Bill Text: IL HB4537 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In provisions concerning licensure, removes a provision that makes any organization in which specified individuals are to participate in the management or sales of lottery tickets or shares ineligible for any license under the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4537 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4537-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4537 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1605/10.1 from Ch. 120, par. 1160.1
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In provisions concerning licensure, removes a provision that makes any organization in which specified individuals are to participate in the management or sales of lottery tickets or shares ineligible for any license under the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing
Section 10.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1605/10.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1160.1)
Sec. 10.1. The following are ineligible for any license
under this Act:
(a) any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(b) any person who is or has been a professional
gambler or gambling promoter;
(c) any person who has engaged in bookmaking or other
forms of illegal gambling;
(d) any person who is not of good character and
reputation in the community in which he resides;
(e) any person who has been found guilty of any fraud
or misrepresentation in any connection;
(f) any firm or corporation in which a person defined
in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) has a proprietary, equitable
or credit interest of 5% or more; and .
(g) any organization in which a person defined in (a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e) is an officer, director, or managing
agent, whether compensated or not. ;

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(h) any organization in which a person defined in (a),
(b), (c), (d), or (e) is to participate in the management
or sales of lottery tickets or shares.
However, with respect to persons defined in (a), the
Department may grant any such person a license under this Act
when:
1) at least 10 years have elapsed since the date when
the sentence for the most recent such conviction was
satisfactorily completed;
2) the applicant has no history of criminal activity
subsequent to such conviction;
3) the applicant has complied with all conditions of
probation, conditional discharge, supervision, parole or
mandatory supervised release; and
4) the applicant presents at least 3 letters of
recommendation from responsible citizens in his community
who personally can attest that the character and attitude
of the applicant indicate that he is unlikely to commit
another crime.
The Department may revoke, without notice or a hearing,
the license of any agent who violates this Act or any rule or
regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. However, if the
Department does revoke a license without notice and an
opportunity for a hearing, the Department shall, by
appropriate notice, afford the person whose license has been
revoked an opportunity for a hearing within 30 days after the

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