Rep. Robert Rita
Filed: 5/26/2017
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 322
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 322 on page 64, | ||||||
| 3 | immediately below line 22, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | "(sss) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the | ||||||
| 5 | contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance | ||||||
| 6 | or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic | ||||||
| 7 | liquor at a store that is located within a municipality with a | ||||||
| 8 | population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 | ||||||
| 9 | feet of a church if: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) the premises are primarily used for the sale of | ||||||
| 11 | alcoholic liquor; | ||||||
| 12 | (2) on January 1, 2017, the store was authorized to | ||||||
| 13 | sell alcoholic liquor pursuant to a package goods liquor | ||||||
| 14 | license; | ||||||
| 15 | (3) on January 1, 2017, the store occupied | ||||||
| 16 | approximately 5,560 square feet and will be expanded to | ||||||
| 17 | include 440 additional square feet for the purpose of | ||||||
| 18 | storage; | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) the store was in existence before the church; | ||||||
| 2 | (5) the building in which the store is located was | ||||||
| 3 | built in 1956 and is immediately south of the church; | ||||||
| 4 | (6) the store and church are separated by an east-west | ||||||
| 5 | street; | ||||||
| 6 | (7) the owner of the store received his first liquor | ||||||
| 7 | license in 1986; | ||||||
| 8 | (8) the church has not indicated its opposition to the | ||||||
| 9 | issuance or renewal of the license in writing; and | ||||||
| 10 | (9) the alderman of the ward in which the store is | ||||||
| 11 | located has expressed his or her support for the issuance | ||||||
| 12 | or renewal of the license.".
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