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92_HB4565
LRB9212069LDtm
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 1.1 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 30/1.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1121.1)
7 Sec. 1.1. Legislative findings and intent. (a) The
8 General Assembly finds that:
9 (1) not-for-profit charitable organizations provide
10 important and necessary services to the people of the State
11 of Illinois with respect to educational and social services;
12 and
13 (2) there is a need to provide methods of fund raising
14 to those such not-for-profit organizations so as to enable
15 them to meet their stated charitable and social purposes.
16 (b) The General Assembly also finds that:
17 (1) uniform regulation for the conduct of standardized
18 games of chance is in the best interests of not-for-profit
19 organizations and the people of the State of Illinois; and
20 (2) authorization for those such not-for-profit
21 organizations to conduct charitable games as provided in this
22 Act is in the best interests of and will benefit the people
23 of the State of Illinois.
24 (c) It is the purpose and intent of this Act:
25 (1) to permit not-for-profit organizations to conduct
26 charitable games only in compliance with the provisions of
27 this Act; and
28 (2) to reaffirm that gambling in Illinois, for
29 non-charitable purposes, is not to be allowed.
30 (Source: P.A. 84-1303.)