All applications for licenses to conduct race meetings for each calendar year shall be filed with the Board prior to November 1 of any year. The Board may receive applications at a subsequent date if unusual need can be proven to the Board's satisfaction.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 1407.13
Section 20 of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 8, par. 37-20) now requires applications for horse race meetings to be filed prior to September 1, instead of November 1.