Full Text of SB0758 97th General Assembly
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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 6-20 as follows:
| 6 | | (235 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 43, par. 134a)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-20. Transfer, possession, and consumption of | 8 | | alcoholic liquor; restrictions.
| 9 | | (a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any | 10 | | alcoholic
liquor is prohibited because of age shall not | 11 | | purchase, or accept a gift of
such alcoholic liquor or have | 12 | | such alcoholic liquor in his possession.
| 13 | | (b) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees | 14 | | believes or has reason to
believe that a sale or delivery of | 15 | | any alcoholic liquor is prohibited
because of the non-age of | 16 | | the prospective recipient, he or she shall,
before
making such | 17 | | sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of
positive | 18 | | identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public
| 19 | | officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
| 20 | | (c) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an | 21 | | identification
card; use the identification card of another; | 22 | | carry or use a false or
forged identification card; or obtain | 23 | | an identification card by means of
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| 1 | | (d) No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have
| 2 | | possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this Section. | 3 | | (e) The
consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under | 4 | | 21 years of age is
forbidden. | 5 | | (f) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall | 6 | | be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
| 7 | | (g) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a | 8 | | person under 21 years
of age of alcoholic liquor in the | 9 | | performance of a religious
service or ceremony, or the | 10 | | consumption by a person under 21 years of
age under the direct | 11 | | supervision and approval of the parents
or parent or those | 12 | | persons standing in loco parentis of such person
under 21 years | 13 | | of age in the privacy of a home, is not
prohibited by this Act.
| 14 | | (h) The provisions of this Act prohibiting the possession | 15 | | of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years
of age and | 16 | | dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years
of | 17 | | age do not apply in the case of a student under 21 years
of age, | 18 | | but 18 years of age or older, who: | 19 | | (1) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor only | 20 | | during times of a regularly scheduled course while under | 21 | | the direct
supervision of an instructor who is at least 21 | 22 | | years of age and
employed by an educational institution | 23 | | described in subdivision (2); | 24 | | (2) is enrolled as a student in a college, university, | 25 | | or post-secondary educational institution that is | 26 | | accredited or certified by an agency recognized by the |
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| 1 | | United States Department of Education or a nationally | 2 | | recognized accrediting agency or association, or that has a | 3 | | permit of approval issued by the Board of Higher Education | 4 | | pursuant to the
Private Business and Vocational Schools Act | 5 | | of 2012; | 6 | | (3) is participating in a culinary arts, food service, | 7 | | or restaurant management
degree program of which a portion | 8 | | of the program includes instruction on responsible | 9 | | alcoholic beverage serving methods modeled after the | 10 | | Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Server Education and Training | 11 | | (BASSET) curriculum; and | 12 | | (4) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor for | 13 | | instructional
purposes up to, but not exceeding, 6 times | 14 | | per class as a part of a required course in which the | 15 | | student temporarily possesses alcoholic liquor for | 16 | | tasting, not imbibing, purposes only in a class setting on | 17 | | the campus and, thereafter, the alcoholic liquor is | 18 | | possessed and remains under the control of the instructor. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08; 95-355, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law. |
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