Bill Amendment: IL SB0584 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: GAMING-TECH
Status: 2023-12-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0574 [SB0584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0584-Senate_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: GAMING-TECH
Status: 2023-12-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0574 [SB0584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0584-Senate_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 584 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 584, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment | ||||||
4 | No. 1, by replacing line 3 on page 3 through line 14 on page 14 | ||||||
5 | with the following:
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6 | "(230 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 2407) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 7. Owners licenses. (a) The Board shall issue | ||||||
8 | owners licenses to persons or entities that apply for such | ||||||
9 | licenses upon payment to the Board of the non-refundable | ||||||
10 | license fee as provided in subsection (e) or (e-5) and upon a | ||||||
11 | determination by the Board that the applicant is eligible for | ||||||
12 | an owners license pursuant to this Act and the rules of the | ||||||
13 | Board. From December 15, 2008 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
14 | Act 95-1008) until (i) 3 years after December 15, 2008 (the | ||||||
15 | effective date of Public Act 95-1008), (ii) the date any | ||||||
16 | organization licensee begins to operate a slot machine or | ||||||
17 | video game of chance under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of |
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1 | 1975 or this Act, (iii) the date that payments begin under | ||||||
2 | subsection (c-5) of Section 13 of this Act, (iv) the wagering | ||||||
3 | tax imposed under Section 13 of this Act is increased by law to | ||||||
4 | reflect a tax rate that is at least as stringent or more | ||||||
5 | stringent than the tax rate contained in subsection (a-3) of | ||||||
6 | Section 13, or (v) when an owners licensee holding a license | ||||||
7 | issued pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Act begins conducting | ||||||
8 | gaming, whichever occurs first, as a condition of licensure | ||||||
9 | and as an alternative source of payment for those funds | ||||||
10 | payable under subsection (c-5) of Section 13 of this Act, any | ||||||
11 | owners licensee that holds or receives its owners license on | ||||||
12 | or after May 26, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
13 | 94-804), other than an owners licensee operating a riverboat | ||||||
14 | with adjusted gross receipts in calendar year 2004 of less | ||||||
15 | than $200,000,000, must pay into the Horse Racing Equity Trust | ||||||
16 | Fund, in addition to any other payments required under this | ||||||
17 | Act, an amount equal to 3% of the adjusted gross receipts | ||||||
18 | received by the owners licensee. The payments required under | ||||||
19 | this Section shall be made by the owners licensee to the State | ||||||
20 | Treasurer no later than 3:00 o'clock p.m. of the day after the | ||||||
21 | day when the adjusted gross receipts were received by the | ||||||
22 | owners licensee. A person or entity is ineligible to receive | ||||||
23 | an owners license if: | ||||||
24 | (1) the person has been convicted of a felony under | ||||||
25 | the laws of this State, any other state, or the United | ||||||
26 | States; |
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1 | (2) the person has been convicted of any violation of | ||||||
2 | Article 28 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | ||||||
3 | Code of 2012, or substantially similar laws of any other | ||||||
4 | jurisdiction; | ||||||
5 | (3) the person has submitted an application for a | ||||||
6 | license under this Act which contains false information; | ||||||
7 | (4) the person is a member of the Board; | ||||||
8 | (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3), or (4) is an | ||||||
9 | officer, director, or managerial employee of the entity; | ||||||
10 | (6) the entity employs a person defined in (1), (2), | ||||||
11 | (3), or (4) who participates in the management or | ||||||
12 | operation of gambling operations authorized under this | ||||||
13 | Act; | ||||||
14 | (7) (blank); or | ||||||
15 | (8) a license of the person or entity issued under | ||||||
16 | this Act, or a license to own or operate gambling | ||||||
17 | facilities in any other jurisdiction, has been revoked. | ||||||
18 | The Board is expressly prohibited from making changes to | ||||||
19 | the requirement that licensees make payment into the Horse | ||||||
