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| AN ACT concerning 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 6-28 as follows:
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| (235 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 43, par. 144d)
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| Sec. 6-28. Happy hours prohibited. (a) All retail licensees |
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| shall
maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks |
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| of alcoholic
liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed |
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| premises or in any room or
part thereof. Whenever a hotel or |
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| multi-use establishment which holds a
valid retailer's license |
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| operates on its premises more than one
establishment at which |
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| drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the
hotel or |
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| multi-use establishment shall maintain at each such |
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| establishment
a separate schedule of the prices charged for |
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| such drinks at that
establishment.
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| (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such |
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| licensee shall:
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| (1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one |
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| time to one person
for consumption by that one person, |
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| except conducting product sampling
pursuant to Section |
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| 6-31 or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or
carafe;
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| (2) sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an |
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| unlimited number of
drinks of alcoholic liquor during any |
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| set period of time for a fixed price,
except at private |
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| functions not open to the general public;
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| (3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic |
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| liquor to any
person on any one date at a reduced price |
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| other than that charged other
purchasers of drinks on that |
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| day where such reduced price is a promotion to
encourage |
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| consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in
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| paragraph (7) of subsection (c);
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| (4) increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained |
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| in a drink, or the
size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, |
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| without increasing proportionately
the price regularly |
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| charged for the drink on that day;
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| (5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any |
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| game or contest
which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or |
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| the
awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for |
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| such game or contest
on the licensed premises; or
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| (6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off |
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| the licensed
premises, any of the practices prohibited |
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| under paragraphs (1) through (5).
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| (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to |
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| prohibit a
licensee from:
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| (1) offering free food or entertainment at any time;
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| (2) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a |
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| meal package;
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| (3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a |
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| hotel package;
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| (4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a |
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| contract between
a hotel or multi-use establishment and |
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| another group for the holding of any
function, meeting, |
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| convention or trade show;
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| (5) providing room service to persons renting rooms at |
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| a hotel;
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| (6) selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including but |
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| not limited to
buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic |
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| liquor which are
customarily sold in such manner, or |
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| selling bottles of spirits, and delivered to 2 or more |
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| persons at one time;
or
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| (7) increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor in |
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| lieu of, in whole
or in part, a cover charge to offset the |
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| cost of special entertainment not
regularly scheduled.
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| (d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension |
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| or
revocation of the retailer's license as provided by
this |
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| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-432, eff. 1-1-98.)
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