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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5469
Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita - Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
230 ILCS 5/26	  from Ch. 8, par. 37-26
230 ILCS 5/31.1	  from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1
230 ILCS 5/32.1
230 ILCS 10/7.7
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to the appropriation for payment into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks, a one-time appropriation shall be made for the 3-year period before the effective date of the amendatory Act for which appropriations were not made. Makes conforming changes. Makes changes to provisions concerning the calculation of organization licensees' annual contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks. Provides that for the 10-year (rather than 5-year) period beginning on the January 1 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year during which an organization licensee begins conducting gaming operations, the organization licensee shall make capital expenditures to the improvement and maintenance of the backstretch. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Requires a person or entity having operating control of a racetrack to pay an initial fee of $17,500 (rather than $30,000) per gaming position from organization gaming licensees where gaming is conducted in Cook County. Provides that a person or entity having operating control of a racetrack located in Cook County shall only pay the initial fees for 720 of the gaming positions authorized under the license. Provides that the required reconciliation payments for an organization gaming licensee who operates gaming positions may be made in installments over a period of no more than 12 (rather than 6) years.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5amended by changing Sections 26, 31.1, and 32.1 as follows:
6    (230 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-26)
7    Sec. 26. Wagering.
8    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
9system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
10horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
11conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
12in accordance with subsection (g) of Section 26 of this Act.
13Subject to the prior consent of the Board, licensees may
14supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order to guarantee a
15minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of wagering
16shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under the
17provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be unlawful,
18other statutes of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.
19Subject to rules for advance wagering promulgated by the
20Board, any licensee may accept wagers in advance of the day the
21race wagered upon occurs.
22    (b) Except for those gaming activities for which a license
23is obtained and authorized under the Illinois Lottery Law, the
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1Charitable Games Act, the Raffles and Poker Runs Act, or the
2Illinois Gambling Act, no other method of betting, pool
3making, wagering or gambling shall be used or permitted by the
4licensee. Each licensee may retain, subject to the payment of
5all applicable taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of
6all money wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except
7as may otherwise be permitted under this Act.
8    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the
9pari-mutuel system from any licensed location authorized under
10this Act provided that wager is electronically recorded in the
11manner described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
12electronically by an individual while physically on the
13premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
14premises of that licensee.
15    (c) (Blank).
16    (c-5) The sum held by any licensee for payment of
17outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior to
18December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the licensee
19for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10 days
20thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed, less
21any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for the
22purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
23pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly distributed to the purse
24account of the organization licensee and the organization
25licensee, except that the balance of the sum of all
26outstanding pari-mutuel tickets generated from simulcast
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1wagering and inter-track wagering by an organization licensee
2located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and
3borders the Mississippi River or any licensee that derives its
4license from that organization licensee shall be evenly
5distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
6and the organization licensee.
7    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December
831 of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the
9same and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
10similarly accumulated on account of pari-mutuel tickets not
11presented for payment.
12    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
13than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer,
14jockey, driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a
15racing program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or
16any minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
17conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
18unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
19an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
20race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
21    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
22organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
23state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in
24another state or country to accept wagers solely within such
25other state or country on races conducted by the organization
26licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these
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1wagers shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January
21, 2000, when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel
3pool separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax
4equal to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization
5licensee from entities in other states or countries pursuant
6to such contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and
7such privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of
8Revenue within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the
9simulcast. When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined
10pari-mutuel pool with the organization licensee, the tax shall
11be 10% of all monies received by the organization licensee
12with 25% of the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to
13the county in which the race was conducted.
14    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
15races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
16locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
17signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
18more locations outside the State or country and may also
19permit pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be
20combined with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering
21pools established by other states.
22    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
23horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
24control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
25its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the
26Board. The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it
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1finds that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the
2integrity of racing. The host track simulcast program shall
3include the signal of live racing of all organization
4licensees. All non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering
5licensees shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live
6racing of all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering
7licensees shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers
8on any Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section
9without the approval and consent of the organization licensee
10providing the signal. For one year after August 15, 2014 (the
11effective date of Public Act 98-968), non-host licensees may
12carry the host track simulcast program and shall accept wagers
13on all races included as part of the simulcast program of horse
14races conducted at race tracks located within North America
15upon which wagering is permitted. For a period of one year
16after August 15, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act
1798-968), on horse races conducted at race tracks located
18outside of North America, non-host licensees may accept wagers
19on all races included as part of the simulcast program upon
20which wagering is permitted. Beginning August 15, 2015 (one
21year after the effective date of Public Act 98-968), non-host
22licensees may carry the host track simulcast program and shall
23accept wagers on all races included as part of the simulcast
24program upon which wagering is permitted. All organization
25licensees shall provide their live signal to all advance
26deposit wagering licensees for a simulcast commission fee not
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1to exceed 6% of the advance deposit wagering licensee's
2Illinois handle on the organization licensee's signal without
3prior approval by the Board. The Board may adopt rules under
4which it may permit simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%.
5The Board shall adopt rules limiting the interstate commission
6fees charged to an advance deposit wagering licensee. The
7Board shall adopt rules regarding advance deposit wagering on
8interstate simulcast races that shall reflect, among other
9things, the General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to
10the State, horsemen purses, and organization licensees.
11However, organization licensees providing live signals
12pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (g) may
13petition the Board to withhold their live signals from an
14advance deposit wagering licensee if the organization licensee
15discovers and the Board finds reputable or credible
16information that the advance deposit wagering licensee is
17under investigation by another state or federal governmental
18agency, the advance deposit wagering licensee's license has
19been suspended in another state, or the advance deposit
20wagering licensee's license is in revocation proceedings in
21another state. The organization licensee's provision of their
22live signal to an advance deposit wagering licensee under this
23subsection (g) pertains to wagers placed from within Illinois.
24Advance deposit wagering licensees may place advance deposit
25wagering terminals at wagering facilities as a convenience to
26customers. The advance deposit wagering licensee shall not
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1charge or collect any fee from purses for the placement of the
2advance deposit wagering terminals. The costs and expenses of
3the host track and non-host licensees associated with
4interstate simulcast wagering, other than the interstate
5commission fee, shall be borne by the host track and all
6non-host licensees incurring these costs. The interstate
7commission fee shall not exceed 5% of Illinois handle on the
8interstate simulcast race or races without prior approval of
9the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules under which it may
10permit interstate commission fees in excess of 5%. The
11interstate commission fee and other fees charged by the
12sending racetrack, including, but not limited to, satellite
13decoder fees, shall be uniformly applied to the host track and
14all non-host licensees.