20 | Racing Equity Trust Fund without the express authority of the | ||||||
21 | Illinois General Assembly and making any other rule to | ||||||
22 | implement or interpret Public Act 95-1008. For the purposes of | ||||||
23 | this paragraph, "rules" is given the meaning given to that | ||||||
24 | term in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
25 | Act. | ||||||
26 | (b) In determining whether to grant an owners license to |
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1 | an applicant, the Board shall consider: | ||||||
2 | (1) the character, reputation, experience, and | ||||||
3 | financial integrity of the applicants and of any other or | ||||||
4 | separate person that either: | ||||||
5 | (A) controls, directly or indirectly, such | ||||||
6 | applicant; or | ||||||
7 | (B) is controlled, directly or indirectly, by such | ||||||
8 | applicant or by a person which controls, directly or | ||||||
9 | indirectly, such applicant; | ||||||
10 | (2) the facilities or proposed facilities for the | ||||||
11 | conduct of gambling; | ||||||
12 | (3) the highest prospective total revenue to be | ||||||
13 | derived by the State from the conduct of gambling; | ||||||
14 | (4) the extent to which the ownership of the applicant | ||||||
15 | reflects the diversity of the State by including minority | ||||||
16 | persons, women, and persons with a disability and the good | ||||||
17 | faith affirmative action plan of each applicant to | ||||||
18 | recruit, train and upgrade minority persons, women, and | ||||||
19 | persons with a disability in all employment | ||||||
20 | classifications; the Board shall further consider granting | ||||||
21 | an owners license and giving preference to an applicant | ||||||
22 | under this Section to applicants in which minority persons | ||||||
23 | and women hold ownership interest of at least 16% and 4%, | ||||||
24 | respectively; | ||||||
25 | (4.5) the extent to which the ownership of the | ||||||
26 | applicant includes veterans of service in the armed forces |
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1 | of the United States, and the good faith affirmative | ||||||
2 | action plan of each applicant to recruit, train, and | ||||||
3 | upgrade veterans of service in the armed forces of the | ||||||
4 | United States in all employment classifications; | ||||||
5 | (5) the financial ability of the applicant to purchase | ||||||
6 | and maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance; | ||||||
7 | (6) whether the applicant has adequate capitalization | ||||||
8 | to provide and maintain, for the duration of a license, a | ||||||
9 | riverboat or casino; | ||||||
10 | (7) the extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets | ||||||
11 | other standards for the issuance of an owners license | ||||||
12 | which the Board may adopt by rule; | ||||||
13 | (8) the amount of the applicant's license bid; | ||||||
14 | (9) the extent to which the applicant or the proposed | ||||||
15 | host municipality plans to enter into revenue sharing | ||||||
16 | agreements with communities other than the host | ||||||
17 | municipality; | ||||||
18 | (10) the extent to which the ownership of an applicant | ||||||
19 | includes the most qualified number of minority persons, | ||||||
20 | women, and persons with a disability; and | ||||||
21 | (11) whether the applicant has entered into a fully | ||||||
22 | executed construction project labor agreement with the | ||||||
23 | applicable local building trades council. | ||||||
24 | (c) Each owners license shall specify the place where the | ||||||
25 | casino shall operate or the riverboat shall operate and dock. | ||||||
26 | (d) Each applicant shall submit with his or her |
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1 | application, on forms provided by the Board, 2 sets of his or | ||||||
2 | her fingerprints. | ||||||
3 | (e) In addition to any licenses authorized under | ||||||
4 | subsection (e-5) of this Section, the Board may issue up to 10 | ||||||
5 | licenses authorizing the holders of such licenses to own | ||||||
6 | riverboats. In the application for an owners license, the | ||||||
7 | applicant shall state the dock at which the riverboat is based | ||||||
8 | and the water on which the riverboat will be located. The Board | ||||||
9 | shall issue 5 licenses to become effective not earlier than | ||||||
10 | January 1, 1991. Three of such licenses shall authorize | ||||||
11 | riverboat gambling on the Mississippi River, or, with approval | ||||||
12 | by the municipality in which the riverboat was docked on | ||||||
13 | August 7, 2003 and with Board approval, be authorized to | ||||||
14 | relocate to a new location, in a municipality that (1) borders | ||||||
15 | on the Mississippi River or is within 5 miles of the city | ||||||
16 | limits of a municipality that borders on the Mississippi River | ||||||
