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92_HB0530
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1 AN ACT in relation to gambling.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Charitable Games Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1122)
7 Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
8 following definitions apply:
9 "Organization": A corporation, agency, partnership,
10 institution, association, firm or other entity consisting of
11 2 or more persons joined by a common interest or purpose.
12 "Sponsoring organization": A qualified organization that
13 has obtained a license to conduct a charitable games event in
14 conformance with the provisions of this Act.
15 "Qualified organization":
16 (a) a charitable, religious, fraternal, veterans,
17 labor or educational organization or institution
18 organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no
19 personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the
20 operation and which is exempt from federal income
21 taxation under Sections 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5),
22 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19) of the Internal
23 Revenue Code;
24 (b) a veterans organization as defined in Section 1
25 of the "Bingo License and Tax Act", approved July 22,
26 1971, as amended, organized and conducted on a
27 not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to
28 anyone as a result of the operation; or
29 (c) An auxiliary organization of a veterans
30 organization.
31 "Fraternal organization": A civic, service or charitable
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1 organization in this State except a college or high school
2 fraternity or sorority, not for pecuniary profit, which is a
3 branch, lodge or chapter of a national or State organization
4 and exists for the common business, brotherhood, or other
5 interest of its members.
6 "Veterans organization": An organization comprised of
7 members of which substantially all are individuals who are
8 veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the
9 primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its
10 members and to provide assistance to the general public in
11 such a way as to confer a public benefit.
12 "Labor organization": An organization composed of labor
13 unions or workers organized with the objective of betterment
14 of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the
15 development of a higher degree of efficiency in their
16 respective occupations.
17 "Department": The Department of Revenue.
18 "Volunteer": A person recruited by the sponsoring
19 organization who voluntarily performs services at a
20 charitable games event, including participation in the
21 management or operation of a game, as defined in Section 8.
22 "Person": Any natural individual, a corporation, a
23 partnership, a limited liability company, an organization as
24 defined in this Section, a qualified organization, a
25 sponsoring organization, any other licensee under this Act,
26 or a volunteer.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-758; 88-669, eff. 11-29-94.)