15    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an
16organization licensee, with the consent of the horsemen
17association representing the largest number of owners,
18trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race horses at
19that organization licensee's racing meeting, may maintain a
20system whereby advance deposit wagering may take place or an
21organization licensee, with the consent of the horsemen
22association representing the largest number of owners,
23trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race horses at
24that organization licensee's racing meeting, may contract with
25another person to carry out a system of advance deposit
26wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. Only
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1with respect to an appeal to the Board that consent for an
2organization licensee that maintains its own advance deposit
3wagering system is being unreasonably withheld, the Board
4shall issue a final order within 30 days after initiation of
5the appeal, and the organization licensee's advance deposit
6wagering system may remain operational during that 30-day
7period. The actions of any organization licensee who conducts
8advance deposit wagering or any person who has a contract with
9an organization licensee to conduct advance deposit wagering
10who conducts advance deposit wagering on or after January 1,
112013 and prior to June 7, 2013 (the effective date of Public
12Act 98-18) taken in reliance on the changes made to this
13subsection (g) by Public Act 98-18 are hereby validated,
14provided payment of all applicable pari-mutuel taxes are
15remitted to the Board. All advance deposit wagers placed from
16within Illinois must be placed through a Board-approved
17advance deposit wagering licensee; no other entity may accept
18an advance deposit wager from a person within Illinois. All
19advance deposit wagering is subject to any rules adopted by
20the Board. The Board may adopt rules necessary to regulate
21advance deposit wagering through the use of emergency
22rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
23Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that
24the adoption of rules to regulate advance deposit wagering is
25deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest,
26safety, and welfare. An advance deposit wagering licensee may
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1retain all moneys as agreed to by contract with an
2organization licensee. Any moneys retained by the organization
3licensee from advance deposit wagering, not including moneys
4retained by the advance deposit wagering licensee, shall be
5paid 50% to the organization licensee's purse account and 50%
6to the organization licensee. With the exception of any
7organization licensee that is owned by a publicly traded
8company that is incorporated in a state other than Illinois
9and advance deposit wagering licensees under contract with
10such organization licensees, organization licensees that
11maintain advance deposit wagering systems and advance deposit
12wagering licensees that contract with organization licensees
13shall provide sufficiently detailed monthly accountings to the
14horsemen association representing the largest number of
15owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
16horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting so that
17the horsemen association, as an interested party, can confirm
18the accuracy of the amounts paid to the purse account at the
19horsemen association's affiliated organization licensee from
20advance deposit wagering. If more than one breed races at the
21same race track facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid
22to an organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated
23among all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at
24that race track facility proportionately based on the actual
25number of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that
26race track facility in the current calendar year. To the
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1extent any fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in
2Illinois for wagers in Illinois or other states have been
3placed in escrow or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a
4determination of the legality of advance deposit wagering, no
5action shall be brought to declare such wagers or the
6disbursement of any fees previously escrowed illegal.
7        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
8    inter-track wagering licensee other than the host track
9    may supplement the host track simulcast program with
10    additional simulcast races or race programs, provided that
11    between January 1 and the third Friday in February of any
12    year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
13    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
14    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
15    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for
16    a supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that
17    the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
18    racing. A supplemental interstate simulcast may be
19    transmitted from an inter-track wagering licensee to its
20    affiliated non-host licensees. The interstate commission
21    fee for a supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid
22    by the non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host
23    licensees receiving the simulcast.
24        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
25    inter-track wagering licensee other than the host track
26    may receive supplemental interstate simulcasts only with
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1    the consent of the host track, except when the Board finds
2    that the simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of
3    racing. Consent granted under this paragraph (2) to any
4    inter-track wagering licensee shall be deemed consent to
5    all non-host licensees. The interstate commission fee for
6    the supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid by all
7    participating non-host licensees.
8        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
9    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
10    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
11    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
12    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
13    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
14    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
15    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
16    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
17    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
18    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
19    subsection, each inter-track wagering location licensee
20    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on
21    simulcast wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation
22    Fund, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of
23    paragraph (11) of subsection (h) of Section 26 of this
24    Act.
25        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast
26    may combine its gross or net pools with pools at the
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1    sending racetracks pursuant to rules established by the
2    Board. All licensees combining their gross pools at a
3    sending racetrack shall adopt the takeout percentages of
4    the sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a
5    separate pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes
6    on races conducted at race tracks outside of the State of
7    Illinois. The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers
8    placed in other states or countries to be combined with
9    its gross or net wagering pools or other wagering pools.
10        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
11    (except for the interstate commission fee on a
12    supplemental interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by
13    the host track and by each non-host licensee through the
14    host track) and all applicable State and local taxes,
15    except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this
16    Act, the remainder of moneys retained from simulcast
17    wagering pursuant to this subsection (g), and Section 26.2
18    shall be divided as follows:
19            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
20        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
21        host track.
22            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
23        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
24        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races
25        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
26        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
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1        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
2        track.
3        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
4    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
5    from a track located in a county with a population in
6    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
7    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
8    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
9    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
10    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
11        (7) Effective January 1, 2017, notwithstanding any
12    provision of this Act to the contrary, after payment of
13    all applicable State and local taxes and interstate
14    commission fees, non-host licensees who derive their
15    licenses from a track located in a county with a
16    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
17    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
18    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
19    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
20    license.
21        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
22    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
23    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
24    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, and the
25    licensee that conducts horse racing at that racetrack
26    requests from the Board at least as many racing dates as
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1    were conducted in calendar year 2000, all moneys derived
2    by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and inter-track
3    wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are
4    generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
5    during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
6            (A) Eighty percent shall be paid to its
7        thoroughbred purse account; and
8            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
9        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
10        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
11        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
12        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
13        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
14        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated,
15        shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other
16        moneys paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and
17        shall not be commingled with other moneys paid into
18        that Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
19        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
20        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
21        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
22        Advisory Board.
23        (7.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
24    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
25    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
26    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, and the
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1    licensee that conducts horse racing at that racetrack
2    requests from the Board at least as many racing dates as
3    were conducted in calendar year 2000, all moneys derived
4    by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and inter-track
5    wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are
6    generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
7    during that calendar year shall be deposited as follows:
8            (A) Eighty percent shall be deposited into its
9        standardbred purse account; and
10            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
11        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
12        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
13        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
14        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
15        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
16        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
17        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
18        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
19        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
20        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
21        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
22        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
23        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated,
24        shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other
25        moneys paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and
26        shall not be commingled with other moneys deposited
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1        into that Fund.
