Illinois Compiled Statutes 230 ILCS 30 — Charitable Games Act.

This Act shall be known as the "Charitable Games Act"

This Act shall be known as the "Charitable Games Act". (Source: P.A. 84-1303.)

Legislative findings and intent

Legislative findings and intent. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) not-for-profit charitable organizations provide important and necessary services to the people of the State of Illinois with respect to educational and social services; and (2) there is a need to provide methods of fund raising to such not-for-pr…

Definitions

Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply: "Charitable games" means the 14 games of chance involving cards, dice, wheels, random selection of numbers, and gambling tickets which may be conducted at charitable games events listed as follows: roulette, blackjack, poker, pull tabs, craps, bang…

The Department of Revenue shall, upon application therefor on forms prescribed by the Department, and upon the payment of a nonrefundable fee of $400 due upon application and each renewal, and upon a determination by the Department that the applicant meets all of the qualifications specified in this Act, issue a charit…

Licensing Restrictions

Licensing Restrictions. Licensing for the conducting of charitable games is subject to the following restrictions: (1) The license application, when submitted to the Department of Revenue, must contain a sworn statement attesting to the not-for-profit character of the prospective licensee organization, signed by a pers…

Providers' License

Providers' License. The Department shall issue a providers' license permitting a person, firm or corporation to provide premises for the conduct of charitable games. No person, firm or corporation may rent or otherwise provide premises without having first obtained a license. Applications for providers' licenses shall…

If a licensee conducts charitable games on its own premises, the licensee may also obtain a providers' license in accordance with Section 5 to allow the licensee to rent or otherwise provide its premises to another licensee for the conducting of an additional 4 charitable games events. The maximum number of charitable…

Supplier's license

Supplier's license. The Department shall issue a supplier's license permitting a person, firm, or corporation to sell, lease, lend or distribute to any organization licensed to conduct charitable games, supplies, devices, and other equipment designed for use in the playing of charitable games. No person, firm, or corpo…

Ineligible persons

Ineligible persons. The following are ineligible for any license under this Act: (a) any person convicted of any felony within the last 5 years where such conviction will impair the person's ability to engage in the position for which a license is sought; (b) any person convicted of a violation of Article 28 of the Cri…

Applicant convictions

Applicant convictions. (a) The Department, upon a finding that an applicant for a license was convicted of a felony within the previous 5 years or of a violation of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or Criminal Code of 2012, shall consider any evidence of rehabilitation and mitigating factors contained in the app…

The conducting of charitable games is subject to the following restrictions: (1) The entire net proceeds from charitable games must be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct that game. (2) No person except a bona fide member or employee of the sponsoring organization, or a v…

Compulsive gambling

Compulsive gambling. (a) Each organization conducting charitable games shall post signs with a statement regarding obtaining assistance with gambling problems, the text of which shall be determined by rule by the Department of Human Services, at all entrances and exits at the premises at which charitable games are cond…

Payments; returns

Payments; returns. There shall be paid to the Department of Revenue, 5% of the net proceeds of charitable games conducted under the provisions of this Act. Such payments shall be made within 30 days after the completion of the games. Accompanying each payment shall be a return, on forms prescribed by the Department of…

Each licensee must keep a complete record of charitable games conducted within the previous 3 years

Each licensee must keep a complete record of charitable games conducted within the previous 3 years. Such record shall be open to inspection by any employee of the Department of Revenue during reasonable business hours. The Department may require that any person, organization or corporation licensed under this Act obta…

Penalties

Penalties. (1) Any person who conducts or knowingly participates in an unlicensed charitable game commits the offense of gambling in violation of Section 28-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Any person who violates any provision of this Act, or any person who fails to file a charitable games return or who files a fraudul…

The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Revenue under this Act, except that (1) paragraph (b) of Section 5-10 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to final orders, decisions and opinions of the Department, (2) subparagr…

(a) There is hereby created the Illinois Gaming Law Enforcement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury

(a) There is hereby created the Illinois Gaming Law Enforcement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury. (b) The General Assembly shall appropriate two-thirds of the monies in such fund to the Department of Revenue, Illinois State Police and the Office of the Attorney General for State law enforcement purposes. The…

Severability

Severability. If any clause, sentence, Section, provision, or part of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or its application to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected…

Any law enforcement agency that takes action relating to the operation of a charitable game shall notify the Department of Revenue and specify the extent of the action taken and the reasons for such action. (Source: P.A. 84-1303.)