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90_SB1317

      235 ILCS 5/7-1            from Ch. 43, par. 145
          Amends the Liquor  Control  Act  of  1934.   Removes  the
      provision  requiring  an  applicant for a retail license from
      the State Commission to include his or her  document  locator
      number  on his or her Federal Special Tax Stamp on his or her
      application.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Liquor  Control  Act  of  1934  by
 2    changing Section 7-1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended  by
 6    changing Section 7-1 as follows:
 7        (235 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 145)
 8        Sec.  7-1.   An  applicant  for a retail license from the
 9    State Commission shall submit  to  the  State  Commission  an
10    application in writing under oath stating:
11             (1)  The applicant's name and mailing address;
12             (2)  The   name   and  address  of  the  applicant's
13        business;
14             (3)  If applicable, the date of the  filing  of  the
15        "assumed name" of the business with the County Clerk;
16             (4)  In  case  of  a  copartnership, the date of the
17        formation of the partnership; in the case of an  Illinois
18        corporation,  the  date  of  its incorporation; or in the
19        case of a foreign corporation, the  State  where  it  was
20        incorporated and the date of its becoming qualified under
21        the Business Corporation Act of 1983 to transact business
22        in the State of Illinois;
23             (5)  The  number,  the date of issuance and the date
24        of expiration of the  applicant's  current  local  retail
25        liquor license;
26             (6)  The  name  of the city, village, or county that
27        issued the local retail liquor license;
28             (7)  The name and address of  the  landlord  if  the
29        premises are leased;
30             (8)  The date of the applicant's first request for a
31        State  liquor  license and whether it was granted, denied
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 1        or withdrawn;
 2             (9)  The address of the  applicant  when  the  first
 3        application for a State liquor license was made;
 4             (10)  The  applicant's  current State liquor license
 5        number;
 6             (11)  The date the applicant began liquor  sales  at
 7        his place of business;
 8             (12)  The address of the applicant's warehouse if he
 9        warehouses liquor;
10             (13)  The   applicant's  Retailer's  Occupation  Tax
11        (ROT) Registration Number;
12             (14)  (Blank);  The  applicant's  document   locater
13        number on his Federal Special Tax Stamp;
14             (15)  Whether  the  applicant  is  delinquent in the
15        payment of the Retailer's Occupational Tax  (Sales  Tax),
16        and if so, the reasons therefor;
17             (16)  Whether  the applicant is delinquent under the
18        cash beer law, and if so, the reasons therefor;
19             (17)  In the case  of  a  retailer,  whether  he  is
20        delinquent  under  the  30 day credit law, and if so, the
21        reasons therefor;
22             (18)  In the case of a distributor,  whether  he  is
23        delinquent  under  the  15 day credit law, and if so, the
24        reasons therefor;
25             (19)  Whether the applicant has made an  application
26        for  a  liquor  license which has been denied, and if so,
27        the reasons therefor;
28             (20)  Whether  the  applicant  has  ever   had   any
29        previous  liquor license suspended or revoked, and if so,
30        the reasons therefor;
31             (21)  Whether the applicant has ever been  convicted
32        of   a  gambling  offense  or  felony,  and  if  so,  the
33        particulars thereof;
34             (22)  Whether  the  applicant  possesses  a  current
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 1        Federal Wagering Stamp, and if so, the reasons therefor;
 2             (23)  Whether the applicant, or  any  other  person,
 3        directly  in  his place of business is a public official,
 4        and if so, the particulars thereof;
 5             (24)  The applicant's  name,  sex,  date  of  birth,
 6        social   security  number,  position  and  percentage  of
 7        ownership in the business; and the  name,  sex,  date  of
 8        birth, social security number, position and percentage of
 9        ownership  in  the business of every sole owner, partner,
10        corporate officer, director, manager and any  person  who
11        owns  5%  or more of the shares of the applicant business
12        entity or parent corporations of the  applicant  business
13        entity.
14             (25)  That  he has not received or borrowed money or
15        anything else of value, and that he will not  receive  or
16        borrow  money  or  anything  else  of  value  (other than
17        merchandising credit in the ordinary course  of  business
18        for  a  period  not to exceed 90 days as herein expressly
19        permitted  under  Section  6-5   hereof),   directly   or
20        indirectly,  from any manufacturer, importing distributor
21        or distributor or from any  representative  of  any  such
22        manufacturer,  importing  distributor or distributor, nor
23        be a party in any way, directly  or  indirectly,  to  any
24        violation  by  a  manufacturer,  distributor or importing
25        distributor of Section 6-6 of this Act.
26        In addition to any other requirement of this Section,  an
27    applicant  for  a  special  use  permit license and a special
28    event retailer's license shall also submit proof of  adequate
29    dram  shop  insurance  for  the  special event prior to being
30    issued a license.
31        In  addition   to   the   foregoing   information,   such
32    application  shall contain such other and further information
33    as the State Commission and the local commission may, by rule
34    or regulation not inconsistent with law, prescribe.
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 1        If the applicant reports a felony conviction as  required
 2    under  paragraph (21) of this Section, such conviction may be
 3    considered by the Commission  in  determining  qualifications
 4    for licensing, but shall not operate as a bar to licensing.
 5        If  said  application is made in behalf of a partnership,
 6    firm, association, club or corporation, then the  same  shall
 7    be  signed by one member of such partnership or the president
 8    or secretary of such corporation or an  authorized  agent  of
 9    said partnership or corporation.
10        All  other  applications  shall be on forms prescribed by
11    the State Commission, and which may exclude any of the  above
12    requirements   which   the   State  Commission  rules  to  be
13    inapplicable.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-91; 89-250, eff. 1-1-96.)

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