2        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
3    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
4    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
5    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
6    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
7    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
8    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.
9        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to
10    the contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
11    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
12    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all
13    applicable State and local taxes and interstate commission
14    fees, the remainder of the amount retained from simulcast
15    wagering otherwise attributable to the host track and to
16    host track purses shall be split daily between the 2
17    organization licensees and the purses at the tracks of the
18    2 organization licensees, respectively, based on each
19    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
20    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
21    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a
22    track located in a county with a population in excess of
23    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River.
24        (9) (Blank).
25        (10) (Blank).
26        (11) (Blank).
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1        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
2    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
3    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
4    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
5    programs.
6        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
7    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
8    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any
9    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
10    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
11    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
12    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
13    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
14    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
15    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for
16    calendar year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from
17    any amount otherwise payable to the purse account at the
18    race track with which the wagering facility is affiliated
19    in the succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of
20    the differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
21    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
22    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
23    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
24    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
25    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering
26    facility is entitled and a schedule for payment of the
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1    amount to the wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing
2    dates awarded to the race track affiliated with the
3    wagering facility during the succeeding year; (ii) the
4    sums available or anticipated to be available in the purse
5    account of the race track affiliated with the wagering
6    facility for purses during the succeeding year; and (iii)
7    the need to ensure reasonable purse levels during the
8    payment period. The Board's certification shall be
9    provided no later than January 31 of the succeeding year.
10    In the event a wagering facility entitled to a payment
11    under this paragraph (13) is affiliated with a race track
12    that maintains purse accounts for both standardbred and
13    thoroughbred racing, the amount to be paid to the wagering
14    facility shall be divided between each purse account pro
15    rata, based on the amount of Illinois handle on Illinois
16    standardbred and thoroughbred racing respectively at the
17    wagering facility during the previous calendar year.
18    Annually, the General Assembly shall appropriate
19    sufficient funds from the General Revenue Fund to the
20    Department of Agriculture for payment into the
21    thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse accounts
22    at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to each
23    purse account shall be the amount certified by the
24    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
25    each account to each eligible racing facility in
26    accordance with the provisions of this Section. In 
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1    addition to the annual appropriation, the General Assembly 
2    shall make a one-time appropriation for the 3-year period 
3    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
4    104th General Assembly for which appropriations were not 
5    made. Beginning in the calendar year in which an
6    organization licensee that is eligible to receive payment
7    under this paragraph (13) begins to receive funds from
8    gaming pursuant to an organization gaming license issued
9    under the Illinois Gambling Act, the amount of the payment
10    due to all wagering facilities licensed under that
11    organization licensee under this paragraph (13) shall be
12    the amount certified by the Board in January of that year.
13    An organization licensee and its related wagering
14    facilities shall no longer be able to receive payments
15    under this paragraph (13) beginning in the year subsequent
16    to the fifth [first] year in which the organization licensee
17    begins to receive funds from gaming pursuant to an
18    organization gaming license issued under the Illinois
19    Gambling Act.
20    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
21inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
22wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
23subject to the following terms and conditions:
24        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
25    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
26    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
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1    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
2    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be
3    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
4    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
5    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
6    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
7    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
8    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; (iii) at a
9    track awarded standardbred racing dates; or (iv) at a
10    track located in Madison County that conducted at least
11    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
12    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
13    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
14    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
15    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
16    licensee and the associations representing the largest
17    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
18    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
19    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
20    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
21    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
22    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
23    control of the racing facility may receive inter-track
24    wagering location licenses. An eligible race track located
25    in a county that has a population of more than 230,000 and
26    that is bounded by the Mississippi River may establish up
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1    to 9 inter-track wagering locations, an eligible race
2    track located in Stickney Township in Cook County may
3    establish up to 16 inter-track wagering locations, and an
4    eligible race track located in Palatine Township in Cook
5    County may establish up to 18 inter-track wagering
6    locations. An eligible racetrack conducting standardbred
7    racing may have up to 16 inter-track wagering locations.
8    An application for said license shall be filed with the
9    Board prior to such dates as may be fixed by the Board.
10    With an application for an inter-track wagering location
11    license there shall be delivered to the Board a certified
12    check or bank draft payable to the order of the Board for
13    an amount equal to $500. The application shall be on forms
14    prescribed and furnished by the Board. The application
15    shall comply with all other rules, regulations and
16    conditions imposed by the Board in connection therewith.
17        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
18    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules
19    and regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
20    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
21    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
22    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
23    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by
24    the Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be
25    fixed by the Board.
26        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
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1    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
2    consideration to the best interests of the public, of
3    horse racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
4        (4) Prior to the issuance of a license to conduct
5    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
6    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
7    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
8    and a surety company or companies authorized to do
9    business in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the
10    payment by the licensee of all taxes due under Section 27
11    or 27.1 and any other monies due and payable under this
12    Act, and (ii) distribution by the licensee, upon
13    presentation of the winning ticket or tickets, of all sums
14    payable to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
15        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
16    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
17    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
18    the track or location where the wagering is to be
19    conducted.
20        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
21    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
22    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
23    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
24        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
25    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
26    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
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1    under this Act.
2        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
3    not be conducted at any track less than 4 miles from a
4    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.
5        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
6    derive their licenses from a particular organization
7    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
8    wagering only at locations that are within 160 miles of
9    that race track where the particular organization licensee
10    is licensed to conduct racing. However, inter-track
11    wagering and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by
12    those licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race
13    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
14    the current year, unless the person having operating
15    control of such race track has given its written consent
16    to such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
17    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
18    time application is made. In the case of any inter-track
19    wagering location licensee initially licensed after
20    December 31, 2013, inter-track wagering and simulcast
21    wagering shall not be conducted by those inter-track
22    wagering location licensees that are located outside the
23    City of Chicago at any location within 8 miles of any race
24    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
25    the current year, unless the person having operating
26    control of such race track has given its written consent
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1    to such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
2    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
3    time application is made.
