Public Act 097-1058
 
SB0758 EnrolledLRB097 04479 ASK 44518 b



    AN ACT concerning liquor.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended  by 
changing Section 6-20 as follows:
 



    (235 ILCS 5/6-20)  (from Ch. 43, par. 134a)


    Sec. 6-20. Transfer, possession, and consumption of 
alcoholic liquor; restrictions.

    (a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any 
alcoholic
liquor is prohibited because of age shall not 
purchase, or accept a gift of
such alcoholic liquor or have 
such alcoholic liquor in his possession.

    (b) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees 
believes or has reason to
believe that a sale or delivery of 
any alcoholic liquor is prohibited
because of the non-age of 
the prospective recipient, he or she shall,
before
making such 
sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of
positive 
identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public

officer in the performance of his or her official duties.

    (c) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an 
identification
card; use the identification card of another; 
carry or use a false or
forged identification card; or obtain 
an identification card by means of
false information.
    (d) No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have

possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this Section.
    (e) The
consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under 
21 years of age is
forbidden. 
    (f) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall 
be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

    (g) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a 
person under 21 years
of age of alcoholic liquor in the 
performance of a religious
service or ceremony, or the 
consumption by a person under 21 years of
age under the direct 
supervision and approval of the parents
or parent or those 
persons standing in loco parentis of such person
under 21 years 
of age in the privacy of a home, is not
prohibited by this Act.

    (h) The provisions of this Act prohibiting the possession 
of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years
of age and  
dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years
of 
age do not apply in the case of  a student under 21 years
of age, 
but 18 years of age or older, who:
        (1) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor only 
    during times of a regularly scheduled course while under 
    the direct
supervision of an instructor who is at least 21 
    years of age and
employed by an educational institution 
    described in subdivision (2); 
        (2) is enrolled as a student in a college, university, 
    or post-secondary educational institution that is 
    accredited or certified by an agency recognized by the 
    United States Department of Education or  a nationally 
    recognized accrediting agency or association, or that has a 
    permit of approval issued by the Board of Higher Education 
    pursuant to the
Private Business and Vocational Schools Act 
    of 2012; 
        (3) is participating in a culinary arts, food service, 
    or restaurant management
degree program of which a portion 
    of the program includes instruction on responsible 
    alcoholic beverage serving methods modeled after the 
    Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Server Education and Training 
    (BASSET) curriculum; and 
        (4) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor for 
    instructional
purposes up to, but not exceeding, 6 times 
    per class as a part of a required course in which the 
    student temporarily possesses alcoholic liquor for 
    tasting, not imbibing, purposes only in a class setting on 
    the campus and, thereafter, the alcoholic liquor is 
    possessed and  remains under the control of the instructor. 
(Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08; 95-355, eff. 1-1-08.)


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