Illinois Administrative Code

Section 412.60 Income Accounts 301 Mutuel Commissions This account shall reflect the monies legally retainable by the licensee under the applicable statute, with the exception that such commissions are to be recorded net of those monies retained due to breaks. This account shall …

Section 412.70 Expense Accounts 401 Purses This account shall reflect the aggregate actual purse distributions payable pursuant to the Act during the period of the race meeting. Separate accounts shall be maintained hereunder to identify the amounts of monies used in the payment …

Section 415.10 Required Information Programs shall contain the following information: a) A statement that the race meeting is conducted pursuant to a license issued by the Board and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Board. b) The address and telephone number of the cen…

Section 415.20 Supply Information for Patrons (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 18 Ill. Reg. 17756, effective November 28, 1994)

Section 415.30 Thoroughbred Programs a) At all thoroughbred meetings, the program shall contain at least the following information for each horse: name, sex, color, and age or year foaled; sire and dam; owner's name and colors; trainer's name; post position and program number; jo…

Section 415.40 Harness Programs a) At all harness meetings, the program shall contain at least the following information for each horse: name, sex, color and age; sire and dam; owner's name and trainer's name; driver's name and colors. For each race, the purse and the conditions …

Section 415.50 Quarterhorse Programs a) At all quarterhorse meetings the program shall contain at least the following information for each horse: name, sex, color, and age or year foaled; sire and dam; owner's name and trainer's name; post position and program number; jockey's na…

Section 415.60 Availability of Programs Every licensee shall provide programs for each day of operation. In the event the supply of programs for any day of operation becomes depleted, the licensee shall provide photocopies, free of charge, to those patrons requesting programs. Fa…

Section 415.70 Distribution of Programs Each organization licensee shall provide electronic transmission of program information to all intertrack licensees and intertrack location licensees at least 24 hours before the scheduled post of the first race of its racing program. (Sour…

Section 420.10 Cleaning of Facilities Each sanitary facility, toilet, sink, and shower shall be thoroughly cleaned twice daily. All sanitary facilities shall be maintained in operable condition. Inoperable facilities shall be made operable within 48 hours. The schedule of cleanin…

Section 420.20 Equipment Requirements Sanitary facilities shall include shower curtains, mirrors, adequate lighting, and a continuous supply of toilet tissue.

Section 420.30 Cleaning and Inspection Requirements Tenants shall be instructed by the association to clean their rooms daily and to have them available for inspection upon demand by an appropriate official of the association, municipality, or a duly appointed representative of t…

Section 420.40 Separate Compartments for Toilets Each toilet (closet) shall occupy a separate compartment which shall be equipped with a door, a latch, and a clothes hanger.

Section 420.5 Compliance With Standards The tackrooms and sanitary facilities for backstretch personnel at every race track shall comply with the standards set forth in the Illinois Migrant Labor Camp Law and the revised rules and regulations of the Illinois Department of Public …

Section 420.50 Closing Devices for Toilet Doors The door to every toilet room shall be fitted with an effective self-closing device.

Section 420.60 Shower Compartments Shower compartments shall have walls constructed of smooth, noncorrosive, and nonabsorbent waterproof material to a height of not less than 6 feet above the floor.

Section 420.70 Records for Inspection Each association shall have at the stable gate and security office for inspection by proper authorities the following information: a) Total number of tackrooms per barn; b) Total number of persons of each sex per barn occupying such tackrooms…

Section 422.10 Racing Officials a) Each organization licensee shall submit to the Board for its approval or disapproval the names of all persons whom the licensee has selected as racing officials or employees whose duties relate to the actual running of the races. The list shall …

Section 422.100 Occupation License (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 42 Ill. Reg. 20115, effective November 1, 2018)

Section 422.110 Penalties For each violation of this Part 422, the Board shall impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 against individuals and up to $10,000 against organizations. When imposing penalties, the Board shall consider all factors in aggravation or mitigation of the off…

Section 422.20 Approval of New Officials (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 42 Ill. Reg. 20115, effective November 1, 2018)

Section 422.30 Standards for Approval and Disapproval of Officials (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 42 Ill. Reg. 20115, effective November 1, 2018)

Section 422.40 Recommendation of Board (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 42 Ill. Reg. 20115, effective November 1, 2018)

Section 422.50 Suspension and Removal of Officials The Board may suspend or remove a racing official. The Board's action in the suspension or removal of a racing official shall be based on the standards and guidelines set forth in Sections 37-15(c) and (d) of the Act for denial, …

Section 422.60 Conflict of Interest Provisions No person shall serve or act as a racing official of a race meeting if that person holds an occupation license at that same meeting as an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, blacksmith, veterinarian, or vender, except that the disqualifi…

Section 422.70 Emergency Approval If a racing official approved by the Board becomes incapacitated or is unable to perform his/her duties, the stewards shall approve an emergency appointment. Such approval shall be based on the standards set forth in Section 422.30 and shall be i…

