Bill Text: IL HB1804 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Bingo License and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the issuance of bingo licenses by the Department of Revenue.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1804 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1804-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Bingo License and Tax Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (230 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1101)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. The
The Department of Revenue shall, upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | application therefor on
forms prescribed by the Department, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | and upon the payment of a nonrefundable
annual fee
of $200, and
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| 10 | upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | meets
all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | bingo license for
the conducting of bingo to any of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | following: any bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
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| 14 | fraternal, youth athletic, senior citizen, educational or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | veterans'
organization organized in Illinois which operates | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | without profit to its
members, which has been in existence in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Illinois continuously for a period
of 5 years immediately | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | before making application for a license and which
has had | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | during that entire 5 year period a bona fide membership | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | engaged in
carrying out its objects. However, the 5 year | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | requirement shall be
reduced to 2 years, as applied to a local | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | organization which is affiliated
with and chartered by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | national organization which meets the 5 year
requirement.
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| 1 | Each
license shall be
in effect for one year from its date | ||||||
| 2 | of issuance unless extended, suspended, or revoked
by | ||||||
| 3 | Department action before that date. The Department may provide | ||||||
| 4 | by rule for an extension of any bingo license issued under this | ||||||
| 5 | Act. Any extension provided shall not exceed one year. A | ||||||
| 6 | licensee may hold only one license to conduct bingo and that | ||||||
| 7 | license is valid for only one location. The Department may | ||||||
| 8 | authorize by rule the filing by electronic means of any | ||||||
| 9 | application, license, permit, return, or registration required | ||||||
| 10 | under this Act. All taxes and fees imposed by this Act, unless | ||||||
| 11 | otherwise specified, shall be paid into the General Revenue | ||||||
| 12 | Fund of the State Treasury.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
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