98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1493

 

Introduced 2/7/2013, 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 payments of a percentage of the pari-mutuel handle from an inter-track wagering location licensee to the municipality and county in which it is located must be paid by the licensee on a monthly basis no later than the 10th of the month following the month such handle was generated. 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, until
3January 1, 2013, an organization licensee may maintain a system
4whereby advance deposit wagering may take place or an
5organization licensee, with the consent of the horsemen
6association representing the largest number of owners,
7trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race horses at
8that organization licensee's racing meeting, may contract with
9another person to carry out a system of advance deposit
10wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. All
11advance deposit wagers placed from within Illinois must be
12placed through a Board-approved advance deposit wagering
13licensee; no other entity may accept an advance deposit wager
14from a person within Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is
15subject to any rules adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt
16rules necessary to regulate advance deposit wagering through
17the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45
18of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General
19Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate advance
20deposit wagering is deemed an emergency and necessary for the
21public interest, safety, and welfare. An advance deposit
22wagering licensee may retain all moneys as agreed to by
23contract with an organization licensee. Any moneys retained by
24the organization licensee from advance deposit wagering, not
25including moneys retained by the advance deposit wagering
26licensee, shall be paid 50% to the organization licensee's

 

 

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1purse account and 50% to the organization licensee. If more
2than one breed races at the same race track facility, then the
350% of the moneys to be paid to an organization licensee's
4purse account shall be allocated among all organization
5licensees' purse accounts operating at that race track facility
6proportionately based on the actual number of host days that
7the Board grants to that breed at that race track facility in
8the current calendar year. To the extent any fees from advance
9deposit wagering conducted in Illinois for wagers in Illinois
10or other states have been placed in escrow or otherwise
11withheld from wagers pending a determination of the legality of
12advance deposit wagering, no action shall be brought to declare
13such wagers or the disbursement of any fees previously escrowed
14illegal.
15        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
16    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
17    supplement the host track simulcast program with
18    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
19    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
20    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
21    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
22    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
23    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
24    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
25    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
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1    an intertrack wagering licensee to its affiliated non-host
2    licensees. The interstate commission fee for a
3    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by the
4    non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host licensees
5    receiving the simulcast.
6        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
7    intertrack wagering licensee other than the host track may
8    receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with the
9    consent of the host track, except when the Board finds that
10    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
11    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
12    intertrack wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to all
13    non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for the
14    supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
15    participating non-host licensees.
16        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
17    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
18    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
19    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
20    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
21    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
22    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
23    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
24    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
25    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
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1    subsection, each intertrack wagering location licensee
2    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on simulcast
3    wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, subject
4    to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of
5    subsection (h) of Section 26 of this Act.
6        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
7    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
8    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
9    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
10    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
11    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
12    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
13    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
14    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
15    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
16    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
17        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
18    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
19    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
20    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
21    all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
22    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
23    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
24    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
25    follows:
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1        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
2        host track.
3            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
4        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
5        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
6        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
7        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
8        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
9        track.
10        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
11    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
12    from a track located in a county with a population in
13    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
14    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
15    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
16    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
17    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
18        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
19    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
20    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
21    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
22    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
23    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
24    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
25    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
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1            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
2        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
3        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
4        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
5        share to its standardbred purse account;
6            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
7        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
8        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
9        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
10        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
11        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
12        (g);
13            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
14        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
15        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
16        the purse share from wagers made during this time
17        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
18        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
19        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
20        accounts;
21            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
22        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
23        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
24        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
25            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
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1        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
2        share to its standardbred purse account.
3        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
4    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
5    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
6    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
7    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
8    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
9    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
10    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
11            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
12        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
13        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
14        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
15        and
16            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
17        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
18        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
19        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
20        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
21        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
22        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
23        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
24        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
25        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
26        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this

 

 

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1        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
2        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
3        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
4        Advisory Board.
5        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
6    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred 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 a.m. and 6:30
12    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
13    follows:
14            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
15        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
16        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
17        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
18        account; and
19            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
20        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
21        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
22        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
23        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
24        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
25        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
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1        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
2        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
3        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
4        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
5        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
6        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
7        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
8        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
9        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
10        Fund.
11        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
12    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
13    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
14    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
15    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
16    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
17    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
18    account as follows:
19            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
20        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
21            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
22        Purse Distribution Fund.
23        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
24    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
25    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
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1    wagering location license.
2        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
3    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
4    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
5    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
6    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
7    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
8    shall be used as determined by the Department of
9    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
10    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
11    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
12    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
13    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
14        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
15    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
16    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
17    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
18    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
19    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
20    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
21    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
22    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
23    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
24    be used for standardbred purses.
25        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
26    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in

 

 

