SB0266eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0266 Engrossed LRB097 04062 RLJ 44101 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by adding Sections 10.9 and 21.9 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1605/10.9 new)

Sec. 10.9. Specialty retailer license for community senior services and resource centers.

(a) The Division shall establish a special classification of retailer license to facilitate the year-round sale of the instant scratch-off lottery game established under Section 21.9 of this Act. The fees set forth in Section 10.2 of this Act do not apply to a specialty retailer license. The holder of a specialty retailer license shall: (i) be a community senior services and resource center as established under the Community Senior Services and Resources Act; (ii) only sell instant scratch-off lottery tickets established under Section 21.9 of this Act; (iii) be required to purchase those instant scratch-off lottery tickets at face value from the Illinois Lottery; and (iv) only sell those tickets at face value. Specialty retailer licensees may obtain a refund from the Division for any unsold instant scratch-off lottery tickets that they have purchased for resale, as set forth in the specialty retailer agreement.

(b) A specialty retailer licensee shall receive a sales commission equal to 2% of the face value of specialty game tickets purchased from the Department, less adjustments for unsold tickets returned to the Illinois Lottery for credit. A specialty retailer licensee may not cash winning tickets, but are entitled to a 1% bonus in connection with the sale of a winning specialty game ticket having a price value of $1,000 or more.

(20 ILCS 1605/21.9 new)

Sec. 21.9. Scratch-Off for Seniors.

(a) The Department shall offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois seniors with the title of "Scratch-Off for Seniors". The game shall commence on July 1, 2011 or as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. The operation of the game shall be governed by this Act and any rules adopted by the Department. If any provision of this Section is inconsistent with any other provision of this Act, then this Section governs.

(b) The net revenue from the Scratch-Off for Seniors game shall be deposited into the Community Senior Services and Resources Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly to the Department on Aging for the purpose of making grants to community senior services and resource centers as established under the Community Senior Services and Resources Act.

Moneys collected from the Scratch-Off for Seniors game shall be used only as supplemental financial resources and shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department on Aging may currently expend on community senior services and resource centers.

Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including, without limitation, net revenue from the Scratch-Off for Seniors game and from gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.

For purposes of this subsection (b), "net revenue" means the total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in prizes and the actual administrative expenses of the Department solely related to the Scratch-Off for Seniors game under this Section.

(c) The Department shall not unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any other instant scratch-off lottery game as a result of selling tickets for the Scratch-Off for Seniors game.

(d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this Section.

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