91st General Assembly
Summary of SB1017
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Senate Sponsors:
WEAVER,S-PHILIP.

House Sponsors:
BRUNSVOLD

Short description: 
ILLINOIS GAMING ACT                                                        

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Illinois Gaming Act.  Creates a short title only.          
          FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Gaming Board)                                  
          SB1017 has no fiscal impact.                                         
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Illinois Racing Board)                          
          This legislation would reduce State revenues annually by $37.8       
          million. With the reduction of State revenues intended to be         
          retained by the horse racing industry ($21 million for purses),      
          it is expected to generate substantial growth in wagering            
          handle and State revenues beyond the year 2000.                      
          HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NOTE, H-AM 3 (Housing Development Auth.)       
          There will be no fiscal effect on the cost of constructing,          
          purchasing, owning or selling a single family residence.             
          PENSION NOTE, H-AM 3 (Pension Laws Commission)                       
          Would not affect accrued liabilities or annual cost of any           
          Ill. public pension fund or retirement system.                       
          JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Administrative Office of Ill. Courts)         
          No decrease or increase in number of judges needed.                  
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Illinois Gaming Board)                          
          Estimated increase in total taxes is $119.9 million. Of              
          this projected increase, a net amount of $14.6 million will          
          be transferred to local communities and the balance of $105.3        
          million will come to the State.                                      
          BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AM 3 (Bureau of the Budget)                  
          Since this bill is not a supplemental appropriation bill, the        
          Balanced Budget Note Act is inapplicable.                            
          STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AM 3 (Economic and Fiscal Commission)             
          SB 1017 would not affect the bonding authorization of the            
          State, and, therefore, has no direct impact on the level of          
          State indebtedness.                                                  
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Dept. of Corrections)                     
          This legislation would have no fiscal impact or prison popu-         
          lation impact on the Department.                                     
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Economic and Fiscal Commission)                 
          Overall impact to the State is estimated to be a loss of $14.0       
          million. While the EAF would increase by $58.6 million, a            
          combination of GRF revenue loss along with GRF commitments           
          would total $72.6 million. Overall impact to local governments       
          is estimated to be $15.9 million.                                    
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1,2,3                                      
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          Does not create a State mandate.                                     
          HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 1,2,3                                           
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          Does not preempt home rule authority.                                
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 5 (Illinois Gaming Board)                          
          No change from previous Ill. Gaming Board fiscal note.               
          STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AM 5 (Economic and Fiscal Commission)             
          No change from previous State Debt Note.                             
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 5 (Dept. of Corrections)                     
          No change from previous correctional note.                           
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 5                                          
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          No change from previous mandates note.                               
          HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 5                                               
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          No change from previous home rule note.                              
          BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AM 5 (Bureau of the Budget)                  
          No change from previous balanced budget note.                        
          LAND CONVEYANCE NOTE (Dept. of Transportation)                       
          SB1017, H-am 5, contains no land conveyances for the State.          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          New Act                                                              
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 105/5.490 new                                                