17 | and (2) on August 7, 2003, had a riverboat conducting | ||||||
18 | riverboat gambling operations pursuant to a license issued | ||||||
19 | under this Act; one of which shall authorize riverboat | ||||||
20 | gambling from a home dock in the city of East St. Louis; and | ||||||
21 | one of which shall authorize riverboat gambling from a home | ||||||
22 | dock in the City of Alton. One other license shall authorize | ||||||
23 | riverboat gambling on the Illinois River in the City of East | ||||||
24 | Peoria or, with Board approval, shall authorize land-based | ||||||
25 | gambling operations anywhere within the corporate limits of | ||||||
26 | the City of Peoria. The Board shall issue one additional |
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1 | license to become effective not earlier than March 1, 1992, | ||||||
2 | which shall authorize riverboat gambling on the Des Plaines | ||||||
3 | River in Will County. The Board may issue 4 additional | ||||||
4 | licenses to become effective not earlier than March 1, 1992. | ||||||
5 | In determining the water upon which riverboats will operate, | ||||||
6 | the Board shall consider the economic benefit which riverboat | ||||||
7 | gambling confers on the State, and shall seek to assure that | ||||||
8 | all regions of the State share in the economic benefits of | ||||||
9 | riverboat gambling. | ||||||
10 | In granting all licenses, the Board may give favorable | ||||||
11 | consideration to economically depressed areas of the State, to | ||||||
12 | applicants presenting plans which provide for significant | ||||||
13 | economic development over a large geographic area, and to | ||||||
14 | applicants who currently operate non-gambling riverboats in | ||||||
15 | Illinois. The Board shall review all applications for owners | ||||||
16 | licenses, and shall inform each applicant of the Board's | ||||||
17 | decision. The Board may grant an owners license to an | ||||||
18 | applicant that has not submitted the highest license bid, but | ||||||
19 | if it does not select the highest bidder, the Board shall issue | ||||||
20 | a written decision explaining why another applicant was | ||||||
21 | selected and identifying the factors set forth in this Section | ||||||
22 | that favored the winning bidder. The fee for issuance or | ||||||
23 | renewal of a license pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be | ||||||
24 | $250,000. | ||||||
25 | (e-5) In addition to licenses authorized under subsection | ||||||
26 | (e) of this Section: |
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1 | (1) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
2 | the conduct of casino gambling in the City of Chicago; | ||||||
3 | (2) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
4 | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Danville; | ||||||
5 | (3) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
6 | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Waukegan; | ||||||
7 | (4) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
8 | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Rockford; | ||||||
9 | (5) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
10 | the conduct of riverboat gambling in a municipality that | ||||||
11 | is wholly or partially located in one of the following | ||||||
12 | townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Rich, | ||||||
13 | Thornton, or Worth Township; and | ||||||
14 | (6) the Board may issue one owners license authorizing | ||||||
15 | the conduct of riverboat gambling in the unincorporated | ||||||
16 | area of Williamson County adjacent to the Big Muddy River. | ||||||
17 | Except for the license authorized under paragraph (1), | ||||||
18 | each application for a license pursuant to this subsection | ||||||
19 | (e-5) shall be submitted to the Board no later than 120 days | ||||||
20 | after June 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-31). | ||||||
21 | All applications for a license under this subsection (e-5) | ||||||
22 | shall include the nonrefundable application fee and the | ||||||
23 | nonrefundable background investigation fee as provided in | ||||||
24 | subsection (d) of Section 6 of this Act. In the event that an | ||||||
25 | applicant submits an application for a license pursuant to | ||||||
26 | this subsection (e-5) prior to June 28, 2019 (the effective |
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1 | date of Public Act 101-31), such applicant shall submit the | ||||||
2 | nonrefundable application fee and background investigation fee | ||||||
3 | as provided in subsection (d) of Section 6 of this Act no later | ||||||
4 | than 6 months after June 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
5 | Act 101-31). | ||||||
6 | The Board shall consider issuing a license pursuant to | ||||||
