Bill Text: IL HB4572 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the special instant scratch-off game to benefit Alzheimer's awareness be conducted for the benefit of Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness (rather than specifically named "The End of Alzheimer's Begins with Me"). Removes language discontinuing the scratch-off on January 1, 2021. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4572 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4572-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21.13 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 1605/21.13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 21.13. Scratch-off for Alzheimer's care, support, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | education, and awareness The End of Alzheimer's Begins With Me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | scratch-off game . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) The Department shall offer a special instant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | scratch-off game for the benefit of Alzheimer's care, support, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | education, and awareness with the title of "The End of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Alzheimer's Begins With Me" . The game shall commence on January | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 1, 2020 or as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Director, as is reasonably practical , and shall be discontinued | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | on January 1, 2021 . The operation of the game shall be governed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | by this Act and any rules adopted by the Department. If any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | provision of this Section is inconsistent with any other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | provision of this Act, then this Section governs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) The net revenue from the Alzheimer's care, support, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | education, and awareness "The End of Alzheimer's Begins With | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Me" scratch-off game shall be deposited into the Alzheimer's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Awareness Fund. |
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1 | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
2 | including, without limitation, net revenue from the special | ||||||
3 | instant scratch-off game and from gifts, grants, and awards | ||||||
4 | from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the | ||||||
5 | Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be | ||||||
6 | deposited into the Fund. | ||||||
7 | For the purposes of this subsection, "net revenue" means | ||||||
8 | the total amount for which tickets have been sold less the sum | ||||||
9 | of the amount paid out in the prizes and the actual | ||||||
10 | administrative expenses of the Department solely related to the | ||||||
11 | scratch-off game under this Section. | ||||||
12 | (c) During the time that tickets are sold for the | ||||||
13 | Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness "The End of | ||||||
14 | Alzheimer's Begins With Me" scratch-off game, the Department | ||||||
15 | shall not unreasonably diminish the efforts devoted to | ||||||
16 | marketing any other instant scratch-off lottery game. | ||||||
17 | (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
18 | implement and administer the provisions of this Section.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 101-561, eff. 8-23-19.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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