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90_SB1091

      230 ILCS 10/12            from Ch. 120, par. 2412
          Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act  to  delete  provisions
      allowing riverboat licensees to issue tax-free passes.
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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5. The  Riverboat  Gambling  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 12 as follows:
 6        (230 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 2412)
 7        Sec. 12. Admission tax; fees.
 8        (a)  A  tax is hereby imposed upon admissions to gambling
 9    excursions authorized pursuant to this Act at a  rate  of  $2
10    per  person admitted.  This admission tax is imposed upon the
11    licensed owner conducting the gambling excursion.
12             (1)  If tickets are issued which are good  for  more
13        than  one  gambling excursion, the admission tax shall be
14        paid for each person using the ticket  on  each  gambling
15        excursion for which the ticket is used.
16             (2)  If   free  passes  or  complimentary  admission
17        tickets are issued, the licensee shall pay the  same  tax
18        upon  these  passes  or  complimentary tickets as if they
19        were sold at the regular and usual admission rate.
20             (3)  (Blank).  The  riverboat  licensee  may   issue
21        tax-free  passes  to  actual  and necessary officials and
22        employees of  the  licensee  or  other  persons  actually
23        working on the riverboat.
24             (4)  (Blank).  The  number  and issuance of tax-free
25        passes is subject to the rules of the Board, and  a  list
26        of  all  persons  to  whom the tax-free passes are issued
27        shall be filed with the Board. 
28        (b)  From the $2 tax  imposed  under  subsection  (a),  a
29    municipality  shall receive from the State $1 for each person
30    embarking on a riverboat docked within the municipality,  and
31    a  county  shall  receive  $1  for each person embarking on a
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 1    riverboat docked within the county but outside the boundaries
 2    of any municipality. The  municipality's  or  county's  share
 3    shall  be  collected  by the Board on behalf of the State and
 4    remitted quarterly by the State, subject to appropriation, to
 5    the treasurer of the unit of local government for deposit  in
 6    the general fund.
 7        (c)  The  licensed  owner  shall pay the entire admission
 8    tax  to  the  Board.  Such  payments  shall  be  made  daily.
 9    Accompanying each payment shall be a return on forms provided
10    by the Board which shall include other information  regarding
11    admissions  as  the  Board  may  require.   Failure to submit
12    either the payment or the return within  the  specified  time
13    may result in suspension or revocation of the owners license.
14        (d)  The Board shall administer and collect the admission
15    tax  imposed by this Section, to the extent practicable, in a
16    manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 4,  5,  5a,
17    5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, 9 and 10 of
18    the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  and Section 3-7 of the
19    Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 86-1029; 86-1389; 87-205; 87-895.)

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