Full Text of SB1718 98th General Assembly
SB1718ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Sara Feigenholtz Filed: 5/9/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1718
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1718 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 6-28 as follows:
| 6 | | (235 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 43, par. 144d)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-28. Happy hours prohibited. | 8 | | (a) All retail licensees shall
maintain a schedule of the | 9 | | prices charged for all drinks of alcoholic
liquor to be served | 10 | | and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room or
part | 11 | | thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi-use establishment which | 12 | | holds a
valid retailer's license operates on its premises more | 13 | | than one
establishment at which drinks of alcoholic liquor are | 14 | | sold at retail, the
hotel or multi-use establishment shall | 15 | | maintain at each such establishment
a separate schedule of the | 16 | | prices charged for such drinks at that
establishment.
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| 1 | | (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such | 2 | | licensee shall:
| 3 | | (1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one | 4 | | time to one person
for consumption by that one person, | 5 | | except conducting product sampling
pursuant to Section | 6 | | 6-31 or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or
carafe;
| 7 | | (2) sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an | 8 | | unlimited number of
drinks of alcoholic liquor during any | 9 | | set period of time for a fixed price,
except at private | 10 | | functions not open to the general public;
| 11 | | (3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic | 12 | | liquor to any
person on any one date at a reduced price | 13 | | other than that charged other
purchasers of drinks on that | 14 | | day where such reduced price is a promotion to
encourage | 15 | | consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in
| 16 | | paragraph (7) of subsection (c);
| 17 | | (4) increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained | 18 | | in a drink, or the
size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, | 19 | | without increasing proportionately
the price regularly | 20 | | charged for the drink on that day;
| 21 | | (5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any | 22 | | game or contest
which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or | 23 | | the
awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for | 24 | | such game or contest
on the licensed premises; or
| 25 | | (6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off | 26 | | the licensed
premises, any of the practices prohibited |
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| 1 | | under paragraphs (1) through (5).
| 2 | | (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to | 3 | | prohibit a
licensee from:
| 4 | | (1) offering free food or entertainment at any time;
| 5 | | (2) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 6 | | meal package;
| 7 | | (3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 8 | | hotel package;
| 9 | | (4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a | 10 | | contract between
a hotel or multi-use establishment and | 11 | | another group for the holding of any
function, meeting, | 12 | | convention or trade show;
| 13 | | (5) providing room service to persons renting rooms at | 14 | | a hotel;
| 15 | | (6) selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including but | 16 | | not limited to
buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic | 17 | | liquor which are
customarily sold in such manner, or | 18 | | selling bottles of spirits, and delivered to 2 or more | 19 | | persons at one time;
or
| 20 | | (7) increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor in | 21 | | lieu of, in whole
or in part, a cover charge to offset the | 22 | | cost of special entertainment not
regularly scheduled ; or .
| 23 | | (8) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of an | 24 | | entertainment package where the licensee is separately | 25 | | licensed by a municipal ordinance that (A) restricts dates | 26 | | of operation to dates during which there is an event at an |
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| 1 | | adjacent stadium, (B) restricts hours of serving alcoholic | 2 | | liquor to 2 hours before the event and one hour after the | 3 | | event, (C) restricts alcoholic liquor sales to beer and | 4 | | wine, (D) requires tickets for admission to the | 5 | | establishment, and (E) prohibits sale of admission tickets | 6 | | on the day of an event and permits the sale of admission | 7 | | tickets for single events only. | 8 | | (d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension | 9 | | or
revocation of the retailer's license as provided by
this | 10 | | Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1112, eff. 2-27-07.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.".
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