103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2908 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 5/19.5 Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. LRB103 05041 AMQ 50055 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2908 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 5/19.5 230 ILCS 5/19.5 Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. LRB103 05041 AMQ 50055 b LRB103 05041 AMQ 50055 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2908 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made.
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1 AN ACT concerning gaming.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5 amended by changing Section 19.5 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 5/19.5)
7 Sec. 19.5. Standardbred racetrack in Cook County.
8 Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, in
9 addition to organization licenses issued by the Board on
10 December 17, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-689)
11 this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Board
12 shall issue an organization license limited to standardbred
13 racing to a racetrack located in one of the following
14 townships of Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland,
15 Rich, Thornton, or Worth. Before June 29, 2023, this This
16 additional organization license shall not be issued within a
17 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the
18 Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
19 General Assembly, unless the person having operating control
20 of such racetrack has given written consent to the
21 organization licensee applicant, which consent must be filed
22 with the Board at or prior to the time application is made. The
23 organization license application shall be submitted to the
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2908 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that before June 29, 2023, the additional organization license, issued by the Illinois Racing Board for standardbred racing to a racetrack located in specified townships of Cook County, shall not be issued within a 35-mile radius of another organization license issued by the Board, unless the person having operating control of such racetrack has given written consent to the organization licensee application, which consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the time application is made.
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1 Board and the Board may grant the organization license at any
2 meeting of the Board. The Board shall examine the application
3 within 21 days after receipt of the application with respect
4 to its conformity with this Act and the rules adopted by the
5 Board. If the application does not comply with this Act or the
6 rules adopted by the Board, the application may be rejected
7 and an organization license refused to the applicant, or the
8 Board may, within 21 days after receipt of the application,
9 advise the applicant of the deficiencies of the application
10 under the Act or the rules of the Board and require the
11 submittal of an amended application within a reasonable time
12 determined by the Board; upon submittal of the amended
13 application by the applicant, the Board may consider the
14 application consistent with the process described in
15 subsection (e-5) of Section 20. If the application is found to
16 be in compliance with this Act and the rules of the Board, the
17 Board shall then issue an organization license to the
18 applicant. Once the organization license is granted, the
19 licensee shall have all of the current and future rights of
20 existing Illinois racetracks, including, but not limited to,
21 the ability to obtain an inter-track wagering license, the
22 ability to obtain inter-track wagering location licenses, the
23 ability to obtain an organization gaming license pursuant to
24 the Illinois Gambling Act with 1,200 gaming positions, and the
25 ability to offer Internet wagering on horse racing.
26 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
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