Bill Text: IL SB1723 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that after the effective date of the Act, "licensed truck stop establishment" means a facility capable of supporting 25 18-wheel tractor-trailers that sells at retail more than 50,000 gallons of diesel or biodiesel fuel per month, which meets at least 4 of the following criteria: (A) a separate truckers' television lounge; (B) a full-service laundry facility located in a convenient area for truckers' use; (C) private showers for men and women not located in an area open to the general public; (D) a convenience store with supplies commonly used only by commercial motor vehicle drivers, commonly referred to as truckers' supplies; (E) truck scales; (F) separate truckers' telephones; and (G) permanent storage facilities for fuel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1723 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1723-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1723 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
230 ILCS 40/5
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that after the effective date of the Act, "licensed truck stop establishment" means a facility capable of supporting 25 18-wheel tractor-trailers that sells at retail more than 50,000 gallons of diesel or biodiesel fuel per month, which meets at least 4 of the following criteria: (A) a separate truckers' television lounge; (B) a full-service laundry facility located in a convenient area for truckers' use; (C) private showers for men and women not located in an area open to the general public; (D) a convenience store with supplies commonly used only by commercial motor vehicle drivers, commonly referred to as truckers' supplies; (E) truck scales; (F) separate truckers' telephones; and (G) permanent storage facilities for fuel.
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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 Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
Section 5 as follows:
(230 ILCS 40/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
"Credit" means one, 5, 10, or 25 cents either won or
purchased by a player.
"Commercial motor vehicles" has the same meaning as defined
in Section 18b-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
"Distributor" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, or limited liability company licensed under this
Act to buy, sell, lease, or distribute video gaming terminals
or major components or parts of video gaming terminals to or
from terminal operators.
"Electronic card" means a card purchased from a licensed
establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed
veterans establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment
for use in that establishment as a substitute for cash in the
conduct of gaming on a video gaming terminal.
"Electronic voucher" means a voucher printed by an

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electronic video game machine that is redeemable in the
licensed establishment for which it was issued.
"Terminal operator" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, or limited liability company that is licensed
under this Act and that owns, services, and maintains video
gaming terminals for placement in licensed establishments,
licensed truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal
establishments, or licensed veterans establishments.
"Licensed technician" means an individual who is licensed
under this Act to repair, service, and maintain video gaming
terminals.
"Licensed terminal handler" means a person, including but
not limited to an employee or independent contractor working
for a manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or
terminal operator, who is licensed under this Act to possess or
control a video gaming terminal or to have access to the inner
workings of a video gaming terminal. A licensed terminal
handler does not include an individual, partnership,
corporation, or limited liability company defined as a
manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or terminal
operator under this Act.
"Manufacturer" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, or limited liability company that is licensed
under this Act and that manufactures or assembles video gaming
terminals.
"Supplier" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

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or limited liability company that is licensed under this Act to
supply major components or parts to video gaming terminals to
licensed terminal operators.
"Net terminal income" means money put into a video gaming
terminal minus credits paid out to players.
"Video gaming terminal" means any electronic video game
machine that, upon insertion of cash, electronic cards or
vouchers, or any combination thereof, is available to play or
simulate the play of a video game, including but not limited to
video poker, line up, and blackjack, as authorized by the Board
utilizing a video display and microprocessors in which the
player may receive free games or credits that can be redeemed
for cash. The term does not include a machine that directly
dispenses coins, cash, or tokens or is for amusement purposes
only.
"Licensed establishment" means any licensed retail
establishment where alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed,
or otherwise served for consumption on the premises, whether
the establishment operates on a nonprofit or for-profit basis.
"Licensed establishment" includes any such establishment that
has a contractual relationship with an inter-track wagering
location licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act
of 1975, provided any contractual relationship shall not
include any transfer or offer of revenue from the operation of
video gaming under this Act to any licensee licensed under the
Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provided, however, that the

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licensed establishment that has such a contractual
relationship with an inter-track wagering location licensee
may not, itself, be (i) an inter-track wagering location
licensee, (ii) the corporate parent or subsidiary of any
licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
or (iii) the corporate subsidiary of a corporation that is also
the corporate parent or subsidiary of any licensee licensed
under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. "Licensed
establishment" does not include a facility operated by an
organization licensee, an inter-track wagering licensee, or an
inter-track wagering location licensee licensed under the
Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 or a riverboat licensed under
the Riverboat Gambling Act, except as provided in this
paragraph. The changes made to this definition by Public Act
98-587 are declarative of existing law.
"Licensed fraternal establishment" means the location
where a qualified fraternal organization that derives its
charter from a national fraternal organization regularly
meets.
"Licensed veterans establishment" means the location where
a qualified veterans organization that derives its charter from
a national veterans organization regularly meets.
"Licensed truck stop establishment" means: (1) for
licenses issued or renewed on or before the effective date of
the 99th General Assembly, a facility (i) that is at least a
3-acre facility with a convenience store, (ii) with separate

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diesel islands for fueling commercial motor vehicles, (iii)
that sells at retail more than 10,000 gallons of diesel or
biodiesel fuel per month, and (iv) with parking spaces for
commercial motor vehicles; and (2) for licenses issued or
renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
99th General Assembly, "licensed truck stop establishment"
means a facility (i) that is at least a 3-acre facility with a
convenience store, (ii) with separate diesel islands for
fueling commercial motor vehicles located in a separate fueling
area that is accessible through a dedicated entrance, (iii)
that sells at retail more than 50,000 gallons of diesel or
biodiesel fuel per month, (iv) with a parking area for 25 or
more 18-wheel tractor-trailer motor vehicles that is paved with
asphalt or concrete or gravelled in order to support 18-wheel
tractor-trailer motor vehicles and their loads, constructed
according to industry specifications, which does not include
parking areas for other vehicles around business entrance ways
and exits, and (v) which meets at least 4 of the following
criteria: (A) a separate truckers' television lounge; (B) a
full-service laundry facility located in a convenient area for
truckers' use; (C) private showers for men and women not
located in an area open to the general public; (D) a
convenience store with supplies commonly used only by
commercial motor vehicle drivers, commonly referred to as
truckers' supplies; (E) truck scales; (F) separate truckers'
telephones; and (G) permanent storage facilities for fuel. The

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requirement of demonstrating sales volume may be met by showing
estimated future sales or past sales averages per month.
"Commercial motor vehicles" has the same meaning as defined
in Section 18b-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
The requirement of item (iii) of this paragraph may be met
by showing that estimated future sales or past sales average at
least 10,000 gallons per month.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-31, eff. 6-24-13;
98-582, eff. 8-27-13; 98-587, eff. 8-27-13; 98-756, eff.
7-16-14.)