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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2700
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2700  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Liquor  Control  Act of 1934 by
 5    changing Sections 1-3.28, 2-1, 3-12, 5-1, 6-16, and 10-1  and
 6    adding Sections 6-17.2 and 6-29.1."; and
 7    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 8    following:
 9        "Section 5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
10    changing Sections 1-3.28, 2-1, 3-12, 5-1, 6-16, and 10-1  and
11    adding Sections 6-17.2 and 6-29.1 as follows:
12        (235 ILCS 5/1-3.28) (from Ch. 43, par. 95.28)
13        Sec.  1-3.28.   "Broker"  means (i) a person who solicits
14    orders for or offers to sell or supply alcoholic  liquors  to
15    retailers  for  a  fee  or  commission, for or on behalf of a
16    person  authorized  to  manufacture  or  sell  at   wholesale
17    alcoholic  liquors  within  or  without  the  State or (ii) a
18    person within this State, other than a retail licensee,   who
19    promotes, solicits, or accepts orders for  alcoholic  liquor,
20    for use or consumption and not for resale, to be delivered to
21    residents  of  this  State  by  an  express  company,  common
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 1    carrier,  or contract carrier. This Section does not apply to
 2    any person who promotes, solicits, or accepts orders for wine
 3    as specifically authorized in Section 6-29 of this Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 5        (235 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 96)
 6        Sec. 2-1.  No person shall  manufacture,  bottle,  blend,
 7    sell,  barter,  transport,  transfer  into  this State from a
 8    point outside this State, deliver,  furnish  or  possess  any
 9    alcoholic  liquor  for  beverage purposes, unless such person
10    has been issued a license by  the  Commission  or  except  as
11    permitted  by  Section  6-29  of this Act or except except as
12    otherwise  specifically  provided  in  this  Act;,  provided,
13    however,  nothing  herein   contained   shall   prevent   the
14    possession  and  transportation  of  alcoholic  liquor by the
15    possessor for the personal use of the possessor,  his  family
16    and  guests,  nor  prevent the making of wine, cider or other
17    alcoholic liquor by  a  person  from  fruits,  vegetables  or
18    grains,  or  the products thereof, by simple fermentation and
19    without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of the
20    maker, his family and his guests; and provided  further  that
21    nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  any duly licensed
22    practicing physician or  dentist  from  possessing  or  using
23    alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of his profession, or
24    any  hospital  or  other  institution  caring  for  sick  and
25    diseased  persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor
26    for the treatment of bona fide patients of such  hospital  or
27    other  institution;  and provided further that any drug store
28    employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic
29    liquors in the concoction of prescriptions of  duly  licensed
30    physicians;  and  provided  further,  that the possession and
31    dispensation of wine by an authorized representative  of  any
32    church  for  the  purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or
33    religious ceremony conducted by  such  church  shall  not  be
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 1    prohibited by this Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 3        (235 ILCS 5/3-12) (from Ch. 43, par. 108)
 4        Sec. 3-12.  The State commission shall have the following
 5    powers, functions and duties:
 6        (1)  To  receive  applications  and  to issue licenses to
 7    manufacturers,  foreign  importers,  importing  distributors,
 8    distributors, non-resident dealers,  on  premise  consumption
 9    retailers, off premise sale retailers, special event retailer
10    licensees,   special  use  permit  licenses,  auction  liquor
11    licenses, brew pubs, caterer retailers,  non-beverage  users,
12    railroads,  including  owners and lessees of sleeping, dining
13    and cafe  cars,  airplanes,  and  boats,  brokers,  and  wine
14    maker's retail licensees in accordance with the provisions of
15    this  Act,  and  to  suspend or revoke such licenses upon the
16    State commission's determination, upon notice after  hearing,
17    that a licensee has violated any provision of this Act or any
18    rule  or regulation issued pursuant thereto and in effect for
19    30 days prior to such violation.
20        In  lieu  of  suspending  or  revoking  a  license,   the
21    commission  may  impose  a  fine, upon the State commission's
22    determination and notice after hearing, that a  licensee  has
23    violated  any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation
24    issued pursuant thereto and in effect for 30  days  prior  to
25    such  violation.   The  fine imposed under this paragraph may
26    not exceed $500  for  each  violation.   Each  day  that  the
27    activity,  which gave rise to the original fine, continues is
28    a separate violation.  The maximum fine that  may  be  levied
29    against  any  licensee,  for the period of the license, shall
30    not exceed $20,000. The maximum penalty that may  be  imposed
31    on a licensee for selling a bottle of alcoholic liquor with a
32    foreign  object  in  it or serving from a bottle of alcoholic
33    liquor with a foreign object in it shall be  the  destruction
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 1    of  that  bottle of alcoholic liquor for the first 10 bottles
 2    so sold or served from by the  licensee.   For  the  eleventh
 3    bottle   of  alcoholic  liquor  and  for  each  third  bottle
 4    thereafter sold or served from by the licensee with a foreign
 5    object in it, the maximum penalty that may be imposed on  the
 6    licensee is the destruction of the bottle of alcoholic liquor
 7    and a fine of up to $50.
 8        (2)  To  adopt such rules and regulations consistent with
 9    the provisions of this Act which shall be necessary to  carry
10    on  its  functions  and  duties  to  the end that the health,
11    safety and welfare of the People of  the  State  of  Illinois
12    shall  be  protected  and  temperance  in  the consumption of
13    alcoholic liquors shall  be  fostered  and  promoted  and  to
14    distribute  copies  of  such  rules  and  regulations  to all
15    licensees affected thereby.
16        (3)  To call upon other administrative departments of the
17    State, county and  municipal  governments,  county  and  city
18    police  departments  and  upon  prosecuting officers for such
19    information and assistance  as  it  deems  necessary  in  the
20    performance of its duties.
