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90_HB2729eng
230 ILCS 5/15.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-15.1
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes
technical changes and adds a caption to the Section
concerning deposits of fees.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 by
2 changing Section 21.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
6 amended by changing Section 21 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-21)
8 Sec. 21. (a) Applications for organization licenses must
9 be filed with the Board at a time and place prescribed by the
10 rules and regulations of the Board. The Board shall examine
11 the applications within 21 days after the date allowed for
12 filing with respect to their conformity with this Act and
13 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
14 Board. If any application does not comply with this Act or
15 the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, such
16 application may be rejected and an organization license
17 refused to the applicant, or the Board may, within 21 days of
18 the receipt of such application, advise the applicant of the
19 deficiencies of the application under the Act or the rules
20 and regulations of the Board, and require the submittal of an
21 amended application within a reasonable time determined by
22 the Board; and upon submittal of the amended application by
23 the applicant, the Board may consider the application
24 consistent with the process described in subsection (e-5) of
25 Section 20 of this Act. If it is found to be in compliance
26 with this Act and the rules and regulations of the Board, the
27 Board may then issue an organization license to such
28 applicant.
29 (b) The Board may exercise discretion in granting racing
30 dates to qualified applicants different from those requested
31 by the applicants in their applications. However, if all
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1 eligible applicants for organization licenses whose tracks
2 are located within 100 miles of each other execute and submit
3 to the Board a written agreement among such applicants as to
4 the award of racing dates, including where applicable racing
5 programs, for up to 3 consecutive years, then subject to
6 annual review of each applicant's compliance with Board rules
7 and regulations, provisions of this Act and conditions
8 contained in annual dates orders issued by the Board, the
9 Board may grant such dates and programs to such applicants as
10 so agreed by them if the Board determines that the grant of
11 these racing dates is in the best interests of racing. The
12 Board shall treat any such agreement as the agreement
13 signatories' joint and several application for racing dates
14 during the term of the agreement.
15 (c) Where 2 or more applicants propose to conduct horse
16 race meetings within 35 miles of each other, as certified to
17 the Board under Section 19 (a) (1) of this Act, on
18 conflicting dates, the Board may determine and grant the
19 number of racing days to be awarded to the several applicants
20 in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e-5) of
21 Section 20 of this Act.
22 (d) (Blank).
23 (e) Prior to the issuance of an organization license,
24 the applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
25 State of Illinois in the sum of $200,000, executed by the
26 applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to do
27 business in this State, and conditioned upon the payment by
28 the organization licensee of all taxes due under Section 27,
29 other monies due and payable under this Act, all purses due
30 and payable, and that the organization licensee will upon
31 presentation of the winning ticket or tickets distribute all
32 sums due to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
33 (f) Each organization license shall specify the person
34 to whom it is issued, the dates upon which horse racing is
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1 permitted, and the location, place, track, or enclosure where
2 the horse race meeting is to be held.
3 (g) Any person who owns one or more race tracks within
4 the State may seek, in its own name, a separate organization
5 license for each race track.
6 (h) All racing conducted under such organization license
7 is subject to this Act and to the rules and regulations from
8 time to time prescribed by the Board, and every such
9 organization license issued by the Board shall contain a
10 recital to that effect.
11 (i) Each Any such organization licensee may in the case
12 of days allotted to thoroughbred horse racing may, with prior
13 approval of the Board, provide that at least one race per a
14 day may be devoted to the racing of quarter horses,
15 appaloosas, or arabians, or paints.
16 (j) In acting on applications for organization licenses,
17 the Board shall give weight to an organization license which
18 has implemented a good faith affirmative action effort to
19 recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all classifications
20 within the organization license.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-495; 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)