Bill Text: IL HB3510 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that except as provided in specified provisions, 8.5% of all the moneys received by the State as pari-mutuel taxes shall be paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund on a schedule as the Illinois Racing Board prescribes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3510 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3510-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3510 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
230 ILCS 5/30.5
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that except as provided in specified provisions, 8.5% of all the moneys received by the State as pari-mutuel taxes shall be paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund on a schedule as the Illinois Racing Board prescribes.
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended
by changing Section 30.5 as follows:
(230 ILCS 5/30.5)
Sec. 30.5. Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
(a) The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of
this State to encourage the breeding of racing quarter horses
in this State and the ownership of such horses by residents of
this State in order to provide for sufficient numbers of high
quality racing quarter horses in this State and to establish
and preserve the agricultural and commercial benefits of such
breeding and racing industries to the State of Illinois. It is
the intent of the General Assembly to further this policy by
the provisions of this Act.
(b) There is hereby created a special fund in the State
Treasury to be known as the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
Breeders Fund. Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
27 of this Act, 8.5% of all the moneys received by the State as
pari-mutuel taxes on quarter horse racing shall be paid into
the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund on a schedule
as the Board prescribes.

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(c) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall
be administered by the Department of Agriculture with the
advice and assistance of the Advisory Board created in
subsection (d) of this Section.
(d) The Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund
Advisory Board shall consist of the Director of the Department
of Agriculture, who shall serve as Chairman; a member of the
Illinois Racing Board, designated by it; one representative of
the organization licensees conducting pari-mutuel quarter
horse racing meetings, recommended by them; 2 representatives
of the Illinois Running Quarter Horse Association, recommended
by it; and the Superintendent of Fairs and Promotions from the
Department of Agriculture. Advisory Board members shall serve
for 2 years commencing January 1 of each odd numbered year. If
representatives have not been recommended by January 1 of each
odd numbered year, the Director of the Department of
Agriculture may make an appointment for the organization
failing to so recommend a member of the Advisory Board.
Advisory Board members shall receive no compensation for their
services as members but may be reimbursed for all actual and
necessary expenses and disbursements incurred in the execution
of their official duties.
(e) No moneys shall be expended from the Illinois Racing
Quarter Horse Breeders Fund except as appropriated by the
General Assembly. Moneys appropriated from the Illinois Racing
Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be expended by the Department

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of Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory Board, for the
following purposes only:
(1) To provide stakes and awards to be paid to the
owners of the winning horses in certain races. This
provision is limited to Illinois conceived and foaled
horses.
(2) To provide an award to the owner or owners of an
Illinois conceived and foaled horse that wins a race when
pari-mutuel wagering is conducted; providing the race is
not restricted to Illinois conceived and foaled horses.
(3) To provide purse money for an Illinois stallion
stakes program.
(4) To provide for purses to be distributed for the
running of races during the Illinois State Fair and the
DuQuoin State Fair exclusively for quarter horses
conceived and foaled in Illinois.
(5) To provide for purses to be distributed for the
running of races at Illinois county fairs exclusively for
quarter horses conceived and foaled in Illinois.
(6) To provide for purses to be distributed for running
races exclusively for quarter horses conceived and foaled
in Illinois at locations in Illinois determined by the
Department of Agriculture with advice and consent of the
Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund Advisory
Board.

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(7) No less than 90% of all moneys appropriated from
the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund shall be
expended for the purposes in items (1), (2), (3), (4), and
(5) of this subsection (e).
(8) To provide for research programs concerning the
health, development, and care of racing quarter horses.
(9) To provide for dissemination of public information
designed to promote the breeding of racing quarter horses
in Illinois.
(10) To provide for expenses incurred in the
administration of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
Breeders Fund.
(f) The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule, with the
advice and assistance of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse
Breeders Fund Advisory Board:
(1) Qualify stallions for Illinois breeding; such
stallions to stand for service within the State of
Illinois, at the time of a foal's conception. Such stallion
must not stand for service at any place outside the State
of Illinois during the calendar year in which the foal is
conceived. The Department of Agriculture may assess and
collect application fees for the registration of
Illinois-eligible stallions. All fees collected are to be
paid into the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund.
(2) Provide for the registration of Illinois conceived
and foaled horses. No such horse shall compete in the races

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limited to Illinois conceived and foaled horses unless it
is registered with the Department of Agriculture. The
Department of Agriculture may prescribe such forms as are
necessary to determine the eligibility of such horses. The
Department of Agriculture may assess and collect
application fees for the registration of Illinois-eligible
foals. All fees collected are to be paid into the Illinois
Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund. No person shall
knowingly prepare or cause preparation of an application
for registration of such foals that contains false
information.
(g) The Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
assistance of the Illinois Racing Quarter Horse Breeders Fund
Advisory Board, shall provide that certain races limited to
Illinois conceived and foaled be stakes races and determine the
total amount of stakes and awards to be paid to the owners of
the winning horses in such races.
(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)