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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 6-35 as follows:
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| (235 ILCS 5/6-35) |
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| (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a |
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| delayed effective date) |
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| Sec. 6-35. Alcopops Alcopop advertising. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "alcopop" means a |
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| flavored alcoholic beverage or flavored malt beverage that |
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| includes (i) a malt beverage containing a malt base or beer and |
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| added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit |
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| juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives where |
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| such blending material constitutes .5% or more of the alcohol |
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| by volume contained in the finished beverage; (ii) a beverage |
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| containing wine and more than 15% added natural or artificial |
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| blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, |
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| or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), |
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| colorings, or preservatives; or (iii) a beverage containing |
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| distilled alcohol and added natural or artificial blending |
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| material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, |
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| colorings, or preservatives; or (iv) an alcohol malt beverage |
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| containing caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng, where the |
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| beverage constitutes 0.5% or more of alcohol by volume. |
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| (b) No entity may advertise, promote, or market any alcopop |
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| beverages toward children. Advertise, promote, or market |
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| includes, but is not limited to the following: |
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| (1) the use of cartoons and youth-orientated photos in |
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| advertising, promotion, packaging, or labeling of alcohol |
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| products; |
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| (2) sponsorships of athletic events where the intended |
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| audience is primarily children; |
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| (3) billboards advertising alcopops, as defined in |
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| items (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a) of this |
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| Section, placed within 500 feet of schools, public parks, |
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| amusement parks, and places of worship; and |
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| (4) the display of any alcopop beverage in any |
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| videogame, theater production, or other live performances |
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| where the intended audience is primarily children. |
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| (c) No entity shall sell for consumption an alcohol malt |
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| beverage containing caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng, |
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| where the beverage constitutes 0.5% or more of alcohol by |
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| volume, unless individual containers of the beverage have |
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| imprinted on each individual container the following: |
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| (1) the words "contains alcohol"; and |
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| (2) the alcohol content of the beverage. |
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| (d) (c) Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a |
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| business offense and shall be fined $500 for a first offense |
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| and $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
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| (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to be |
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| inconsistent with any other provision of this Section or any |
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| other State or federal laws, rules, or regulations regarding |
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| the labeling of alcoholic beverages. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-618, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2009.
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