4        (8.2) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
5    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
6    licensee at any location within 100 feet of an existing
7    church, an existing elementary or secondary public school,
8    or an existing elementary or secondary private school
9    registered with or recognized by the State Board of
10    Education. The distance of 100 feet shall be measured to
11    the nearest part of any building used for worship
12    services, education programs, or conducting inter-track
13    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
14    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
15    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within
16    100 feet of a church or school if such church or school has
17    been erected or established after the Board issues the
18    original inter-track wagering location license at the site
19    in question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
20    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
21    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
22    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
23    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no
24    license to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
25    wagering shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
26    inter-track wagering location within the jurisdiction of
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1    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
2    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
3    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
4    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
5    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
6    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
7    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
8        (9) (Blank).
9        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
10    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
11    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
12    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each
13    program of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering
14    licensee or inter-track wagering location licensee shall
15    be considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
16    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
17    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
18    Section 27.
19        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
20    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
21    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
22    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
23    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county
24    in which such location is situated. In the event that an
25    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
26    unincorporated area of a county, such licensee shall pay
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1    2% of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
2    county. Inter-track wagering location licensees must pay
3    the handle percentage required under this paragraph to the
4    municipality and county no later than the 20th of the
5    month following the month such handle was generated.
6        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
7    Act, with respect to inter-track wagering at a race track
8    located in a county that has a population of more than
9    230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi River ("the
10    first race track"), or at a facility operated by an
11    inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track wagering
12    location licensee that derives its license from the
13    organization licensee that operates the first race track,
14    on races conducted at the first race track or on races
15    conducted at another Illinois race track and
16    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
17    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
18    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
19    license from the organization licensee that operates the
20    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
21    follows:
22            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
23        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
24        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
25        standardbred races.
26            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
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1        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
2        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
3        thoroughbred races.
4        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
5    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and
6    expenses in connection with the gathering, transmission,
7    and dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
8    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
9    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
10    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
11    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
12    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
13    inter-track wagering licensee that derives its license
14    from a track located in a county with a population in
15    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
16    shall not divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
17    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
18    an inter-track wagering licensee that accepts wagers on
19    races conducted by an organization licensee that conducts
20    a race meet in a county with a population in excess of
21    230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River shall not
22    divide any remaining retention with that organization
23    licensee.
24        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
25    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
26    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State;
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1    (ii) 4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track
2    wagering at such location on races as purses, except that
3    an inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
4    license from a track located in a county with a population
5    in excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi
6    River shall retain all purse moneys for its own purse
7    account consistent with distribution set forth in this
8    subsection (h), and inter-track wagering location
9    licensees that accept wagers on races conducted by an
10    organization licensee located in a county with a
11    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
12    Mississippi River shall distribute all purse moneys to
13    purses at the operating host track; (iii) until January 1,
14    2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27
15    of this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on
16    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at each
17    inter-track wagering location licensee facility to the
18    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
19    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
20    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
21    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
22    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
23    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
24    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
25    licensees, based on each licensee's pro rata share of the
26    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
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1    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
2    during the calendar year in which this provision is
3    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each
4    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
5    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
6    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of
7    this Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
8    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track
9    or to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
10    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall
11    be redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share
12    of the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
13    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
14    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
15    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
16    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
17    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a
18    county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
19    borders the Mississippi River shall be further
20    redistributed, effective January 1, 2017, as provided in
21    paragraph (7) of subsection (g) of this Section 26, with
22    the portion of that further redistribution allocated to
23    purses at that organization licensee to be divided between
24    standardbred purses and thoroughbred purses based on the
25    amounts otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
26    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
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1    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
2    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
3    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies
4    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
5    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
6    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
7    races to the location, except that an inter-track wagering
8    location licensee that derives its license from a track
9    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
10    and that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide
11    any remaining retention with the organization licensee
12    that provides the race or races and an inter-track
13    wagering location licensee that accepts wagers on races
14    conducted by an organization licensee that conducts a race
15    meet in a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and
16    that borders the Mississippi River shall not divide any
17    remaining retention with the organization licensee.
18    Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of
19    this paragraph, in the case of the additional inter-track
20    wagering location licenses authorized under paragraph (1)
21    of this subsection (h) by Public Act 87-110, those
22    licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses:
23    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
24    5.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on
25    races; during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the
26    third 12 months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months,
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1    6.25%; and during the fifth 12 months and thereafter,
2    6.75%. The following amounts shall be retained by the
3    licensee to satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting
4    its wagering: during the first 12 months the licensee is
5    in operation, 8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at
6    the location; during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during
7    the third 12 months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months,
8    7.25%; and during the fifth 12 months and thereafter,
9    6.75%. For additional inter-track wagering location
10    licensees authorized under Public Act 89-16, purses for
11    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation shall be
12    5.75% of the pari-mutuel wagered at the location, purses
13    for the second 12 months the licensee is in operation
14    shall be 6.25%, and purses thereafter shall be 6.75%. For
15    additional inter-track location licensees authorized under
16    Public Act 89-16, the licensee shall be allowed to retain
17    to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75% of the
18    pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during its
19    first 12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second 12
20    months of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
21        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
22    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
23    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
24    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
25    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the
26    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this
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1    paragraph (11) by inter-track wagering location licensees
2    located in park districts of 500,000 population or less,
3    or in a municipality that is not included within any park
4    district but is included within a conservation district
5    and is the county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous
6    to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of
7    88,257 according to the United States Bureau of the
8    Census, and operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
9    appropriation as follows:
10            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
11        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
12        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
13        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
14        of Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
15        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
16        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
17        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
18        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
19        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
20        representatives of organization licensees conducting
21        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
22        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
23        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
24        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
25        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
26        Association, recommended by that Association; a
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1        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
