Bill Text: IL SB1356 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a municipality or a county, with respect to unincorporated portions of the county, may impose specified separate requirements on video gaming that impose limitations on video gaming more restrictive than those provided under the Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1356 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1356-Introduced.html
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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 27 as follows:
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| 6 | (230 ILCS 40/27)
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| 7 | Sec. 27. Prohibition or limitation of video gaming by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | political subdivision. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) A
municipality may
pass an ordinance prohibiting video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | gaming within the corporate limits of the
municipality.
A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | county board may, for the unincorporated area of the county, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | pass an
ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | unincorporated area of the
county. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (b) A municipality or a county, with respect to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | unincorporated portions of the county, may impose separate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | requirements on video gaming that impose limitations on video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | gaming more restrictive than those provided under this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | These requirements may include one or more of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (1) Limitations on hours of video gaming terminal play | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | more restrictive than those provided under the liquor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | license of a licensed establishment, licensed veterans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | organization, or licensed fraternal organization. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (2) Limitations on the numbers of video gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | terminals within a licensed establishment, licensed | ||||||
| 2 | veterans organization, licensed fraternal organization, or | ||||||
| 3 | licensed truck stop. | ||||||
| 4 | (3) Limitations on the total numbers of licensed | ||||||
| 5 | establishments, licensed veterans organizations, licensed | ||||||
| 6 | fraternal organizations, or licensed truck stops allowed | ||||||
| 7 | within the municipality or county, or a specific portion of | ||||||
| 8 | the municipality or county. These limitations may include | ||||||
| 9 | zoning restrictions to limit the areas within a | ||||||
| 10 | municipality or county where video gaming is permitted.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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