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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2837 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that for revenue generated under provisions concerning imposition and distribution of tax after $850,000,000, funds shall be distributed as follows: one-sixth shall be distributed to the Department of Human Services Community Services Fund for mental health services and treatment; one-sixth shall be distributed to the Local Government Distributive Fund; and two-thirds shall be distributed to the Capital Projects Fund.
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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 Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 60 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 40/60)
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| 7 | | Sec. 60. Imposition and distribution of tax.
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| 8 | | (a) A tax of 30% is imposed on net terminal income
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| 9 | | shall be collected by the Board.
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| 10 | | Of the tax collected under this subsection (a), |
| 11 | | five-sixths shall be
deposited into the Capital Projects Fund |
| 12 | | and one-sixth shall be deposited into the Local Government |
| 13 | | Video Gaming Distributive Fund.
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| 14 | | (b) Beginning on July 1, 2019, an additional tax of 3% is |
| 15 | | imposed on net terminal income
and shall be collected by the |
| 16 | | Board. |
| 17 | | Beginning on July 1, 2020, an additional tax of 1% is |
| 18 | | imposed on net terminal income
and shall be collected by the |
| 19 | | Board. |
| 20 | | The tax collected under this subsection (b) shall be |
| 21 | | deposited into the Capital Projects Fund. |
| 22 | | (c) Revenues generated from the play of video gaming |
| 23 | | terminals shall be
deposited by the terminal operator, who is |
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| 1 | | responsible for tax payments, in
a specially created, separate |
| 2 | | bank account maintained by the video gaming
terminal operator
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| 3 | | to allow for electronic fund transfers of moneys for tax |
| 4 | | payment.
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| 5 | | (d) Each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop |
| 6 | | establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, |
| 7 | | licensed fraternal establishment,
and licensed veterans |
| 8 | | establishment shall maintain an adequate video gaming
fund, |
| 9 | | with the amount to be determined by the Board.
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| 10 | | (e) The State's percentage of net terminal income shall be |
| 11 | | reported and remitted to the Board within 15 days after the |
| 12 | | 15th day of each month and within 15 days after the end of each |
| 13 | | month by the video terminal operator. A video terminal |
| 14 | | operator who falsely reports or fails to report the amount due |
| 15 | | required by this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony and is |
| 16 | | subject to termination of his or her license by the Board. Each |
| 17 | | video terminal operator shall keep a record of net terminal |
| 18 | | income in such form as the Board may require. All payments not |
| 19 | | remitted when due shall be paid together with a penalty |
| 20 | | assessment on the unpaid balance at a rate of 1.5% per month. |
| 21 | | (f) For revenue generated under this Section after |
| 22 | | $850,000,000, funds shall be distributed as follows: |
| 23 | | (1) one-sixth shall be distributed to the Department |
| 24 | | of Human Services Community Services Fund for mental |
| 25 | | health services and treatment; |
| 26 | | (2) one-sixth shall be distributed to the Local |