21        (4)  To   recommend  to  local  commissioners  rules  and
22    regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  the   law,   for   the
23    distribution  and  sale  of  alcoholic liquors throughout the
24    State.
25        (5) (a)  To  inspect,  or  cause  to  be  inspected,  any
26    licensed   or  non-licensed  premises  in  this  State  where
27    alcoholic liquors are manufactured, distributed,  warehoused,
28    or sold.
29        (b)  To  investigate  shipments  of alcoholic liquor into
30    this State from a point outside of this  State  and  issue  a
31    cease  and  desist notice in the event of a violation of this
32    Act.
33        (6)  To hear and determine appeals from orders of a local
34    commission in accordance with the provisions of this Act,  as
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 1    hereinafter  set  forth. Hearings under this subsection shall
 2    be held in Springfield or Chicago, at whichever  location  is
 3    the  more  convenient  for  the  majority  of persons who are
 4    parties to the hearing.
 5        (7)  The commission shall establish  uniform  systems  of
 6    accounts  to be kept by all retail licensees having more than
 7    4 employees, and for this purpose the commission may classify
 8    all  retail  licensees  having  more  than  4  employees  and
 9    establish a uniform system of accounts  for  each  class  and
10    prescribe  the  manner  in which such accounts shall be kept.
11    The commission may also prescribe the forms of accounts to be
12    kept by all retail licensees having more  than  4  employees,
13    including  but  not  limited  to  accounts  of  earnings  and
14    expenses and any distribution, payment, or other distribution
15    of  earnings  or  assets,  and  any  other forms, records and
16    memoranda which in the judgment  of  the  commission  may  be
17    necessary  or  appropriate to carry out any of the provisions
18    of this Act, including but not limited to such forms, records
19    and memoranda as will readily and accurately disclose at  all
20    times  the  beneficial  ownership  of  such  retail  licensed
21    business.   The  accounts, forms, records and memoranda shall
22    be available  at  all  reasonable  times  for  inspection  by
23    authorized  representatives of the State commission or by any
24    local liquor control commissioner or his  or  her  authorized
25    representative.  The  commission,  may,  from  time  to time,
26    alter, amend or repeal, in whole  or  in  part,  any  uniform
27    system  of  accounts,  or  the  form  and  manner  of keeping
28    accounts.
29        (8)  In the conduct of any hearing authorized to be  held
30    by the commission, to examine, or cause to be examined, under
31    oath,  any  licensee,  and to examine or cause to be examined
32    the books and records of such licensee; to hear testimony and
33    take proof material for its information in the  discharge  of
34    its   duties   hereunder;   to  administer  or  cause  to  be
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 1    administered  oaths;  and  for  any  such  purpose  to  issue
 2    subpoena or subpoenas to require the attendance of  witnesses
 3    and  the production of books, which shall be effective in any
 4    part of this State.
 5        Any Circuit Court may by order duly entered, require  the
 6    attendance  of witnesses and the production of relevant books
 7    subpoenaed by the State commission and the court  may  compel
 8    obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt.
 9        (9)  To   investigate   the  administration  of  laws  in
10    relation to alcoholic liquors in this and  other  states  and
11    any  foreign countries, and to recommend from time to time to
12    the Governor and through him or her  to  the  legislature  of
13    this  State,  such  amendments to this Act, if any, as it may
14    think desirable and as will  serve  to  further  the  general
15    broad purposes contained in Section 1-2 hereof.
16        (10)  To adopt such rules and regulations consistent with
17    the  provisions  of this Act which shall be necessary for the
18    control, sale or disposition of alcoholic liquor damaged as a
19    result of an accident, wreck, flood, fire  or  other  similar
20    occurrence.
21        (11)  To develop industry educational programs related to
22    responsible serving and selling, particularly in the areas of
23    overserving  consumers  and  illegal  underage purchasing and
24    consumption of alcoholic beverages.
25        (12)  To develop and maintain a repository of license and
26    regulatory information.
27        (13)  On or before January 15, 1994, the Commission shall
28    issue a written report to the Governor and  General  Assembly
29    that is to be based on a comprehensive study of the impact on
30    and implications for the State of Illinois of Section 1926 of
31    the  Federal  ADAMHA  Reorganization  Act of 1992 (Public Law
32    102-321).  This study  shall  address  the  extent  to  which
33    Illinois  currently  complies  with  the  provisions  of P.L.
34    102-321 and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
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 1        As part of its report, the Commission shall  provide  the
 2    following essential information:
 3             (i)  the  number  of  retail distributors of tobacco
 4        products, by type and geographic area, in the State;
 5             (ii)  the   number   of   reported   citations   and
 6        successful convictions, categorized by type and  location
 7        of  retail  distributor,  for  violation  of  the Sale of
 8        Tobacco  to  Minors  Act  and   the   Smokeless   Tobacco
 9        Limitation Act;
10             (iii)  the    extent   and   nature   of   organized
11        educational and governmental activities that are intended
12        to promote, encourage or otherwise secure compliance with
13        any Illinois laws that prohibit the sale or  distribution
14        of tobacco products to minors; and
15             (iv)  the   level  of  access  and  availability  of
16        tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18.
17        To  obtain  the  data  necessary  to  comply   with   the
18    provisions  of  P.L.  102-321  and  the  requirements of this
19    report, the  Commission  shall  conduct  random,  unannounced
20    inspections    of   a   geographically   and   scientifically
21    representative  sample  of   the   State's   retail   tobacco
22    distributors.
23        The  Commission  shall  consult  with  the  Department of
24    Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Illinois
25    State Police and  any  other  executive  branch  agency,  and
26    private  organizations  that may have information relevant to
27    this report.
28        The Commission  may  contract  with  the  Food  and  Drug
29    Administration  of  the  U.S.  Department of Health and Human
30    Services to conduct unannounced  investigations  of  Illinois
31    tobacco  vendors  to  determine  compliance with federal laws
32    relating to the illegal  sale  of  cigarettes  and  smokeless
33    tobacco products to persons under the age of 18.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-9, eff. 7-1-97; 90-432,
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 1    eff. 1-1-98; revised 11-5-97.)
