Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

Filed: 5/1/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5926

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5926 as follows:
 
3on page 1, by replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5changing Sections 1-3.25, 3-12, and 3-14 and by adding Section
66-27.1 as follows:
 
7    (235 ILCS 5/1-3.25)  (from Ch. 43, par. 95.25)
8    Sec. 1-3.25. "Hotel" means every building or other
9structure kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to
10the public to be a place where food is actually served and
11consumed and sleeping accommodations are offered for adequate
12pay to travelers and guests, whether transient, permanent or
13residential, in which twenty-five (25) or more rooms are used
14for the sleeping accommodations of such guests and having one
15or more public dining rooms where meals are served to such

 

 

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1guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being
2conducted in the same building or buildings in connection
3therewith and such building or buildings, structure or
4structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen
5and dining room equipment and capacity. All public dining
6rooms, banquet rooms, meeting rooms, room service areas,
7mini-bars, and other locations within a hotel wherein alcoholic
8liquors are stored, offered for sale, or sold at retail shall
9be considered part of the hotel's licensed premises if those
10locations within the hotel are owned or managed by the hotel
11operator. As part of the hotel's licensed premises, each and
12all of those locations within the hotel shall be maintained and
13managed pursuant to a single retailer's license issued by the
14State Commission to the hotel operator, regardless of the
15number of local retailer licenses mandated by the local unit of
16government having jurisdiction over the hotel. Public dining
17rooms and other locations within a hotel that are owned or
18managed by a person other than the hotel operator and are
19licensed by the local unit of government having jurisdiction
20over the hotel to a person other than the hotel operator are
21not considered part of the hotel's licensed premises for
22purposes of this Act and, as such, must be maintained and
23operated under separate retailer's licenses.
24(Source: P.A. 82-783.)"; and
 
25on page 16, immediately below line 25, by inserting the

 

 

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1following:
 
2    "(235 ILCS 5/3-14)  (from Ch. 43, par. 109)
3    Sec. 3-14. Issuance of license by Commission. Nothing
4contained in this Act shall, however, be construed to permit
5the State Commission to issue any license, other than
6manufacturer's, foreign importer's, importing distributor's,
7non-resident dealer's, and distributor's, broker's and
8non-beverage user's license for any premises in any prohibited
9territory, or to issue any license other than manufacturer's,
10foreign importer's, importing distributor's, non-resident
11dealer's, distributor's, railroad's, airplane's, boat's, or
12broker's license, auction liquor license, or non-beverage
13user's license, unless the person applying for such license
14shall have obtained a local license for the same premises. For
15purposes of this Section and only in regards to a hotel, the
16local license issued for the same premises may include multiple
17local licenses issued to a hotel operator for various portions
18of the hotel building or structure owned or managed by the
19hotel operator wherein alcoholic liquors may be stored, offered
20for sale, and sold; provided, however, that all of those
21portions of the hotel building or structure shall be considered
22the hotel premises for purposes of the issuance of a retailer's
23license by the State Commission. When such person has obtained
24a local license and has made application to the State
25Commission in conformity with this Act and paid the license fee

 

 

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1provided, it shall be the duty of the State Commission to issue
2a retailer's license to him; provided, however, that the State
3Commission may refuse the issuance or renewal of a retailer's
4license, upon notice and after hearing, upon the grounds
5authorized in Section 6-3 of this Act, and, provided further,
6that the issuance of such license shall not prejudice the State
7Commission's action in subsequently suspending or revoking
8such license if it is determined by the State Commission, upon
9notice and after hearing, that the licensee has, within the
10same or the preceding license period, violated any provision of
11this Act or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto and
12in effect for 30 days prior to such violation. The Commission
13may also refuse to renew a license if the licensee has failed
14to pay an offer in compromise, pre-disciplinary settlement, or
15a fine imposed by order.
16(Source: P.A. 89-250, eff. 1-1-96.)".