Full Text of HB4078 102nd General Assembly
HB4078 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB4078 Introduced 5/11/2021, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a retail licensee may provide a single drink of alcoholic liquor at no charge to a customer as part of a publicly advertised promotion to encourage participation in any COVID-19 vaccination program if the customer provides proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, and that the provision is inoperative on and after 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 6-28.5 as follows: | 6 | | (235 ILCS 5/6-28.5) | 7 | | Sec. 6-28.5. Permitted happy hours and meal packages, | 8 | | party packages, and entertainment packages. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 10 | | "Dedicated event space" means a room or rooms or other | 11 | | clearly delineated space within a retail licensee's premises | 12 | | that is reserved for the exclusive use of party package | 13 | | invitees during the entirety of a party package. Furniture, | 14 | | stanchions and ropes, or other room dividers may be used to | 15 | | clearly delineate a dedicated event space. | 16 | | "Meal package" means a food and beverage package, which | 17 | | may or may not include entertainment, where the service of | 18 | | alcoholic liquor is an accompaniment to the food, including, | 19 | | but not limited to, a meal, tour, tasting, or any combination | 20 | | thereof for a fixed price by a retail licensee or any other | 21 | | licensee operating within a sports facility, restaurant, | 22 | | winery, brewery, or distillery. | 23 | | "Party package" means a private party, function, or event |
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| 1 | | for a specific social or business occasion, either arranged by | 2 | | invitation or reservation for a defined number of individuals, | 3 | | that is not open to the general public and where attendees are | 4 | | served both food and alcohol for a fixed price in a dedicated | 5 | | event space. | 6 | | (b) A retail licensee may: | 7 | | (1) offer free food or entertainment at any time; | 8 | | (2) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 9 | | meal package; | 10 | | (3) sell or offer for sale a party package only if the | 11 | | retail licensee: | 12 | | (A) offers food in the dedicated event space; | 13 | | (B) limits the party package to no more than 3 | 14 | | hours; | 15 | | (C) distributes wristbands, lanyards, shirts, or | 16 | | any other such wearable items to identify party | 17 | | package attendees so the attendees may be granted | 18 | | access to the dedicated event space; and | 19 | | (D) excludes individuals not participating in the | 20 | | party package from the dedicated event space; | 21 | | (4) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 22 | | hotel package; | 23 | | (5) negotiate drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 24 | | hotel package; | 25 | | (6) provide room service to persons renting rooms at a | 26 | | hotel; |
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| 1 | | (7) sell pitchers (or the equivalent, including, but | 2 | | not limited to, buckets of bottled beer), carafes, or | 3 | | bottles of alcoholic liquor which are customarily sold in | 4 | | such manner, or sell bottles of spirits; | 5 | | (8) advertise events permitted under this Section; | 6 | | (9) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of an | 7 | | entertainment package where the licensee is separately | 8 | | licensed by a municipal ordinance that (A) restricts dates | 9 | | of operation to dates during which there is an event at an | 10 | | adjacent stadium, (B) restricts hours of serving alcoholic | 11 | | liquor to 2 hours before the event and one hour after the | 12 | | event, (C) restricts alcoholic liquor sales to beer and | 13 | | wine, (D) requires tickets for admission to the | 14 | | establishment, and (E) prohibits sale of admission tickets | 15 | | on the day of an event and permits the sale of admission | 16 | | tickets for single events only; and | 17 | | (10) discount any drink of alcoholic liquor during a | 18 | | specified time period only if: | 19 | | (A) the price of the drink of alcoholic liquor is | 20 | | not changed during the time that it is discounted; | 21 | | (B) the period of time during which any drink of | 22 | | alcoholic liquor is discounted does not exceed 4 hours | 23 | | per day and 15 hours per week; however, this period of | 24 | | time is not required to be consecutive and may be | 25 | | divided by the licensee in any manner; | 26 | | (C) the drink of alcoholic liquor is not |
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| 1 | | discounted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the | 2 | | licensed premises' closing hour; and | 3 | | (D) notice of the discount of the drink of | 4 | | alcoholic liquor during a specified time is posted on | 5 | | the licensed premises or on the licensee's publicly | 6 | | available website at least 7 days prior to the | 7 | | specified time ; and . | 8 | | (11) provide a single drink of alcoholic liquor at no | 9 | | charge to a customer as part of a publicly advertised | 10 | | promotion to encourage participation in any COVID-19 | 11 | | vaccination program if the customer provides proof of | 12 | | receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; this paragraph is | 13 | | inoperative on and after 6 months after the effective date | 14 | | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | 15 | | (c) A violation of this Section shall be grounds for | 16 | | suspension or revocation of the retailer's license as provided | 17 | | by this Act. The State Commission may not enforce any trade | 18 | | practice policy or other rule that was not adopted in | 19 | | accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | 20 | | (d) All licensees affected by this Section must also | 21 | | comply with Sections 6-16, 6-21, and 6-27.1 of this Act.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-46, eff. 7-15-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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