Bill Text: IL SB1570 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that an ordinance passed by a municipality or county board prohibiting video gaming may not prohibit video gaming by licensed fraternal establishments or licensed veteran establishments. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1570 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1570-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 Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 27 as follows:
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6 | (230 ILCS 40/27)
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7 | Sec. 27. Prohibition of video gaming by political | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | subdivision. A
municipality may
pass an ordinance prohibiting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | video gaming within the corporate limits of the
municipality.
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10 | county board may, for the unincorporated area of the county, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | pass an
ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | unincorporated area of the
county.
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13 | An ordinance prohibiting video gaming passed under the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | authorization of this Section may not prohibit video gaming by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | licensed fraternal establishments or licensed veteran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | establishments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | becoming law.
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