Sen. Heather Steans

Filed: 4/10/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2472

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2472 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5 changing Section 6-35 as follows:
 
6     (235 ILCS 5/6-35)
7     (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
8 delayed effective date)
9     Sec. 6-35. Alcopops Alcopop advertising.
10     (a) For purposes of this Section, "alcopop" means a
11 flavored alcoholic beverage or flavored malt beverage that
12 includes (i) a malt beverage containing a malt base or beer and
13 added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit
14 juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives where
15 such blending material constitutes .5% or more of the alcohol
16 by volume contained in the finished beverage; (ii) a beverage

 

 

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1 containing wine and more than 15% added natural or artificial
2 blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings,
3 or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling),
4 colorings, or preservatives; or (iii) a beverage containing
5 distilled alcohol and added natural or artificial blending
6 material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings,
7 colorings, or preservatives; or (iv) an alcoholic malt
8 beverage, sometimes referred to as an alcoholic energy drink,
9 containing other stimulants, including, but not limited to,
10 caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng.
11     (b) No entity may advertise, promote, or market any alcopop
12 beverages toward children. Advertise, promote, or market
13 includes, but is not limited to the following:
14         (1) the use of cartoons and youth-orientated photos in
15     advertising, promotion, packaging, or labeling of alcohol
16     products;
17         (2) sponsorships of athletic events where the intended
18     audience is primarily children;
19         (3) billboards advertising alcopops placed within 500
20     feet of schools, public parks, amusement parks, and places
21     of worship; and
22         (4) the display of any alcopop beverage in any
23     videogame, theater production, or other live performances
24     where the intended audience is primarily children.
25     (c) No entity shall sell for consumption, alcoholic malt
26 beverages containing other stimulants, including, but not

 

 

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1 limited to, caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng unless
2 individual containers of the beverage have imprinted on each
3 individual container the following:
4         (1) the words "alcoholic beverage" or "contains
5     alcohol"; and
6         (2) the alcohol content of the beverage.
7     (d) (c) Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a
8 business offense and shall be fined $500 for a first offense
9 and $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
10     (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to be
11 inconsistent with any other provision of this Section or any
12 other State or federal laws, rules, or regulations regarding
13 the labeling of alcoholic beverages.
14 (Source: P.A. 95-618, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
16 1, 2009.".