 2        (235 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 115)
 3        Sec. 5-1.  Licenses issued by the Illinois Liquor Control
 4    Commission shall be of the following classes:
 5        (a)  Manufacturer's  license  - Class 1. Distiller, Class
 6    2.  Rectifier, Class 3.  Brewer, Class 4.  First  Class  Wine
 7    Manufacturer,   Class  5.   Second  Class  Wine Manufacturer,
 8    Class  6.  First  Class  Winemaker,  Class  7.  Second  Class
 9    Winemaker, Class 8.  Limited Wine Manufacturer,
10        (b)  Distributor's license,
11        (c)  Importing Distributor's license,
12        (d)  Retailer's license,
13        (e)  Special Event Retailer's license (not-for-profit),
14        (f)  Railroad license,
15        (g)  Boat license,
16        (h)  Non-Beverage User's license,
17        (i)  Wine-maker's retail license,
18        (j)  Airplane license,
19        (k)  Foreign importer's license,
20        (l)  Broker's license,
21        (m)  Non-resident dealer's license,
22        (n)  Brew Pub license,
23        (o)  Auction liquor license,
24        (p)  Caterer retailer license,
25        (q)  Special use permit license.
26        Nothing  in  this  provision,  nor  in   any   subsequent
27    provision  of  this Act shall be interpreted as forbidding an
28    individual or firm from concurrently obtaining and holding  a
29    Winemaker's and a Wine manufacturer's license.
30        (a)  A    manufacturer's    license   shall   allow   the
31    manufacture, importation in bulk, storage,  distribution  and
32    sale of alcoholic liquor to persons without the State, as may
33    be  permitted  by  law  and  to  licensees  in  this State as
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 1    follows:
 2        Class 1. A Distiller may make  sales  and  deliveries  of
 3    alcoholic   liquor   to   distillers,  rectifiers,  importing
 4    distributors, distributors and non-beverage users and  to  no
 5    other licensees.
 6        Class  2. A Rectifier, who is not a distiller, as defined
 7    herein, may make sales and deliveries of alcoholic liquor  to
 8    rectifiers,  importing  distributors, distributors, retailers
 9    and non-beverage users and to no other licensees.
10        Class 3. A Brewer may make sales and deliveries  of  beer
11    to    importing    distributors,    distributors,    and   to
12    non-licensees, and to retailers provided the  brewer  obtains
13    an  importing  distributor's license or distributor's license
14    in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
15        Class 4. A first class wine-manufacturer may  make  sales
16    and  deliveries  of between 40,000 and 50,000 gallons of wine
17    to manufacturers, importing  distributors  and  distributors,
18    and to no other licensees.
19        Class  5. A second class Wine manufacturer may make sales
20    and deliveries  of  more  than  50,000  gallons  of  wine  to
21    manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors and to
22    no other licensees.
23        Class  6.  A first-class wine-maker's license shall allow
24    the manufacture of less than 20,000 gallons of wine per year,
25    and the storage and sale of such  wine  to  distributors  and
26    retailers  in  the State and to persons without the State, as
27    may be permitted by law.
28        Class 7. A second-class wine-maker's license shall  allow
29    the manufacture of up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, and
30    the  storage  and  sale  of such wine to distributors in this
31    State and to persons without the State, as may  be  permitted
32    by  law.  A second-class wine-maker's license shall allow the
33    sale of no more than 10,000 gallons of  the  licensee's  wine
34    directly to retailers.
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 1        Class  8.  A limited wine-manufacturer may make sales and
 2    deliveries not to exceed 40,000 gallons of wine per  year  to
 3    distributors,  and  to  non-licensees  in accordance with the
 4    provisions of this Act.
 5        (a-1)  A manufacturer which is licensed in this State  to
 6    make  sales  or  deliveries  of  alcoholic  liquor  and which
 7    enlists agents, representatives, or individuals acting on its
 8    behalf who  contact  licensed  retailers  on  a  regular  and
 9    continual  basis  in  this  State must register those agents,
10    representatives, or persons acting on  its  behalf  with  the
11    State Commission.
12        Registration   of  agents,  representatives,  or  persons
13    acting on behalf of a manufacturer is fulfilled by submitting
14    a form to the Commission.  The form shall be developed by the
15    Commission and shall include the  name  and  address  of  the
16    applicant, the name and address of the manufacturer he or she
17    represents,  the  territory  or  areas assigned to sell to or
18    discuss pricing terms of  alcoholic  liquor,  and  any  other
19    questions  deemed  appropriate and necessary.  All statements
20    in the forms required to be made by law or by rule  shall  be
21    deemed  material,  and any person who knowingly misstates any
22    material fact under oath in an application  is  guilty  of  a
23    Class   B   misdemeanor.    Fraud,  misrepresentation,  false
24    statements, misleading statements, evasions,  or  suppression
25    of  material  facts  in  the  securing  of a registration are
26    grounds for suspension or revocation of the registration.
27        (b)  A distributor's license shall  allow  the  wholesale
28    purchase  and  storage  of  alcoholic  liquors  and  sale  of
29    alcoholic  liquors  to licensees in this State and to persons
30    without the State, as may be permitted by law.
31        (c)  An importing distributor's license may be issued  to
32    and  held  by  those only who are duly licensed distributors,
33    upon  the  filing  of  an  application  by  a  duly  licensed
34    distributor, with the Commission and  the  Commission  shall,
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 1    without  the  payment  of  any  fee,  immediately  issue such
 2    importing distributor's license to the applicant, which shall
 3    allow the importation of alcoholic  liquor  by  the  licensee
 4    into  this  State from any point in the United States outside
 5    this State, and the purchase of alcoholic liquor in  barrels,
 6    casks  or  other  bulk  containers  and  the bottling of such
 7    alcoholic liquors before resale thereof, but all  bottles  or
 8    containers  so  filled  shall be sealed, labeled, stamped and
 9    otherwise made to  comply  with  all  provisions,  rules  and
10    regulations  governing  manufacturers  in the preparation and
11    bottling of alcoholic liquors.  The  importing  distributor's
12    license  shall  permit  such  licensee  to purchase alcoholic
13    liquor  from  Illinois  licensed  non-resident  dealers   and
14    foreign importers only.
