Bill Text: IL HB1778 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning gambling contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1778 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1778-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1778 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/28-7 from Ch. 38, par. 28-7
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning gambling contracts.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 28-7 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-7)
Sec. 28-7. Gambling contracts void.
(a) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants,
contracts, agreements, judgments, mortgages, or other
securities or conveyances made, given, granted, drawn, or
entered into, or executed by any person whatsoever, where the
the whole or any part of the consideration thereof is for any
money or thing of value, won or obtained in violation of any
Section of this Article are null and void.
(b) Any obligation void under this Section may be set aside
and vacated by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon a
complaint filed for that purpose, by the person so granting,
giving, entering into, or executing the same, or by his
executors or administrators, or by any creditor, heir, legatee,
purchaser or other person interested therein; or if a judgment,
the same may be set aside on motion of any person stated above,
on due notice thereof given.
(c) No assignment of any obligation void under this Section

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may in any manner affect the defense of the person giving,
granting, drawing, entering into or executing such obligation,
or the remedies of any person interested therein.
(d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a
riverboat gambling operation from instituting a cause of action
to collect any amount due and owing under an extension of
credit to a riverboat gambling patron as authorized under the
Riverboat Gambling Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-826.)