Sen. Steve Stadelman
Filed: 5/30/2018
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 212
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 212 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 19.1 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 1605/19.1 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 19.1. Unclaimed and unpaid prizes; end-of-game | ||||||
8 | procedures. | ||||||
9 | (a) The Department shall maintain a list of unclaimed | ||||||
10 | lottery prizes and a list of unpaid instant scratch-off game | ||||||
11 | prizes. The lists shall be made publicly accessible on the | ||||||
12 | Department's website. The Department shall implement | ||||||
13 | procedures to provide for daily updates no later than January | ||||||
14 | 1, 2019. | ||||||
15 | (b) The Department shall establish and adopt a written | ||||||
16 | policy outlining end-of-game procedures for instant |
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1 | scratch-off games. The written policy shall be made publicly | ||||||
2 | accessible on the Department website and shall include, at a | ||||||
3 | minimum, the following: | ||||||
4 | (1) a list of factors considered in closing or ending a | ||||||
5 | game; | ||||||
6 | (2) a requirement that all games close or end no later | ||||||
7 | than 45 days after the final top prize has been claimed; | ||||||
8 | and | ||||||
9 | (3) a requirement that, for each instant scratch-off | ||||||
10 | game, the following dates be published and made publicly | ||||||
11 | accessible on the Department's website: | ||||||
12 | (A) the end of ticket distribution; | ||||||
13 | (B) the removal of unsold tickets from retailers; | ||||||
14 | (C) the end of the game; and | ||||||
15 | (D) the one-year validation period.
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.".
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