2        Protective Association or any successor organization
3        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
4        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
5        that Association or that successor organization; and a
6        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
7        Association, recommended by that Association.
8        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
9        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
10        representative of any of the above-named entities has
11        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
12        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
13        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
14        compensation for their services as members but shall
15        be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses
16        and disbursements incurred in the performance of their
17        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
18        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
19        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
20        Agricultural Fair Act;
21            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
22        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
23        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track
24        wagering location licensee is located in such a park
25        district) or to conservation districts for museum
26        purposes (if an inter-track wagering location licensee
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1        is located in a municipality that is not included
2        within any park district but is included within a
3        conservation district and is the county seat of a
4        county that (i) is contiguous to the state of Indiana
5        and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257 according to
6        the United States Bureau of the Census, except that if
7        the conservation district does not maintain a museum,
8        the monies shall be allocated equally between the
9        county and the municipality in which the inter-track
10        wagering location licensee is located for general
11        purposes) or to a municipal recreation board for park
12        purposes (if an inter-track wagering location licensee
13        is located in a municipality that is not included
14        within any park district and park maintenance is the
15        function of the municipal recreation board and the
16        municipality has a 1990 population of 9,302 according
17        to the United States Bureau of the Census); provided
18        that the monies are distributed to each park district
19        or conservation district or municipality that does not
20        have a park district in an amount equal to
21        four-sevenths of the amount collected by each
22        inter-track wagering location licensee within the park
23        district or conservation district or municipality for
24        the Fund. Monies that were paid into the Horse Racing
25        Tax Allocation Fund before August 9, 1991 (the
26        effective date of Public Act 87-110) by an inter-track
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1        wagering location licensee located in a municipality
2        that is not included within any park district but is
3        included within a conservation district as provided in
4        this paragraph shall, as soon as practicable after
5        August 9, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act
6        87-110), be allocated and paid to that conservation
7        district as provided in this paragraph. Any park
8        district or municipality not maintaining a museum may
9        deposit the monies in the corporate fund of the park
10        district or municipality where the inter-track
11        wagering location is located, to be used for general
12        purposes; and
13            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
14        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
15        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
16        relation to additional support and finances for the
17        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
18        the several counties of this State and making an
19        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
20        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
21    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this
22    paragraph (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as
23    follows:
24            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
25        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
26        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
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1        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department
2        of Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
3        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
4        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
5        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
6        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
7        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
8        representatives of organization licensees conducting
9        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
10        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
11        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
12        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
13        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
14        Association, recommended by that Association; a
15        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
16        Protective Association or any successor organization
17        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
18        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
19        that Association or that successor organization; and a
20        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
21        Association, recommended by that Association.
22        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
23        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
24        representative of any of the above-named entities has
25        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
26        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
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1        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
2        compensation for their services as members but shall
3        be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses
4        and disbursements incurred in the performance of their
5        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
6        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
7        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
8        Agricultural Fair Act;
9            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
10        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
11        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
12        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
13        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section
14        2 of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
15            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
16        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
17        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
18        relation to additional support and finances for the
19        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
20        the several counties of this State and making an
21        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
22        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
23        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
24            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
25        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
26        inter-track wagering, the monies so retained shall be
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1        divided as follows:
2                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
3            except an inter-track wagering licensee that
4            derives its license from an organization licensee
5            located in a county with a population in excess of
6            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
7            not conducting its own race meeting during the
8            same dates, then the entire purse allocation shall
9            be to purses at the track where the races wagered
10            on are being conducted.
11                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
12            except an inter-track wagering licensee that
13            derives its license from an organization licensee
14            located in a county with a population in excess of
15            230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi River, is
16            also conducting its own race meeting during the
17            same dates, then the purse allocation shall be as
18            follows: 50% to purses at the track where the
19            races wagered on are being conducted; 50% to
20            purses at the track where the inter-track wagering
21            licensee is accepting such wagers.
22                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
23            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
24            licensee, except an inter-track wagering location
25            licensee that derives its license from an
26            organization licensee located in a county with a
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1            population in excess of 230,000 and bounded by the
2            Mississippi River, the entire purse allocation for
3            Illinois races shall be to purses at the track
4            where the race meeting being wagered on is being
5            held.
6        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
7    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
8    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
9    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
10    licensees, including, but not limited to, the following:
11            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
12        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
13        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
14        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
15        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
16        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
17        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
18        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
19        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
20            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
21        delegates this power, is vested with the power to
22        enter the facilities of any licensee to determine
23        whether there has been compliance with the provisions
24        of this Act and the rules and regulations relating to
25        the conduct of such wagering.
26            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
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1        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
2        licensee's facilities, any person whose conduct or
3        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
4        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
5        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
6        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
7        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
8        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
9        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
10            (D) (Blank).
11            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
12        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
13        under this Section for the purpose of administering
14        this wagering and any rules and regulations
15        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
16            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
17        director of this wagering who shall be a
18        representative of the Board and whose duty it shall be
19        to supervise the conduct of inter-track wagering as
20        may be provided for by the rules and regulations of the
21        Board; such rules and regulation shall specify the
22        method of appointment and the Director's powers,
23        authority and duties. The Board may appoint the
24        Director of Mutuels to also serve as the State
25        director of this wagering.
26            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
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1        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals
2        and up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation
3        of any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
4        this wagering, any rules adopted by the Board, any
5        order of the Board or any other action which in the
6        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
7        such wagering.
8        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
9    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
10    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
11    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
12    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
13    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
14    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
15    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
16    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State
17    Fair which are in addition to the licensee's previously
18    approved racing program, those races shall be considered a
19    separate racing day for the purpose of determining the
20    daily handle and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel
21    tax on that daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and
22    27.1. Such agreements shall be approved by the Board
23    before such wagering may be conducted. In determining
24    whether to grant approval, the Board shall give due
25    consideration to the best interests of the public and of
26    horse racing. The provisions of paragraphs (1), (8),
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1    (8.1), and (8.2) of subsection (h) of this Section which
2    are not specified in this paragraph (13) shall not apply
3    to licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
4    Agriculture at the Illinois State Fair in Sangamon County
5    or the DuQuoin State Fair in Perry County, or to any
6    wagering conducted on those race meetings.
7        (14) An inter-track wagering location license
8    authorized by the Board in 2016 that is owned and operated
9    by a race track in Rock Island County shall be transferred
10    to a commonly owned race track in Cook County on August 12,
11    2016 (the effective date of Public Act 99-757). The
12    licensee shall retain its status in relation to purse
13    distribution under paragraph (11) of this subsection (h)
14    following the transfer to the new entity. The pari-mutuel
15    tax credit under Section 32.1 shall not be applied toward
16    any pari-mutuel tax obligation of the inter-track wagering
17    location licensee of the license that is transferred under
18    this paragraph (14).
19    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
20conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on
21all days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of
22this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 104-185, eff. 8-15-25.)