Section 422.80 Physical Examination The Board may request any person whose name is proposed as a racing official to submit to a physical examination and to forward the results of said examination to the Board. The request will be made only where there is a reasonable basis for su…

Section 422.90 Officials Approved by the Stewards a) The organization licensee shall submit to the stewards for their approval or disapproval the names and complete license applications of all persons whom the organization licensee has selected as racing officials or employees wh…

Section 423.10 Dishonored Check A licensee who pays a license fee, fine or other claim to the Board with a check, cashier's check or money order that is returned unpaid or dishonored shall be suspended until the amount of the check, cashier's check or money order is paid in full.…

Section 423.20 Sale of Products a) No Board member, employee or appointee of the Board or racing official approved by the Board (see 11 Ill. Adm. Code 422) shall directly or indirectly, upon the grounds of any organization licensee, offer to sell, solicit sales for, or distribute…

Section 423.30 Political Contributions No organization licensee or concessionaire or officer, director or holder or controller of 5% or more legal or beneficial interest in any organization licensee or concession shall make any sort of gift or contribution of any kind or pay or g…

Section 425.10 Jockey Room and Driver Room Security The organization licensee shall station a security guard at the entrance and exit of all jockey rooms and drivers rooms one hour prior to the first race of each racing program continuously until ½ hour after the end of the final…

Section 425.150 Jockey Room and Driver Room Security (Renumbered) (Source: Section 425.150 renumbered to Section 425.10 at 41 Ill. Reg. 12853, effective October 1, 2017)

Section 425.20 Contracting Goals for Organization Licensee or Inter-Track Wagering Licensee a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: 1) "Act" means the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 [235 ILCS 5]. 2) "Contract" is an agreement for the provision of goods and services. 3) "…

Section 432.10 Criteria for Eligibility An application for an occupation license as an operator of a totalizator system shall: a) have a contract to provide a totalizator system with an organization, or inter-track wagering licensee; and b) either have operated a totalizator syst…

Section 432.20 License Application a) An application for a license to operate as a totalizator system licensee shall be made on forms furnished by the Board. b) One original and ten copies of the application shall be filed at the Board's central office at 100 W. Randolph St., #11…

Section 432.30 Time of Filing an Application a) Applications for an occupation license as a totalizator system licensee shall be filed 60 days prior to the opening of the first racing meet, or inter-track wagering meet, during a calendar year at an Illinois race track at which th…

Section 432.40 Application from Corporation A corporation applicant for a license as a totalizator system licensee shall disclose the names and business addresses of its directors, officers, and the owners of any legal or beneficial interest of five percent of more of the corpora…

Section 432.50 Grounds for Denial of an Application The Board may deny an application for an occupation license as a totalizator system licensee based on the rules contained in 11 Ill. Adm. Code 502.60 through 502.110. An applicant whose application for a license is denied may re…

Section 432.60 Change of Officers or Directors Within 15 days after election, appointment or resignation of an officer or director of a licensed totalizator system, the totalizator system licensee shall notify the Board in writing of the identity of each new or resigned officer o…

Section 432.70 License Deemed Personal Licenses to operate totalizator systems are deemed personal in nature and non-transferable, and will terminate upon a substantial change of ownership of the totalizator company unless the Board grants approval of the substantial change of ow…

Section 434.10 End of Meeting Report Within ten days after the close of each race meeting, the organization licensee shall: a) remove its outs liability account from the totalizator system computer and deliver to the Illinois Racing Board (Board) a report of its outstanding ticke…

Section 434.20 Removal of the Outs Account a) The organization licensee shall notify in writing the State Director of Mutuels at least three week days prior to the day and time that the outs liability account is to be removed from the totalizator system. b) The outs book shall in…

Section 434.30 Alternative Procedure a) An organization licensee may keep its outs liability account in the totalizator system computer if the totalizator system is operating at a racetrack where a race meeting is in progress. If an organization licensee elects to keep the outs l…

Section 434.40 Payments Pursuant to Section 26(c) of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, (Act), the organization licensee shall submit to the State Director of Mutuels, no later than January 10th of each year: a) The dollar amount of outstanding tickets which remain unpaid fro…

Section 434.5 Outstanding Tickets An outstanding pari-mutuel ticket shall be valid only until December 31 of the calendar year following its purchase. (Source: Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 17761, effective November 5, 1992)

Section 435.10 Definitions (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 19 Ill. Reg. 13914, effective October 1, 1995)

Section 435.100 Pari-Mutuel Wagering (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 19 Ill. Reg. 13914, effective October 1, 1995)

Section 435.110 Licensing of Employees a) All persons performing work or services at an inter-track wagering facility shall be licensed by the Board. All persons shall carry their photo identification badge on their person, within the facility, at all times. This Section does not…

Section 435.120 Concessionaire License No concessionaire shall operate at any inter-track wagering facility in Illinois without an occupational license issued by the Board. Licensing of concessionaires shall be governed, in all respects not specified herein, by the provisions of …