred purses.

 

 

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1        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
2    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
3    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
4    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
5    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
6    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
7    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
8        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
9    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
10    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
11    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
12    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
13    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
14    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
15    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
16    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
17    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
18    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
19    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
20    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
21    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
22    and that borders the Mississippi River.
23        (9) (Blank).
24        (10) (Blank).
25        (11) (Blank).
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1    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
2    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
3    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
4    programs.
5        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
6    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
7    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
8    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
9    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
10    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
11    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
12    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
13    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
14    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
15    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
16    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
17    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
18    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
19    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
20    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
21    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
22    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
23    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
24    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
25    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
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1    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
2    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
3    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
4    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
5    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
6    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
7    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
8    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
9    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
10    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
11    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
12    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
13    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
14    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
15    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
16    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
17    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
18    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
19    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
20    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
21    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
22    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
23    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
24    with the provisions of this Section.
25    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
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1wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
2subject to the following terms and conditions:
3        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
4    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
5    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
6    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
7    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
8    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
9    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
10    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
11    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
12    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
13    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
14    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
15    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
16    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
17    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
18    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
19    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
20    licensee and the associations representing the largest
21    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
22    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
23    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
24    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
25    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
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1    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
2    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
3    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
4    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
5    track located in a county that has a population of more
6    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
7    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
8    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
9    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
10    application for an inter-track wagering location license
11    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
12    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
13    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
14    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
15    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
16    the Board in connection therewith.
17        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
18    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
19    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
20    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
21    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
22    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
23    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
24    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
25    by the Board.
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1    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
2    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
3    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
4        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
5    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
6    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
7    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
8    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
9    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
10    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
11    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
12    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
13    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
14    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
15        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
16    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
17    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
18    the track or location where the wagering is to be
19    conducted.
20        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
21    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
22    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
23    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
24        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
25    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
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1    under this Act.
2        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
3    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
4    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
5        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
6    derive their licenses from a particular organization
7    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
8    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
9    of that race track where the particular organization
10    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
11    of that race track where the particular organization
12    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
13    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
14    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
15    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
16    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
17    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
18    current year, unless the person having operating control of
19    such race track has given its written consent to such
20    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
21    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
22    application is made.
23        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
24    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
25    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
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1    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
2    receiving written permission from a majority of the
3    registered voters at such residences. Such written
4    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
5    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
6    of any building used for worship services, education
7    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
8    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
9    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
10    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
11    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
12    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
13    been erected or established, or such voters have been
14    registered, after the Board issues the original
15    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
16    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
17    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
18    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
19    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
20    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
21    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
22    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
23    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
24    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
25    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
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1    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
2    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
3    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
4    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
5        (9) (Blank).
6        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
7    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
8    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
9    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
10    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
11    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
12    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
13    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
14    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
15    Section 27.
16        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
17    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
18    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
19    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
20    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
21    which such location is situated. In the event that an
22    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
23    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
24    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
25    county.
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1    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
2    located in a county that has a population of more than
3    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
4    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
5    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
6    location licensee that derives its license from the
7    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
8    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
9    conducted at another Illinois race track and
10    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
11    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
12    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
13    license from the organization licensee that operates the
14    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
15    follows:
16            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
17        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
18        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
19        standardbred races.
20            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
21        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
22        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
23        thoroughbred races.
24        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
25    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
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1    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
2    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
3    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
4    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
5    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
6    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
7    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
8    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
9    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
10    divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
11    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
12    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
13    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
14    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
15    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
16    divide any remaining retention with that organization
17    licensee.
18        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
19    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
20    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
21    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
22    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
23    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
24    track located in a county with a population in excess of
25    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
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1    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
2    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
3    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
4    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
5    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
6    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
7    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
8    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
9    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
10    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
11    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
12    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
13    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
14    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
15    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
16    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
17    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
18    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
19    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
20    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
21    during the calendar year in which this provision is
22    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
23    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
24    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
25    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
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1    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
2    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
3    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
4    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
5    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
6    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
7    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
8    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
9    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
10    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
11    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
12    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
13    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
14    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
15    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
16    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
17    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
18    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
19    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
20    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
21    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
22    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
23    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
24    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
25    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
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1    location licensee that derives its license from a track
2    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
3    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
4    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
5    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
6    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
7    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
8    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
9    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
10    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
11    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
12    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
13    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
14    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
15    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
16    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
17    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
18    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
19    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
20    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
21    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
22    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
23    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
24    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
25    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
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1    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
2    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
3    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
4    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
5    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
6    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
7    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
8    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
9    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
10    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
11    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
12    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
13    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
14        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
15    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
16    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
17    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
18    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
19    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
20    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
21    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
22    municipality that is not included within any park district
23    but is included within a conservation district and is the
24    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
25    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
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1    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
2    appropriation as follows:
3            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
4        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
5        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
6        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
7        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
8        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
9        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
10        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
11        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
12        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
13        representatives of organization licensees conducting
14        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
15        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
16        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
17        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
18        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
19        Association, recommended by that Association; a
20        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
21        Protective Association or any successor organization
22        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
23        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
24        that Association or that successor organization; and a
25        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
26        Association, recommended by that Association.

