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Rep. Chad Hays
Filed: 2/9/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4325
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4325 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 40/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 8 | | "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
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| 9 | | "Credit" means one, 5, 10, or 25 cents either won or |
| 10 | | purchased by a player.
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| 11 | | "Distributor" means an individual, partnership, |
| 12 | | corporation, or limited liability company licensed under
this |
| 13 | | Act to buy, sell, lease, or distribute video gaming terminals |
| 14 | | or major
components or parts of video gaming terminals to or |
| 15 | | from terminal
operators.
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| 16 | | "Electronic card" means a card purchased from a licensed |
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| 1 | | establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed |
| 2 | | veterans establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment |
| 3 | | for use in that establishment as a substitute for cash in the |
| 4 | | conduct of gaming on a video gaming terminal. |
| 5 | | "Electronic voucher" means a voucher printed by an |
| 6 | | electronic video game machine that is redeemable in the |
| 7 | | licensed establishment for which it was issued. |
| 8 | | "Terminal operator" means an individual, partnership, |
| 9 | | corporation, or limited liability company that is
licensed |
| 10 | | under this Act and that owns, services, and maintains video
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| 11 | | gaming terminals for placement in licensed establishments, |
| 12 | | licensed truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal
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| 13 | | establishments, or licensed veterans establishments.
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| 14 | | "Licensed technician" means an individual
who
is licensed |
| 15 | | under this Act to repair,
service, and maintain
video gaming |
| 16 | | terminals.
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| 17 | | "Licensed terminal handler" means a person, including but |
| 18 | | not limited to an employee or independent contractor working |
| 19 | | for a manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or |
| 20 | | terminal operator, who is licensed under this Act to possess or |
| 21 | | control a video gaming terminal or to have access to the inner |
| 22 | | workings of a video gaming terminal. A licensed terminal |
| 23 | | handler does not include an individual, partnership, |
| 24 | | corporation, or limited liability company defined as a |
| 25 | | manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or terminal |
| 26 | | operator under this Act. |
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| 1 | | "Manufacturer" means an individual, partnership, |
| 2 | | corporation, or limited liability company that is
licensed |
| 3 | | under this Act and that manufactures or assembles video gaming
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| 4 | | terminals.
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| 5 | | "Supplier" means an individual, partnership, corporation, |
| 6 | | or limited liability company that is
licensed under this Act to |
| 7 | | supply major components or parts to video gaming
terminals to |
| 8 | | licensed
terminal operators.
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| 9 | | "Net terminal income" means money put into a video gaming |
| 10 | | terminal minus
credits paid out to players.
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| 11 | | "Video gaming terminal" means any electronic video game |
| 12 | | machine
that, upon insertion of cash, electronic cards or |
| 13 | | vouchers, or any combination thereof, is available to play or |
| 14 | | simulate the play of
a video game, including but not limited to |
| 15 | | video poker, line up, and blackjack, as
authorized by the Board |
| 16 | | utilizing a video display and microprocessors in
which the |
| 17 | | player may receive free games or credits that can be
redeemed |
| 18 | | for cash. The term does not include a machine that directly
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| 19 | | dispenses coins, cash, or tokens or is for amusement purposes |
| 20 | | only.
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| 21 | | "Licensed establishment" means any licensed retail |
| 22 | | establishment where
alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, |
| 23 | | or otherwise served for consumption
on the premises, whether |
| 24 | | the establishment operates on a nonprofit or for-profit basis. |
| 25 | | "Licensed establishment" includes the premises of any craft |
| 26 | | distiller licensee under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 where |
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| 1 | | alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, or otherwise served |
| 2 | | for consumption on the premises. "Licensed establishment" |
| 3 | | includes any such establishment that has a contractual |
| 4 | | relationship with an inter-track wagering location licensee |
| 5 | | licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, provided |
| 6 | | any contractual relationship shall not include any transfer or |
| 7 | | offer of revenue from the operation of video gaming under this |
| 8 | | Act to any licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing |
| 9 | | Act of 1975. Provided, however, that the licensed establishment |
| 10 | | that has such a contractual relationship with an inter-track |
| 11 | | wagering location licensee may not, itself, be (i) an |
| 12 | | inter-track wagering location licensee, (ii) the corporate |
| 13 | | parent or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the |
| 14 | | Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or (iii) the corporate |
| 15 | | subsidiary of a corporation that is also the corporate parent |
| 16 | | or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse |
| 17 | | Racing Act of 1975. "Licensed establishment" does not include a |
| 18 | | facility operated by an organization licensee, an inter-track |
| 19 | | wagering licensee, or an inter-track wagering location |
| 20 | | licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 |
| 21 | | or a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act, |
| 22 | | except as provided in this paragraph. The changes made to this |
| 23 | | definition by Public Act 98-587 are declarative of existing |
| 24 | | law.
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| 25 | | "Licensed fraternal establishment" means the location |
| 26 | | where a qualified
fraternal organization that derives its |
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| 1 | | charter from a national fraternal
organization regularly |
| 2 | | meets.
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| 3 | | "Licensed veterans establishment" means the location where |
| 4 | | a qualified
veterans organization that derives its charter from |
| 5 | | a national veterans
organization regularly meets.
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| 6 | | "Licensed truck stop establishment" means a facility (i) |
| 7 | | that is at least a
3-acre facility with a convenience store, |
| 8 | | (ii) with separate diesel
islands for fueling commercial motor |
| 9 | | vehicles, (iii) that sells at retail more than 10,000 gallons |
| 10 | | of diesel or biodiesel fuel per month, and (iv) with parking |
| 11 | | spaces for commercial
motor vehicles. "Commercial motor |
| 12 | | vehicles" has the same meaning as defined in Section 18b-101 of |
| 13 | | the Illinois Vehicle Code. The requirement of item (iii) of |
| 14 | | this paragraph may be met by showing that estimated future |
| 15 | | sales or past sales average at least 10,000 gallons per month.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-31, eff. 6-24-13; |
| 17 | | 98-582, eff. 8-27-13; 98-587, eff. 8-27-13; 98-756, eff. |
| 18 | | 7-16-14.)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.".
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