24    (230 ILCS 5/31.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 37-31.1)
25    Sec. 31.1. (a) Unless subsection (a-5) applies,
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1organization licensee's racetracks, except racetracks owned by 
2the State, [licensees] collectively shall contribute annually to
3charity the sum of $750,000 to non-profit organizations that
4provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services
5to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois
6racetracks. Unless subsection (a-5) applies, these
7contributions shall be collected as follows: (i) no later than
8October 1 [July 1st] of each year the contributions due shall be 
9assessed equally by the Board for each racetrack, except 
10racetracks owned by the State, at which an organization 
11license or organization gaming license is awarded for the 
12subsequent year; [shall assess each organization licensee, ]
13[except those tracks located in Madison County, which tracks ]
14[shall pay $30,000 annually apiece into the Board charity fund, ]
15[that amount which equals $690,000 multiplied by the amount of ]
16[pari-mutuel wagering handled by the organization licensee in ]
17[the year preceding assessment and divided by the total ]
18[pari-mutuel wagering handled by all Illinois organization ]
19[licensees, except those tracks located in Madison and Rock ]
20[Island counties, in the year preceding assessment;] (ii) notice
21of the assessed contribution shall be mailed to each
22organization licensee; (iii) within thirty days of its receipt
23of such notice, each organization licensee shall remit the
24assessed contribution to the Board. Unless subsection (a-5)
25applies, if an organization licensee commences operation of
26gaming at its facility pursuant to an organization gaming
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1license under the Illinois Gambling Act, then the organization
2licensee shall contribute an additional $83,000 per year
3beginning in the year subsequent to the first year in which the
4organization licensee begins receiving funds from gaming
5pursuant to an organization gaming license. If an organization
6licensee wilfully fails to so remit the contribution, the
7Board may revoke its license to conduct horse racing.
8    (a-5) If (1) an organization licensee that did not operate
9live racing in 2017 is awarded racing dates in 2018 or in any
10subsequent year and (2) all organization licensees are
11operating gaming pursuant to an organization gaming license
12under the Illinois Gambling Act, then subsection (a) does not
13apply and organization licensees collectively shall contribute
14annually to charity the sum of $1,000,000 to non-profit
15organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and
16similar services to persons who reside or work on the
17backstretch of Illinois racetracks. These contributions shall
18be collected as follows: (i) no later than October 1 [July 1st]
19of each year the contributions due shall be assessed equally 
20by the Board for each racetrack, except racetracks owned by 
21the State, at which an organization license or organization 
22gaming license is awarded for the subsequent year; [shall ]
23[assess each organization licensee an amount based on the ]
24[proportionate amount of live racing days in the calendar year ]
25[for which the Board has awarded to the organization licensee ]
26[out of the total aggregate number of live racing days awarded;]
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1(ii) notice of the assessed contribution shall be mailed to
2each organization licensee; (iii) within 30 days after its
3receipt of such notice, each organization licensee shall remit
4the assessed contribution to the Board. If an organization
5licensee willfully fails to so remit the contribution, the
6Board may revoke its license to conduct horse racing.
7    (b) No later than October 1st of each year, any qualified
8charitable organization seeking an allotment of contributed
9funds shall submit to the Board an application for those
10funds, using the Board's approved form. The Board shall
11distribute all such amounts collected that year to such
12charitable organization applicants on a schedule determined by
13the Board, based on the charitable organization's estimated
14expenditures related to this grant. Any funds not expended by
15the grantee in a grant year shall be distributed to the
16charitable organization or charitable organizations selected
17in the next grant year after the funds are recovered in
18addition to the amounts specified in subsections (a) and
19(a-5).
20(Source: P.A. 104-185, eff. 8-15-25.)
21    (230 ILCS 5/32.1)
22    Sec. 32.1. Pari-mutuel tax credit; statewide racetrack
23real estate equalization.
24    (a) In order to encourage new investment in Illinois
25racetrack facilities and mitigate differing real estate tax
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1burdens among all racetracks, the licensees affiliated or
2associated with each racetrack that has been awarded live
3racing dates in the current year shall receive an immediate
4pari-mutuel tax credit in an amount equal to the greater of (i)
550% of the amount of the real estate taxes paid in the prior
6year attributable to that racetrack, or (ii) the amount by
7which the real estate taxes paid in the prior year
8attributable to that racetrack exceeds 60% of the average real
9estate taxes paid in the prior year for all racetracks awarded
10live horse racing meets in the current year.
11    Each year, regardless of whether the organization licensee
12conducted live racing in the year of certification, the Board
13shall certify in writing, prior to December 31, the real
14estate taxes paid in that year for each racetrack and the
15amount of the pari-mutuel tax credit that each organization
16licensee, inter-track wagering licensee, and inter-track
17wagering location licensee that derives its license from such
18racetrack is entitled in the succeeding calendar year. The
19real estate taxes considered under this Section for any
20racetrack shall be those taxes on the real estate parcels and
21related facilities used to conduct a horse race meeting and
22inter-track wagering at such racetrack under this Act. In no
23event shall the amount of the tax credit under this Section
24exceed the amount of pari-mutuel taxes otherwise calculated
25under this Act. The amount of the tax credit under this Section
26shall be retained by each licensee and shall not be subject to
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1any reallocation or further distribution under this Act. The
2Board may promulgate emergency rules to implement this
3Section.
4    (b) If the organization licensee is operating gaming
5pursuant to an organization gaming license issued under the
6Illinois Gambling Act, except the organization licensee
7described in Section 19.5, then, for the 10-year [5-year] period
8beginning on the January 1 of the calendar year immediately
9following the calendar year during which an organization
10licensee begins conducting gaming operations pursuant to an
11organization gaming license issued under the Illinois Gambling
12Act, the organization licensee shall make capital
13expenditures, in an amount equal to no less than 50% of the tax
14credit under this Section, to the improvement and maintenance
15of the backstretch, including, but not limited to, backstretch
16barns, dormitories, and services for backstretch workers.
17Those capital expenditures must be in addition to, and not in
18lieu of, the capital expenditures made for backstretch
19improvements in calendar year 2015, as reported to the Board
20in the organization licensee's application for racing dates
21and as certified by the Board. The organization licensee is
22required to annually submit the list and amounts of these
23capital expenditures to the Board by January 30th of the year
24following the expenditure.
25    (c) If the organization licensee is conducting gaming in
26accordance with paragraph (b), then, after the 10-year [5-year]
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1period beginning on January 1 of the calendar year immediately
2following the calendar year during which an organization
3licensee begins conducting gaming operations pursuant to an
4organization gaming license issued under the Illinois Gambling
5Act, the organization license is ineligible to receive a tax
6credit under this Section.