15        (d)  A  retailer's  license  shall  allow the licensee to
16    sell and offer for sale  at  retail,  only  in  the  premises
17    specified  in  such  license,  alcoholic  liquor  for  use or
18    consumption, but not for resale in any  form:  Provided  that
19    any retail license issued to a manufacturer shall only permit
20    such  manufacturer  to  sell  beer  at retail on the premises
21    actually occupied by such manufacturer.
22        After January  1,  1995  there  shall  be  2  classes  of
23    licenses issued under a retailers license.
24             (1)  A  "retailers  on  premise consumption license"
25        shall allow the licensee to sell and offer  for  sale  at
26        retail,  only  on  the premises specified in the license,
27        alcoholic liquor for use or consumption on  the  premises
28        or  on  and  off  the premises, but not for resale in any
29        form.
30             (2)  An "off premise sale license" shall  allow  the
31        licensee  to sell, or offer for sale at retail, alcoholic
32        liquor intended only for off premise consumption and  not
33        for resale in any form.
34        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this subsection
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 1    (d), a retail  licensee  may  sell  alcoholic  liquors  to  a
 2    special  event  retailer  licensee  for  resale to the extent
 3    permitted under subsection (e).
 4        (e)  A special event retailer's license  (not-for-profit)
 5    shall  permit the licensee to purchase alcoholic liquors from
 6    an  Illinois  licensed   distributor  (unless  the   licensee
 7    purchases less than $500 of alcoholic liquors for the special
 8    event,  in which case the licensee may purchase the alcoholic
 9    liquors  from  a  licensed  retailer)  and  shall  allow  the
10    licensee to sell and offer for  sale,  at  retail,  alcoholic
11    liquors  for  use  or  consumption, but not for resale in any
12    form and only at the  location  and  on  the  specific  dates
13    designated   for  the  special  event  in  the  license.   An
14    applicant for a special  event  retailer  license  must  also
15    submit  with  the application proof satisfactory to the State
16    Commission  that  the  applicant  will  provide   dram   shop
17    liability  insurance  in  the  maximum  limits and have local
18    authority approval.
19        (f)  A railroad license  shall  permit  the  licensee  to
20    import  alcoholic  liquors  into this State from any point in
21    the United States  outside  this  State  and  to  store  such
22    alcoholic  liquors in this State; to make wholesale purchases
23    of alcoholic liquors  directly  from  manufacturers,  foreign
24    importers,   distributors  and  importing  distributors  from
25    within or outside this State; and  to  store  such  alcoholic
26    liquors  in this State; provided that the above powers may be
27    exercised only in connection with the  importation,  purchase
28    or  storage of alcoholic liquors to be sold or dispensed on a
29    club, buffet, lounge or dining car operated on  an  electric,
30    gas  or  steam  railway  in this State; and provided further,
31    that railroad licensees exercising the above powers shall  be
32    subject  to  all  provisions  of  Article VIII of this Act as
33    applied to importing distributors.  A railroad license  shall
34    also  permit  the  licensee  to  sell  or  dispense alcoholic
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 1    liquors on any club, buffet, lounge or dining car operated on
 2    an electric, gas or steam railway  regularly  operated  by  a
 3    common  carrier  in this State, but shall not permit the sale
 4    for resale of any alcoholic liquors to  any  licensee  within
 5    this  State.   A  license  shall  be obtained for each car in
 6    which such sales are made.
 7        (g)  A boat license shall allow  the  sale  of  alcoholic
 8    liquor  in individual drinks, on any passenger boat regularly
 9    operated as a common carrier  on  navigable  waters  in  this
10    State,   which   boat  maintains  a  public  dining  room  or
11    restaurant thereon.
12        (h)  A  non-beverage  user's  license  shall  allow   the
13    licensee   to  purchase  alcoholic  liquor  from  a  licensed
14    manufacturer or importing distributor, without the imposition
15    of any tax upon the business of such licensed manufacturer or
16    importing distributor as to such alcoholic liquor to be  used
17    by  such  licensee  solely  for the non-beverage purposes set
18    forth in subsection (a) of Section 8-1 of this Act, and  such
19    licenses shall be divided and classified and shall permit the
20    purchase, possession and use of limited and stated quantities
21    of alcoholic liquor as follows:
22    Class 1, not to exceed .......................    500 gallons
23    Class 2, not to exceed .......................  1,000 gallons
24    Class 3, not to exceed .......................  5,000 gallons
25    Class 4, not to exceed ....................... 10,000 gallons
26    Class 5, not to exceed ....................... 50,000 gallons
27        (i)  A   wine-maker's  retail  license  shall  allow  the
28    licensee to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises
29    specified in such license not more  than  50,000  gallons  of
30    wine  per  year for use or consumption, but not for resale in
31    any form; this license shall  be  issued  only  to  a  person
32    licensed  as  a  first-class  or  second-class  wine-maker. A
33    wine-maker's retail licensee, upon receiving permission  from
34    the  Commission,  may  conduct  business at a second location
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 1    that  is  separate  from  the  location  specified   in   its
 2    wine-maker's   retail   license.   One   wine-maker's  retail
 3    license-second location  may  be  issued  to  a  wine-maker's
 4    retail  licensee  allowing the licensee to sell and offer for
 5    sale at retail in the premises specified in the  wine-maker's
 6    retail  license-second  location up to 50,000 gallons of wine
 7    that was produced at the licensee's first location  per  year
 8    for use and consumption and not for resale.
