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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3417 Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that if a licensee has not violated the Act or its rules for 3 years, then the Illinois Gaming Board may renew the license for a period of 4 years unless sooner cancelled or terminated. Provides that certain fees collected under the Act shall continue to be collected annually.
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| | HB3417 | | LRB099 07123 MLM 27207 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 50 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 40/50)
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| 7 | | Sec. 50. Distribution of license fees.
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| 8 | | (a) All fees collected under Section 45 shall be deposited |
| 9 | | into the State Gaming
Fund.
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| 10 | | (b) Fees collected under Section 45 shall be used as |
| 11 | | follows:
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| 12 | | (1) Twenty-five percent shall be paid, subject to |
| 13 | | appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Department of |
| 14 | | Human Services for administration of programs for the |
| 15 | | treatment of
compulsive gambling.
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| 16 | | (2) Seventy-five percent shall be used for the |
| 17 | | administration of this
Act.
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| 18 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection |
| 19 | | (b), all All licenses issued by the Board under this Act are |
| 20 | | renewable annually
unless sooner cancelled or terminated. If a |
| 21 | | licensee has not violated this Act or its rules for 3 years, |
| 22 | | then the Board may renew the license for a period of 4 years |
| 23 | | unless sooner cancelled or terminated; however, fees collected |