93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5907

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Brandon W. Phelps

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
235 ILCS 5/1-3.38 new
235 ILCS 5/5-3   from Ch. 43, par. 118

    Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Reduces the fee for a retailer's license that is issued to a licensed veterans' organization from $500 to $175. Effective July 1, 2004.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5907 LRB093 19817 LRD 45560 b

1     AN ACT concerning alcoholic liquor.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5 changing Section 5-3 and adding Section 1-3.38 as follows:
 
6     (235 ILCS 5/1-3.38 new)
7     Sec. 1-3.38. Licensed veterans' organization. "Licensed
8 veterans' organization" means an organization comprised of
9 members of which substantially all are individuals who are
10 veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the
11 primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its
12 members and to provide assistance to the general public in such
13 a way as to confer a public benefit.
 
14     (235 ILCS 5/5-3)  (from Ch. 43, par. 118)
15     Sec. 5-3. License fees. Except as otherwise provided
16 herein, at the time application is made to the State Commission
17 for a license of any class, the applicant shall pay to the
18 State Commission the fee hereinafter provided for the kind of
19 license applied for.
20     The fee for licenses issued by the State Commission shall
21 be as follows:
22     For a manufacturer's license:
23    Class 1. Distiller ............................$3,600
24    Class 2. Rectifier ............................3,600
25    Class 3. Brewer ...............................900
26    Class 4. First-class Wine Manufacturer ........600
27    Class 5. Second-class
28        Wine Manufacturer .........................1,200
29    Class 6. First-class wine-maker ...............600
30    Class 7. Second-class wine-maker ..............1200
31    Class 8. Limited Wine Manufacturer.............120

 

 

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1    For a Brew Pub License ........................1,050
2    For a caterer retailer's license...............200
3    For a foreign importer's license ..............25
4    For an importing distributor's license ........25
5    For a distributor's license ...................270
6    For a non-resident dealer's license
7        (500,000 gallons or over) .................270
8    For a non-resident dealer's license
9        (under 500,000 gallons) ...................90
10    For a wine-maker's premises license ...........100
11    For a wine-maker's premises license,
12        second location ...........................350
13    For a wine-maker's premises license,
14        third location ............................350
15    For a retailer's license, other than a
16        retailer's licensee that is issued to a
17        licensed veterans' organization........... 500
18    For a retailer's license that is issued to a
19        licensed veterans' organization .......... 175
20    For a special event retailer's license,
21        (not-for-profit) ..........................25
22    For a special use permit license,
23        one day only ..............................50
24        2 days or more ............................100
25    For a railroad license ........................60
26    For a boat license ............................180
27    For an airplane license, times the
28        licensee's maximum number of aircraft
29        in flight, serving liquor over the
30        State at any given time, which either
31        originate, terminate, or make
32        an intermediate stop in the State .........60
33    For a non-beverage user's license:
34        Class 1 ...................................24
35        Class 2 ...................................60
36        Class 3 ...................................120

 

 

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1        Class 4 ...................................240
2        Class 5 ...................................600
3    For a broker's license ........................600
4    For an auction liquor license .................50
5     Fees collected under this Section shall be paid into the
6 Dram Shop Fund. On and after July 1, 2003, of the funds
7 received for a retailer's license, in addition to the first
8 $175, an additional $75 shall be paid into the Dram Shop Fund,
9 and $250 shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund. Beginning
10 June 30, 1990 and on June 30 of each subsequent year through
11 June 29, 2003, any balance over $5,000,000 remaining in the
12 Dram Shop Fund shall be credited to State liquor licensees and
13 applied against their fees for State liquor licenses for the
14 following year. The amount credited to each licensee shall be a
15 proportion of the balance in the Dram Fund that is the same as
16 the proportion of the license fee paid by the licensee under
17 this Section for the period in which the balance was
18 accumulated to the aggregate fees paid by all licensees during
19 that period.
20     No fee shall be paid for licenses issued by the State
21 Commission to the following non-beverage users:
22         (a) Hospitals, sanitariums, or clinics when their use
23     of alcoholic liquor is exclusively medicinal, mechanical
24     or scientific.
25         (b) Universities, colleges of learning or schools when
26     their use of alcoholic liquor is exclusively medicinal,
27     mechanical or scientific.
28         (c) Laboratories when their use is exclusively for the
29     purpose of scientific research.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-378, eff. 8-16-01; 93-22, eff. 6-20-03.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
32 2004.