HB6683 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 18430 LRD 47273 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6683

Introduced 02/09/04, by William B. Black

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

235 ILCS 5/9-2b new

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that in any township that has voted to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor, the township board may authorize the local liquor control commissioner to issue a special event retailer's license (not-for-profit) authorizing the sale of beer for up to 7 days per year for up to 30 years at an agricultural show that is held on privately-owned property that is within the township, but is not within the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning alcoholic 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 adding Section 9-2b as follows:

(235 ILCS 5/9-2b new)

Sec. 9-2b. Prohibition against sale of alcoholic liquor; exception. Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the contrary, in any township that has voted to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor under Section 9-2, the township board may authorize the local liquor control commissioner to issue a special event retailer's license (not-for-profit) authorizing the sale of beer for up to 7 days per year for up to 30 years at an agricultural show that is held on privately-owned property that is within the township, but is not within the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town.

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