Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 11/6/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 66

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 66, 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 26 and 27 and by adding Section
726.8 as follows:
 
8    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
9    Sec. 26. Wagering.
10    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
11system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
12horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
13conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
14and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
15Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
16Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
2non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
3commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
4interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
5the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
6permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
7interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the sending
8racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite decoder
9fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and all
10non-host licensees.
11    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, until
12December 31, 2015 January 31, 2014, an organization licensee
13may maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
14place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
15horsemen association representing the largest number of
16owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
17horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
18contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
19deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
20withheld. The actions of any organization licensee who conducts
21advance deposit wagering or any person who has a contract with
22an organization licensee to conduct advance deposit wagering
23who conducts advance deposit wagering on or after January 1,
242013 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25the 98th General Assembly taken in reliance on the changes made
26to this subsection (g) by this amendatory Act of the 98th

 

 

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1General Assembly are hereby validated, provided payment of all
2applicable pari-mutuel taxes are remitted to the Board. All
3advance deposit wagers placed from within Illinois must be
4placed through a Board-approved advance deposit wagering
5licensee; no other entity may accept an advance deposit wager
6from a person within Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is
7subject to any rules adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt
8rules necessary to regulate advance deposit wagering through
9the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45
10of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General
11Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate advance
12deposit wagering is deemed an emergency and necessary for the
13public interest, safety, and welfare. An advance deposit
14wagering licensee may retain all moneys as agreed to by
15contract with an organization licensee. Any moneys retained by
16the organization licensee from advance deposit wagering, not
17including moneys retained by the advance deposit wagering
18licensee, shall be paid 50% to the organization licensee's
19purse account and 50% to the organization licensee. If more
20than one breed races at the same race track facility, then the
2150% of the moneys to be paid to an organization licensee's
22purse account shall be allocated among all organization
23licensees' purse accounts operating at that race track facility
24proportionately based on the actual number of host days that
25the Board grants to that breed at that race track facility in
26the current calendar year. To the extent any fees from advance

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1        track.
2        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
3    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
4    from a track located in a county with a population in
5    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
6    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
7    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
8    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
9    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
10        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
11    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
12    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
13    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
14    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
15    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
16    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
17    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
18    license as follows:
19            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
20        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
21        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
22        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
23        share to its standardbred purse account;
24            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
25        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
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1        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
2        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
3        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
4        (g);
5            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
6        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
7        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
8        the purse share from wagers made during this time
9        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
10        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
11        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
12        accounts;
13            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
14        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
15        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
16        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
17            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
18        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
19        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
20        share to its standardbred purse account.
21        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
22    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
23    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
24    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
25    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
26    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and

 

 

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

 

 

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1    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
2    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
3    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
4    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
5    follows:
6            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
7        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
8        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
9        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
10        account; and
11            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
12        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
13        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
14        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
15        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
16        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
17        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
18        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
19        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
20        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
21        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
22        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution 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 thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall

 

 

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1        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
2        Fund.
3        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
4    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
5    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
6    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
7    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
8    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
9    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
10    account as follows:
11            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
12        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
13            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
14        Purse Distribution Fund.
15        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
16    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
17    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
18    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
19    wagering location license.
20        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
21    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
22    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
23    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
24    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
25    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
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1    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
2    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
3    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
4    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
5    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
6        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
7    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
8    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
9    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
10    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
11    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
12    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
13    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
14    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
15    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
16    be used for standardbred purses.
17        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
18    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
19    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
20    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
21    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
22    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
23    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
24        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
25    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
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1    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
2    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
3    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
4    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
5    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
6    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
7    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
8    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
9    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
10    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
11    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
12    and that borders the Mississippi River.
13        (9) (Blank).
14        (10) (Blank).
15        (11) (Blank).
16        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
17    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
18    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
19    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
20    programs.
21        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
22    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
23    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
24    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
25    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
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1    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
2    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
3    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
4    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
5    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
6    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
7    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
8    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
9    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
10    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
11    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
12    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
13    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
14    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
15    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
16    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
17    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
18    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
19    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
20    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
21    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
22    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
23    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
24    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
25    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
26    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts

 

 

