Full Text of HB3550 100th General Assembly
HB3550 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB3550 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 230 ILCS 25/1 | from Ch. 120, par. 1101 |
| Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
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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,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows: | 6 | | (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon | 8 | | application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, and | 9 | | upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
| 10 | | upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant meets
| 11 | | all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a bingo | 12 | | license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the following: | 13 | | any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
fraternal, youth | 14 | | athletic, senior citizen, educational or veterans'
| 15 | | organization organized in Illinois which operates without | 16 | | profit to its
members, which has been in existence in Illinois | 17 | | continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately before making | 18 | | application for a license and which
has had during that entire | 19 | | 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in
carrying out | 20 | | its objects. However, the 5 year requirement shall be
reduced | 21 | | to 2 years, as applied to a local organization which is | 22 | | affiliated
with and chartered by a national organization which | 23 | | meets the 5 year
requirement.
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| 1 | | Each
license shall be
in effect for one year from its date | 2 | | of issuance unless extended, suspended, or revoked
by | 3 | | Department action before that date. The Department may provide | 4 | | by rule for an extension of any bingo license issued under this | 5 | | Act. Any extension provided shall not exceed one year. A | 6 | | licensee may hold only one license to conduct bingo and that | 7 | | license is valid for only one location. The Department may | 8 | | authorize by rule the filing by electronic means of any | 9 | | application, license, permit, return, or registration required | 10 | | under this Act. All taxes and fees imposed by this Act, unless | 11 | | otherwise specified, shall be paid into the General Revenue | 12 | | Fund of the State Treasury.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
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