Bill Amendment: IL SB0669 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0669 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0669-Senate_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0669 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0669-Senate_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 669
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 669, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | inserting immediately above Section 5 the following:
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4 | "Section 3. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Sections 3.36 and 3.37 and by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 29 as follows:
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7 | (230 ILCS 5/3.36 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 3.36. Backstretch. "Backstretch" means the area near
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9 | the horse racetrack where race horses are stabled and the daily | ||||||
10 | work of maintaining the race horses occurs.
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11 | (230 ILCS 5/3.37 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 3.37. Backstretch worker. "Backstretch worker" means | ||||||
13 | a person who works
on the backstretch of a horse racetrack and | ||||||
14 | holds an occupational license
issued by the Illinois Racing | ||||||
15 | Board as a hotwalker, groom, exercise person, or
foreman. |
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1 | "Backstretch worker" does not include any
other individual who | ||||||
2 | works on the backstretch and has been issued an
occupational | ||||||
3 | license by the Illinois Racing Board.
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4 | (230 ILCS 5/29) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-29)
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5 | Sec. 29.
(a) After the privilege or pari-mutuel tax | ||||||
6 | established in
Sections 26(f), 27, and 27.1 is paid to the | ||||||
7 | State from
the monies
retained by the
organization licensee | ||||||
8 | pursuant to Sections 26, 26.2, and
26.3, the remainder of those | ||||||
9 | monies
retained pursuant to Sections 26 and 26.2, except as
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10 | provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, shall be
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11 | allocated evenly to the organization licensee and as purses.
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12 | (b) (Blank).
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13 | (c) (Blank).
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14 | (d) From the amounts generated for purses from all sources, | ||||||
15 | including, but not limited to, amounts generated from wagering | ||||||
16 | conducted by organization licensees, organization gaming | ||||||
17 | licensees, inter-track wagering licensees, inter-track | ||||||
18 | wagering location licensees, and advance deposit wagering | ||||||
19 | licensees, an organization licensee shall pay to an | ||||||
20 | organization representing the largest number of horse owners | ||||||
21 | and trainers in Illinois, for thoroughbred and standardbred | ||||||
22 | horses that race at the track of the organization licensee, an | ||||||
23 | amount equal to at least 5% of any and all revenue earned by | ||||||
24 | the organization licensee for purses for that calendar year. A | ||||||
25 | contract with the appropriate thoroughbred or standardbred |
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1 | horsemen organization shall be negotiated and signed by the | ||||||
2 | organization licensee before the beginning of each calendar | ||||||
3 | year. Amounts may be used for any legal purpose, including, but | ||||||
4 | not limited to, operational expenses, programs for backstretch | ||||||
5 | workers, retirement plans, diversity scholarships, horse | ||||||
6 | aftercare programs, workers compensation insurance fees, and | ||||||
7 | horse ownership programs. Financial statements highlighting | ||||||
8 | how the funding is spent shall be provided upon request to the | ||||||
9 | organization licensee. The appropriate thoroughbred or | ||||||
10 | standardbred horsemen organization shall make that information | ||||||
11 | available on its website.
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12 | No later than 105 days after the close of the | ||||||
13 | organization's fiscal year, any organization that has received | ||||||
14 | moneys pursuant to this subsection (d) during that prior year | ||||||
15 | shall file with the Illinois Racing Board, the Illinois Gaming | ||||||
16 | Board, and the organization licensee whose purse account moneys | ||||||
17 | have been transferred to the organization, statements verified | ||||||
18 | by a certified public accountant that shows the financial | ||||||
19 | condition of such organization and contains itemized | ||||||
20 | statements of the audited receipts and audited disbursements of | ||||||
21 | the organization for such the year. The Board shall audit the | ||||||
22 | books and records of any such organization annually. The Board | ||||||
23 | shall make that information available on its website. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)"; and
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25 | by inserting immediately after the third paragraph of |
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1 | subsection (a) of Sec. 7.7 of Section 5 the following: | ||||||
2 | " To apply for an organization gaming license, a person, | ||||||
3 | firm, or corporation having operating control of a racetrack at | ||||||
4 | which 10 or more persons worked the previous year must first | ||||||
5 | submit to the Illinois Gaming Board from each labor | ||||||
6 | organization that is actively engaged in representing and | ||||||
7 | attempting to represent employees in this State written proof | ||||||
8 | that the person, firm, or corporation having operating control | ||||||
9 | of the racetrack has entered into a labor peace agreement. As | ||||||
10 | used in this paragraph, "labor peace agreement" means an | ||||||
11 | agreement in which the labor organization waives the rights of | ||||||
12 | itself and its members to strike, picket, or otherwise boycott | ||||||
13 | the operation for at least 3 years. ".
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