Illinois Administrative Code

Section 1322.20 Fines and Penalties Recorded All fines and other penalties imposed by the judges or starter on any person or horse on the grounds of a track shall be recorded in the judges' book. Written or printed notice thereof shall be delivered to the person penalized; notice…

Section 1322.30 Definition of Suspension Whenever the penalty of suspension is prescribed in these rules, it shall be construed to mean an unconditional exclusion and disqualification from the time of receipt of written notice of suspension from privileges and uses of the course …

Section 1322.40 No Right to Compete No horse shall have the right to compete while owned or controlled wholly or in part by a suspended, expelled, disqualified or excluded person. An entry made by or for a person or of a horse suspended, expelled or disqualified, shall be held li…

Section 1322.50 Fraudulent Transfer The fraudulent transfer of a horse by any person or persons under suspension in order to circumvent said suspension, shall constitute a violation.

Section 1322.60 Track Enforcement of Penalties Any track wilfully allowing a suspended, disqualified or excluded person to drive in a race, or a suspended or disqualified horse to start in a race or a performance against time, after notice, shall be, together with its officers, s…

Section 1322.70 Use of Track Grounds Any track wilfully allowing the use of its grounds by an expelled or unconditionally suspended person or horse shall be, together with its officers, subject to a fine not exceeding $500 for each offense or suspension of license.

Section 1322.80 Exclusion Whenever a person is excluded from a pari-mutuel track by the track, this Board and the United States Trotting Association shall be notified.

Section 1322.90 Track Officers An expelled, suspended, disqualified or excluded person cannot act as an officer of a track. A track shall not, after notice from the Board, employ or retain in its employ an expelled, suspended, disqualified or excluded person. Any track found viol…

Section 1323.10 Protests Protests may be made only by an owner, manager, trainer or driver of one of the contending horses, at any time before the winnings are paid over, and shall be reduced to writing and sworn to, and shall contain at least one specific charge which, if true, …

Section 1323.100 Suspension of Judge Any judge may be suspended for refusal to accept a protest or appeal or for refusing to act as witness for a person seeking to swear to a protest or appeal.

Section 1323.20 Testify Under Oath The judges shall in every case of protest demand that the driver and the owner or owners, if present, shall immediately testify under oath. In case of their refusal to do so, the horse shall not be allowed to start or continue in the race, but s…

Section 1323.30 Race Under Protest Unless the stewards find satisfactory evidence to warrant excluding the horse, they shall allow it to start or continue in the race under protest and the purse, if any is won by that horse, shall be held by order of the Stewards to allow the par…

Section 1323.40 Frivolous Claim Any person found guilty of protesting a horse falsely and without cause or merely with intent to embarrass a race, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 or by suspension or expulsion.

Section 1323.60 Change in Penalties The Board may vacate, modify or increase any penalty imposed by the judges. In the event an appellant fails to appear at the hearing on his appeal without good cause, he may be fined not to exceed $100 or a suspension not to exceed 30 days to b…

Section 1323.70 Distribution of Pools Nothing herein contained shall affect the distribution of the pari-mutuel pools when such distribution is made upon the official placing at the conclusion of the heat or race.

Section 1323.90 Purse Held In case of an appeal or protest, the purse money affected will be ordered held pending the decision of the appeal or protest. (Source: Amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 1498, February 13, 1981, effective February 2, 1981)

Section 1325.10 Stable Enclosures Fenced All stable enclosures must be properly fenced and all race track operators shall control entries and departures to said area. A watchman shall grant entry only to those persons properly identified. A record shall be kept of all visitors la…

Section 1325.100 Board Approval of Tickets and Credentials (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 48 Ill. Reg. 18275, effective December 12, 2024)

Section 1325.110 Credential and Ticket Specimens a) The operator shall require each printer or other supplier to file with the Board certified copies of all manifests, showing serial number and the various types of admission tickets and credentials, including tax exempt and taxab…

Section 1325.120 Tax Exempt Credentials a) The racing secretary shall issue tax exempt credentials of admissions only to those persons showing a current license or receipt therefore, and such others as may be authorized by the secretary of the Board. b) Designated employees and o…

Section 1325.130 Tax Exempt Credentials Report (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 14 Ill. Reg. 17665, effective October 16, 1990)

Section 1325.140 Track Responsible for Credentials a) The operator and his duly appointed issuing agents and/or employees issuing tax exempt credentials in behalf of the Board shall be held accountable for all tax exempt tickets and credentials received, issued, voided and on han…

Section 1325.150 Board Access to Records a) Representatives of the Board shall have access to all payrolls and other supporting evidence to verify the eligibility of all holders of tax exempt tickets and/or credentials. b) The operator shall be subject to the payment of 40 cents …

Section 1325.160 Turnstiles and Electronic Scanning Devices All gates for the admission of patrons shall have turnstiles equipped with meters or electronic scanning devices, and the turnstiles or electronic scanning devices must be numbered consecutively or have other means of in…

Section 1325.170 Admission to Track a) No person shall be admitted to any race track after the admission gates have been manned and until the sixth race is run, except by tax exempt ticket or credentials or the payment of 40 cents state tax. b) The operator must employ methods an…