7(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
8    Section 10. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by
9changing Section 7.7 as follows:
10    (230 ILCS 10/7.7)
11    Sec. 7.7. Organization gaming licenses.
12    (a) The Illinois Gaming Board shall award one organization
13gaming license to each person or entity having operating
14control of a racetrack that applies under Section 56 of the
15Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, subject to the application
16and eligibility requirements of this Section. Within 60 days
17after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
18General Assembly, a person or entity having operating control
19of a racetrack may submit an application for an organization
20gaming license. The application shall be made on such forms as
21provided by the Board and shall contain such information as
22the Board prescribes, including, but not limited to, the
23identity of any racetrack at which gaming will be conducted
24pursuant to an organization gaming license, detailed
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1information regarding the ownership and management of the
2applicant, and detailed personal information regarding the
3applicant. The application shall specify the number of gaming
4positions the applicant intends to use and the place where the
5organization gaming facility will operate. A person who
6knowingly makes a false statement on an application is guilty
7of a Class A misdemeanor.
8    Each applicant shall disclose the identity of every person
9or entity having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest
10greater than 1% in any racetrack with respect to which the
11license is sought. If the disclosed entity is a corporation,
12the applicant shall disclose the names and addresses of all
13officers, stockholders, and directors. If the disclosed entity
14is a limited liability company, the applicant shall disclose
15the names and addresses of all members and managers. If the
16disclosed entity is a partnership, the applicant shall
17disclose the names and addresses of all partners, both general
18and limited. If the disclosed entity is a trust, the applicant
19shall disclose the names and addresses of all beneficiaries.
20    An application shall be filed and considered in accordance
21with the rules of the Board. Each application for an
22organization gaming license shall include a nonrefundable
23application fee of $250,000. In addition, a nonrefundable fee
24of $50,000 shall be paid at the time of filing to defray the
25costs associated with background investigations conducted by
26the Board. If the costs of the background investigation exceed
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1$50,000, the applicant shall pay the additional amount to the
2Board within 7 days after a request by the Board. If the costs
3of the investigation are less than $50,000, the applicant
4shall receive a refund of the remaining amount. All
5information, records, interviews, reports, statements,
6memoranda, or other data supplied to or used by the Board in
7the course of this review or investigation of an applicant for
8an organization gaming license under this Act shall be
9privileged and strictly confidential and shall be used only
10for the purpose of evaluating an applicant for an organization
11gaming license or a renewal. Such information, records,
12interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data
13shall not be admissible as evidence nor discoverable in any
14action of any kind in any court or before any tribunal, board,
15agency or person, except for any action deemed necessary by
16the Board. The application fee shall be deposited into the
17State Gaming Fund.
18    Any applicant or key person, including the applicant's
19owners, officers, directors (if a corporation), managers and
20members (if a limited liability company), and partners (if a
21partnership), for an organization gaming license shall submit
22with his or her application, on forms provided by the Board, 2
23sets of fingerprints. The board shall charge each applicant a
24fee set by the Illinois State Police to defray the costs
25associated with the search and classification of fingerprints
26obtained by the Board with respect to the applicant's
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1application. The fees shall be deposited into the State Police
2Services Fund.
3    (b) The Board shall determine within 120 days after
4receiving an application for an organization gaming license
5whether to grant an organization gaming license to the
6applicant. If the Board does not make a determination within
7that time period, then the Board shall give a written
8explanation to the applicant as to why it has not reached a
9determination and when it reasonably expects to make a
10determination.
11    The organization gaming licensee shall purchase up to the
12amount of gaming positions authorized under this Act within
13120 days after receiving its organization gaming license. If
14an organization gaming licensee is prepared to purchase the
15gaming positions, but is temporarily prohibited from doing so
16by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the Board,
17then the 120-day period is tolled until a resolution is
18reached.
19    An organization gaming license shall authorize its holder
20to conduct gaming under this Act at its racetracks on the same
21days of the year and hours of the day that owners licenses are
22allowed to operate under approval of the Board.
23    An organization gaming license and any renewal of an
24organization gaming license shall authorize gaming pursuant to
25this Section for a period of 4 years. The fee for the issuance
26or renewal of an organization gaming license shall be
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1$250,000.
2    All payments by licensees under this subsection (b) shall
3be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund.
4    (c) To be eligible to conduct gaming under this Section, a
5person or entity having operating control of a racetrack must
6(i) obtain an organization gaming license, (ii) hold an
7organization license under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
81975, (iii) hold an inter-track wagering license, (iv) pay an
9initial fee of $17,500 [$30,000] per gaming position from
10organization gaming licensees where gaming is conducted in
11Cook County and, except as provided in subsection (c-5),
12$17,500 for organization gaming licensees where gaming is
13conducted outside of Cook County before beginning to conduct
14gaming plus make the reconciliation payment required under
15subsection (k), (v) conduct live racing in accordance with
16subsections (e-1), (e-2), and (e-3) of Section 20 of the
17Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, (vi) meet the requirements
18of subsection (a) of Section 56 of the Illinois Horse Racing
19Act of 1975, (vii) for organization licensees conducting
20standardbred race meetings, keep backstretch barns and
21dormitories open and operational year-round unless a lesser
22schedule is mutually agreed to by the organization licensee
23and the horsemen association racing at that organization
24licensee's race meeting, (viii) for organization licensees
25conducting thoroughbred race meetings, the organization
26licensee must maintain accident medical expense liability
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1insurance coverage of $1,000,000 for jockeys, and (ix) meet
2all other requirements of this Act that apply to owners
3licensees.
4    An organization gaming licensee may enter into a joint
5venture with a licensed owner to own, manage, conduct, or
6otherwise operate the organization gaming licensee's
7organization gaming facilities, unless the organization gaming
8licensee has a parent company or other affiliated company that
9is, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by a parent company
10that is also licensed to conduct organization gaming, casino
11gaming, or their equivalent in another state.
12    All payments by licensees under this subsection (c) shall
13be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund.
14    (c-5) A person or entity having operating control of a
15racetrack located in Madison County shall only pay the initial
16fees specified in subsection (c) for 540 of the gaming
17positions authorized under the license. A person or entity 
18having operating control of a racetrack located in Cook County 
19shall only pay the initial fees specified in subsection (c) 
20for 720 of the gaming positions authorized under the license.
