Full Text of HB0701 95th General Assembly
HB0701 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0701
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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235 ILCS 5/6-28 |
from Ch. 43, par. 144d |
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934 if and only if Senate Bill 948 of the 94th General Assembly becomes law. In a provision involving a prohibition against happy hours, provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from selling bottles of spirits and delivered to 4 or more people at one time. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0701 |
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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. If and only if Senate Bill 948 of the 94th | 5 |
| General Assembly becomes law, the Liquor Control Act of 1934 is | 6 |
| amended by 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 | 9 |
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maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks | 10 |
| of alcoholic
liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed | 11 |
| premises or in any room or
part thereof. Whenever a hotel or | 12 |
| multi-use establishment which holds a
valid retailer's license | 13 |
| operates on its premises more than one
establishment at which | 14 |
| drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the
hotel or | 15 |
| multi-use establishment shall maintain at each such | 16 |
| establishment
a separate schedule of the prices charged for | 17 |
| such drinks at that
establishment.
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| (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such | 19 |
| licensee shall:
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| (1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one | 21 |
| time to one person
for consumption by that one person, | 22 |
| except conducting product sampling
pursuant to Section | 23 |
| 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 | 2 |
| unlimited number of
drinks of alcoholic liquor during any | 3 |
| set period of time for a fixed price,
except at private | 4 |
| functions not open to the general public;
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| (3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic | 6 |
| liquor to any
person on any one date at a reduced price | 7 |
| other than that charged other
purchasers of drinks on that | 8 |
| day where such reduced price is a promotion to
encourage | 9 |
| 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 | 12 |
| in a drink, or the
size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, | 13 |
| without increasing proportionately
the price regularly | 14 |
| charged for the drink on that day;
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| (5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any | 16 |
| game or contest
which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or | 17 |
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awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for | 18 |
| such game or contest
on the licensed premises; or
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| (6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off | 20 |
| the licensed
premises, any of the practices prohibited | 21 |
| under paragraphs (1) through (5).
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| (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to | 23 |
| 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 | 26 |
| meal package;
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| (3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 2 |
| hotel package;
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| (4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 4 |
| contract between
a hotel or multi-use establishment and | 5 |
| another group for the holding of any
function, meeting, | 6 |
| convention or trade show;
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| (5) providing room service to persons renting rooms at | 8 |
| a hotel;
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| (6) selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including but | 10 |
| not limited to
buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic | 11 |
| liquor which are
customarily sold in such manner , or | 12 |
| selling bottles of spirits, and delivered to 2 or more | 13 |
| persons at one time;
or
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| (7) increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor in | 15 |
| lieu of, in whole
or in part, a cover charge to offset the | 16 |
| cost of special entertainment not
regularly scheduled ; or
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| (8) selling bottles of spirits and delivered to 4 or | 18 |
| more persons at one time.
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| (d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension | 20 |
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revocation of the retailer's license as provided by
this | 21 |
| Act.
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| (Source: 94SB0948enr.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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