          30 ILCS 105/5.491 new                                                
          30 ILCS 105/5.492 new                                                
          230 ILCS 5/1.2 new                                                   
          230 ILCS 5/1.3 new                                                   
          230 ILCS 5/3.04                 from Ch. 8, par. 37-3.04             
          230 ILCS 5/3.075                                                     
          230 ILCS 5/14                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-14               
          230 ILCS 5/15                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-15               
          230 ILCS 5/18                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-18               
          230 ILCS 5/20                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-20               
          230 ILCS 5/20.1 new                                                  
          230 ILCS 5/21                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-21               
          230 ILCS 5/26                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-26               
          230 ILCS 5/26.1                 from Ch. 8, par. 37-26.1             
          230 ILCS 5/27                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-27               
          230 ILCS 5/27.1                 from Ch. 8, par. 37-27.1             
          230 ILCS 5/28                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-28               
          230 ILCS 5/28.1 new                                                  
          230 ILCS 5/29                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-29               
          230 ILCS 5/30                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-30               
          230 ILCS 5/32                   from Ch. 8, par. 37-32               
          230 ILCS 5/32.1 new                                                  
          230 ILCS 5/54 new                                                    
          230 ILCS 5/55 new                                                    
          230 ILCS 10/Act title                                                
          230 ILCS 10/3                   from Ch. 120, par. 2403              
          230 ILCS 10/4                   from Ch. 120, par. 2404              
          230 ILCS 10/5                   from Ch. 120, par. 2405              
          230 ILCS 10/6                   from Ch. 120, par. 2406              
          230 ILCS 10/7                   from Ch. 120, par. 2407              
          230 ILCS 10/11                  from Ch. 120, par. 2411              
          230 ILCS 10/11.2 new                                                 
          230 ILCS 10/12                  from Ch. 120, par. 2412              
          230 ILCS 10/13                  from Ch. 120, par. 2413              
          230 ILCS 10/18                  from Ch. 120, par. 2418              
          30 ILCS 105/5.26b rep.                                               
          30 ILCS 105/5.211 rep.                                               
          230 ILCS 5/20.5 rep.                                                 
          230 ILCS 5/26.6 rep.                                                 
        Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.  Provides that  the      
   State  Universities  Athletic  Capital  Improvement Fund and the newly      
   created Horse Racing Equity  Fund  shall  receive  a  portion  of  the      
   adjusted  gross receipts from a riverboat that relocates to a new home      
   dock location under the Riverboat Gambling Act.  Provides  that  if  a      
   licensee that was not conducting gambling on January 1, 1998 loses its      
   license,  any subsequent holder of that license shall pay a portion of      
   its adjusted gross receipts to the State Universities Athletic Capital      
   Improvement Fund and the  Horse  Racing  Equity  Fund.  Provides  that      
   moneys  in  the  Horse  Racing  Equity  Fund  shall  be distributed to      
   organization licensees with 50% to be paid to purses  and  50%  to  be      
   retained   by   the   organization   licensees.   Changes  application      
   requirements for organization licensees. Requires the Board  to  study      
   whether it would be in the best interests of the horse racing industry      
   and  of  this  State  to  authorize  account  wagering  and fixed odds      
   wagering and requires the Board to report its findings to the  General      
   Assembly  by December 31, 1999. Requires the Board to include a report      
   on the horse racing industry's progress toward meeting certain  policy      
   objectives  in its annual report to the Governor. Provides that moneys      
   from unclaimed tickets shall be distributed to the  purse  account  of      
   the  organization  licensee and to the organization licensee (now paid      
   to  the  Illinois  Veterans'  Rehabilitation  Fund).   Provides  that,      
   beginning on January 1, 2000, wagers placed at legal wagering entities      
   outside of this State on  races conducted within this State shall  not      
   be  subject  to State or local taxation.  Requires intertrack wagering      
   licensees and intertrack wagering  location  licensees  to  carry  the      
   signal  of all organization licensees during their hours of operation.      
