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235 ILCS 5/6-16.2
(235 ILCS 5/6-16.2)
Sec. 6-16.2. Prohibited entry to a licensed premises. A municipality or
county may prohibit a licensee or any officer, associate, member,
representative, agent, or employee of a licensee from permitting a person under
the age of 21 years to enter and remain in that portion of a licensed premises
that sells, gives, or delivers alcoholic liquor for consumption on the
premises. No prohibition under this Section, however, shall apply to any
licensed
premises, such as without limitation a restaurant or food shop, where
selling, giving, or delivering alcoholic liquor is not the principal business
of the licensee at those premises.
In those instances where a person under the age of 21 years is prohibited
from entering and remaining on the premises, proof that the defendant-licensee,
or his employee or agent, demanded, was shown, and reasonably relied upon
adequate written evidence for purposes of entering and remaining on the
licensed
premises is an affirmative defense in any criminal prosecution therefor or to
any proceedings for the suspension or revocation of any license based thereon.
It shall not, however, be an affirmative defense if the defendant-licensee, or
his agent or employee, accepted
the written evidence knowing it to be false or fraudulent.
Adequate written evidence of age and identity of the person is a document
issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or
agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's
license, a registration certificate issued under the Federal Selective Service
Act, or an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces.
If a false or
fraudulent Illinois driver's license or Illinois identification card is
presented by a person less than 21 years of age to a licensee or the licensee's
agent or employee for the purpose of obtaining entry and remaining on a
licensed premises, the law enforcement officer or agency investigating the
incident shall, upon the conviction of the person who presented the fraudulent
license or identification, make a report of the matter to the Secretary of
State on a form provided by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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