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1    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
2    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
3    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
4    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
5    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
6    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
7    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
8    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
9    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
10    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
11    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
12    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
13    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
14    with the provisions of this Section.
15    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
16inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
17wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
18subject to the following terms and conditions:
19        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
20    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
21    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
22    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
23    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
24    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
25    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
26    River, which has a population of less than 150,000

 

 

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1    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
2    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
3    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
4    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
5    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
6    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
7    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
8    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
9    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
10    licensee and the associations representing the largest
11    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
12    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
13    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
14    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
15    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
16    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
17    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
18    inter-track wagering location licenses. In no event shall
19    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
20    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
21    track located in a county that has a population of more
22    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
23    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
24    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
25    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
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1    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
2    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
3    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
4    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
5    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
6    the Board in connection therewith.
7        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
8    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
9    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
10    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
11    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
12    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
13    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
14    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
15    by the Board.
16        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
17    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
18    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
19    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
20        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
21    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
22    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
23    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
24    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
25    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
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1    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
2    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
3    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
4    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
5        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
6    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
7    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
8    the track or location where the wagering is to be
9    conducted.
10        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
11    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
12    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
13    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
14        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
15    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
16    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
17    under this Act.
18        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
19    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
20    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
21        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
22    derive their licenses from a particular organization
23    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
24    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
25    of that race track where the particular organization
26    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles

 

 

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1    of that race track where the particular organization
2    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
3    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
4    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
5    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
6    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
7    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
8    current year, unless the person having operating control of
9    such race track has given its written consent to such
10    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
11    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
12    application is made.
13        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
14    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
15    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
16    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
17    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
18    receiving written permission from a majority of the
19    registered voters at such residences. Such written
20    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
21    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
22    of any building used for worship services, education
23    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
24    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
25    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
26    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500

 

 

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1    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
2    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
3    been erected or established, or such voters have been
4    registered, after the Board issues the original
5    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
6    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
7    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
8    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
9    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
10    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
11    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
12    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
13    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
14    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
15    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
16    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
17    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
18    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
19    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
20    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
21        (9) (Blank).
22        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
23    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
24    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
25    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
26    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee

 

 

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1    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
2    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
3    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
4    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
5    Section 27.
6        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
7    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
8    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
9    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
10    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
11    which such location is situated. In the event that an
12    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
13    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
14    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
15    county.
16        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
17    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
18    located in a county that has a population of more than
19    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
20    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
21    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
22    location licensee that derives its license from the
23    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
24    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
25    conducted at another Illinois race track and
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1    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
2    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
3    license from the organization licensee that operates the
4    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
5    follows:
6            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
7        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
8        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
9        standardbred races.
10            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
11        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
12        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
13        thoroughbred races.
14        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
15    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
16    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
17    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
18    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
19    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
20    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
21    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
22    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
23    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
24    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
25    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
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1    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
2    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
3    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
4    race meet 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 that organization
7    licensee.
8        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
9    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
10    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
11    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
12    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
13    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
14    track located in a county with a population in excess of
15    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall retain
16    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
17    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
18    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
19    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
20    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
21    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
22    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
23    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
24    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
25    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
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1    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
2    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
3    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
4    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
5    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
6    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
7    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
8    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
9    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
10    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
11    during the calendar year in which this provision is
12    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
13    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
14    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
15    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
16    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
17    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
18    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
19    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
20    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
21    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
22    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
23    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
24    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
25    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
26    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county

 

 

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1    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
2    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
3    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
4    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
5    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
6    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
7    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
8    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
9    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
10    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
11    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
12    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
13    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
14    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
15    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
16    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
17    location licensee that derives its license from a track
18    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
19    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
20    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
21    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
22    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
23    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
24    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
25    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
26    remaining retention with the organization licensee.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
2    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
3    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
4    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
5    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
6    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
7    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
8    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
9    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
10    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
11    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
12    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
13    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
14    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
15    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
16    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
17    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
18    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
19    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
20    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
21    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
22    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
23    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
24    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
25    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
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1    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
2    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
3    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
4        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
5    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
6    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
7    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
8    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
9    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
10    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
11    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
12    municipality that is not included within any park district
13    but is included within a conservation district and is the
14    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
15    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
16    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
17    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
18    appropriation as follows:
19            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
20        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
21        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
22        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
23        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
24        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
25        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
26        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization

