102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4078

 

Introduced 5/11/2021, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
235 ILCS 5/6-28.5

    Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a retail licensee may provide a single drink of alcoholic liquor at no charge to a customer as part of a publicly advertised promotion to encourage participation in any COVID-19 vaccination program if the customer provides proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, and that the provision is inoperative on and after 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning liquor.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5changing Section 6-28.5 as follows:
 
6    (235 ILCS 5/6-28.5)
7    Sec. 6-28.5. Permitted happy hours and meal packages,
8party packages, and entertainment packages.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Dedicated event space" means a room or rooms or other
11clearly delineated space within a retail licensee's premises
12that is reserved for the exclusive use of party package
13invitees during the entirety of a party package. Furniture,
14stanchions and ropes, or other room dividers may be used to
15clearly delineate a dedicated event space.
16    "Meal package" means a food and beverage package, which
17may or may not include entertainment, where the service of
18alcoholic liquor is an accompaniment to the food, including,
19but not limited to, a meal, tour, tasting, or any combination
20thereof for a fixed price by a retail licensee or any other
21licensee operating within a sports facility, restaurant,
22winery, brewery, or distillery.
23    "Party package" means a private party, function, or event

 

 

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1for a specific social or business occasion, either arranged by
2invitation or reservation for a defined number of individuals,
3that is not open to the general public and where attendees are
4served both food and alcohol for a fixed price in a dedicated
5event space.
6    (b) A retail licensee may:
7        (1) offer free food or entertainment at any time;
8        (2) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
9    meal package;
10        (3) sell or offer for sale a party package only if the
11    retail licensee:
12            (A) offers food in the dedicated event space;
13            (B) limits the party package to no more than 3
14        hours;
15            (C) distributes wristbands, lanyards, shirts, or
16        any other such wearable items to identify party
17        package attendees so the attendees may be granted
18        access to the dedicated event space; and
19            (D) excludes individuals not participating in the
20        party package from the dedicated event space;
21        (4) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
22    hotel package;
23        (5) negotiate drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
24    hotel package;
25        (6) provide room service to persons renting rooms at a
26    hotel;

 

 

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1        (7) sell pitchers (or the equivalent, including, but
2    not limited to, buckets of bottled beer), carafes, or
3    bottles of alcoholic liquor which are customarily sold in
4    such manner, or sell bottles of spirits;
5        (8) advertise events permitted under this Section;
6        (9) include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of an
7    entertainment package where the licensee is separately
8    licensed by a municipal ordinance that (A) restricts dates
9    of operation to dates during which there is an event at an
10    adjacent stadium, (B) restricts hours of serving alcoholic
11    liquor to 2 hours before the event and one hour after the
12    event, (C) restricts alcoholic liquor sales to beer and
13    wine, (D) requires tickets for admission to the
14    establishment, and (E) prohibits sale of admission tickets
15    on the day of an event and permits the sale of admission
16    tickets for single events only; and
17        (10) discount any drink of alcoholic liquor during a
18    specified time period only if:
19            (A) the price of the drink of alcoholic liquor is
20        not changed during the time that it is discounted;
21            (B) the period of time during which any drink of
22        alcoholic liquor is discounted does not exceed 4 hours
23        per day and 15 hours per week; however, this period of
24        time is not required to be consecutive and may be
25        divided by the licensee in any manner;
26            (C) the drink of alcoholic liquor is not

 

 

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1        discounted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the
2        licensed premises' closing hour; and
3            (D) notice of the discount of the drink of
4        alcoholic liquor during a specified time is posted on
5        the licensed premises or on the licensee's publicly
6        available website at least 7 days prior to the
7        specified time; and .
8        (11) provide a single drink of alcoholic liquor at no
9    charge to a customer as part of a publicly advertised
10    promotion to encourage participation in any COVID-19
11    vaccination program if the customer provides proof of
12    receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; this paragraph is
13    inoperative on and after 6 months after the effective date
14    of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
15    (c) A violation of this Section shall be grounds for
16suspension or revocation of the retailer's license as provided
17by this Act. The State Commission may not enforce any trade
18practice policy or other rule that was not adopted in
19accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
20    (d) All licensees affected by this Section must also
21comply with Sections 6-16, 6-21, and 6-27.1 of this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 99-46, eff. 7-15-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.