SB1570 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1570

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Carole Pankau

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 40/27

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that an ordinance passed by a municipality or county board prohibiting video gaming may not prohibit video gaming by licensed fraternal establishments or licensed veteran establishments. Effective immediately.

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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.

An ordinance prohibiting video gaming passed under the authorization of this Section may not prohibit video gaming by licensed fraternal establishments or licensed veteran establishments.

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

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