 

 

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1        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
2        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
3        representative of any of the above-named entities has
4        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
5        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
6        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
7        compensation for their services as members but shall be
8        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
9        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
10        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
11        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
12        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
13        Agricultural Fair Act;
14            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
15        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
16        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
17        location licensee is located in such a park district)
18        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
19        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
20        municipality that is not included within any park
21        district but is included within a conservation
22        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
23        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
24        population of 88,257 according to the United States
25        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
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1        be allocated equally between the county and the
2        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
3        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
4        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
5        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
6        in a municipality that is not included within any park
7        district and park maintenance is the function of the
8        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
9        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
10        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
11        distributed to each park district or conservation
12        district or municipality that does not have a park
13        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
14        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
15        licensee within the park district or conservation
16        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
17        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
18        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
19        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
20        municipality that is not included within any park
21        district but is included within a conservation
22        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
23        as practicable after the effective date of this
24        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
25        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
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1        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
2        the park district or municipality where the
3        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
4        for general purposes; and
5            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
6        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
7        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
8        relation to additional support and finances for the
9        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
10        the several counties of this State and making an
11        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
12        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
13    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
14    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
15            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
16        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
17        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
18        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
19        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
20        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
21        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
22        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
23        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
24        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
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1        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
2        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
3        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
4        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
5        Association, recommended by that Association; a
6        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
7        Protective Association or any successor organization
8        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
9        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
10        that Association or that successor organization; and a
11        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
12        Association, recommended by that Association.
13        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
14        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
15        representative of any of the above-named entities has
16        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
17        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
18        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
19        compensation for their services as members but shall be
20        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
21        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
22        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
23        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
24        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
25        Agricultural Fair Act;
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1        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
2        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
3        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
4        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
5        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
6            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
7        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
8        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
9        relation to additional support and finances for the
10        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
11        the several counties of this State and making an
12        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
13        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
14        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
15            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
16        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
17        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
18        divided as follows:
19                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
20            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
21            derives its license from an organization licensee
22            located in a county with a population in excess of
23            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
24            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
25            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
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1            being conducted.
2                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
3            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
4            derives its license from an organization licensee
5            located in a county with a population in excess of
6            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
7            also conducting its own race meeting during the
8            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
9            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
10            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
11            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
12            is accepting such wagers.
13                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
14            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
15            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
16            licensee that derives its license from an
17            organization licensee located in a county with a
18            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
19            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
20            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
21            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
22            held.
23        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
24    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
25    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
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1    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
2            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
3        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
4        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
5        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
6        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
7        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
8        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
9        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
10        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
11            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
12        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
13        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
14        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
15        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
16        conduct of such wagering.
17            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
18        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
19        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
20        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
21        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
22        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
23        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
24        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
25        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
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1            (D) (Blank).
2            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
3        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
4        under this Section for the purpose of administering
5        this wagering and any rules and regulations
6        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
7            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
8        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
9        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
10        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
11        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
12        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
13        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
14        duties.
15            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
16        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
17        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
18        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
19        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
20        order of the Board or any other action which in the
21        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
22        such wagering.
23        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
24    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
25    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
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1    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
2    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
3    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
4    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
5    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
6    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
7    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
8    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
9    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
10    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
11    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
12    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
13    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
14    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
15    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
16    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
17    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
18    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
19    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
20    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
21    race meetings.
22    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
23conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
24days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
25Act.
26(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09.)
 

 

 

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