 

 

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1        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
2        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
3        representatives of organization licensees conducting
4        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
5        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
6        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
7        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
8        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
9        Association, recommended by that Association; a
10        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
11        Protective Association or any successor organization
12        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
13        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
14        that Association or that successor organization; and a
15        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
16        Association, recommended by that Association.
17        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
18        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
19        representative of any of the above-named entities has
20        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
21        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
22        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
23        compensation for their services as members but shall be
24        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
25        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
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1        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
2        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
3        Agricultural Fair Act;
4            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
5        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
6        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
7        location licensee is located in such a park district)
8        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
9        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
10        municipality that is not included within any park
11        district but is included within a conservation
12        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
13        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
14        population of 88,257 according to the United States
15        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
16        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
17        be allocated equally between the county and the
18        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
19        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
20        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
21        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
22        in a municipality that is not included within any park
23        district and park maintenance is the function of the
24        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
25        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
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1        distributed to each park district or conservation
2        district or municipality that does not have a park
3        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
4        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
5        licensee within the park district or conservation
6        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
7        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
8        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
9        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
10        municipality that is not included within any park
11        district but is included within a conservation
12        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
13        as practicable after the effective date of this
14        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
15        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.
16        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
17        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
18        the park district or municipality where the
19        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
20        for general purposes; and
21            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
22        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
23        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
24        relation to additional support and finances for the
25        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
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1        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
2        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
3    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
4    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
5            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
6        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
7        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
8        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
9        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
10        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
11        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
12        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
13        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
14        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
15        representatives of organization licensees conducting
16        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
17        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
18        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
19        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
20        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
21        Association, recommended by that Association; a
22        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
23        Protective Association or any successor organization
24        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
25        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
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1        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
2        Association, recommended by that Association.
3        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
4        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
5        representative of any of the above-named entities has
6        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
7        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
8        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
9        compensation for their services as members but shall be
10        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
11        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
12        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
13        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
14        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
15        Agricultural Fair Act;
16            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
17        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
18        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
19        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
20        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
21        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
22            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
23        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
24        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
25        relation to additional support and finances for the
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1        the several counties of this State and making an
2        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
3        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
4        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
5            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
6        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
7        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
8        divided as follows:
9                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
10            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
11            derives its license from an organization licensee
12            located in a county with a population in excess of
13            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
14            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
15            dates, then the entire purse allocation shall be to
16            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
17            being conducted.
18                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
19            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
20            derives its license from an organization licensee
21            located in a county with a population in excess of
22            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
23            also conducting its own race meeting during the
24            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
25            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
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1            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
2            is accepting such wagers.
3                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
4            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
5            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
6            licensee that derives its license from an
7            organization licensee located in a county with a
8            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
9            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
10            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
11            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
12            held.
13        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
14    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
15    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
16    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
17    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
18            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
19        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
20        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
21        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
22        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
23        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
24        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
25        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
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1            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
2        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
3        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
4        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
5        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
6        conduct of such wagering.
7            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
8        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
9        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
10        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
11        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
12        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
13        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
14        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
15        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
16        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
17            (D) (Blank).
18            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
19        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
20        under this Section for the purpose of administering
21        this wagering and any rules and regulations
22        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
23            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
24        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
25        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
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1        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
2        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
3        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
4        duties.
5            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
6        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
7        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
8        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
9        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
10        order of the Board or any other action which in the
11        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
12        such wagering.
13        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
14    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
15    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
16    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
17    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
18    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
19    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
20    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
21    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
22    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
23    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
24    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
25    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
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1    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
2    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
3    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
4    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
5    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
6    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
7    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
8    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
9    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
10    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
11    race meetings.
12    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
13conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
14days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
15Act.
16(Source: P.A. 97-1060, eff. 8-24-12; 98-18, eff. 6-7-13.)
 
