100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1356
 
Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
230 ILCS 40/27

     Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a municipality or a county, with respect to unincorporated portions of the county, may impose specified separate requirements on video gaming that impose limitations on video gaming more restrictive than those provided under the Act. Effective immediately.
  


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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 Video Gaming
Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 27 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/27)

7    Sec. 27. Prohibition or limitation of video gaming by 
8political subdivision.  
9    (a) A
municipality may
pass an ordinance prohibiting video 
10gaming within the corporate limits of the
municipality.
A 
11county board may, for the unincorporated area of the county, 
12pass an
ordinance prohibiting video gaming within the 
13unincorporated area of the
county.
14    (b)  A municipality or a county, with respect to 
15unincorporated portions of the county, may impose separate 
16requirements on video gaming that impose limitations on video 
17gaming more restrictive than those provided under this Act.  
18These requirements may include one or more of the following:
19        (1) Limitations on hours of video gaming terminal play 
20    more restrictive than those provided under the liquor 
21    license of a licensed establishment, licensed veterans 
22    organization, or licensed fraternal organization.
23        (2) Limitations on the numbers of video gaming 
 
 
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1    terminals within a licensed establishment, licensed 
2    veterans organization, licensed fraternal organization, or 
3    licensed truck stop.
4        (3) Limitations on the total numbers of licensed 
5    establishments, licensed veterans organizations, licensed 
6    fraternal organizations, or licensed truck stops allowed 
7    within the municipality or county, or a specific portion of 
8    the municipality or county.  These limitations may include 
9    zoning restrictions to limit the areas within a 
10    municipality or county where video gaming is permitted. 


11(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.