SB 2325 — RAFFLE/POKER RUN-FIRE AGENCY

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Antonio Muñoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 15/2 from Ch.

85, par.

2302 ILCS 15/10 new Amends the Raffles and Poker Runs Act.

Authorizes fire protection agencies and statewide associations that represent fire protection agencies to organize raffles.

Provides that raffles organized by a fire protection agency or statewide association that represents fire protection agencies must only be licensed by the governing body of the county or municipality in which the key location for that raffle is located, even if raffle tickets are sold beyond the borders of that governing body of the county or municipality.

Provides that raffles organized by a fire protection agency or a statewide association that represents fire protection agencies must abide by any restrictions established by the governing body of the county or municipality in which the key location is located.

LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b A BILL FOR SB2325 LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b AN ACT concerning gaming.

The licensing system shall provide for limitations SB2325 Engrossed - 2 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b upon (1) the aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle, if any, (2) the maximum retail value of each prize awarded by a licensee in a single raffle, if any, (3) the maximum price which may be charged for each raffle chance issued or sold, if any, and (4) the maximum number of days during which chances may be issued or sold, if any.

SB2325 Engrossed - 3 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b (a-5) The governing body of Cook County may and any other county within this State shall establish a system for the licensing of organizations to operate poker runs.

(b) Raffle licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, veterans', or other bona fide not-for-profit organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of 5 years immediately before making application for a raffle license and which have during that entire 5-year period been engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non-profit fundraising organization that the licensing authority determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing SB2325 Engrossed - 4 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster, or to any law enforcement agencies and associations that represent law enforcement officials, or to fire protection agencies and statewide associations that represent fire protection agencies as provided for in Section 10.

A licensing authority may waive the 5-year requirement under this subsection (b) for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans' organization that applies for a license to conduct a raffle or a poker run if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or State organization that meets the 5-year SB2325 Engrossed - 5 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b requirement.

An organization SB2325 Engrossed - 6 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b composed of workers organized with the objective of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.

"Key location" means the location where the raffle SB2325 Engrossed - 7 - LRB101 15185 SMS 64341 b organized by a fire protection agency is conducted and the prize or prizes are awarded.