Bill Text: IL HB2878 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides for deposit of moneys from civil penalties, certain filing fees, and other sources under the Act into the Horse Racing Fund. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2878 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2878-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2878
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2878 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 31.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (230 ILCS 5/31.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 31.1.
(a) Organization licensees
collectively shall | ||||||
| 8 | contribute annually to charity the sum of
$1,000,000 $750,000
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| 9 | to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, | ||||||
| 10 | counseling,
and similar services to persons who reside or work | ||||||
| 11 | on the backstretch of
Illinois racetracks.
These contributions | ||||||
| 12 | shall be collected as follows: (i) no later than July
1st of | ||||||
| 13 | each year the Board shall assess each organization licensee, | ||||||
| 14 | except
those tracks which are not within 100 miles of each | ||||||
| 15 | other which tracks
shall pay $40,000 $30,000 annually apiece | ||||||
| 16 | into the Board charity fund, that amount
which equals $920,000 | ||||||
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| 1 | $690,000 multiplied by the amount of pari-mutuel wagering
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| 2 | handled by the organization licensee in the year preceding | ||||||
| 3 | assessment and
divided by the total pari-mutuel wagering | ||||||
| 4 | handled by all Illinois
organization licensees, except those | ||||||
| 5 | tracks which are not within 100 miles of
each other, in the | ||||||
| 6 | year preceding assessment; (ii) notice of
the assessed | ||||||
| 7 | contribution shall be mailed to each organization licensee;
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| 8 | (iii) within thirty days of its receipt of such notice, each | ||||||
| 9 | organization
licensee shall remit the assessed contribution to | ||||||
| 10 | the Board. If an
organization licensee wilfully fails to so | ||||||
| 11 | remit the contribution, the
Board may revoke its license to | ||||||
| 12 | conduct horse racing.
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| 13 | (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any
qualified | ||||||
| 14 | charitable organization seeking an allotment of
contributed | ||||||
| 15 | funds shall
submit to the Board an application for those funds, | ||||||
| 16 | using the
Board's approved
form. No later than December 31st of | ||||||
| 17 | each year, the Board shall
distribute all such amounts | ||||||
| 18 | collected that year to such charitable
organization | ||||||
| 19 | applicants.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 87-110.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.".
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