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1    AN ACT concerning liquor.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5changing Section 9-2 as follows:
 
6    (235 ILCS 5/9-2)  (from Ch. 43, par. 167)
7    Sec. 9-2. When any legal voters of a precinct in any city,
8village or incorporated town of more than 200,000 inhabitants,
9as determined by the last preceding Federal census, desire to
10pass upon the question of whether the sale at retail of
11alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the precinct or at a
12particular street address within the precinct, they shall, at
13least 104 days before an election, file in the office of the
14clerk of such city, village or incorporated town, a petition
15directed to the clerk, containing the signatures of not less
16than 25% of the legal voters registered with the board of
17election commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be,
18from the precinct. However, if a petition is filed in calendar
19years 2012, 2013, or 2014 that seeks to prohibit the sale at
20retail of alcoholic liquor in a precinct, and the petition
21includes supporting materials demonstrating, to the
22satisfaction of the local liquor control commissioner, that
23there is a correlation between the sale of alcoholic liquor and

 

 

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1the incidence of crime in that precinct, then the petition
2shall contain the signatures of not less than 25% of registered
3voters who cast a ballot in the last presidential election in
4that precinct. Provided, however, that when the petition seeks
5to prohibit the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor at a
6particular street address of a licensed establishment within
7the precinct the petition shall contain the signatures of not
8less than 40% of the legal voters requested from that precinct.
9The petition shall request that the proposition "Shall the sale
10at retail of alcoholic liquor be prohibited in (or at) ....?"
11be submitted to the voters of the precinct at the next ensuing
12election at which such proposition may be voted upon. The
13submission of the question to the voters of such precinct at
14such election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
15filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
16petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
17election, the petition presented first shall be given
18preference; however, the clerk shall provisionally accept any
19other set of petitions setting forth the same (or substantially
20the same) proposition. If the first set of petitions for a
21proposition is found to be in proper form and is not found to
22be invalid, it shall be accepted by the clerk and all
23provisionally accepted sets of petitions setting forth the same
24(or substantially the same) proposition shall be rejected by
25the clerk. If the first set of petitions for a proposition is
26found not to be in proper form or is found to be invalid, the

 

 

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1clerk shall (i) reject the first set of petitions, (ii) accept
2the first provisionally accepted set of petitions that is in
3proper form and is not found to be invalid, and (iii) reject
4all other provisionally accepted sets of petitions setting
5forth the same (or substantially the same) proposition. Notice
6of the filing of the petition and the result of the election
7shall be given to the Secretary of State at his offices in
8both, Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. A return of the result
9of the election shall be made to the clerk of the city, village
10or incorporated town in which the precinct is located. If a
11majority of the voters voting upon such proposition vote "YES",
12the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in
13the precinct or at the street address. If the sale at retail of
14alcoholic liquor at a particular street address is prohibited
15pursuant to this Section, the license for any establishment at
16that street address shall be void, and no person may apply for
17a license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor at an
18establishment at that street address unless such prohibition is
19discontinued pursuant to Section 9-10.
20    In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or
21less population, as determined by the last preceding Federal
22census, the vote upon the question of prohibiting the sale at
23retail of alcoholic liquor, or alcoholic liquor other than beer
24containing not more than 4% of alcohol by volume, or alcoholic
25liquor containing more than 4% of alcohol by weight in the
26original package and not for consumption on the premises, shall

 

 

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1be by the voters of the political subdivision as a unit. When
2any legal voters of such a city, village or incorporated town
3desire to pass upon the question of whether the sale at retail
4of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the municipality,
5they shall, at least 104 days before an election, file in the
6office of the clerk of the municipality, a petition directed to
7the clerk, containing the signatures of not less than 25% of
8the legal voters registered with the board of election
9commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be, from the
10municipality. The petition shall request that the proposition,
11"Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor be prohibited
12in....?" be submitted to the voters of the municipality at the
13next ensuing election at which the proposition may be voted
14upon. The submission of the question to the voters of the
15municipality at such election shall be mandatory when the
16petition has been filed in proper form with the clerk. If more
17than one set of petitions are presented to the clerk for
18submission at the same election, setting forth the same or
19different propositions, the petition presented first shall be
20given preference and the clerk shall refuse to accept any other
21set of petitions. Notice of the filing of the petition and the
22result of the election shall be given to the Secretary of State
23at his offices in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. A
24return of the result of the election shall be made to the clerk
25of the city, village or incorporated town. If a majority of the
26voters voting upon the proposition vote "Yes", the sale at

 

 

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1retail of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the
2municipality.
3    In the event a municipality does not vote to prohibit the
4sale at retail of alcoholic liquor, the council or governing
5body shall ascertain and determine what portions of the
6municipality are predominantly residence districts. No license
7permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be issued by the
8local liquor commissioner or licensing officer permitting the
9sale of alcoholic liquors at any place within the residence
10district so determined, unless the owner or owners of at least
11two-thirds of the frontage, 200 feet in each direction along
12the street and streets adjacent to the place of business for
13which a license is sought, file with the local liquor
14commissioner or licensing officer, his or their written consent
15to the use of such place for the sale of alcoholic liquors.
16    In each township or road district lying outside the
17corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town, or in
18a part of a township or road district lying partly within and
19partly outside a city, village or incorporated town, the vote
20of such township, road district or part thereof, shall be as a
21unit. When any legal voters of any such township, or part
22thereof, in counties under township organization, or any legal
23voters of such road district or part thereof, in counties not
24under township organization, desire to vote upon the
25proposition as to whether the sale at retail of alcoholic
26liquor shall be prohibited in such township or road district or

 

 

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1part thereof, they shall, at least 90 days before an election,
2file in the office of the township or road district clerk, of
3the township or road district within which the election is to
4be held, a petition directed to the clerk and containing the
5signatures of not less than 25% of the legal voters registered
6with the county clerk from such township or road district or
7part thereof. The submission of the question to the voters of
8the township, road district or part thereof, at the next
9ensuing election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
10filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
11petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
12election, setting forth the same or different propositions, the
13petition presented first shall be given preference and the
14clerk shall refuse to accept any other set of petitions. A
15return of the result of such election shall be made to the
16clerk of the township or road district in which the territory
17is situated, and shall also be made to the Secretary of State
18at his offices in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.