17    (230 ILCS 5/26.8 new)
18    Sec. 26.8. Inter-track licensee, inter-track location
19licensee, and advance deposit wagering licensee surcharges.
20Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2198th General Assembly, each inter-track wagering licensee,
22inter-track wagering location licensee, and advance deposit
23wagering licensee shall impose a surcharge of 0.5% on winning
24wagers and winnings from wagers. The surcharge shall be
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1Board. From amounts collected under this surcharge:
2        (1) in fiscal year 2014, the Board shall deposit an
3    amount not to exceed $725,000 into the Horse Racing Fund
4    and shall deposit an amount not to exceed $100,000 into the
5    Quarter Horse Purse Fund;
6        (2) in fiscal year 2015, the Board shall deposit an
7    amount not to exceed $905,000 into the Horse Racing Fund
8    and shall deposit an amount not to exceed $100,000 into the
9    Quarter Horse Purse Fund; and
10        (3) all amounts remaining after payment of items (1)
11    and (2) of this Section shall be evenly distributed to each
12    organization licensee and the purse account of each
13    organization licensee.
14    The amounts distributed under this Section shall be in
15addition to the amounts received pursuant to paragraph (10) of
16subsection (h) of Section 26, Section 26.5, and Section 26.7.
 
17    (230 ILCS 5/27)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-27)
18    Sec. 27. (a) In addition to the organization license fee
19provided by this Act, until January 1, 2000, a graduated
20privilege tax is hereby imposed for conducting the pari-mutuel
21system of wagering permitted under this Act. Until January 1,
222000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of
23this Act, all of the breakage of each racing day held by any
24licensee in the State shall be paid to the State. Until January
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1the licensee from the amount permitted to be retained under
2this Act. Until January 1, 2000, each day's graduated privilege
3tax, breakage, and Horse Racing Tax Allocation funds shall be
4remitted to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after the
5close of the racing day upon which it is assessed or within
6such other time as the Board prescribes. The privilege tax
7hereby imposed, until January 1, 2000, shall be a flat tax at
8the rate of 2% of the daily pari-mutuel handle except as
9provided in Section 27.1.
10    In addition, every organization licensee, except as
11provided in Section 27.1 of this Act, which conducts multiple
12wagering shall pay, until January 1, 2000, as a privilege tax
13on multiple wagers an amount equal to 1.25% of all moneys
14wagered each day on such multiple wagers, plus an additional
15amount equal to 3.5% of the amount wagered each day on any
16other multiple wager which involves a single betting interest
17on 3 or more horses. The licensee shall remit the amount of
18such taxes to the Department of Revenue within 48 hours after
19the close of the racing day on which it is assessed or within
20such other time as the Board prescribes.
21    This subsection (a) shall be inoperative and of no force
22and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
23    (a-5) Beginning on January 1, 2000, a flat pari-mutuel tax
24at the rate of 1.5% of the daily pari-mutuel handle is imposed
25at all pari-mutuel wagering facilities and on advance deposit
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1as otherwise provided for in this subsection (a-5). In addition
2to the pari-mutuel tax imposed on advance deposit wagering
3pursuant to this subsection (a-5), beginning on the effective
4date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly until
5December 31, 2015 January 31, 2014, an additional pari-mutuel
6tax at the rate of 0.25% shall be imposed on advance deposit
7wagering. Until August 25, 2012, the additional 0.25%
8pari-mutuel tax imposed on advance deposit wagering by Public
9Act 96-972 shall be deposited into the Quarter Horse Purse
10Fund, which shall be created as a non-appropriated trust fund
11administered by the Board for grants to thoroughbred
12organization licensees for payment of purses for quarter horse
13races conducted by the organization licensee. Beginning on
14August 26, 2012, the additional 0.25% pari-mutuel tax imposed
15on advance deposit wagering shall be deposited into the
16Standardbred Purse Fund, which shall be created as a
17non-appropriated trust fund administered by the Board, for
18grants to the standardbred organization licensees for payment
19of purses for standardbred horse races conducted by the
20organization licensee. Thoroughbred organization licensees may
21petition the Board to conduct quarter horse racing and receive
22purse grants from the Quarter Horse Purse Fund. The Board shall
23have complete discretion in distributing the Quarter Horse
24Purse Fund to the petitioning organization licensees.
25Beginning on July 26, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
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1pari-mutuel handle is imposed at a pari-mutuel facility whose
2license is derived from a track located in a county that
3borders the Mississippi River and conducted live racing in the
4previous year. The pari-mutuel tax imposed by this subsection
5(a-5) shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue within 48
6hours after the close of the racing day upon which it is
7assessed or within such other time as the Board prescribes.
