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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2729
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2729 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 by
5 changing Section 21."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
9 amended by changing Section 21 as follows:
10 (230 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-21)
11 Sec. 21. (a) Applications for organization licenses must
12 be filed with the Board at a time and place prescribed by the
13 rules and regulations of the Board. The Board shall examine
14 the applications within 21 days after the date allowed for
15 filing with respect to their conformity with this Act and
16 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
17 Board. If any application does not comply with this Act or
18 the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, such
19 application may be rejected and an organization license
20 refused to the applicant, or the Board may, within 21 days of
21 the receipt of such application, advise the applicant of the
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1 deficiencies of the application under the Act or the rules
2 and regulations of the Board, and require the submittal of an
3 amended application within a reasonable time determined by
4 the Board; and upon submittal of the amended application by
5 the applicant, the Board may consider the application
6 consistent with the process described in subsection (e-5) of
7 Section 20 of this Act. If it is found to be in compliance
8 with this Act and the rules and regulations of the Board, the
9 Board may then issue an organization license to such
10 applicant.
11 (b) The Board may exercise discretion in granting racing
12 dates to qualified applicants different from those requested
13 by the applicants in their applications. However, if all
14 eligible applicants for organization licenses whose tracks
15 are located within 100 miles of each other execute and submit
16 to the Board a written agreement among such applicants as to
17 the award of racing dates, including where applicable racing
18 programs, for up to 3 consecutive years, then subject to
19 annual review of each applicant's compliance with Board rules
20 and regulations, provisions of this Act and conditions
21 contained in annual dates orders issued by the Board, the
22 Board may grant such dates and programs to such applicants as
23 so agreed by them if the Board determines that the grant of
24 these racing dates is in the best interests of racing. The
25 Board shall treat any such agreement as the agreement
26 signatories' joint and several application for racing dates
27 during the term of the agreement.
28 (c) Where 2 or more applicants propose to conduct horse
29 race meetings within 35 miles of each other, as certified to
30 the Board under Section 19 (a) (1) of this Act, on
31 conflicting dates, the Board may determine and grant the
32 number of racing days to be awarded to the several applicants
33 in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e-5) of
34 Section 20 of this Act.
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1 (d) (Blank).
2 (e) Prior to the issuance of an organization license,
3 the applicant shall file with the Board a bond payable to the
4 State of Illinois in the sum of $200,000, executed by the
5 applicant and a surety company or companies authorized to do
6 business in this State, and conditioned upon the payment by
7 the organization licensee of all taxes due under Section 27,
8 other monies due and payable under this Act, all purses due
9 and payable, and that the organization licensee will upon
10 presentation of the winning ticket or tickets distribute all
11 sums due to the patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
12 (f) Each organization license shall specify the person
13 to whom it is issued, the dates upon which horse racing is
14 permitted, and the location, place, track, or enclosure where
15 the horse race meeting is to be held.
16 (g) Any person who owns one or more race tracks within
17 the State may seek, in its own name, a separate organization
18 license for each race track.
19 (h) All racing conducted under such organization license
20 is subject to this Act and to the rules and regulations from
21 time to time prescribed by the Board, and every such
22 organization license issued by the Board shall contain a
23 recital to that effect.
24 (i) Each Any such organization licensee shall in the
25 case of days allotted to thoroughbred horse racing may, with
26 prior approval of the Board, provide that at least one race
27 per a day shall may be devoted to the racing of quarter
28 horses, appaloosas, or arabians, or paints.
29 (j) In acting on applications for organization licenses,
30 the Board shall give weight to an organization license which
31 has implemented a good faith affirmative action effort to
32 recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all classifications
33 within the organization license.
34 (Source: P.A. 88-495; 89-16, eff. 5-30-95.)".