Bill Text: IL HB5788 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that a licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate written evidence of the age and identity of a person before that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the sale of lottery tickets or shares. Provides that a violation of this requirement shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license under the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5788 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5788-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning the Lottery.
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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 Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
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7 | Sec. 15. Minimum age for purchase; criminal penalty; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | solicitation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ticket or
share. No person shall sell, distribute samples of, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or furnish a lottery
ticket or share to any minor under 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | years of age, buy a lottery ticket or
share for any minor under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase of
lottery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of age.
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15 | No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall be paid to
any of the following persons: any member of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Board or any officer or
other person employed by the Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or by the Department;
any spouse, child, brother, sister or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | parent residing as a member of the
same household in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
minor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | under 18 years of age.
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22 | Any
violation of this subsection (a) Section by a person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | other than the purchasing minor shall be
a Class B misdemeanor;
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1 | provided,
that if any violation of this subsection (a) Section | ||||||
2 | is a subsequent
violation, the
offender shall be guilty of a | ||||||
3 | Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, | ||||||
4 | a violation of this subsection (a) Section by a minor under 18 | ||||||
5 | years of age
shall be a petty offense.
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6 | (b) A licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate | ||||||
7 | written evidence of the age and identity of a person before | ||||||
8 | that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the | ||||||
9 | sale of lottery tickets or shares. A violation of this | ||||||
10 | subsection (b) shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of | ||||||
11 | a license under this Act. | ||||||
12 | For the purpose of this Section, "adequate written evidence | ||||||
13 | of the age and identity of the person" means a document issued | ||||||
14 | by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or | ||||||
15 | subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a | ||||||
16 | motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate | ||||||
17 | issued under the Federal Selective Service Act, or an | ||||||
18 | identification card issued to a member of the Armed Forces. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)
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