SB3419 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3419

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 40/27

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that any municipality and any county board, for the unincorporated area of the county, shall have the power by ordinance to determine the number of licenses to be issued to licensed establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veterans establishments, and licensed truck stop establishments located within the municipality or unincorporated area of the county; however, the number of licenses issued shall not be lower than the number of liquor licenses and the number of licensed truck stop establishments allowed in the municipality or unincorporated area of the county on the date that an ordinance limiting the number of licensed establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veterans establishments, and licensed truck stop establishments is enacted. Further provides that the municipality or county board shall inform the Board of such an ordinance within 30 days after its enactment. Effective January 1, 2015.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 27 as follows:

(230 ILCS 40/27)

Sec. 27. Prohibition of video gaming by political subdivision. A municipality may pass an ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the corporate limits of the municipality. A county board may, for the unincorporated area of the county, pass an ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the unincorporated area of the county. Any municipality and any county board, for the unincorporated area of the county, shall have the power by ordinance to determine the number of licenses to be issued to licensed establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veterans establishments, and licensed truck stop establishments located within the borders of the municipality or unincorporated area of the county; however, the number of licenses issued to licensed establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veterans establishments, and licensed truck stop establishments shall not be lower than the number of liquor licenses issued or otherwise allowed by ordinance and the number of licensed truck stop establishments in the municipality or unincorporated area of the county on the date that an ordinance limiting the number of licenses is enacted. The municipality or county board shall inform the Board of such an ordinance within 30 days after its enactment.

(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2015.