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92_HB4918
LRB9215533LDtm
1 AN ACT in relation to gambling.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5 amended by changing Section 15.2 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 5/15.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-15.2)
7 Sec. 15.2. (a) No pari-mutuel clerk, parking attendant
8 or security guard employed by a licensee at a wagering
9 facility shall commit any of the following acts: theft;
10 fraud; wagering during the course of employment; touting;
11 bookmaking; or any other act which is detrimental to the best
12 interests of racing in Illinois. For purposes of this
13 Section:
14 (1) "Theft" means the act of knowingly:
15 (A) obtaining or exerting unauthorized control
16 over State revenue or revenue of a licensee; or
17 (B) by deception obtaining control over patron
18 dollars.
19 (2) "Fraud" means the act of knowingly providing
20 false, misleading or deceptive information to a federal,
21 State or local governmental body.
22 (3) "Wagering" means the act of placing a wager at
23 a wagering facility on the outcome of a horse race under
24 the jurisdiction of the Board by a pari-mutuel clerk
25 during the course of employment.
26 (4) "Touting" means the act of soliciting anything
27 of value in exchange for information regarding the
28 outcome of a horse race on which wagers are made at a
29 wagering facility under the jurisdiction of the Board.
30 (5) "Bookmaking" means the act of accepting a wager
31 from an individual with the intent to withhold the wager
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1 from being placed by the individual at a wagering
2 facility.
3 (a-5) It is not a violation of subsection (a) of this
4 Section if a person employed as a pari-mutuel clerk accepts a
5 wager pursuant to this Act and unintentionally places the
6 wager on a horse other than the horse selected by the bettor.
7 A pari-mutuel clerk shall be immune from all civil liability
8 for unintentionally placing a wager on a horse other than the
9 horse selected by the bettor pursuant to this Act.
10 (b) A licensee, or occupation licensee upon receiving
11 information that a pari-mutuel clerk, parking attendant or
12 security guard in his employ has been accused of committing
13 any act prohibited by subsection (a) of this Section shall:
14 (1) give immediate written notice of such
15 accusation to the stewards of the race meeting and to the
16 accused pari-mutuel clerk, parking attendant or security
17 guard, and
18 (2) give written notice of such accusation within a
19 reasonable time to the Board.
20 The Board may impose a civil penalty authorized by
21 subsection (l) of Section 9 of this Act against a licensee or
22 occupation licensee who fails to give any notice required by
23 this subsection.
24 (c) Upon receiving the notice required by subsection (b)
25 of this Section the stewards shall conduct an inquiry into
26 the matter.
27 If the stewards determine that the accused has committed
28 any of the acts prohibited by subsection (a) of this Section,
29 they may exclude the accused or declare that person
30 ineligible for employment at any pari-mutuel race meeting or
31 wagering facility under the jurisdiction of the Board. A
32 person so excluded or declared ineligible for employment may
33 request a hearing before the Board as provided in Section 16
34 of this Act.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.