7 | paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection only after the | ||||||
8 | corporate authority of the municipality or the county board of | ||||||
9 | the county in which the riverboat or casino shall be located | ||||||
10 | has certified to the Board the following: | ||||||
11 | (i) that the applicant has negotiated with the | ||||||
12 | corporate authority or county board in good faith; | ||||||
13 | (ii) that the applicant and the corporate authority or | ||||||
14 | county board have mutually agreed on the permanent | ||||||
15 | location of the riverboat or casino; | ||||||
16 | (iii) that the applicant and the corporate authority | ||||||
17 | or county board have mutually agreed on the temporary | ||||||
18 | location of the riverboat or casino; | ||||||
19 | (iv) that the applicant and the corporate authority or | ||||||
20 | the county board have mutually agreed on the percentage of | ||||||
21 | revenues that will be shared with the municipality or | ||||||
22 | county, if any; | ||||||
23 | (v) that the applicant and the corporate authority or | ||||||
24 | county board have mutually agreed on any zoning, | ||||||
25 | licensing, public health, or other issues that are within | ||||||
26 | the jurisdiction of the municipality or county; |
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1 | (vi) that the corporate authority or county board has | ||||||
2 | passed a resolution or ordinance in support of the | ||||||
3 | riverboat or casino in the municipality or county; | ||||||
4 | (vii) the applicant for a license under paragraph (1) | ||||||
5 | has made a public presentation concerning its casino | ||||||
6 | proposal; and | ||||||
7 | (viii) the applicant for a license under paragraph (1) | ||||||
8 | has prepared a summary of its casino proposal and such | ||||||
9 | summary has been posted on a public website of the | ||||||
10 | municipality or the county. | ||||||
11 | At least 7 days before the corporate authority of a | ||||||
12 | municipality or county board of the county submits a | ||||||
13 | certification to the Board concerning items (i) through (viii) | ||||||
14 | of this subsection, it shall hold a public hearing to discuss | ||||||
15 | items (i) through (viii), as well as any other details | ||||||
16 | concerning the proposed riverboat or casino in the | ||||||
17 | municipality or county. The corporate authority or county | ||||||
18 | board must subsequently memorialize the details concerning the | ||||||
19 | proposed riverboat or casino in a resolution that must be | ||||||
20 | adopted by a majority of the corporate authority or county | ||||||
21 | board before any certification is sent to the Board. The Board | ||||||
22 | shall not alter, amend, change, or otherwise interfere with | ||||||
23 | any agreement between the applicant and the corporate | ||||||
24 | authority of the municipality or county board of the county | ||||||
25 | regarding the location of any temporary or permanent facility. | ||||||
26 | In addition, within 10 days after June 28, 2019 (the |
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1 | effective date of Public Act 101-31), the Board, with consent | ||||||
2 | and at the expense of the City of Chicago, shall select and | ||||||
3 | retain the services of a nationally recognized casino gaming | ||||||
4 | feasibility consultant. Within 45 days after June 28, 2019 | ||||||
5 | (the effective date of Public Act 101-31), the consultant | ||||||
6 | shall prepare and deliver to the Board a study concerning the | ||||||
7 | feasibility of, and the ability to finance, a casino in the | ||||||
8 | City of Chicago. The feasibility study shall be delivered to | ||||||
9 | the Mayor of the City of Chicago, the Governor, the President | ||||||
10 | of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
11 | Representatives. Ninety days after receipt of the feasibility | ||||||
12 | study, the Board shall make a determination, based on the | ||||||
13 | results of the feasibility study, whether to recommend to the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly that the terms of the license under paragraph | ||||||
15 | (1) of this subsection (e-5) should be modified. The Board may | ||||||
16 | begin accepting applications for the owners license under | ||||||
17 | paragraph (1) of this subsection (e-5) upon the determination | ||||||
18 | to issue such an owners license. | ||||||
19 | In addition, prior to the Board issuing the owners license | ||||||
20 | authorized under paragraph (4) of subsection (e-5), an impact | ||||||
21 | study shall be completed to determine what location in the | ||||||
22 | city will provide the greater impact to the region, including | ||||||
23 | the creation of jobs and the generation of tax revenue. | ||||||
24 | (e-10) The licenses authorized under subsection (e-5) of | ||||||