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1    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
2    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
3    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
4    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
5    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
6        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
7    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
8    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
9    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
10    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
11    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
12    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
13    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
14    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
15    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
16    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
17    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
18    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
19    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
20    and that borders the Mississippi River.
21        (9) (Blank).
22        (10) (Blank).
23        (11) (Blank).
24        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
25    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
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1    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
2    programs.
3        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
4    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
5    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
6    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
7    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
8    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
9    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
10    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
11    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
12    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
13    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
14    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
15    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
16    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
17    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
18    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
19    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
20    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
21    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
22    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
23    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
24    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
25    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
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1    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
2    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
3    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
4    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
5    Board's certification shall be provided no later than
6    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
7    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
8    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
9    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
10    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
11    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
12    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
13    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
14    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
15    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
16    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
17    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
18    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
19    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
20    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
21    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
22    with the provisions of this Section.
23    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
24inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
25wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
26subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

 

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1        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
2    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
3    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
4    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
5    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
6    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
7    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
8    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
9    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
10    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
11    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
12    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
13    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
14    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
15    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
16    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
17    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
18    licensee and the associations representing the largest
19    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
20    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
21    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
22    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
23    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
24    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
25    control of the racing facility may also receive up to 6
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1    more than 6 inter-track wagering locations be established
2    for each eligible race track, except that an eligible race
3    track located in a county that has a population of more
4    than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River
5    may establish up to 7 inter-track wagering locations. An
6    application for said license shall be filed with the Board
7    prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board. With an
8    application for an inter-track wagering location license
9    there shall be delivered to the Board a certified check or
10    bank draft payable to the order of the Board for an amount
11    equal to $500. The application shall be on forms prescribed
12    and furnished by the Board. The application shall comply
13    with all other rules, regulations and conditions imposed by
14    the Board in connection therewith.
15        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
16    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
17    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
18    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
19    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
20    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
21    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
22    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
23    by the Board.
24        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
25    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
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1    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
2        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
3    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
4    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
5    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
6    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
7    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
8    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
9    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
10    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
11    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
12    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
13        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
14    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
15    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
16    the track or location where the wagering is to be
17    conducted.
18        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
19    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
20    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
21    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
22        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
23    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
24    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
25    under this Act.
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1    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
2    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
3        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
4    derive their licenses from a particular organization
5    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
6    wagering only at locations which are either within 90 miles
7    of that race track where the particular organization
8    licensee is licensed to conduct racing, or within 135 miles
9    of that race track where the particular organization
10    licensee is licensed to conduct racing in the case of race
11    tracks in counties of less than 400,000 that were operating
12    on or before June 1, 1986. However, inter-track wagering
13    and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by those
14    licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race track
15    at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in the
16    current year, unless the person having operating control of
17    such race track has given its written consent to such
18    inter-track wagering location licensees, which consent
19    must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time
20    application is made.
21        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
22    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
23    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
24    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
25    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
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1    registered voters at such residences. Such written
2    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
3    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
4    of any building used for worship services, education
5    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
6    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
7    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
8    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
9    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
10    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
11    been erected or established, or such voters have been
12    registered, after the Board issues the original
13    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
14    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
15    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
16    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
17    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
18    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
19    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
20    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
21    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
22    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
23    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
24    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
25    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
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1    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
2    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
3        (9) (Blank).
4        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
5    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
6    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
7    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
8    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
9    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
10    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
11    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
12    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
13    Section 27.
14        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
15    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
16    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
17    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
18    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
19    which such location is situated. In the event that an
20    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
21    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay 2%
22    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
23    county. Payments to the municipality and county must be
24    paid by the licensees on a monthly basis no later than the
25    10th of the month following the month such handle was
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1        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
2    Act, with respect to intertrack wagering at a race track
3    located in a county that has a population of more than
4    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
5    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
6    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
7    location licensee that derives its license from the
8    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
9    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
10    conducted at another Illinois race track and
11    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
12    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
13    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
14    license from the organization licensee that operates the
15    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
16    follows:
17            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
18        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
19        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
20        standardbred races.
21            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
22        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
23        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
24        thoroughbred races.
25        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
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1    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
2    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
3    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
4    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
5    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
6    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
7    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
8    intertrack wagering licensee that derives its license from
9    a track located in a county with a population in excess of
10    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
11    divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
12    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
13    an intertrack wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
14    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a
15    race meet in a county with a population in excess of
16    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
17    divide any remaining retention with that organization
18    licensee.
19        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
20    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
21    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
22    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on intertrack wagering at
23    such location on races as purses, except that an intertrack
24    wagering location licensee that derives its license from a
25    track located in a county with a population in excess of
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1    all purse moneys for its own purse account consistent with
2    distribution set forth in this subsection (h), and
3    intertrack wagering location licensees that accept wagers
4    on races conducted by an organization licensee located in a
5    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
6    borders the Mississippi River shall distribute all purse
7    moneys to purses at the operating host track; (iii) until
8    January 1, 2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of
9    Section 27 of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle
10    wagered on inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at
11    each inter-track wagering location licensee facility to
12    the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
13    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
14    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
15    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
16    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
17    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
18    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
19    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
20    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
21    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
22    during the calendar year in which this provision is
23    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
24    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
25    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
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1    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
2    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
3    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
4    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
5    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
6    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
7    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
8    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
9    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
10    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
11    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
12    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
13    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
14    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
15    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
16    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
17    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
18    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
19    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
20    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
21    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
22    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
23    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
24    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
25    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
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1    races to the location, except that an intertrack wagering
2    location licensee that derives its license from a track
3    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
4    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
5    remaining retention with the organization licensee that
6    provides the race or races and an intertrack wagering
7    location licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by
8    an organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
9    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
10    borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
11    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
12    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
13    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
14    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
15    of this subsection (h) by this amendatory Act of 1991,
16    those licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
17    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
18    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
19    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third
20    12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
21    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
22    following amounts shall be retained by the licensee to
23    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
24    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
25    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
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1    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
2    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
3    additional intertrack wagering location licensees
4    authorized under this amendatory Act of 1995, purses for
5    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
6    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
7    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation shall
8    be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
9    additional intertrack location licensees authorized under
10    this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be allowed
11    to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
12    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its first
13    12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12 months
14    of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
15        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
16    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
17    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
18    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
19    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
20    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
21    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park
22    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
23    municipality that is not included within any park district
24    but is included within a conservation district and is the
25    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
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1    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
2    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
3    appropriation as follows:
4            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
5        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
6        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
7        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
8        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
9        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
10        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
11        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
12        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
13        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
14        representatives of organization licensees conducting
15        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
16        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
17        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
18        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
19        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
20        Association, recommended by that Association; a
21        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
22        Protective Association or any successor organization
23        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
24        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
25        that Association or that successor organization; and a
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1        Association, recommended by that Association.
2        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
3        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
4        representative of any of the above-named entities has
5        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
6        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
7        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
8        compensation for their services as members but shall be
9        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
10        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
11        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
12        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
13        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
14        Agricultural Fair Act;
15            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
16        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
17        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
18        location licensee is located in such a park district)
19        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
20        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
21        municipality that is not included within any park
22        district but is included within a conservation
23        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
24        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
25        population of 88,257 according to the United States
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1        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
2        be allocated equally between the county and the
3        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
4        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
5        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
6        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
7        in a municipality that is not included within any park
8        district and park maintenance is the function of the
9        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
10        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
11        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
12        distributed to each park district or conservation
13        district or municipality that does not have a park
14        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
15        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
16        licensee within the park district or conservation
17        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
18        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
19        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an
20        inter-track wagering location licensee located in a
21        municipality that is not included within any park
22        district but is included within a conservation
23        district as provided in this paragraph shall, as soon
24        as practicable after the effective date of this
25        amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and paid to that
26        conservation district as provided in this paragraph.