21    (d) A person or entity is ineligible to receive an
22organization gaming license if:
23        (1) the person or entity has been convicted of a
24    felony under the laws of this State, any other state, or
25    the United States, including a conviction under the
26    Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act;
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1        (2) the person or entity has been convicted of any
2    violation of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or
3    substantially similar laws of any other jurisdiction;
4        (3) the person or entity has submitted an application
5    for a license under this Act that contains false
6    information;
7        (4) the person is a member of the Board;
8        (5) a person defined in (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this
9    subsection (d) is an officer, director, or managerial
10    employee of the entity;
11        (6) the person or entity employs a person defined in
12    (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection (d) who
13    participates in the management or operation of gambling
14    operations authorized under this Act; or
15        (7) a license of the person or entity issued under
16    this Act or a license to own or operate gambling
17    facilities in any other jurisdiction has been revoked.
18    (e) The Board may approve gaming positions pursuant to an
19organization gaming license statewide as provided in this
20Section. The authority to operate gaming positions under this
21Section shall be allocated as follows: up to 1,200 gaming
22positions for any organization gaming licensee in Cook County
23and up to 900 gaming positions for any organization gaming
24licensee outside of Cook County.
25    (f) Each applicant for an organization gaming license
26shall specify in its application for licensure the number of
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1gaming positions it will operate, up to the applicable
2limitation set forth in subsection (e) of this Section. Any
3unreserved gaming positions that are not specified shall be
4forfeited and retained by the Board. For the purposes of this
5subsection (f), an organization gaming licensee that did not
6conduct live racing in 2010 and is located within 3 miles of
7the Mississippi River may reserve up to 900 positions and
8shall not be penalized under this Section for not operating
9those positions until it meets the requirements of subsection
10(e) of this Section, but such licensee shall not request
11unreserved gaming positions under this subsection (f) until
12its 900 positions are all operational.
13    Thereafter, the Board shall publish the number of
14unreserved gaming positions and shall accept requests for
15additional positions from any organization gaming licensee
16that initially reserved all of the positions that were
17offered. The Board shall allocate expeditiously the unreserved
18gaming positions to requesting organization gaming licensees
19in a manner that maximizes revenue to the State. The Board may
20allocate any such unused gaming positions pursuant to an open
21and competitive bidding process, as provided under Section 7.5
22of this Act. This process shall continue until all unreserved
23gaming positions have been purchased. All positions obtained
24pursuant to this process and all positions the organization
25gaming licensee specified it would operate in its application
26must be in operation within 18 months after they were obtained
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1or the organization gaming licensee forfeits the right to
2operate those positions, but is not entitled to a refund of any
3fees paid. The Board may, after holding a public hearing,
4grant extensions so long as the organization gaming licensee
5is working in good faith to make the positions operational.
6The extension may be for a period of 6 months. If, after the
7period of the extension, the organization gaming licensee has
8not made the positions operational, then another public
9hearing must be held by the Board before it may grant another
10extension.
11    Unreserved gaming positions retained from and allocated to
12organization gaming licensees by the Board pursuant to this
13subsection (f) shall not be allocated to owners licensees
14under this Act.
15    For the purpose of this subsection (f), the unreserved
16gaming positions for each organization gaming licensee shall
17be the applicable limitation set forth in subsection (e) of
18this Section, less the number of reserved gaming positions by
19such organization gaming licensee, and the total unreserved
20gaming positions shall be the aggregate of the unreserved
21gaming positions for all organization gaming licensees.
22    (g) An organization gaming licensee is authorized to
23conduct the following at a racetrack:
24        (1) slot machine gambling;
25        (2) video game of chance gambling;
26        (3) gambling with electronic gambling games as defined
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1    in this Act or defined by the Illinois Gaming Board; and
2        (4) table games.
3    (h) Subject to the approval of the Illinois Gaming Board,
4an organization gaming licensee may make modification or
5additions to any existing buildings and structures to comply
6with the requirements of this Act. The Illinois Gaming Board
7shall make its decision after consulting with the Illinois
8Racing Board. In no case, however, shall the Illinois Gaming
9Board approve any modification or addition that alters the
10grounds of the organization licensee such that the act of live
11racing is an ancillary activity to gaming authorized under
12this Section. Gaming authorized under this Section may take
13place in existing structures where inter-track wagering is
14conducted at the racetrack or a facility within 300 yards of
15the racetrack in accordance with the provisions of this Act
16and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
17    (i) An organization gaming licensee may conduct gaming at
18a temporary facility pending the construction of a permanent
19facility or the remodeling or relocation of an existing
20facility to accommodate gaming participants for up to 24
21months after the temporary facility begins to conduct gaming
22authorized under this Section. Upon request by an organization
23gaming licensee and upon a showing of good cause by the
24organization gaming licensee, the Board shall extend the
25period during which the licensee may conduct gaming authorized
26under this Section at a temporary facility by up to 12 months.
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1The Board shall make rules concerning the conduct of gaming
2authorized under this Section from temporary facilities.
3    The gaming authorized under this Section may take place in
4existing structures where inter-track wagering is conducted at
5the racetrack or a facility within 300 yards of the racetrack
6in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Illinois
7Horse Racing Act of 1975.
8    (i-5) Under no circumstances shall an organization gaming
9licensee conduct gaming at any State or county fair.
10    (j) The Illinois Gaming Board must adopt emergency rules
11in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
12Procedure Act as necessary to ensure compliance with the
13provisions of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
14Assembly concerning the conduct of gaming by an organization
15gaming licensee. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by
16this subsection (j) shall be deemed to be necessary for the
17public interest, safety, and welfare.
18    (k) Each organization gaming licensee who obtains gaming
19positions must make a reconciliation payment 3 years after the
20date the organization gaming licensee begins operating the
21positions in an amount equal to 75% of the difference between
22its adjusted gross receipts from gaming authorized under this
23Section and amounts paid to its purse accounts pursuant to
24item (1) of subsection (b) of Section 56 of the Illinois Horse
25Racing Act of 1975 for the 12-month period for which such
26difference was the largest, minus an amount equal to the
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1initial per position fee paid by the organization gaming
2licensee. If this calculation results in a negative amount,
3then the organization gaming licensee is not entitled to any
4reimbursement of fees previously paid. This reconciliation
5payment may be made in installments over a period of no more
6than 12 [6] years.
7    All payments by licensees under this subsection (k) shall
8be deposited into the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund.
9    (l) As soon as practical after a request is made by the
10Illinois Gaming Board, to minimize duplicate submissions by
11the applicant, the Illinois Racing Board must provide
12information on an applicant for an organization gaming license
13to the Illinois Gaming Board.
14(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-609, eff. 7-1-24.)