Rep. Esther Golar

Filed: 3/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5277

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5277 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1election commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be,
2from the precinct. However, if a petition is filed in calendar
3years 2012, 2013, or 2014 that seeks to prohibit the sale at
4retail of alcoholic liquor in a precinct, and the petition
5includes supporting materials demonstrating, to the
6satisfaction of the local liquor control commissioner, that
7there is a correlation between the sale of alcoholic liquor and
8the incidence of crime in that precinct, then the petition
9shall contain the signatures of not less than 25% of registered
10voters who cast a ballot in the last presidential election in
11that precinct. Provided, however, that when the petition seeks
12to prohibit the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor at a
13particular street address of a licensed establishment within
14the precinct the petition shall contain the signatures of not
15less than 40% of the legal voters requested from that precinct.
16The petition shall request that the proposition "Shall the sale
17at retail of alcoholic liquor be prohibited in (or at) ....?"
18be submitted to the voters of the precinct at the next ensuing
19election at which such proposition may be voted upon. The
20submission of the question to the voters of such precinct at
21such election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
22filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
23petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
24election, the petition presented first shall be given
25preference; however, the clerk shall provisionally accept any
26other set of petitions setting forth the same (or substantially

 

 

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

 

 

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1    In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or
2less population, as determined by the last preceding Federal
3census, the vote upon the question of prohibiting the sale at
4retail of alcoholic liquor, or alcoholic liquor other than beer
5containing not more than 4% of alcohol by volume, or alcoholic
6liquor containing more than 4% of alcohol by weight in the
7original package and not for consumption on the premises, shall
8be by the voters of the political subdivision as a unit. When
9any legal voters of such a city, village or incorporated town
10desire to pass upon the question of whether the sale at retail
11of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the municipality,
12they shall, at least 104 days before an election, file in the
13office of the clerk of the municipality, a petition directed to
14the clerk, containing the signatures of not less than 25% of
15the legal voters registered with the board of election
16commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be, from the
17municipality. The petition shall request that the proposition,
18"Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor be prohibited
19in....?" be submitted to the voters of the municipality at the
20next ensuing election at which the proposition may be voted
21upon. The submission of the question to the voters of the
22municipality at such election shall be mandatory when the
23petition has been filed in proper form with the clerk. If more
24than one set of petitions are presented to the clerk for
25submission at the same election, setting forth the same or
26different propositions, the petition presented first shall be

 

 

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1given preference and the clerk shall refuse to accept any other
2set of petitions. Notice of the filing of the petition and the
3result of the election shall be given to the Secretary of State
4at his offices in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. A
5return of the result of the election shall be made to the clerk
6of the city, village or incorporated town. If a majority of the
7voters voting upon the proposition vote "Yes", the sale at
8retail of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the
9municipality.
10    In the event a municipality does not vote to prohibit the
11sale at retail of alcoholic liquor, the council or governing
12body shall ascertain and determine what portions of the
13municipality are predominantly residence districts. No license
14permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be issued by the
15local liquor commissioner or licensing officer permitting the
16sale of alcoholic liquors at any place within the residence
17district so determined, unless the owner or owners of at least
18two-thirds of the frontage, 200 feet in each direction along
19the street and streets adjacent to the place of business for
20which a license is sought, file with the local liquor
21commissioner or licensing officer, his or their written consent
22to the use of such place for the sale of alcoholic liquors.
23    In each township or road district lying outside the
24corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town, or in
25a part of a township or road district lying partly within and
26partly outside a city, village or incorporated town, the vote

 

 

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1of such township, road district or part thereof, shall be as a
2unit. When any legal voters of any such township, or part
3thereof, in counties under township organization, or any legal
4voters of such road district or part thereof, in counties not
5under township organization, desire to vote upon the
6proposition as to whether the sale at retail of alcoholic
7liquor shall be prohibited in such township or road district or
8part thereof, they shall, at least 90 days before an election,
9file in the office of the township or road district clerk, of
10the township or road district within which the election is to
11be held, a petition directed to the clerk and containing the
12signatures of not less than 25% of the legal voters registered
13with the county clerk from such township or road district or
14part thereof. The submission of the question to the voters of
15the township, road district or part thereof, at the next
16ensuing election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
17filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
18petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
19election, setting forth the same or different propositions, the
20petition presented first shall be given preference and the
21clerk shall refuse to accept any other set of petitions. A
22return of the result of such election shall be made to the
23clerk of the township or road district in which the territory
24is situated, and shall also be made to the Secretary of State
25at his offices in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois.
26(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".