Bill Title: Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Separates the Illinois Gaming Board from the Department of Revenue for the purposes of enforcing and administering the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes conforming changes. Prohibits members of the Board from holding any other public office (rather than any other public office for which he or she shall receive compensation) and from engaging in any political activity. Provides for an annual salary for Board members. Makes changes regarding disclosure of equity interests of the Board members and their spouses and children. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Board, removes language allowing the Director of Revenue to delegate responsibility for the administration and enforcement of certain Acts concerning gaming to the Board and adds language concerning appointing investigators and contracting with the Departments of State Police and Revenue for the use of investigators. Makes changes concerning appropriations from the State Gaming Fund. Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Excludes the Illinois Gaming Board from the definition of "agency directly responsible to the Governor". Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the State Employees Article, adds investigators for the Illinois Gaming Board to provisions concerning the alternative formula. Exempts the changes from provisions concerning new benefit increases. In the Judges Article, allows a participant who, on January 1, 2007, is serving on the Illinois Gaming Board to continue to receive benefits despite that service. Exempts the changes from provisions concerning new benefit increases. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2009.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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