Bill Text: IL HB2327 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Agricultural Fair Act. Provides that county fairs whose fiscal accounting reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the Department of Agriculture for that year. Makes conforming changes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2327 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2327-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 Agricultural Fair Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 120/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 662)
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7 | Sec. 12. On or before October 15 of each year, the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | president and
secretary of each county fair claiming state aid | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall have postmarked to or shall file with the
Department a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | fiscal accounting of the expenditure of the grant monies | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | received
under Section 10 . County fairs whose fiscal accounting | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | reports are not filed or postmarked by December 31 of each year | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall not qualify to receive premium reimbursements from the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Department for that year. The report required under this | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Section shall also include and a sworn statement of the actual | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | amount of cash premiums paid
at the fair that year. The sworn | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | statement shall state the following:
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18 | a) That all gambling and gambling devices which are | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | declared
unlawful by laws of Illinois and the sale of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | alcoholic liquors other
than beer have been prohibited and | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | excluded from the grounds of the fair
and from adjacent | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | grounds under the fair's authority, during the fair
and at | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | all other times when the fair grounds or adjacent grounds |
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1 | are in
the possession of and under the immediate control | ||||||
2 | and supervision of the
fair officials.
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3 | b) That all receipts from any source other than | ||||||
4 | admissions to the
grandstand and entry fees for races, not | ||||||
5 | necessary for the payment of
labor and advertising, have | ||||||
6 | been prorated among all other claims and
expenses or that | ||||||
7 | all other claims and expenses have been paid in full.
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8 | The statement shall correspond with the published offer of | ||||||
9 | premiums,
and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of all | ||||||
10 | premiums paid upon
the basis of the premiums provided, a copy | ||||||
11 | of the published premium list
of the fair, and a full statement | ||||||
12 | of receipts and expenditures for the
current year that has been | ||||||
13 | duly verified by the president and secretary
of the fair.
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14 | The Department may within the period not to exceed 30 days | ||||||
15 | after a
fair has filed its claim pay 75% of the fair's | ||||||
16 | authorized base amount if
the claim for premiums filed is equal | ||||||
17 | to or exceeds such fair's
authorized base for that year. If the | ||||||
18 | claim filed is less than the
fair's authorized base, the | ||||||
19 | Department shall only pay 75% of the amount
of the claim filed. | ||||||
20 | Should the amount paid a fair exceed the amount
authorized | ||||||
21 | after the final audit of such claim, then the fair shall
within | ||||||
22 | 30 days after notice by the Department pay to the Department | ||||||
23 | the
difference between the amount received and the amount as | ||||||
24 | approved for such
fair in the final audit as long as funds are | ||||||
25 | available.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 94-261, eff. 1-1-06.)
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