Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2898 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2898 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes a provision providing that if the determination is made that a standardbred stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning standardbred horses. Effective immediately. LRB103 37198 CES 67317 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2898 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes a provision providing that if the determination is made that a standardbred stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning standardbred horses. Effective immediately. LRB103 37198 CES 67317 b LRB103 37198 CES 67317 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2898 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1
4	4	230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1
5	5	Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes a provision providing that if the determination is made that a standardbred stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning standardbred horses. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning gaming.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 33.1 as follows:
16	16	6 (230 ILCS 5/33.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1)
17	17	7 Sec. 33.1. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall be
18	18	8 responsible for investigating and determining the eligibility
19	19	9 of mares and Illinois conceived and foaled horses and Illinois
20	20	10 foaled horses to participate in Illinois conceived and foaled
21	21	11 and Illinois foaled races. The Department of Agriculture shall
22	22	12 also qualify stallions to participate in the Illinois
23	23	13 Standardbred and Thoroughbred programs.
24	24	14 (b) The Director of the Department of Agriculture or his
25	25	15 authorized agent is authorized to conduct hearings, administer
26	26	16 oaths, and issue subpoenas to carry out his responsibilities
27	27	17 concerning the Illinois Standardbred and Thoroughbred programs
28	28	18 as set forth in Sections 30 and 31.
29	29	19 (c) The Director of the Department of Agriculture or his
30	30	20 authorized agent shall, after a hearing, affirm or deny the
31	31	21 qualification of a stallion for the Illinois Standardbred or
32	32	22 Thoroughbred program. The decision of the Director of the
33	33	23 Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall be
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2898 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1 230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1
39	39	230 ILCS 5/33.1 from Ch. 8, par. 37-33.1
40	40	Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Removes a provision providing that if the determination is made that a standardbred stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered under the Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning standardbred horses. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review
69	69	2 Law. The term "administrative decision" shall have the meaning
70	70	3 ascribed to it in Section 3-101 of the Administrative Review
71	71	4 Law.
72	72	5 (d) If the determination is made that a standardbred
73	73	6 stallion is not owned by a resident of the State of Illinois or
74	74	7 that a transfer of ownership is a subterfuge to qualify a
75	75	8 standardbred stallion under the Act, or that a standardbred
76	76	9 stallion owner, manager, or person associated with him or her
77	77	10 has knowingly participated in the arrangements for
78	78	11 transporting semen from a standardbred stallion registered
79	79	12 under this Act out-of-state, the Director of the Department of
80	80	13 Agriculture or his authorized agent shall immediately publish
81	81	14 notice of such fact in publications devoted to news concerning
82	82	15 standardbred horses, announcing the disqualification of such
83	83	16 stallion or his foals. From January 1, 2018 until January 1,
84	84	17 2022, the Director of Agriculture or his or her authorized
85	85	18 agent shall not publish notice announcing the disqualification
86	86	19 of such stallion or his foals on the basis that a stallion
87	87	20 owner, manager, or person associated with him or her has
88	88	21 knowingly participated in the arrangements for transporting
89	89	22 semen from a standardbred stallion registered under this Act
90	90	23 out of State. If any person owning any stallion, mare, or foal
91	91	24 is found by the Director of the Department of Agriculture or
92	92	25 his authorized agent to have willfully violated any provision
93	93	26 of this Act or to have made any false statements concerning
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104	104	1 such person's stallion, mare, or foal, then no animal owned by
105	105	2 such person is eligible to participate in any events conducted
106	106	3 pursuant to Sections 30 and 31.
107	107	4 (e) Any person who is served with a subpoena, issued by the
108	108	5 Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized
109	109	6 agent, to appear and testify or to produce documents and who
110	110	7 refuses or neglects to testify or produce documents relevant
111	111	8 to the investigation, as directed in the subpoenas, may be
112	112	9 punished as provided in this Section.
113	113	10 (f) Any circuit court of this State, upon petition by the
114	114	11 Director of the Department of Agriculture or his authorized
115	115	12 agent, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production
116	116	13 of documents and giving the testimony required by this Section
117	117	14 in the same manner as the production of evidence may be
118	118	15 compelled in any other judicial proceeding before such court.
119	119	16 Any person who willfully swears or affirms falsely in any
120	120	17 proceeding conducted pursuant to this Section is guilty of
121	121	18 perjury.
122	122	19 (g) The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel in the
123	123	20 course of any investigation shall be the same as the fees of
124	124	21 witnesses before the circuit courts of this State.
125	125	22 (h) The Department shall have authority to promulgate
126	126	23 rules and regulations for the enforcement of Sections 30, 31
127	127	24 and 33.1 of this Act. Conditions and purses shall not be
128	128	25 subject to Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative
129	129	26 Procedure Act but shall be set and published from time to time.
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