25 | this Section shall be issued within 12 months after the date | ||||||
26 | the license application is submitted. If the Board does not |
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1 | issue the licenses within that time period, then the Board | ||||||
2 | shall give a written explanation to the applicant as to why it | ||||||
3 | has not reached a determination and when it reasonably expects | ||||||
4 | to make a determination. The fee for the issuance or renewal of | ||||||
5 | a license issued pursuant to this subsection (e-10) shall be | ||||||
6 | $250,000. Additionally, a licensee located outside of Cook | ||||||
7 | County shall pay a minimum initial fee of $17,500 per gaming | ||||||
8 | position, and a licensee located in Cook County shall pay a | ||||||
9 | minimum initial fee of $30,000 per gaming position. The | ||||||
10 | initial fees payable under this subsection (e-10) shall be | ||||||
11 | deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. If at any | ||||||
12 | point after June 1, 2020 there are no pending applications for | ||||||
13 | a license under subsection (e-5) and not all licenses | ||||||
14 | authorized under subsection (e-5) have been issued, then the | ||||||
15 | Board shall reopen the license application process for those | ||||||
16 | licenses authorized under subsection (e-5) that have not been | ||||||
17 | issued. The Board shall follow the licensing process provided | ||||||
18 | in subsection (e-5) with all time frames tied to the last date | ||||||
19 | of a final order issued by the Board under subsection (e-5) | ||||||
20 | rather than the effective date of the amendatory Act. | ||||||
21 | (e-15) Each licensee of a license authorized under | ||||||
22 | subsection (e-5) of this Section shall make a reconciliation | ||||||
23 | payment 3 years after the date the licensee begins operating | ||||||
24 | in an amount equal to 75% of the adjusted gross receipts for | ||||||
25 | the most lucrative 12-month period of operations, minus an | ||||||
26 | amount equal to the initial payment per gaming position paid |
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1 | by the specific licensee. Each licensee shall pay a | ||||||
2 | $15,000,000 reconciliation fee upon issuance of an owners | ||||||
3 | license. If this calculation results in a negative amount, | ||||||
4 | then the licensee is not entitled to any reimbursement of fees | ||||||
5 | previously paid. This reconciliation payment may be made in | ||||||
6 | installments over a period of no more than 6 years. | ||||||
7 | All payments by licensees under this subsection (e-15) | ||||||
8 | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | ||||||
9 | (e-20) In addition to any other revocation powers granted | ||||||
10 | to the Board under this Act, the Board may revoke the owners | ||||||
11 | license of a licensee which fails to begin conducting gambling | ||||||
12 | within 15 months of receipt of the Board's approval of the | ||||||
13 | application if the Board determines that license revocation is | ||||||
14 | in the best interests of the State. | ||||||
15 | (f) The first 10 owners licenses issued under this Act | ||||||
16 | shall permit the holder to own up to 2 riverboats and equipment | ||||||
17 | thereon for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the | ||||||
18 | license. Holders of the first 10 owners licenses must pay the | ||||||
19 | annual license fee for each of the 3 years during which they | ||||||
20 | are authorized to own riverboats. | ||||||
21 | (g) Upon the termination, expiration, or revocation of | ||||||
22 | each of the first 10 licenses, which shall be issued for a | ||||||
23 | 3-year period, all licenses are renewable annually upon | ||||||
24 | payment of the fee and a determination by the Board that the | ||||||
25 | licensee continues to meet all of the requirements of this Act | ||||||
26 | and the Board's rules. However, for licenses renewed on or |
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1 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | ||||||
2 | General Assembly, renewal shall be for a period of 4 years. | ||||||
3 | (h) An owners license, except for an owners license issued | ||||||
4 | under subsection (e-5) of this Section, shall entitle the | ||||||
5 | licensee to own up to 2 riverboats. | ||||||
6 | An owners licensee of a casino or riverboat that is | ||||||
7 | located in the City of Chicago pursuant to paragraph (1) of | ||||||
8 | subsection (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number of | ||||||
9 | gaming positions to 4,000 for such owner. An owners licensee | ||||||
10 | authorized under subsection (e) or paragraph (2), (3), (4), or | ||||||
11 | (5) of subsection (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number | ||||||