 9        (j)  An  airplane  license  shall  permit the licensee to
10    import alcoholic liquors into this State from  any  point  in
11    the  United  States  outside  this  State  and  to store such
12    alcoholic liquors in this State; to make wholesale  purchases
13    of  alcoholic  liquors  directly  from manufacturers, foreign
14    importers,  distributors  and  importing  distributors   from
15    within  or  outside  this  State; and to store such alcoholic
16    liquors in this State; provided that the above powers may  be
17    exercised  only  in connection with the importation, purchase
18    or storage of alcoholic liquors to be sold or dispensed on an
19    airplane;  and  provided  further,  that  airplane  licensees
20    exercising  the  above  powers  shall  be  subject   to   all
21    provisions  of  Article  VIII  of  this  Act  as  applied  to
22    importing  distributors.   An  airplane  licensee  shall also
23    permit the sale or dispensing of  alcoholic  liquors  on  any
24    passenger  airplane regularly operated by a common carrier in
25    this State, but shall not permit the sale for resale  of  any
26    alcoholic  liquors  to  any  licensee  within  this State.  A
27    single airplane license  shall  be  required  of  an  airline
28    company  if  liquor  service is provided on board aircraft in
29    this State.  The annual fee for  such  license  shall  be  as
30    determined in Section 5-3.
31        (k)  A  foreign  importer's  license  shall  permit  such
32    licensee  to purchase alcoholic liquor from Illinois licensed
33    non-resident dealers only, and  to  import  alcoholic  liquor
34    other  than  in bulk from any point outside the United States
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 1    and to  sell  such  alcoholic  liquor  to  Illinois  licensed
 2    importing distributors and to no one else in Illinois.
 3        (l) (i)  A  broker's  license  shall  be  required of all
 4    persons brokers who solicit orders  for,  offer  to  sell  or
 5    offer to supply alcoholic liquor to retailers in the State of
 6    Illinois,  or  who  offer to retailers to ship or cause to be
 7    shipped or  to  make  contact  with  distillers,  rectifiers,
 8    brewers or manufacturers or any other party within or without
 9    the  State  of  Illinois  in  order that alcoholic liquors be
10    shipped to a distributor, importing  distributor  or  foreign
11    importer,  whether  such solicitation or offer is consummated
12    within or without the State of Illinois.
13        No holder of a retailer's license issued by the  Illinois
14    Liquor  Control  Commission  shall  purchase  or  receive any
15    alcoholic liquor,  the  order  for  which  was  solicited  or
16    offered  for  sale  to  such  retailer by a broker unless the
17    broker is the holder of a valid broker's license.
18        The broker shall, upon the acceptance by  a  retailer  of
19    the  broker's  solicitation  of  an order or offer to sell or
20    supply  or  deliver  or  have  delivered  alcoholic  liquors,
21    promptly forward to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission  a
22    notification   of  said  transaction  in  such  form  as  the
23    Commission may by regulations prescribe.
24        (ii)  A broker's license shall be required of all persons
25    within this State, other than retail licensees, who  promote,
26    solicit,  or  accept  orders for alcoholic liquor, for use or
27    consumption and not for resale, to be delivered to  residents
28    of  this  State  by  an  express  company, common carrier, or
29    contract carrier.  This Section does not apply to any  person
30    who  promotes,  solicits,  or  accepts  orders  for  wine  as
31    specifically authorized in Section 6-29 of this Act.
32        A  broker's  Such license under this subsection (1) shall
33    not entitle the holder to buy or sell any  alcoholic  liquors
34    for  his  own  account  or  to  take or deliver title to such
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 1    alcoholic liquors.
 2        This subsection (l)  shall  not  apply  to  distributors,
 3    employees of distributors, or employees of a manufacturer who
 4    has  registered the trademark, brand or name of the alcoholic
 5    liquor pursuant to Section 6-9 of this Act, and who regularly
 6    sells such alcoholic liquor in the State of Illinois only  to
 7    its registrants thereunder.
 8        Any   agent,   representative,   or   person  subject  to
 9    registration pursuant to subsection  (a-1)  of  this  Section
10    shall not be eligible to receive a broker's license.
11        (m)  A  non-resident  dealer's  license shall permit such
12    licensee to ship into and  warehouse  alcoholic  liquor  into
13    this  State from any point outside of this State, and to sell
14    such alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed foreign  importers
15    and  importing distributors and to no one else in this State;
16    provided that said non-resident dealer  shall  register  with
17    the  Illinois  Liquor Control Commission each and every brand
18    of alcoholic liquor which it proposes  to  sell  to  Illinois
19    licensees  during  the  license  period; and further provided
20    that it shall comply with all of the  provisions  of  Section
21    6-9  hereof  with  respect  to  registration of such Illinois
22    licensees as may be granted the right to sell such brands  at
23    wholesale.
24        (n)  A  brew  pub  license  shall  allow  the licensee to
25    manufacture beer  only  on  the  premises  specified  in  the
26    license,  to  make  sales  of  the  beer  manufactured on the
27    premises to  importing  distributors,  distributors,  and  to
28    non-licensees for use and consumption, to store the beer upon
29    the  premises,  and to sell and offer for sale at retail from
30    the licensed premises, provided  that  a  brew  pub  licensee
31    shall  not sell for off-premises consumption more than 50,000
32    gallons per year.
33        (o)  A caterer retailer license shall allow the holder to
34    serve alcoholic liquors as  an  incidental  part  of  a  food
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 1    service that serves prepared meals which excludes the serving
 2    of  snacks as the primary meal, either on or off-site whether
 3    licensed or unlicensed.
 4        (p)  An auction liquor license shall allow  the  licensee
 5    to  sell  and  offer for sale at auction wine and spirits for
 6    use or consumption, or  for  resale  by  an  Illinois  liquor
 7    licensee  in  accordance  with  provisions  of  this Act.  An
 8    auction liquor license will be issued to a person and it will
 9    permit the  auction  liquor  licensee  to  hold  the  auction
10    anywhere  in  the  State.   An auction liquor license must be
11    obtained for each auction at least 14 days in advance of  the
12    auction date.
