98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2923

 

Introduced , by Rep. Laura Fine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Energy Drink Act. Defines "energy drink" as a carbonated beverage that exceeds a caffeine content of 71 milligrams per 12 ounce serving and contains any combination of taurine, guarana, and glucuronolactone. Provides that it is unlawful in this State for any person or retail entity to sell or offer to sell an energy drink to a person under 18 years of age. Provides that no express company, common carrier, or contract carrier nor any representative, agent, or employee on behalf of an express company, common carrier, or contract carrier that carries an energy drink for delivery within this State shall knowingly give or knowingly deliver to a residential address any shipping container clearly labeled as containing an energy drink and labeled as requiring the signature of a person who is at least 18 years of age to any person in this State under the age of 18 years. Sets forth provisions concerning adequate written evidence of age and identity. Sets forth criminal penalties and fines for certain violations of the Act.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Energy
5Drink Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Adequate written evidence of age and identity" means a
8document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal
9government, or a subdivision or agency thereof, including, but
10not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a
11registration certificate issued under the federal Selective
12Service Act, or an identification card issued to a member of
13the Armed Forces.
14    "Energy drink" means a carbonated beverage that exceeds a
15caffeine content of 71 milligrams per 12 ounce serving and
16contains any combination of taurine, guarana, and
17glucuronolactone.
 
18    Section 10. Prohibited sales and possession.
19    (a) It is unlawful in this State for any person or retail
20entity to sell or offer to sell an energy drink to a person
21under 18 years of age.
22    (b) No express company, common carrier, or contract carrier

 

 

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1nor any representative, agent, or employee on behalf of an
2express company, common carrier, or contract carrier that
3carries an energy drink for delivery within this State shall
4knowingly give or knowingly deliver to a residential address
5any shipping container clearly labeled as containing an energy
6drink and labeled as requiring the signature of a person who is
7at least 18 years of age to any person in this State under the
8age of 18 years.
9    An express company, common carrier, or contract carrier
10that carries or transports an energy drink for delivery within
11this State shall obtain a signature at the time of delivery
12acknowledging receipt of the energy drink by a person who is at
13least 18 years of age. At no time while delivering an energy
14drink within this State may any representative, agent, or
15employee of an express company, common carrier, or contract
16carrier that carries or transports energy drinks for delivery
17within this State deliver the energy drink to a residential
18address without the acknowledgment of the consignee and without
19first obtaining a signature at the time of the delivery by a
20person who is at least 18 years of age. A signature of a person
21on file with the express company, common carrier, or contract
22carrier does not constitute acknowledgement of the consignee.
 
23    Section 15. Adequate written evidence of age and identity.
24For the purpose of preventing a violation of this Act, any
25retail entity, or its agent or employee, or a representative,

 

 

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1agent, or employee of an express company, common carrier, or
2contract carrier that carries or transports an energy drink for
3delivery within this State, shall refuse to sell, deliver, or
4serve an energy drink to any person who is unable to produce
5adequate written evidence of age and identity showing that he
6or she is over the age of 18 years if requested by the retail
7entity, agent, employee, or representative.
8    Proof that the retail entity, or its employee or agent, or
9the representative, agent, or employee of the express company,
10common carrier, or contract carrier that carries or transports
11energy drinks for delivery within this State demanded, was
12shown, and reasonably relied upon written evidence of age and
13identity in any transaction forbidden by this Act is an
14affirmative defense in any criminal prosecution therefor or to
15any proceedings for the suspension or revocation of any license
16based thereon. It shall not, however, be an affirmative defense
17if the agent or employee accepted the written evidence knowing
18it to be false or fraudulent. If a false or fraudulent Illinois
19driver's license or Illinois identification card is presented
20by a person less than 18 years of age to a retail entity or the
21retail entity's agent or employee for the purpose of ordering,
22purchasing, attempting to purchase, or otherwise obtaining or
23attempting to obtain the serving of an energy drink, the law
24enforcement officer or agency investigating the incident
25shall, upon the conviction of the person who presented the
26fraudulent license or identification, make a report of the

 

 

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1matter to the Secretary of State on a form provided by the
2Secretary of State.
3    However, no agent or employee of the retail entity or
4employee of an express company, common carrier, or contract
5carrier that carries or transports energy drinks for delivery
6within this State shall be disciplined or discharged for
7selling or furnishing an energy drink to a person under 18
8years of age if the agent or employee demanded and was shown,
9before furnishing an energy drink to a person under 18 years of
10age, adequate written evidence of age and identity of the
11person. This paragraph, however, shall not apply if the agent
12or employee accepted the written evidence knowing it to be
13false or fraudulent.
 
14    Section 20. Penalties; fines.
15    (a) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection
16(a) of Section 10 of this Act is guilty of a Class A
17misdemeanor and the sentence shall include, but shall not be
18limited to, a fine of not less than $500 for a first offense
19and not less than $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
20Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection
21(a) of Section 10 of this Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony if a
22death occurs as the result of the violation.
23    (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
24Section, any express company, common carrier, or contract
25carrier that transports an energy drink within this State that

 

 

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1violates the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of this
2Act by knowingly delivering an energy drink to a person under
318 years of age is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and the
4sentence shall include, but shall not be limited to, a fine of
5not less than $500.
6    (c) Any express company, common carrier, or contract
7carrier that transports an energy drink for delivery within
8this State that violates subsection (b) of Section 10 of this
9Act by delivering an energy drink without the acknowledgement
10of the consignee and without first obtaining a signature at the
11time of the delivery by a person who is at least 18 years of age
12is guilty of a business offense for which the express company,
13common carrier, or contract carrier that transports an energy
14drink within this State shall be fined not more than $1,001 for
15a first offense, not more than $5,000 for a second offense, and
16not more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense. An
17express company, common carrier, or contract carrier shall be
18held vicariously liable for the actions of its representatives,
19agents, or employees. For purposes of this Act, in addition to
20other methods authorized by law, an express company, common
21carrier, or contract carrier shall be considered served with
22process when a representative, agent, or employee alleged to
23have violated this Act is personally served. Each shipment of
24an energy drink delivered in violation of subsection (b) of
25Section 10 of this Act constitutes a separate offense.