Bill Text: IL HB5064 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that neither legislation passed by the General Assembly nor a collective bargaining agreement between the Racing Board and its employees can be a condition, or a factor, in determining the number of racing dates awarded to the race track. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-17 - Referred to Assignments [HB5064 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5064-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that neither legislation passed by the General Assembly nor a collective bargaining agreement between the Racing Board and its employees can be a condition, or a factor, in determining the number of racing dates awarded to the race track. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-17 - Referred to Assignments [HB5064 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5064-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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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 Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 21 as follows:
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6 | (230 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-21)
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7 | Sec. 21.
(a) Applications for organization licenses must be | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | filed with
the Board at a time and place prescribed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | rules and regulations of
the Board. The Board shall examine the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | applications within 21 days
after
the date allowed for filing | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | with respect to their conformity with this Act
and such rules | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board. If any
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13 | application does not comply with this Act or the rules and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | regulations
prescribed by the Board, such application may be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | rejected and an
organization license refused to the applicant, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | or the Board may, within 21
days of the receipt of such | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | application, advise the applicant of the
deficiencies of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | application under the Act or the rules and regulations of
the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Board,
and require the submittal of an amended application | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | within a reasonable time
determined by the Board; and upon | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | submittal of the amended application by the
applicant, the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Board may consider the
application consistent with the process | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | described in subsection (e-5) of
Section 20 of this Act. If it
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1 | is found to be in compliance with this Act and the rules and | ||||||
2 | regulations of
the Board, the Board may then issue an | ||||||
3 | organization license to such applicant.
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4 | (b) The Board may exercise discretion in granting racing
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5 | dates to qualified applicants different from those requested by | ||||||
6 | the
applicants in their
applications. However, if all eligible | ||||||
7 | applicants for organization
licenses whose tracks are located | ||||||
8 | within 100 miles of each other execute
and submit to the Board | ||||||
9 | a written agreement among such applicants as to
the award of | ||||||
10 | racing dates, including where applicable racing
programs, for
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11 | up to 3 consecutive years, then subject to annual review of | ||||||
12 | each
applicant's compliance with Board rules and regulations, | ||||||
13 | provisions of this
Act and conditions contained in annual dates | ||||||
14 | orders issued by the Board,
the Board may grant such dates and | ||||||
15 | programs
to such applicants
as so agreed by them if the Board | ||||||
16 | determines that the grant of these racing
dates is in the best
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17 | interests of racing. The Board shall treat any such agreement | ||||||
18 | as the
agreement signatories' joint and several application for | ||||||
19 | racing dates
during the term of the agreement. Neither | ||||||
20 | legislation passed by the General Assembly nor a collective | ||||||
21 | bargaining agreement between the Racing Board and its employees | ||||||
22 | can be a condition, or a factor, in determining the number of | ||||||
23 | racing dates awarded to the race track.
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24 | (c) Where 2 or more applicants propose to conduct horse
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25 | race meetings within 35 miles of each other, as certified to | ||||||
26 | the Board
under Section 19 (a) (1) of this Act, on conflicting |
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1 | dates, the Board may
determine and grant the number of racing | ||||||
2 | days to be awarded to
the several
applicants in accordance with | ||||||
3 | the provisions of subsection (e-5) of Section
20 of this
Act.
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4 | (d) (Blank).
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5 | (e) Prior to the issuance of an organization license, the | ||||||
6 | applicant
shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State | ||||||
7 | of Illinois in the
sum of $200,000, executed by the applicant | ||||||
8 | and a surety company or
companies authorized to do business in | ||||||
9 | this State, and conditioned upon the
payment by the | ||||||
10 | organization licensee of all taxes due under Section 27,
other | ||||||
11 | monies due and payable under this Act, all purses due and | ||||||
12 | payable,
and that the organization licensee will upon | ||||||
13 | presentation of the winning
ticket or
tickets distribute all | ||||||
14 | sums due to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
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15 | (f) Each organization license shall specify the person to | ||||||
16 | whom it is
issued, the dates upon which horse racing is | ||||||
17 | permitted, and the location,
place, track, or enclosure where | ||||||
18 | the horse race meeting is to be held.
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19 | (g) Any person who owns one or more race tracks
within the | ||||||
20 | State
may seek, in its own name, a separate organization | ||||||
21 | license
for each race track.
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22 | (h) All racing conducted under such organization license is | ||||||
23 | subject to
this Act and to the rules and regulations from time | ||||||
24 | to time prescribed by
the Board, and every such organization | ||||||
25 | license issued by the Board shall
contain a recital to that | ||||||
26 | effect.
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1 | (i) Each such organization licensee may provide
that at | ||||||
2 | least one race per day may be devoted to
the racing of quarter | ||||||
3 | horses, appaloosas, arabians, or paints.
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4 | (j) In acting on applications for organization licenses, | ||||||
5 | the Board shall
give weight to an organization license which | ||||||
6 | has
implemented a good faith affirmative
action effort to | ||||||
7 | recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all classifications
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8 | within the organization license.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 90-754, eff. 1-1-99; 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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