13        (q)  A special use permit license shall allow an Illinois
14    licensed  retailer  to  transfer  a  portion of its alcoholic
15    liquor inventory from its retail  licensed  premises  to  the
16    premises specified in the license hereby created, and to sell
17    or  offer  for sale at retail, only in the premises specified
18    in the license  hereby  created,  the  transferred  alcoholic
19    liquor  for  use  or  consumption,  but not for resale in any
20    form.  A special use permit license may be  granted  for  the
21    following  time periods: one day or less; 2 or more days to a
22    maximum of 15 days per location in any 12 month  period.   An
23    applicant for the special use permit license must also submit
24    with   the   application  proof  satisfactory  to  the  State
25    Commission  that  the  applicant  will  provide   dram   shop
26    liability  insurance  to  the  maximum  limits and have local
27    authority approval.
28    (Source: P.A.  89-45,  eff.  6-23-95;  89-218,  eff.  1-1-96;
29    89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-77, eff. 7-8-97; 90-432, eff. 1-1-98;
30    revised 11-5-97.)
31        (235 ILCS 5/6-16) (from Ch. 43, par. 131)
32        Sec. 6-16.  Prohibited sales and possession.
33        (a)  (i)  No licensee nor any officer, associate, member,
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 1    representative, agent, or employee  of  such  licensee  shall
 2    sell,  give,  or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under
 3    the age of 21 years or to any intoxicated person,  except  as
 4    provided  in  Section  6-16.1  16.1. (ii) No express company,
 5    common  carrier,  or  contract  carrier   that   carries   or
 6    transports  alcoholic  liquor  for delivery within this State
 7    shall give or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person in  this
 8    State under the age of 21 years or to any intoxicated person.
 9    An  express company, common carrier, or contract carrier that
10    carries or transports alcoholic liquor  for  delivery  within
11    this  State shall obtain a signature acknowledging receipt of
12    the alcoholic liquor by a person who is at least 21 years  of
13    age.   (iii)  No   person,   after  purchasing  or  otherwise
14    obtaining alcoholic liquor, shall sell, give, or deliver such
15    alcoholic liquor to another person under the age of 21 years,
16    except in the performance of a religious ceremony or service.
17    Any person who violates the provisions of item (i), (ii),  or
18    (iii) of this paragraph of this subsection (a) is guilty of a
19    Class  A misdemeanor and the person's sentence shall include,
20    but shall not be limited to, a fine of not less than $500.
21        If   a   licensee   or   officer,   associate,    member,
22    representative,  agent,  or  employee  of  the licensee, or a
23    representative, agent, or employee  of  an  express  company,
24    common   carrier,   or   contract  carrier  that  carries  or
25    transports alcoholic liquor for delivery within  this  State,
26    is prosecuted under this paragraph of this subsection (a) for
27    selling,  giving,  or delivering alcoholic liquor to a person
28    under the age of 21 years, the person under 21 years  of  age
29    who  attempted  to buy or receive the alcoholic liquor may be
30    prosecuted pursuant to Section 6-20 of this Act,  unless  the
31    person  under  21 years of age was acting under the authority
32    of a law enforcement  agency,  the  Illinois  Liquor  Control
33    Commission,  or  a local liquor control commissioner pursuant
34    to a plan or action to investigate, patrol,  or  conduct  any
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 1    similar enforcement action.
 2        For  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  violation of this
 3    Section, any  licensee,  or  his  agent  or  employee,  or  a
 4    representative,  agent,  or  employee  of an express company,
 5    common  carrier,  or  contract  carrier   that   carries   or
 6    transports  alcoholic  liquor for delivery within this State,
 7    may refuse to sell, deliver, or serve alcoholic beverages  to
 8    any person who is unable to produce adequate written evidence
 9    of identity and of the fact that he or she is over the age of
10    21 years.
11        Adequate  written  evidence  of  age  and identity of the
12    person is a document issued by a federal, state,  county,  or
13    municipal  government,  or  subdivision  or  agency  thereof,
14    including,  but  not  limited  to, a motor vehicle operator's
15    license, a registration certificate issued under the  Federal
16    Selective  Service Act, or an identification card issued to a
17    member   of   the   Armed    Forces.     Proof    that    the
18    defendant-licensee,  or  his employee or agent, demanded, was
19    shown and reasonably relied upon such written evidence in any
20    transaction forbidden  by  this  Section  is  an  affirmative
21    defense  in  any  criminal  prosecution  therefor  or  to any
22    proceedings for the suspension or revocation of  any  license
23    based  thereon.    It  shall  not, however, be an affirmative
24    defense  if  the  agent  or  employee  accepted  the  written
25    evidence knowing it to be false or fraudulent.  If a false or
26    fraudulent   Illinois   driver's    license    or    Illinois
27    identification  card  is  presented  by a person less than 21
28    years of age  to  a  licensee  or  the  licensee's  agent  or
29    employee  for the purpose of ordering, purchasing, attempting
30    to purchase, or otherwise obtaining or attempting  to  obtain
31    the  serving  of  any alcoholic beverage, the law enforcement
32    officer or agency investigating the incident shall, upon  the
33    conviction of the person who presented the fraudulent license
34    or  identification,  make  a  report  of  the  matter  to the
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 1    Secretary of State on a form provided  by  the  Secretary  of
 2    State.
 3        However,  no  agent  or employee of the licensee shall be
 4    disciplined or discharged for selling or furnishing liquor to
 5    a person under 21 years of  age  if  the  agent  or  employee
 6    demanded  and was shown, before furnishing liquor to a person
 7    under 21 years of age, adequate written evidence of  age  and
 8    identity  of the person issued by a federal, state, county or
 9    municipal  government,  or  subdivision  or  agency  thereof,
10    including but not  limited  to  a  motor  vehicle  operator's
11    license,  a registration certificate issued under the Federal
12    Selective Service Act, or an identification card issued to  a
13    member  of  the  Armed Forces. This paragraph, however, shall
14    not apply if the  agent  or  employee  accepted  the  written
15    evidence knowing it to be false or fraudulent.