Section 1325.180 Revocation of Credentials a) It shall be the duty of each operator to revoke and take up all tax exempt tickets and/or credentials immediately of all employees who have been terminated or leave employment and all others whose admission credentials have been revok…

Section 1325.190 Inspections and Searches (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 32 Ill. Reg. 16498, effective October 1, 2008)

Section 1325.20 Report of Arrival and Departure of Horses a) All horses arriving or leaving a race meeting must be registered with a gateman. Upon entering, a horse's health certificate must be turned in at the gate. b) The departure slip must be signed by the racing secretary be…

Section 1325.200 Investigative Authority The Chief Investigator of the Illinois Racing Board and Special Agents of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation, or other designees of the Department of Law Enforcement assigned to assist the Chief Investigator, shall have the authority to …

Section 1325.30 Stable Area Security a) Each race track operator shall furnish gatemen and night watchmen for all stable enclosures. The operator shall furnish to the state steward a complete tabulation showing name, duty, place stationed, and portions of enclosures supervised by…

Section 1325.40 Policing of Premises The race track operator shall provide a sufficient number of guards and also watchmen to maintain order on all parts of the racing enclosure. No tipsters shall be allowed on any part of the licensed premises. No groom or stable attendant shall…

Section 1325.50 Admission to Parts of Premises a) Only the following listed persons shall be entitled to enter the stable area of a race track operator: members, officers and employees of the Board who must show their identification cards; management and employees performing duti…

Section 1325.60 Identification Cards and Badges (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 37 Ill. Reg. 20406, effective December 16, 2013)

Section 1325.70 Admission Statements Each race track operator must prepare weekly an itemized, certified admission statement showing: a) A summary, showing number of fully paid admissions, complimentary admissions, and tax free admission for officials, corporation officers, press…

Section 1325.80 Admissions Tax a) The race track operator shall pay to the Board at such time or times as the Board shall prescribe, the sum of 15 cents for each person entering the grounds or enclosure of the race track operator upon a ticket of admission. If tickets are issued …

Section 1325.90 Admissions Records a) The race track operator shall keep accurate books and records showing total attendance, admissions, both paid and complimentary, the number of taxable and tax free admissions and the gross receipts from admissions for each racing day of a mee…

Section 1402.10 Definition Whenever the word "steward" or "stewards" is used, it means steward or stewards of the meeting or their duly appointed deputies.

Section 1402.100 Control Of and Access To Grounds The stewards shall have control over and free access to all stands, weighing rooms, enclosures, and other places in use for the purpose of racing.

Section 1402.110 Exclusion The stewards shall exclude from all places under their control, persons who are warned or ruled off. They may also exclude any person declared guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent turf practices by turf authorities of any country, or stewards of any reco…

Section 1402.120 Persons Under Suspension No one under suspension by the Board or the stewards shall be allowed on the grounds of any operator unless authorized to be there by the Board or the stewards. (Source: Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 19309, effective October 25, 1993)

Section 1402.130 Steward's Deputy Each steward may appoint a deputy to act for him at any time. If only one steward is present, he shall, if necessary, appoint one or more persons to act with him. If none of the stewards is present, the racing secretary shall designate at least t…

Section 1402.140 May Fill Vacancies a) When vacancies occur among the officials, other than the stewards, and the operator has not notified the stewards prior to the time fixed for the first race of the day that it has been filled, the stewards shall fill such vacancy immediately…

Section 1402.150 Starting Time During each racing day, the stewards shall assemble at the official building on the grounds of the operator where the race meeting is being held not later than three hours prior to post time for the first race to exercise the authority and perform t…

Section 1402.160 Seek Proof of Qualification The stewards have power to call for proof that a horse is neither disqualified in any respect, nor nominated by, nor the property, wholly or in part, of a disqualified person, and in default of such proof being given to their satisfact…

Section 1402.165 Stewards List The stewards shall maintain a list of such disqualified horses and other horses that, in the opinion of the stewards, are not competitive at that meeting or are dangerous to themselves, riders, or other horses. Horses on said list may not enter unti…

Section 1402.170 Examination of Horse The stewards shall have power at any time to order an examination, by such person or persons as they think fit, of any horse entered for a race, or which has run in a race.

Section 1402.180 Minute Book Action by the stewards in performing their duties shall be reported to the Board. Where one steward disagrees with the majority, that fact shall be noted in the report and the dissenting steward shall have the right to file with the Board a written re…

Section 1402.190 Reports The stewards shall, as soon as possible and not later than seven days after the end of each meeting, make a report in writing, to the Board of all infractions of the Rules and Regulations, and all rulings of the stewards upon matters coming before them du…

Section 1402.20 Number of a) There shall be three stewards to supervise each race meeting, two of whom shall be appointed by the Illinois Racing Board and shall be designated as state stewards. b) No more than three persons, including the state stewards, shall be appointed or ser…

Section 1402.200 Paddock Judge One of the stewards or one of their appointed representatives shall be in the paddock 20 minutes before each race and until the horses go to the post.