Illinois House Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of the Lottery, beginning on January 1, 2014 or as soon thereafter as is practical, to offer a special instant "Scratch-Out Crime" scratch-off game. Requires the net revenue from that game to be deposited into the Municipal Police Hiring Assistance Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the Department for distribution on a pro rata share, based on population, to municipal police departments in the State for the hiring of municipal police officers. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game. Defines "net revenue". Amends the State Finance Act to create the Municipal Police Hiring Assistance Fund. Effective immediately.

LOTTERY-SCRATCH-OUT CRIME

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-20	House	To Finance Subcommittee
2014-02-18	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-01-30	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2013-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-01-09	House	First Reading
2013-01-08	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	1605	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	1605	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	1605	21.9	New Code	See Bill Text
20	1605	9.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	105	5.826	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=79&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB0079.htm