Full Text of HR1108 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park is a horse racetrack located in the | 3 | | City of Collinsville in Madison County; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park has entertained horse racing | 5 | | enthusiasts since the opening of the race track in 1925; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park serves as an economic engine for | 7 | | the City of Collinsville and the Metro
East; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park directly employs 400 individuals | 9 | | and indirectly employs 600 individuals; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park conducted over 230 horse races in | 11 | | the 1990s, 65 races in 2013, and is
scheduled to conduct 52 | 12 | | races in 2014; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1739, as amended, allows for the | 14 | | creation of a casino in the City of
Chicago; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1739, as amended, allows for the | 16 | | creation of 4 new riverboat casinos
located in each of the | 17 | | following counties: Cook, Lake, Vermilion, and Winnebago; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1739, as amended, will allow |
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| 1 | | electronic gaming at each and every horse
racetrack throughout | 2 | | Illinois, with the exception of Fairmount Park; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Proposed amendments to Senate Bill 1739 are | 4 | | erroneous and unfair to Fairmount Park, the City of | 5 | | Collinsville, local businesses, restaurants, hotels,
the horse | 6 | | racing industry, and employees at Fairmount Park; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Fairmount Park should not be excluded in any | 8 | | legislation which allows for electronic
gaming at racetracks in | 9 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we urge the members of the General Assembly to include | 13 | | Fairmount Park in any gaming bill which allows electronic | 14 | | gaming at all racetracks in Illinois; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That
suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | delivered to the Illinois Gaming Board, Illinois Governor Pat
| 17 | | Quinn, and Fairmount Park.
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