Bill Text: IL HB1791 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1791 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1791-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| 10 | upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant meets
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| 11 | all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a bingo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
fraternal, youth | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | athletic, senior citizen, educational or veterans'
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| 15 | organization organized in Illinois which operates without | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | profit to its
members, which has been in existence in Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately before making | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | application for a license and which
has had during that entire | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in
carrying out | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | its objects. However, the 5 year requirement shall be
reduced | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | to 2 years, as applied to a local organization which is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | affiliated
with and chartered by a national organization which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | meets the 5 year
requirement.
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| 1 | Each
license shall be
in effect for one year from its date | ||||||
| 2 | of issuance unless extended, suspended, or revoked
by | ||||||
| 3 | Department action before that date. The Department may provide | ||||||
| 4 | by rule for an extension of any bingo license issued under this | ||||||
| 5 | Act. Any extension provided shall not exceed one year. A | ||||||
| 6 | licensee may hold only one license to conduct bingo and that | ||||||
| 7 | license is valid for only one location. The Department may | ||||||
| 8 | authorize by rule the filing by electronic means of any | ||||||
| 9 | application, license, permit, return, or registration required | ||||||
| 10 | under this Act. All taxes and fees imposed by this Act, unless | ||||||
| 11 | otherwise specified, shall be paid into the General Revenue | ||||||
| 12 | Fund of the State Treasury.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
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