Bill Text: IL SB3398 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In language concerning the prohibition against happy hours, provides that a licensee is not prohibited from selling pitchers or other types of vessels containing no more than 150 ounces of beer (previously, no designation of the number of ounces). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3398 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3398-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning liquor.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 6-28 as follows:
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6 | (235 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 43, par. 144d)
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7 | Sec. 6-28. Happy hours prohibited. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) All retail licensees shall
maintain a schedule of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | prices charged for all drinks of alcoholic
liquor to be served | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room or
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11 | thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi-use establishment which | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | holds a
valid retailer's license operates on its premises more | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | than one
establishment at which drinks of alcoholic liquor are | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | sold at retail, the
hotel or multi-use establishment shall | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | maintain at each such establishment
a separate schedule of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | prices charged for such drinks at that
establishment.
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17 | (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | licensee shall:
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19 | (1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | time to one person
for consumption by that one person, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | except conducting product sampling
pursuant to Section | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 6-31 or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or
carafe;
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23 | (2) sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an |
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1 | unlimited number of
drinks of alcoholic liquor during any | ||||||
2 | set period of time for a fixed price,
except at private | ||||||
3 | functions not open to the general public;
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4 | (3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic | ||||||
5 | liquor to any
person on any one date at a reduced price | ||||||
6 | other than that charged other
purchasers of drinks on that | ||||||
7 | day where such reduced price is a promotion to
encourage | ||||||
8 | consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in
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9 | paragraph (7) of subsection (c);
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10 | (4) increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained | ||||||
11 | in a drink, or the
size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, | ||||||
12 | without increasing proportionately
the price regularly | ||||||
13 | charged for the drink on that day;
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14 | (5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any | ||||||
15 | game or contest
which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or | ||||||
16 | the
awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for | ||||||
17 | such game or contest
on the licensed premises; or
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18 | (6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off | ||||||
19 | the licensed
premises, any of the practices prohibited | ||||||
20 | under paragraphs (1) through (5).
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21 | (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to | ||||||
22 | prohibit a
licensee from:
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23 | (1) offering free food or entertainment at any time;
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24 | (2) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | ||||||
25 | meal package;
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26 | (3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a |
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1 | hotel package;
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2 | (4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | ||||||
3 | contract between
a hotel or multi-use establishment and | ||||||
4 | another group for the holding of any
function, meeting, | ||||||
5 | convention or trade show;
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6 | (5) providing room service to persons renting rooms at | ||||||
7 | a hotel;
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8 | (6) selling pitchers or other type of vessels | ||||||
9 | containing no more than 150 ounces of beer (or the | ||||||
10 | equivalent, including , but not limited to ,
buckets), or | ||||||
11 | carafes , or bottles of alcoholic liquor which are
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12 | customarily sold in such manner, or selling bottles of | ||||||
13 | spirits, and delivered to 2 or more persons at one time;
or
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14 | (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.
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17 | (d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension | ||||||
18 | or
revocation of the retailer's license as provided by
this | ||||||
19 | Act.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 94-1112, eff. 2-27-07.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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