 

 

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1        Any park district or municipality not maintaining a
2        museum may deposit the monies in the corporate fund of
3        the park district or municipality where the
4        inter-track wagering location is located, to be used
5        for general purposes; 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.
13        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
14    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
15    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
16            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
17        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
18        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
19        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
20        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
21        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
22        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
23        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
24        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
25        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
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1        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
2        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
3        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
4        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
5        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
6        Association, recommended by that Association; a
7        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
8        Protective Association or any successor organization
9        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
10        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
11        that Association or that successor organization; and a
12        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
13        Association, recommended by that Association.
14        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
15        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
16        representative of any of the above-named entities has
17        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
18        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
19        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
20        compensation for their services as members but shall be
21        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
22        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
23        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
24        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
25        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
26        Agricultural Fair Act;

 

 

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1            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
2        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
3        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
4        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
5        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
6        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
7            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
8        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
9        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
10        relation to additional support and finances for the
11        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
12        the several counties of this State and making an
13        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
14        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
15        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
16            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
17        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
18        intertrack wagering, the monies so retained shall be
19        divided as follows:
20                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
21            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
22            derives its license from an organization licensee
23            located in a county with a population in excess of
24            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
25            not conducting its own race meeting during the same
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1            purses at the track where the races wagered on are
2            being conducted.
3                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
4            except an intertrack wagering licensee that
5            derives its license from an organization licensee
6            located in a county with a population in excess of
7            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
8            also conducting its own race meeting during the
9            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
10            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the races
11            wagered on are being conducted; 50% to purses at
12            the track where the inter-track wagering licensee
13            is accepting such wagers.
14                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
15            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
16            licensee, except an intertrack wagering location
17            licensee that derives its license from an
18            organization licensee located in a county with a
19            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
20            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
21            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
22            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
23            held.
24        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
25    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
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1    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
2    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
3            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
4        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
5        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
6        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
7        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
8        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
9        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
10        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
11        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
12            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
13        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
14        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
15        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
16        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
17        conduct of such wagering.
18            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
19        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
20        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
21        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
22        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
23        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
24        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
25        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
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1        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
2            (D) (Blank).
3            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
4        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
5        under this Section for the purpose of administering
6        this wagering and any rules and regulations
7        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
8            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
9        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
10        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
11        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
12        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
13        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
14        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
15        duties.
16            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
17        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
18        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
19        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
20        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
21        order of the Board or any other action which in the
22        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
23        such wagering.
24        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
25    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
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1    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
2    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
3    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
4    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
5    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
6    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
7    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
8    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
9    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
10    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
11    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
12    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
13    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
14    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
15    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
16    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
17    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
18    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
19    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
20    Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County or the DuQuoin State
21    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
22    race meetings.
23    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
24conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
25days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
26Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-762, eff. 8-25-09; 97-1060, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.