Bill Text: IL SB3144 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a licensed truck stop establishment may operate up to 10 (rather than 5) video gaming terminals on its premises at any time.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3144 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3144-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3144
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3144, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by replacing the introductory clause of Section 5 with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Sections 5, 25, and 58 as follows:
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7 | (230 ILCS 40/5)
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8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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9 | "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
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10 | "Credit" means one, 5, 10, or 25 cents either won or | ||||||
11 | purchased by a player.
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12 | "Distributor" means an individual, partnership, | ||||||
13 | corporation, or limited liability company licensed under
this | ||||||
14 | Act to buy, sell, lease, or distribute video gaming terminals | ||||||
15 | or major
components or parts of video gaming terminals to or | ||||||
16 | from terminal
operators.
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1 | "Electronic card" means a card purchased from a licensed | ||||||
2 | establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, licensed | ||||||
3 | veterans establishment, or licensed truck stop establishment | ||||||
4 | for use in that establishment as a substitute for cash in the | ||||||
5 | conduct of gaming on a video gaming terminal. | ||||||
6 | "Electronic voucher" means a voucher printed by an | ||||||
7 | electronic video game machine that is redeemable in the | ||||||
8 | licensed establishment for which it was issued. | ||||||
9 | "Terminal operator" means an individual, partnership, | ||||||
10 | corporation, or limited liability company that is
licensed | ||||||
11 | under this Act and that owns, services, and maintains video
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12 | gaming terminals for placement in licensed establishments, | ||||||
13 | licensed truck stop establishments, licensed fraternal
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14 | establishments, or licensed veterans establishments.
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15 | "Licensed technician" means an individual
who
is licensed | ||||||
16 | under this Act to repair,
service, and maintain
video gaming | ||||||
17 | terminals.
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18 | "Licensed terminal handler" means a person, including but | ||||||
19 | not limited to an employee or independent contractor working | ||||||
20 | for a manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or | ||||||
21 | terminal operator, who is licensed under this Act to possess or | ||||||
22 | control a video gaming terminal or to have access to the inner | ||||||
23 | workings of a video gaming terminal. A licensed terminal | ||||||
24 | handler does not include an individual, partnership, | ||||||
25 | corporation, or limited liability company defined as a | ||||||
26 | manufacturer, distributor, supplier, technician, or terminal |
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1 | operator under this Act. | ||||||
2 | "Manufacturer" means an individual, partnership, | ||||||
3 | corporation, or limited liability company that is
licensed | ||||||
4 | under this Act and that manufactures or assembles video gaming
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5 | terminals.
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6 | "Supplier" means an individual, partnership, corporation, | ||||||
7 | or limited liability company that is
licensed under this Act to | ||||||
8 | supply major components or parts to video gaming
terminals to | ||||||
9 | licensed
terminal operators.
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10 | "Net terminal income" means money put into a video gaming | ||||||
11 | terminal minus
credits paid out to players.
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12 | "Video gaming terminal" means any electronic video game | ||||||
13 | machine
that, upon insertion of cash, electronic cards or | ||||||
14 | vouchers , or any combination thereof, electronic voucher, or | ||||||
15 | any combination thereof, is available to play or simulate the | ||||||
16 | play of
a video game, including but not limited to video poker, | ||||||
17 | line up, and blackjack, as
authorized by the Board utilizing a | ||||||
18 | video display and microprocessors in
which the player may | ||||||
19 | receive free games or credits that can be
redeemed for cash. | ||||||
20 | The term does not include a machine that directly
dispenses | ||||||
21 | coins, cash, or tokens or is for amusement purposes only.
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22 | "Licensed establishment" means any licensed retail | ||||||
23 | establishment where
alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, | ||||||
24 | or otherwise served for consumption
on the premises, whether | ||||||
25 | the establishment operates on a nonprofit or for-profit basis. | ||||||
26 | Beginning 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory |
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1 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, the retail establishment must | ||||||
2 | have, at a minimum, 15% of total revenue annually from the sale | ||||||
3 | of alcoholic liquor. For the purposes of issuance of a license | ||||||
4 | or renewal of a license, the retail establishment must provide | ||||||
5 | gross receipts to the Board as proof that it meets this | ||||||
6 | requirement. "Licensed establishment" does not include an | ||||||
7 | establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic | ||||||
8 | liquor for consumption off the premises. "Licensed | ||||||
9 | establishment" includes any such establishment that has a | ||||||
10 | contractual relationship with an inter-track wagering location | ||||||
11 | licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, | ||||||
12 | provided any contractual relationship shall not include any | ||||||
13 | transfer or offer of revenue from the operation of video gaming | ||||||
14 | under this Act to any licensee licensed under the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provided, however, that the licensed | ||||||
16 | establishment that has such a contractual relationship with an | ||||||
17 | inter-track wagering location licensee may not, itself, be (i) | ||||||
18 | an inter-track wagering location licensee, (ii) the corporate | ||||||
19 | parent or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or (iii) the corporate | ||||||
21 | subsidiary of a corporation that is also the corporate parent | ||||||
22 | or subsidiary of any licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse | ||||||
23 | Racing Act of 1975. "Licensed establishment" does not include a | ||||||
24 | facility operated by an organization licensee, an inter-track | ||||||
25 | wagering licensee, or an inter-track wagering location | ||||||
26 | licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 |
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1 | or a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act, | ||||||
2 | except as provided in this paragraph. The changes made to this | ||||||
3 | definition by Public Act 98-587 this amendatory Act of the 98th | ||||||
4 | General Assembly are declarative of existing law.
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5 | "Licensed fraternal establishment" means the location | ||||||
6 | where a qualified
fraternal organization that derives its | ||||||
7 | charter from a national fraternal
organization regularly | ||||||
8 | meets.
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9 | "Licensed veterans establishment" means the location where | ||||||
10 | a qualified
veterans organization that derives its charter from | ||||||
11 | a national veterans
organization regularly meets.
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12 | "Licensed truck stop establishment" means a facility (i) | ||||||
13 | that is at least a
3-acre facility with a convenience store, | ||||||
14 | (ii) with separate diesel
islands for fueling commercial motor | ||||||
15 | vehicles, (iii) that sells at retail more than 10,000 gallons | ||||||
16 | of diesel or biodiesel fuel per month, and (iv) with parking | ||||||
17 | spaces for commercial
motor vehicles. "Commercial motor | ||||||
18 | vehicles" has the same meaning as defined in Section 18b-101 of | ||||||
19 | the Illinois Vehicle Code. The requirement of item (iii) of | ||||||
20 | this paragraph may be met by showing that estimated future | ||||||
21 | sales or past sales average at least 10,000 gallons per month.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-31, eff. 6-24-13; | ||||||
23 | 98-582, eff. 8-27-13; 98-587, eff. 8-27-13; revised | ||||||
24 | 9-19-13.)".
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