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91_SB0336eng SB336 Engrossed LRB9105562LDmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Bingo License and Tax Act by changing 2 Section 2. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by 6 changing Section 2 as follows: 7 (230 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1102) 8 Sec. 2. The conducting of bingo is subject to the 9 following restrictions: 10 (1) The entire net proceeds from bingo play must be 11 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the 12 organization permitted to conduct that game. 13 (2) No person except a bona fide member of the 14 sponsoring organization or a bona fide member of an auxiliary 15 organization, substantially all of whose members are spouses 16 of members of the sponsoring organization may participate in 17 the management or operation of the game. 18 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for 19 participating in the management or operation of the game, 20 except that if an organization licensed under this Act is 21 associated with a school or other educational institution, 22 that school or institution may reduce tuition or fees for a 23 designated pupil based on participation in the management or 24 operation of the game by any member of the organization. The 25 extent to which tuition and fees are reduced shall relate 26 proportionately to the amount of time volunteered by the 27 member, as determined by the school or other educational 28 institution. 29 (4) Except as provided in item (4.1), the aggregate 30 retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded in any 31 single day of bingo may not exceed $2,250, except that in SB336 Engrossed -2- LRB9105562LDmb 1 adjoining counties having 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants 2 each, and in counties which are adjacent to either of such 3 adjoining counties and are adjacent to a total of not more 4 than 2 counties in this State, and in any municipality having 5 2,500 or more inhabitants and within one mile of such 6 adjoining and adjacent counties having less than 25,000 7 inhabitants, 2 additional bingo games may be conducted after 8 the $2,250 limit has been reached. The prize awarded for any 9 one game, including any game conducted after reaching the 10 $2,250 limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not 11 exceed $500 cash or its equivalent. 12 (4.1) Notwithstanding the provisions of item (4), the 13 Department may issue a special prize license to a licensee if 14 the county in which the licensee conducts bingo approves the 15 special prize license. A special prize licensee shall 16 authorize a license to award prizes or merchandise in a 17 single day of bingo that has an aggregate retail value that 18 exceeds the limits imposed under item (4) but does not exceed 19 $10,000. A special prize license authorized under this item 20 (4.1) shall authorize the licensee to award prizes or 21 merchandise at the higher limit authorized in this item (4.1) 22 on 2 days per year and shall not permit the licensee to 23 conduct gambling on days other than as authorized in this 24 Act. 25 (5) The number of games may not exceed 25 in any one day 26 including regular and special games, except that this 27 restriction on the number of games shall not apply to bingo 28 conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held 29 in Illinois. 30 (6) The price paid for a single card under the license 31 may not exceed $1 and such card is valid for all regular 32 games on that day of bingo. A maximum of 5 special games may 33 be held on each bingo day, except that this restriction on 34 the number of special games shall not apply to bingo SB336 Engrossed -3- LRB9105562LDmb 1 conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any county fair held 2 in Illinois. The price for a single special game card may not 3 exceed 50 cents. 4 (7) The number of bingo days conducted by a licensee 5 under this Act is limited to one per week, except as follows: 6 (i) Bingo may be conducted in accordance with the 7 terms of a special operator's permit or limited license 8 issued under subdivision (3) of Section 1. 9 (ii) Bingo may be conducted at the Illinois State 10 Fair or any county fair held in Illinois under 11 subdivision (3) of Section 1. 12 (iii) A licensee which cancels a day of bingo 13 because of inclement weather or because the day is a 14 holiday or the eve of a holiday may, after giving notice 15 to the Department, conduct bingo on an additional date 16 which falls on a day of the week other than the day 17 authorized under the license. As used in this 18 subdivision (iii), "holiday" means any of the holidays 19 listed in Section 17 of the Promissory Note and Bank 20 Holiday Act. 21 (8) A licensee may rent a premises on which to conduct 22 bingo only from an organization which is licensed as a 23 provider of premises or exempt from license requirements 24 under this Act. If the organization providing the premises is 25 a metropolitan exposition, auditorium, and office building 26 authority created by State law, a licensee may enter into a 27 rental agreement with the organization authorizing the 28 licensee and the organization to share the gross proceeds of 29 bingo games; however, the organization shall not receive more 30 than 50% of the gross proceeds. 31 (9) No person under the age of 18 years may play or 32 participate in the conducting of bingo. Any person under the 33 age of 18 years may be within the area where bingo is being 34 played only when accompanied by his parent or guardian. SB336 Engrossed -4- LRB9105562LDmb 1 (10) The promoter of bingo games must have a proprietary 2 interest in the game promoted. 3 (11) Raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by 4 law shall not be conducted on the premises where bingo is 5 being conducted, except that pull tabs and jar games 6 conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act may 7 be conducted on the premises where bingo is being conducted. 8 Prizes awarded in pull tabs and jar games shall not be 9 included in the bingo prize limitation. 10 (12) An organization holding a special operator's permit 11 or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed by 12 such permit or license, conduct bingo for a maximum of 2 13 consecutive days, during each day of which the number of 14 games may exceed 25, and regular game cards need not be valid 15 for all regular games. If only noncash prizes are awarded 16 during such occasions, the prize limits stated in paragraph 17 (4) of this Section shall not apply, provided that the retail 18 value of noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed 19 $150. 20 (Source: P.A. 87-220; 87-1175; 88-53.)