HB4709 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4709

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski - Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 40/65

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that Boone County, Winnebago County, and municipalities wholly or partially contained within those counties may not impose any fee for the operation of a video gaming terminal in excess of $250 per year for a video gaming terminal operating within Boone County or Winnebago County (rather than the City of Rockford may not impose any fee for the operation of a video gaming terminal in excess of $250 per year). Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing Section 65 as follows:

(230 ILCS 40/65)

Sec. 65. Fees. Except as provided in this Section, a non-home rule unit of government may not impose any fee for the operation of a video gaming terminal in excess of $25 per year. Boone County, Winnebago County, and municipalities wholly or partly contained within Boone County or Winnebago County The City of Rockford may not impose any fee for the operation of a video gaming terminal in excess of $250 per year for a video gaming terminal operating within Boone County or Winnebago County.

(Source: P.A. 101-337, eff. 1-1-20.)

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