Bill Text: IL HB3604 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a vote to prohibit sales at retail of alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not more than 4% of alcohol by weight or alcoholic liquor containing more than 4% alcohol by weight in the original package and not for consumption on the premises) in a precinct in a city, village, or incorporated town of more than 200,000 inhabitants shall not apply to retail sales of alcoholic liquor by a specific private institution of higher learning or an affiliate thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0156 [HB3604 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3604-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0156
HB3604 Enrolled LRB101 10464 RPS 55570 b
AN ACT concerning liquor.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
adding Section 9-2d as follows:
(235 ILCS 5/9-2d new)
Sec. 9-2d. Private institution of higher learning. Any vote
under this Article, whenever held, to prohibit sales at retail
of alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer
containing not more than 4% of alcohol by weight or alcoholic
liquor containing more than 4% alcohol by weight in the
original package and not for consumption on the premises) in a
precinct in a city, village, or incorporated town of more than
200,000 inhabitants shall not apply to retail sales of
alcoholic liquor if:
(1) the alcoholic liquor is sold on property owned by a
private institution of higher learning or an affiliate
thereof that is bounded by the south side of 60th Street on
the north, the west side of Kimbark Avenue to the east, the
north side of 61st Street to the south, and the east side
of Woodlawn Avenue to the west in the City of Chicago;
(2) the alcoholic liquor is sold by a private
institution of higher learning or an affiliate thereof, by

a person who leases the property owned by the private
institution of higher learning or an affiliate thereof, or
by a person contractually authorized to sell alcoholic
liquor on the premises;
(3) the person conducting the retail sale of alcoholic
liquor obtains all of the necessary local and State
licenses authorizing the retail sale of alcoholic liquor;
and
(4) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal
business to be carried on by the license holder.