HB 5367

Abstract

Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment that is located within the designated amount of feet, as designated by the municipality in which the establishment is located, from a school or a place of worship (rather than 100 feet of a school or a place of worship) is ineligible to operate a video gaming terminal. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the municipal ordinance designating the amount of feet a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment must be from a school or a place of worship may not require a distance greater than 100 feet between an establishment and a school or place of worship. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may waive the requirement that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment not be located within 100 feet of a place of worship under the Religious Corporation Act if: (i) the establishment is not located within 100 feet of a school or, if the establishment is located within 100 feet of a school, the superintendent of the school district or the chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school has signed a letter of support for the waiver; (ii) the mayor or president of the municipality or, if within an unincorporated area of a county, the chairperson of the county board where the licensed establishment is located has signed a letter of support for the waiver; and (iii) the principal religious leader at the place of worship has not indicated his or her opposition to the waiver in writing. House Floor Amendment No. 4 In provisions allowing the Illinois Gaming Board to waive the requirement that specified establishments not be located within 100 feet of a place of worship if specified conditions are met, provides that the specified conditions must be met if applicable. Adds an immediate effective date.