93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5907


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Brandon W. Phelps
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		















235 ILCS 5/1-3.38 new





235 ILCS 5/5-3
  from Ch. 43, par. 118







    Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Reduces the fee for a retailer's license that is issued to a licensed veterans' organization from $500 to $175. Effective July 1, 2004.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB5907

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    AN ACT concerning alcoholic liquor.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended  by 
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changing Section 5-3 and adding Section 1-3.38 as follows:
 
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    (235 ILCS 5/1-3.38 new)

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    Sec. 1-3.38. Licensed veterans' organization. "Licensed 
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veterans' organization" means an organization comprised of 
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members of which substantially all are individuals who are 
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veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the 
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primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its 
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members and to provide assistance to the general public in such 
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a way as to confer a public benefit.
 



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    (235 ILCS 5/5-3)  (from Ch. 43, par. 118)



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    Sec. 5-3. License fees. Except as otherwise provided 
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herein, at the time
application is made to the State Commission 
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for a license of any class, the
applicant shall pay to the 
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State Commission the fee hereinafter provided for
the kind of 
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license applied for.

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    The fee for licenses issued by the State Commission shall 
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be as follows:

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    For a manufacturer's license:












































23    Class 1. Distiller ............................$3,600
24    Class 2. Rectifier ............................3,600
25    Class 3. Brewer ...............................900
26    Class 4. First-class Wine Manufacturer ........600
27    Class 5. Second-class
28        Wine Manufacturer .........................1,200
29    Class 6. First-class wine-maker ...............600
30    Class 7. Second-class wine-maker ..............1200
31    Class 8. Limited Wine Manufacturer.............120
 


 






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1    For a Brew Pub License ........................1,050
2    For a caterer retailer's license...............200
3    For a foreign importer's license ..............25
4    For an importing distributor's license ........25
5    For a distributor's license ...................270
6    For a non-resident dealer's license
7        (500,000 gallons or over) .................270
8    For a non-resident dealer's license
9        (under 500,000 gallons) ...................90
10    For a wine-maker's premises license ...........100
11    For a wine-maker's premises license,
12        second location ...........................350
13    For a wine-maker's premises license,
14        third location ............................350
15    For a retailer's license, other than a  


16        retailer's licensee that is issued to a 



17        licensed veterans' organization...........
500


18    For a retailer's license that is issued to a 




19        licensed veterans' organization ..........
175
20    For a special event retailer's license,
21        (not-for-profit) ..........................25
22    For a special use permit license,
23        one day only ..............................50
24        2 days or more ............................100
25    For a railroad license ........................60
26    For a boat license ............................180
27    For an airplane license, times the
28        licensee's maximum number of aircraft
29        in flight, serving liquor over the
30        State at any given time, which either
31        originate, terminate, or make
32        an intermediate stop in the State .........60
33    For a non-beverage user's license:
34        Class 1 ...................................24
35        Class 2 ...................................60
36        Class 3 ...................................120


 


 






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1        Class 4 ...................................240
2        Class 5 ...................................600
3    For a broker's license ........................600
4    For an auction liquor license .................50
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    Fees collected under this Section shall be paid into the

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Dram Shop Fund.  On and after July 1, 2003, of the funds 
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received for a
retailer's license, in
addition to the
first 
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$175, an additional $75 shall be paid into the Dram Shop Fund, 
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and $250
shall be
paid into the General Revenue Fund.  Beginning 
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June 30, 1990 and on June 30
of each
subsequent year through 
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June 29, 2003, any balance over $5,000,000
remaining in the 
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Dram Shop Fund
shall be credited to State liquor licensees and 
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applied against their fees for
State liquor licenses for the 
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following year.  The amount credited to each
licensee shall be a 
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proportion of the  balance in the Dram Fund that is the
same as 
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the proportion of the license fee paid by the licensee under

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this Section for the period in which the balance was 
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accumulated to the
aggregate fees paid by all licensees during 
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that period.

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    No fee shall be paid for licenses issued by the State 
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Commission to
the following non-beverage users:


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        (a) Hospitals, sanitariums, or clinics when their use 
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    of alcoholic
liquor is exclusively medicinal, mechanical 
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    or scientific.


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        (b) Universities, colleges of learning or schools when 
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    their use of
alcoholic liquor is exclusively medicinal, 
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    mechanical or scientific.


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        (c) Laboratories when their use is exclusively for the 
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    purpose of
scientific research.

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(Source: P.A. 92-378, eff.
8-16-01; 93-22, eff. 6-20-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2004.