   Makes changes concerning the  distribution  of  moneys  retained  from      
   simulcast  wagering.   Provides  that  the Horse Racing Tax Allocation      
   Fund shall remain in existence until December 31, 1999 and that moneys      
   remaining in the Fund on or after that date shall  be  paid  into  the      
   General  Revenue  Fund. Deletes provisions prohibiting inter-track and      
   simulcast wagering at certain tracks.  Makes  changes  concerning  the      
   distribution of breakage.  Removes certain privilege taxes.  Imposes a      
   1.5%  tax  on  daily  pari-mutuel handle.  Provides that, beginning on      
   January 1, 2000, all moneys collected under the Act shall be paid into      
   the Horse Racing Fund.  Provides that moneys in the Horse Racing  Fund      
   shall  be  appropriated  to  the  Board  for  the  administration  and      
   enforcement  of  the  Act.   Provides  that  the  remainder  shall  be      
   transferred  to  the General Revenue Fund. Provides that payments made      
   pursuant to the Act shall be  made  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund.      
   Creates  a  task force to improve the breeding quality of thoroughbred      
   horses in this State. Makes changes concerning amounts paid to persons      
   who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks.  Deletes      
   provisions  concerning  the  Illinois  Race  Track  Improvement  Fund.      
   Creates a pari-mutuel tax credit for licensees affiliated with  tracks      
   that  conduct  live  racing.    Deletes provisions requiring a minimum      
   number of days of live racing at Fairmont Race Track.  Deletes certain      
   surcharge provisions.  Creates the  Illinois  Quarter  Horse  Breeders      
   Fund.   Provides  that  moneys  in  the  Fund may be used only for the      
   purpose of breeding quarter horses for racing in Illinois. Amends  the      
   State  Finance Act. Creates the Horse Racing Equity Fund, the Illinois      
   Racing Quarterhorse Breeders Fund, and the Horse Racing Fund.  Repeals      
   the Horse Racing Tax Allocation  Fund  and  the  Illinois  Race  Track      
   Improvement  Fund.  Amends  the  Riverboat  Gambling  Act.  Authorizes      
   riverboat gambling in Cook County, except on Lake  Michigan.   Removes      
   provision   requiring  that  riverboat  gambling  be  conducted  on  a      
   navigable stream and provides instead that riverboat gambling  may  be      
   conducted  on any water within the State or any water, other than Lake      
   Michigan, that constitutes a  boundary  of  the  State.   Expands  the      
   definition  of  "riverboat"  to  include  a  permanently moored barge.      
   Authorizes a licensee to conduct dockside gambling on  its  riverboats      
   while they are moored. Removes certain geographical limitations on the      
   home  dock  locations  of  riverboats.  Authorizes riverboat home dock      
   relocation under certain circumstances.  Provides that the State shall      
   pay into the Horse Racing Equity Fund from its share of  the  wagering      
   tax  an  amount  equal  to  15%  of  the  gross  receipts of the first      
   riverboat that relocates or the  first  riverboat  that  is  initially      
   licensed  after  the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act of 1999,      
   whichever comes  first.  Provides  that  the  General  Assembly  shall      
   appropriate   from   the  General  Revenue  Fund  into  the  Education      
   Assistance Fund an amount equal to the  amount  transferred  into  the      
   Horse  Racing  Equity Fund from the State's share of the wagering tax.      
   Provides that an amount equal to 2% of the adjusted gross receipts  of      
   the  first  riverboat  that  relocates  or the first riverboat that is      
   initially licensed after the effective date of this amendatory Act  of      
   1999,  whichever comes first, shall be paid from the State Gaming Fund      
   into  the  State  Universities  Athletic  Capital  Improvement   Fund.      
   Provides  that any riverboat that relocates shall pay a portion of its      
   adjusted gross receipts that it would otherwise pay as wagering  taxes      
   into  the  Horse  Racing Equity Fund. Provides that riverboat licenses      
   shall be renewed for periods of 4 years, unless the Board sets shorter      
   periods.  Makes other changes. Effective immediately,  except  certain      
   provisions effective January 1, 2000.                                       
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 5.                                                 
        Further amends the  Riverboat  Gambling  Act.   Provides  that  a      
   licensee  that  relocates must attain a level of at least 20% minority      
   and female ownership (now minority or female ownership). Provides that      
   at least 16% of the ownership shall be minority ownership  and  4%  of      
   the ownership shall be female ownership. Provides that the time period      
   prescribed by the Board for a licensee that relocates its home dock to      
   attain a level of at least 20% minority and female ownership shall not      
   exceed  12  months,  not  including  the  time  necessary to conduct a      
   background investigation.                                                   
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0040

   Last action date: 99-06-25

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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