Bill Text: IL HB1065 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no gaming positions operated within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago may be physically located within 20 miles of the gaming positions operated by a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines. Provides that certain admissions taxes and fees imposed under the Act on a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines may not be distributed to any other municipality other than the City of Des Plaines. Provides that any revenue-sharing agreement that violates this prohibition shall be considered null and void. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1065 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1065-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1065 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
230 ILCS 10/11.2
230 ILCS 10/12 from Ch. 120, par. 2412
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no gaming positions operated within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago may be physically located within 20 miles of the gaming positions operated by a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines. Provides that certain admissions taxes and fees imposed under the Act on a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines may not be distributed to any other municipality other than the City of Des Plaines. Provides that any revenue-sharing agreement that violates this prohibition shall be considered null and void. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
changing Sections 11.2 and 12 as follows:
(230 ILCS 10/11.2)
Sec. 11.2. Relocation of riverboat home dock.
(a) A licensee that was not conducting riverboat gambling
on January 1, 1998 may apply to the Board for renewal and
approval of relocation to a new home dock location authorized
under Section 3(c) and the Board shall grant the application
and approval upon receipt by the licensee of approval from the
new municipality or county, as the case may be, in which the
licensee wishes to relocate pursuant to Section 7(j).
(b) Any licensee that relocates its home dock pursuant to
this Section shall attain a level of at least 20% minority
person and female ownership, at least 16% and 4% respectively,
within a time period prescribed by the Board, but not to exceed
12 months from the date the licensee begins conducting gambling
at the new home dock location. The 12-month period shall be
extended by the amount of time necessary to conduct a
background investigation pursuant to Section 6. For the
purposes of this Section, the terms "female" and "minority

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person" have the meanings provided in Section 2 of the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
(c) Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act, no
gaming positions operated within the corporate limits of the
City of Chicago may be physically located within 20 miles of
the gaming positions operated by a licensee that relocates
under this Section and is located in the City of Des Plaines.
(Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
(230 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 2412)
Sec. 12. Admission tax; fees.
(a) A tax is hereby imposed upon admissions to riverboats
operated by licensed owners authorized pursuant to this Act.
Until July 1, 2002, the rate is $2 per person admitted. From
July 1, 2002 until July 1, 2003, the rate is $3 per person
admitted. From July 1, 2003 until August 23, 2005 (the
effective date of Public Act 94-673), for a licensee that
admitted 1,000,000 persons or fewer in the previous calendar
year, the rate is $3 per person admitted; for a licensee that
admitted more than 1,000,000 but no more than 2,300,000 persons
in the previous calendar year, the rate is $4 per person
admitted; and for a licensee that admitted more than 2,300,000
persons in the previous calendar year, the rate is $5 per
person admitted. Beginning on August 23, 2005 (the effective
date of Public Act 94-673), for a licensee that admitted

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1,000,000 persons or fewer in calendar year 2004, the rate is
$2 per person admitted, and for all other licensees, including
licensees that were not conducting gambling operations in 2004,
the rate is $3 per person admitted. This admission tax is
imposed upon the licensed owner conducting gambling.
(1) The admission tax shall be paid for each admission,
except that a person who exits a riverboat gambling
facility and reenters that riverboat gambling facility
within the same gaming day shall be subject only to the
initial admission tax.
(2) (Blank).
(3) The riverboat licensee may issue tax-free passes to
actual and necessary officials and employees of the
licensee or other persons actually working on the
riverboat.
(4) The number and issuance of tax-free passes is
subject to the rules of the Board, and a list of all
persons to whom the tax-free passes are issued shall be
filed with the Board.
(a-5) A fee is hereby imposed upon admissions operated by
licensed managers on behalf of the State pursuant to Section
7.3 at the rates provided in this subsection (a-5). For a
licensee that admitted 1,000,000 persons or fewer in the
previous calendar year, the rate is $3 per person admitted; for
a licensee that admitted more than 1,000,000 but no more than
2,300,000 persons in the previous calendar year, the rate is $4

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per person admitted; and for a licensee that admitted more than
2,300,000 persons in the previous calendar year, the rate is $5
per person admitted.
(1) The admission fee shall be paid for each admission.
(2) (Blank).
(3) The licensed manager may issue fee-free passes to
actual and necessary officials and employees of the manager
or other persons actually working on the riverboat.
(4) The number and issuance of fee-free passes is
subject to the rules of the Board, and a list of all
persons to whom the fee-free passes are issued shall be
filed with the Board.
(b) From the tax imposed under subsection (a) and the fee
imposed under subsection (a-5), a municipality shall receive
from the State $1 for each person embarking on a riverboat
docked within the municipality, and a county shall receive $1
for each person embarking on a riverboat docked within the
county but outside the boundaries of any municipality. The
municipality's or county's share shall be collected by the
Board on behalf of the State and remitted quarterly by the
State, subject to appropriation, to the treasurer of the unit
of local government for deposit in the general fund.
(c) The licensed owner shall pay the entire admission tax
to the Board and the licensed manager shall pay the entire
admission fee to the Board. Such payments shall be made daily.
Accompanying each payment shall be a return on forms provided

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by the Board which shall include other information regarding
admissions as the Board may require. Failure to submit either
the payment or the return within the specified time may result
in suspension or revocation of the owners or managers license.
(d) The Board shall administer and collect the admission
tax imposed by this Section, to the extent practicable, in a
manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b,
5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, 9 and 10 of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
Penalty and Interest Act.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
taxes and fees imposed under this Section on a licensee that
relocates under Section 11.2 of this Act and is located in the
City of Des Plaines may not be distributed to any other
municipality other than the City of Des Plaines. Any
revenue-sharing agreement that violates this subsection (e)
shall be considered null and void.
(Source: P.A. 95-663, eff. 10-11-07; 96-1392, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.