16        Any  person  who sells, gives, or furnishes to any person
17    under the age of 21 years any false  or  fraudulent  written,
18    printed,  or  photostatic evidence of the age and identity of
19    such person or who sells, gives or furnishes  to  any  person
20    under  the age of 21 years evidence of age and identification
21    of any other person is guilty of a Class  A  misdemeanor  and
22    the person's sentence shall include, but shall not be limited
23    to, a fine of not less than $500.
24        Any  person  under  the  age  of 21 years who presents or
25    offers to any licensee, his agent or employee,  any  written,
26    printed  or  photostatic evidence of age and identity that is
27    false, fraudulent, or not actually his or  her  own  for  the
28    purpose  of  ordering,  purchasing, attempting to purchase or
29    otherwise procuring or attempting to procure, the serving  of
30    any  alcoholic  beverage, or who has in his or her possession
31    any false or  fraudulent  written,  printed,  or  photostatic
32    evidence  of  age  and  identity,  is  guilty  of  a  Class A
33    misdemeanor and the  person's  sentence  shall  include,  but
34    shall  not  be limited to, the following:  a fine of not less
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 1    than $500 and at least 25 hours  of  community  service.   If
 2    possible,  any  community  service  shall be performed for an
 3    alcohol abuse prevention program.
 4        Any person  under  the  age  of  21  years  who  has  any
 5    alcoholic  beverage in his or her possession on any street or
 6    highway or in any public place or in any place  open  to  the
 7    public is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  This Section does
 8    not apply to possession by a person under the age of 21 years
 9    making  a  delivery  of an alcoholic beverage in pursuance of
10    the order of his or her parent or in pursuance of his or  her
11    employment.
12        (a-1)  It  is  unlawful  for  any  parent  or guardian to
13    permit his or her residence to be used by an invitee  of  the
14    parent's  child  or  the  guardian's  ward, if the invitee is
15    under the age of 21, in a manner that constitutes a violation
16    of this Section.  A parent or  guardian  is  deemed  to  have
17    permitted  his  or  her  residence to be used in violation of
18    this Section if he or she knowingly authorizes,  enables,  or
19    permits  such  use  to  occur by failing to control access to
20    either the residence or the alcoholic  liquor  maintained  in
21    the residence.  Any person who violates this subsection (a-1)
22    is  guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and the person's sentence
23    shall include, but shall not be limited to,  a  fine  of  not
24    less  than  $500.   Nothing in this subsection (a-1) shall be
25    construed to prohibit the giving of  alcoholic  liquor  to  a
26    person  under  the  age  of  21 years in the performance of a
27    religious ceremony or service.
28        (b)  Except as otherwise provided in this Section whoever
29    violates this Section shall, in addition to  other  penalties
30    provided for in this Act, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
31        (c)  Any  person shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
32    where he or she knowingly permits a gathering at a  residence
33    which he or she occupies of two or more persons where any one
34    or  more  of  the  persons  is  under 21 years of age and the
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 1    following factors also apply:
 2             (1)  the person occupying the residence  knows  that
 3        any  such  person under the age of 21 is in possession of
 4        or is consuming any alcoholic beverage; and
 5             (2)  the possession or consumption of the alcohol by
 6        the person under 21 is not otherwise  permitted  by  this
 7        Act; and
 8             (3)  the  person  occupying the residence knows that
 9        the person under the age of 21 leaves the residence in an
10        intoxicated condition.
11        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (c)  where  the
12    residence has an owner and a tenant or  lessee,  there  is  a
13    rebuttable presumption that the residence is occupied only by
14    the tenant or lessee.
15        (d)  Any  person who rents a hotel or motel room from the
16    proprietor or agent thereof for the purpose of  or  with  the
17    knowledge that such room shall be used for the consumption of
18    alcoholic  liquor  by persons under the age of 21 years shall
19    be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-250,  eff.  1-1-96;  90-355,  eff.  8-10-97;
21    90-432, eff. 1-1-98; revised 11-5-97.)
22        (235 ILCS 5/6-17.2 new)
23        Sec.  6-17.2.  Importation  of alcoholic liquor into this
24    State.  A person who imports into this State from  any  point
25    in  the United States outside this State, whether for himself
26    or for another, any alcoholic liquor for sale  or  resale  is
27    required  to  hold  a  license  issued  by  the Commission in
28    accordance with  this  Act,  except  as  otherwise  expressly
29    authorized by this Act.
30        (235 ILCS 5/6-29.1 new)
31        Sec.   6-29.1.  Direct  shipments  of  alcoholic  liquor.
32    Pursuant to the Twenty-First Amendment of the  United  States
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 1    Constitution allowing states to regulate the distribution and
 2    sale   of  alcoholic  liquor  and  pursuant  to  the  federal
 3    Webb-Kenyon Act declaring that alcoholic  liquor  shipped  in
 4    interstate  commerce must comply with state laws, the General
 5    Assembly hereby finds and  declares  that  selling  alcoholic
 6    liquor  from a point outside this State directly to residents
 7    of this State  poses  a  serious  threat  to  public  health,
 8    safety, and welfare; to State revenue collections; and to the
 9    economy  of  this  State.  The General Assembly further finds
10    and declares that  the  current  penalties  for  shipment  or
11    transportation  of  alcoholic liquor in violation of this Act
12    are not adequate to prevent the selling of  alcoholic  liquor
13    to persons under 21 years of age and to prevent persons under
14    21  years of age from ordering or purchasing alcoholic liquor
15    through various direct marketing  means,  such  as  catalogs,
16    newspapers, mailers, and the Internet.