8    (b) On or before December 31, 1999, in the event that any
9organization licensee conducts 2 separate programs of races on
10any day, each such program shall be considered a separate
11racing day for purposes of determining the daily handle and
12computing the privilege tax on such daily handle as provided in
13subsection (a) of this Section.
14    (c) Licensees shall at all times keep accurate books and
15records of all monies wagered on each day of a race meeting and
16of the taxes paid to the Department of Revenue under the
17provisions of this Section. The Board or its duly authorized
18representative or representatives shall at all reasonable
19times have access to such records for the purpose of examining
20and checking the same and ascertaining whether the proper
21amount of taxes is being paid as provided. The Board shall
22require verified reports and a statement of the total of all
23monies wagered daily at each wagering facility upon which the
24taxes are assessed and may prescribe forms upon which such
25reports and statement shall be made.
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1any tax due under this Section shall be guilty of a business
2offense and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $5,000
3in addition to the amount found due as tax under this Section.
4Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. All
5fines paid into Court by a licensee hereunder shall be
6transmitted and paid over by the Clerk of the Court to the
7Board.
8    (e) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax, or
9racing fee, except as provided in this Act, shall be assessed
10or collected from any such licensee by the State.
11    (f) No other license fee, privilege tax, excise tax or
12racing fee shall be assessed or collected from any such
13licensee by units of local government except as provided in
14paragraph 10.1 of subsection (h) and subsection (f) of Section
1526 of this Act. However, any municipality that has a Board
16licensed horse race meeting at a race track wholly within its
17corporate boundaries or a township that has a Board licensed
18horse race meeting at a race track wholly within the
19unincorporated area of the township may charge a local
20amusement tax not to exceed 10¢ per admission to such horse
21race meeting by the enactment of an ordinance. However, any
22municipality or county that has a Board licensed inter-track
23wagering location facility wholly within its corporate
24boundaries may each impose an admission fee not to exceed $1.00
25per admission to such inter-track wagering location facility,
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1imposed. Except as provided in subparagraph (g) of Section 27
2of this Act, the inter-track wagering location licensee shall
3collect any and all such fees and within 48 hours remit the
4fees to the Board, which shall, pursuant to rule, cause the
5fees to be distributed to the county or municipality.
6    (g) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
7contrary, if in any calendar year the total taxes and fees
8required to be collected from licensees and distributed under
9this Act to all State and local governmental authorities
10exceeds the amount of such taxes and fees distributed to each
11State and local governmental authority to which each State and
12local governmental authority was entitled under this Act for
13calendar year 1994, then the first $11 million of that excess
14amount shall be allocated at the earliest possible date for
15distribution as purse money for the succeeding calendar year.
16Upon reaching the 1994 level, and until the excess amount of
17taxes and fees exceeds $11 million, the Board shall direct all
18licensees to cease paying the subject taxes and fees and the
19Board shall direct all licensees to allocate any such excess
20amount for purses as follows:
21        (i) the excess amount shall be initially divided
22    between thoroughbred and standardbred purses based on the
23    thoroughbred's and standardbred's respective percentages
24    of total Illinois live wagering in calendar year 1994;
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1    succeeding allocation year shall be allocated an amount
2    equal to the product of its percentage of total Illinois
3    live thoroughbred or standardbred wagering in calendar
4    year 1994 (the total to be determined based on the sum of
5    1994 on-track wagering for all organization licensees
6    issued organization licenses in both the allocation year
7    and the preceding year) multiplied by the total amount
8    allocated for standardbred or thoroughbred purses,
9    provided that the first $1,500,000 of the amount allocated
10    to standardbred purses under item (i) shall be allocated to
11    the Department of Agriculture to be expended with the
12    assistance and advice of the Illinois Standardbred
13    Breeders Funds Advisory Board for the purposes listed in
14    subsection (g) of Section 31 of this Act, before the amount
15    allocated to standardbred purses under item (i) is
16    allocated to standardbred organization licensees in the
17    succeeding allocation year.
18    To the extent the excess amount of taxes and fees to be
19collected and distributed to State and local governmental
20authorities exceeds $11 million, that excess amount shall be
21collected and distributed to State and local authorities as
22provided for under this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 97-1060, eff. 8-24-12; 98-18, eff. 6-7-13.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".