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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-21.8 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-21.8 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12-21.8. Social hosting of gatherings; illicit drugs | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and alcoholic liquor. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Alcoholic liquor" has the meaning ascribed to it in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Section 1-3.05 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Conveyance" means any vehicle, trailer, watercraft or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | container operated for the transportation of persons or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | property. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Event or gathering" means any group of 3 or more | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | persons who have assembled or gathered together for a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | social occasion or other activity. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Host" means to aid, conduct, allow, entertain, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | organize, supervise, control, or permit a gathering or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | event. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Illicit drug" means any drug, substance, or compound | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | prohibited by law, including drugs prescribed by a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | physician which are in the possession of or used by someone |
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1 | other than the person to whom the drug was prescribed. | ||||||
2 | "Parent" means any person having legal custody of a | ||||||
3 | minor as a: (i) natural, adoptive parent, or step-parent; | ||||||
4 | (ii) legal guardian; or (iii) person to whom legal custody | ||||||
5 | has been given by order of the court. | ||||||
6 | "Person" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
7 | co-partnership, corporation, or any association of one or | ||||||
8 | more individuals. | ||||||
9 | "Residence or premises" means any home, yard, farm, | ||||||
10 | field, land, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, | ||||||
11 | or other dwelling unit, or a hall or meeting room, park, or | ||||||
12 | any other place of assembly, public or private, whether | ||||||
13 | occupied on a temporary or permanent basis, whether | ||||||
14 | occupied as a dwelling or specifically for a party or other | ||||||
15 | social function, and whether owned, leased, rented, or used | ||||||
16 | with or without permission or compensation. | ||||||
17 | "Underage person" means any individual under 21 years | ||||||
18 | of age. | ||||||
19 | "Religious ceremony" means the possession, consumption | ||||||
20 | and dispensation of alcoholic liquor for the purpose of | ||||||
21 | conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony. | ||||||
22 | "Response costs" means the costs associated with | ||||||
23 | responses by law enforcement, fire, and other emergency | ||||||
24 | response providers to an event or gathering, including but | ||||||
25 | not limited to: | ||||||
26 | (1) salaries and benefits of law enforcement, code |
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1 | enforcement, fire, or other emergency response | ||||||
2 | personnel for the amount of time spent responding to, | ||||||
3 | remaining at, or otherwise dealing with an event or | ||||||
4 | gathering, and the administrative costs attributable | ||||||
5 | to such response; | ||||||
6 | (2) the cost of any medical treatment for any law | ||||||
7 | enforcement, code enforcement, fire, or other | ||||||
8 | emergency response personnel injured responding to, | ||||||
9 | remaining at, or leaving the scene of an event or | ||||||
10 | gathering; | ||||||
11 | (3) the cost of repairing any municipal equipment | ||||||
12 | or property damaged, and the cost of the use of any | ||||||
13 | such equipment, in responding to, remaining at, or | ||||||
14 | leaving the scene of an event or gathering. | ||||||
15 | "Reasonable steps" means controlling access to | ||||||
16 | alcoholic liquor at the event or gathering, controlling the | ||||||
17 | quantity of alcoholic liquor present at the event or | ||||||
18 | gathering, verifying the age of persons attending the event | ||||||
19 | or gathering by inspecting driver's licenses or other | ||||||
20 | government-issued identification cards to ensure that | ||||||
21 | minors do not consume alcoholic liquor while at the event | ||||||
22 | or gathering; and supervising the activities of minors at | ||||||
23 | the event or gathering, calling for police assistance in | ||||||
24 | the event people under 21 are in possession of alcoholic | ||||||
25 | liquor at the event or gathering or advising law | ||||||
26 | enforcement in advance of departing one's residence that |
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1 | the owner will be away and no underage person is authorized | ||||||
2 | to be present and consume alcoholic liquor at the owner's | ||||||
3 | residence. | ||||||
4 | "Public place" means any place to which the public or a | ||||||
5 | substantial group of the public has
access and includes, | ||||||
6 | but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common | ||||||
7 | area of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office | ||||||
8 | buildings, transport facilities, parks, businesses, or | ||||||
9 | parking lots. | ||||||
10 | (b) It is unlawful for any person to host, permit, allow, | ||||||
11 | or fail to take reasonable steps to prevent an event or | ||||||
12 | gathering at any residence, premises, or on any other private | ||||||
13 | or public property or in any conveyance
where illicit drugs or | ||||||
14 | alcoholic liquor are present when the person: | ||||||
15 | (1) knows or reasonably should know that an underage | ||||||
16 | person will or does consume or possess any illicit drugs or | ||||||
17 | alcoholic liquor; and | ||||||
18 | (2) fails to take reasonable steps to prevent | ||||||
19 | possession or
consumption by the underage person. | ||||||
20 | (c) A person is also responsible for violating subsection | ||||||
21 | (b) of this Section if the person intentionally aids, advises, | ||||||
22 | hires, counsels, conspires with, otherwise procures another to | ||||||
23 | commit, or knows or should have known about the prohibited act. | ||||||
24 | (d) A person who hosts an event or gathering is not in | ||||||
25 | violation of this Section if he or she: | ||||||
26 | (1) seeks assistance from the police department or |
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1 | other law enforcement agency to remove any person who | ||||||
2 | refuses to abide by the host's performance of the duties | ||||||
3 | imposed by this Section, as long as such request is made | ||||||
4 | before any other person makes a complaint about the event | ||||||
5 | or gathering; and | ||||||
6 | (2) terminates the event or gathering because the host | ||||||
7 | has been unable to prevent underage persons from consuming | ||||||
8 | illicit drugs or alcoholic liquors despite having taken all | ||||||
9 | reasonable steps to do so. | ||||||
10 | (e) A person who hosts an event or gathering does not have | ||||||
11 | to be present at the event or gathering to be responsible under | ||||||
12 | this Section. | ||||||
13 | (f) This Section does not apply to conduct involving the | ||||||
14 | use of alcoholic liquor that occurs at a religious ceremony or | ||||||
15 | exclusively between an underage person and his or her parent or | ||||||
16 | legal guardian, as permitted under Sections 6-16 and 6-20 of | ||||||
17 | the Liquor Control Act of 1934. | ||||||
18 | (g) Sentence. Any person who violates or assists in the | ||||||
19 | violations of any provision of this Section is guilty of a | ||||||
20 | petty offence and for a first violation shall be fined not less | ||||||
21 | than $250 nor more than $750. Each day on which, or during | ||||||
22 | which, a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. | ||||||
23 | A second violation of this Section by the same responsible | ||||||
24 | person within a 12 month period is a petty offense punishable | ||||||
25 | by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $750.
A third or | ||||||
26 | subsequent violation of this Section by the same responsible |
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1 | person within a 12 month period is a petty offense punishable | ||||||
2 | by a fine of not less than $750.
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