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Full Text of SB0758  97th General Assembly

SB0758sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Donne E. Trotter

Filed: 3/23/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 758

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 758 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5changing 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
8alcoholic liquor; restrictions.
9    (a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any
10alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age shall not
11purchase, or accept a gift of such alcoholic liquor or have
12such alcoholic liquor in his possession.
13    (b) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees
14believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of
15any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the non-age of
16the prospective recipient, he or she shall, before making such

 

 

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1sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of positive
2identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public
3officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
4    (c) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an
5identification card; use the identification card of another;
6carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain
7an identification card by means of false information.
8    (d) No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have
9possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this Section.
10    (e) The consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under
1121 years of age is forbidden.
12    (f) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall
13be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
14    (g) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a
15person under 21 years of age of alcoholic liquor in the
16performance of a religious service or ceremony, or the
17consumption by a person under 21 years of age under the direct
18supervision and approval of the parents or parent or those
19persons standing in loco parentis of such person under 21 years
20of age in the privacy of a home, is not prohibited by this Act.
21    (h) The provisions of this Act prohibiting the possession
22of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years of age and
23dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years of
24age do not apply in the case of a student under 21 years of age,
25but 18 years of age or older, who:
26        (1) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor only

 

 

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1    during times of a regularly scheduled course while under
2    the direct supervision of an instructor who is at least 21
3    years of age and employed by an educational institution
4    described in subdivision (2);
5        (2) is enrolled as a student in a college, university,
6    or post-secondary educational institution that is
7    accredited or certified by an agency recognized by the
8    United States Department of Education or a nationally
9    recognized accrediting agency or association, or that has a
10    permit of approval issued by the Board of Higher Education
11    pursuant to the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act
12    of 2012;
13        (3) is participating in a culinary arts, food service,
14    or restaurant management degree program of which a portion
15    of the program includes instruction on responsible
16    alcoholic beverage serving methods modeled after the
17    Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Server Education and Training
18    (BASSET) curriculum; and
19        (4) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor for
20    instructional purposes as a part of a required course in
21    which the student temporarily possesses alcoholic liquor
22    for tasting, not imbibing, purposes only and, thereafter,
23    the alcoholic liquor is possessed and remains under the
24    control of the instructor.
25(Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08; 95-355, eff. 1-1-08.)
 

 

 

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