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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 10.8 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 1605/10.8 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10.8. Specialty retailers license. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) "Veterans service organization" means an organization | ||||||
| 9 | that: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) is formed by and for United States military | ||||||
| 11 | veterans; | ||||||
| 12 | (2) is chartered by the United States Congress and | ||||||
| 13 | incorporated in the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 14 | (3) maintains a state headquarters office in the State | ||||||
| 15 | of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 16 | (4) is not funded by the State of Illinois or by any | ||||||
| 17 | county in this State. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The Division shall establish a special classification | ||||||
| 19 | of retailer license to facilitate the year-round sale of the | ||||||
| 20 | instant scratch-off lottery game established by the General | ||||||
| 21 | Assembly in Section 21.6. The fees set forth in Section 10.2 do | ||||||
| 22 | not apply to a specialty retailer license. | ||||||
| 23 | The holder of a specialty retailer license (i) shall be a | ||||||
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| 1 | veterans service organization, (ii) may sell only specialty | ||||||
| 2 | lottery tickets established for the benefit of the Veterans | ||||||
| 3 | Assistance Fund in the State treasury, (iii) is required to | ||||||
| 4 | purchase those tickets up front at face value from the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Lottery, and (iv) must sell those tickets at face value. | ||||||
| 6 | Specialty retailers may obtain a refund from the Division for | ||||||
| 7 | any unsold specialty tickets that they have purchased for | ||||||
| 8 | resale, as set forth in the specialty retailer agreement. | ||||||
| 9 | Specialty retailers shall receive a sales commission equal | ||||||
| 10 | to 2% of the face value of specialty game tickets purchased | ||||||
| 11 | from the Department, less adjustments for unsold tickets | ||||||
| 12 | returned to the Illinois Lottery for credit. Specialty | ||||||
| 13 | retailers may not cash winning tickets, but are entitled to a | ||||||
| 14 | 1% bonus in connection with the sale of a winning specialty | ||||||
| 15 | game ticket having a price value of $1,000 or more.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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