12 | of gaming positions to 2,000 for any such owners license. An | ||||||
13 | owners licensee authorized under paragraph (6) of subsection | ||||||
14 | (e-5) of this Section shall limit the number of gaming | ||||||
15 | positions to 1,200 for such owner. The initial fee for each | ||||||
16 | gaming position obtained on or after June 28, 2019 (the | ||||||
17 | effective date of Public Act 101-31) shall be a minimum of | ||||||
18 | $17,500 for licensees not located in Cook County and a minimum | ||||||
19 | of $30,000 for licensees located in Cook County, in addition | ||||||
20 | to the reconciliation payment, as set forth in subsection | ||||||
21 | (e-15) of this Section. The fees under this subsection (h) | ||||||
22 | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | ||||||
23 | The fees under this subsection (h) that are paid by an owners | ||||||
24 | licensee authorized under subsection (e) shall be paid by July | ||||||
25 | 1, 2021. | ||||||
26 | Each owners licensee under subsection (e) of this Section |
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1 | shall reserve its gaming positions within 30 days after June | ||||||
2 | 28, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-31). The Board | ||||||
3 | may grant an extension to this 30-day period, provided that | ||||||
4 | the owners licensee submits a written request and explanation | ||||||
5 | as to why it is unable to reserve its positions within the | ||||||
6 | 30-day period. | ||||||
7 | Each owners licensee under subsection (e-5) of this | ||||||
8 | Section shall reserve its gaming positions within 30 days | ||||||
9 | after issuance of its owners license. The Board may grant an | ||||||
10 | extension to this 30-day period, provided that the owners | ||||||
11 | licensee submits a written request and explanation as to why | ||||||
12 | it is unable to reserve its positions within the 30-day | ||||||
13 | period. | ||||||
14 | A licensee may operate both of its riverboats | ||||||
15 | concurrently, provided that the total number of gaming | ||||||
16 | positions on both riverboats does not exceed the limit | ||||||
17 | established pursuant to this subsection. Riverboats licensed | ||||||
18 | to operate on the Mississippi River and the Illinois River | ||||||
19 | south of Marshall County shall have an authorized capacity of | ||||||
20 | at least 500 persons. Any other riverboat licensed under this | ||||||
21 | Act shall have an authorized capacity of at least 400 persons. | ||||||
22 | (h-5) An owners licensee who conducted gambling operations | ||||||
23 | prior to January 1, 2012 and obtains positions pursuant to | ||||||
24 | Public Act 101-31 shall make a reconciliation payment 3 years | ||||||
25 | after any additional gaming positions begin operating in an | ||||||
26 | amount equal to 75% of the owners licensee's average gross |
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1 | receipts for the most lucrative 12-month period of operations | ||||||
2 | minus an amount equal to the initial fee that the owners | ||||||
3 | licensee paid per additional gaming position. For purposes of | ||||||
4 | this subsection (h-5), "average gross receipts" means (i) the | ||||||
5 | increase in adjusted gross receipts for the most lucrative | ||||||
6 | 12-month period of operations over the adjusted gross receipts | ||||||
7 | for 2019, multiplied by (ii) the percentage derived by | ||||||
8 | dividing the number of additional gaming positions that an | ||||||
9 | owners licensee had obtained by the total number of gaming | ||||||
10 | positions operated by the owners licensee. If this calculation | ||||||
11 | results in a negative amount, then the owners licensee is not | ||||||
12 | entitled to any reimbursement of fees previously paid. This | ||||||
13 | reconciliation payment may be made in installments over a | ||||||
14 | period of no more than 6 years. These reconciliation payments | ||||||
15 | shall be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund. | ||||||
16 | (i) A licensed owner is authorized to apply to the Board | ||||||
17 | for and, if approved therefor, to receive all licenses from | ||||||
18 | the Board necessary for the operation of a riverboat or | ||||||
19 | casino, including a liquor license, a license to prepare and | ||||||
20 | serve food for human consumption, and other necessary | ||||||
21 | licenses. All use, occupation, and excise taxes which apply to | ||||||
22 | the sale of food and beverages in this State and all taxes | ||||||
23 | imposed on the sale or use of tangible personal property apply | ||||||
24 | to such sales aboard the riverboat or in the casino. | ||||||
25 | (j) The Board may issue or re-issue a license authorizing | ||||||
26 | a riverboat to dock in a municipality or approve a relocation |
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