Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 11/15/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 948

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 948 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5 changing Section 6-28 as follows:
 
6     (235 ILCS 5/6-28)  (from Ch. 43, par. 144d)
7     Sec. 6-28. Happy hours prohibited. (a) All retail licensees
8 shall maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks
9 of alcoholic liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed
10 premises or in any room or part thereof. Whenever a hotel or
11 multi-use establishment which holds a valid retailer's license
12 operates on its premises more than one establishment at which
13 drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the hotel or
14 multi-use establishment shall maintain at each such
15 establishment a separate schedule of the prices charged for
16 such drinks at that establishment.
17     (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such
18 licensee shall:
19         (1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one
20     time to one person for consumption by that one person,
21     except conducting product sampling pursuant to Section
22     6-31 or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or carafe;
23         (2) sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an
24     unlimited number of drinks of alcoholic liquor during any

 

 

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1     set period of time for a fixed price, except at private
2     functions not open to the general public;
3         (3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic
4     liquor to any person on any one date at a reduced price
5     other than that charged other purchasers of drinks on that
6     day where such reduced price is a promotion to encourage
7     consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in
8     paragraph (7) of subsection (c);
9         (4) increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained
10     in a drink, or the size of a drink of alcoholic liquor,
11     without increasing proportionately the price regularly
12     charged for the drink on that day;
13         (5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any
14     game or contest which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or
15     the awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for
16     such game or contest on the licensed premises; or
17         (6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off
18     the licensed premises, any of the practices prohibited
19     under paragraphs (1) through (5).
20     (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to
21 prohibit a licensee from:
22         (1) offering free food or entertainment at any time;
23         (2) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
24     meal package;
25         (3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
26     hotel package;
27         (4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a
28     contract between a hotel or multi-use establishment and
29     another group for the holding of any function, meeting,
30     convention or trade show;
31         (5) providing room service to persons renting rooms at
32     a hotel;
33         (6) selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including but
34     not limited to buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic

 

 

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1     liquor which are customarily sold in such manner, or
2     selling bottles of spirits, and delivered to 2 or more
3     persons at one time; or
4         (7) increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor in
5     lieu of, in whole or in part, a cover charge to offset the
6     cost of special entertainment not regularly scheduled.
7     (d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension
8 or revocation of the retailer's license as provided by this
9 Act.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-432, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".