17        Any  out-of-state  person manufacturing, distributing, or
18    selling alcoholic liquor who knowingly ships or transports or
19    causes the shipping or transportation of any alcoholic liquor
20    from a point outside this State to a person in this State who
21    does not  hold  a  manufacturer's,  distributor's,  importing
22    distributor's, or non-resident dealer's license issued by the
23    Liquor   Control   Commission,   other  than  a  shipment  of
24    sacramental wine to a bona  fide  religious  organization,  a
25    shipment  authorized  by  Section 6-29, or any other shipment
26    authorized by this Act, is in violation of this Act.
27        The Commission, upon  determining,  after  investigation,
28    that a person has violated this Section, shall give notice to
29    the  person  by  certified  mail  to  cease  and  desist  all
30    shipments of alcoholic liquor into this State and to withdraw
31    from  this  State  within 5 working days after receipt of the
32    notice all shipments of alcoholic liquor then in transit.
33        Whenever the Commission has  reason  to  believe  that  a
34    person  has failed to comply with the Commission notice under
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 1    this Section, it shall notify the Department of  Revenue  and
 2    file  a  complaint  with  the  State's Attorney of the county
 3    where the alcoholic liquor was delivered or with  appropriate
 4    law enforcement officials.
 5        Failure   to   comply  with  the  notice  issued  by  the
 6    Commission under this Section constitutes a business  offense
 7    for  which the person shall be fined not more than $1,000 for
 8    a first offense, not more than $5,000 for a  second  offense,
 9    and  not more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
10    Each shipment of alcoholic liquor delivered in  violation  of
11    the  cease  and  desist  notice  shall  constitute a separate
12    offense.
13        (235 ILCS 5/10-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 183)
14        Sec.  10-1.  Violations;  penalties.    (a)   Whereas   a
15    substantial   threat   to  the  sound  and  careful  control,
16    regulation,  and  taxation  of  the  manufacture,  sale,  and
17    distribution  of  alcoholic  liquors  exists  by  virtue   of
18    individuals  who  manufacture,  import,  distribute,  or sell
19    alcoholic liquors  within  the  State  without  having  first
20    obtained a valid license to do so, and whereas such threat is
21    especially  serious  along  the  borders  of  this State, and
22    whereas such threat requires  immediate  correction  by  this
23    Act,   by   active   investigation  and  prosecution  by  law
24    enforcement officials and  prosecutors,  and  by  prompt  and
25    strict enforcement through the courts of this State to punish
26    violators and to deter such conduct in the future:;
27        (a)  Any    person    who   manufactures,   imports   for
28    distribution or use, or distributes or sells alcoholic liquor
29    at any place within the State without having first obtained a
30    valid license to do so under the provisions of this Act shall
31    be guilty of a business  offense  and  fined  not  more  than
32    $1,000  for  the  first such offense and shall be guilty of a
33    Class 4 felony for each subsequent offense.
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 1        (b) (1)  Any  retailer,  licensed  in  this  State,   who
 2    knowingly  causes  to furnish, give, sell, or otherwise being
 3    within the State, any alcoholic liquor destined to  be  used,
 4    distributed,  consumed  or sold in another state, unless such
 5    alcoholic liquor  was  received  in  this  State  by  a  duly
 6    licensed  distributor,  or  importing distributors shall have
 7    his license suspended for 7 days for the  first  offense  and
 8    for the second offense, shall have his license revoked by the
 9    Commission.
10        (2)  Any  retailer  licensed  in this State who knowingly
11    ships or transports or causes to be  shipped  or  transported
12    any  alcoholic liquor into another state in violation of that
13    state's laws shall have its license suspended for 7 days  for
14    the first offense and, for the second offense, shall have its
15    license  revoked  by  the  Commission.   The Commission shall
16    inspect the retail licensee's books and records upon  receipt
17    of   a   complaint   that  the  retail  licensee  shipped  or
18    transported or caused to be shipped or transported  alcoholic
19    liquor  into another state in violation of that state's laws.
20    Falsifying or failure to maintain records shall be cause  for
21    an immediate revocation of a retailer's license.
22        (c)  Any  person  who  shall  make any false statement or
23    otherwise violates any of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  in
24    obtaining  any  license  hereunder,  or who having obtained a
25    license hereunder shall violate any of the provisions of this
26    Act with respect to the manufacture, possession, distribution
27    or  sale  of  alcoholic  liquor,  or  with  respect  to   the
28    maintenance  of  the  licensed premises, or shall violate any
29    other provision of this Act, shall for  a  first  offense  be
30    guilty  of  a petty offense and fined not more than $500, and
31    for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class
32    B misdemeanor.
33        (d)  Each  day  any  person  engages  in  business  as  a
34    manufacturer,  foreign   importer,   importing   distributor,
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 1    distributor  or  retailer  in  violation of the provisions of
 2    this Act shall constitute a separate offense.
 3        (e)  Any person, under the age of 21 years who,  for  the
 4    purpose  of  buying,  accepting or receiving alcoholic liquor
 5    from a licensee, represents that he is 21  years  of  age  or
 6    over shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 7        (f)  In  addition  to  the penalties herein provided, any
 8    person  licensed  as  a  wine-maker  in  either   class   who
 9    manufactures  more  wine than authorized by his license shall
10    be guilty of a business offense and shall  be  fined  $1  for
11    each gallon so manufactured.
12        (g)  A  person  shall  be  exempt  from prosecution for a
13    violation of this Act  if  he  is  a  peace  officer  in  the
14    enforcement  of  the  criminal  laws  and  such  activity  is
15    approved in writing by one of the following:
16             (1)  In   all   counties,   the  respective  State's
17        Attorney;
18             (2)  The Director of State Police under Section  55a
19        of The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; or
20             (3)  In cities over 1,000,000, the Superintendent of
21        Police.
22    (Source: P.A. 86-445.)
23        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
24    January 1, 1999.".

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