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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 910
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  910  on  page  4,
 3    line 5, after "by" by inserting "changing Section 5-1 and"
 4    on page 4, after line 9, by inserting the following:
 5        "(235 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 115)
 6        Sec. 5-1.  Licenses issued by the Illinois Liquor Control
 7    Commission shall be of the following classes:
 8        (a)  Manufacturer's  license  - Class 1. Distiller, Class
 9    2.  Rectifier, Class 3.  Brewer, Class 4.  First  Class  Wine
10    Manufacturer,   Class  5.   Second  Class  Wine Manufacturer,
11    Class  6.  First  Class  Winemaker,  Class  7.  Second  Class
12    Winemaker, Class 8.  Limited Wine Manufacturer,
13        (b)  Distributor's license,
14        (c)  Importing Distributor's license,
15        (d)  Retailer's license,
16        (e)  Special Event Retailer's license (not-for-profit),
17        (f)  Railroad license,
18        (g)  Boat license,
19        (h)  Non-Beverage User's license,
20        (i)  Wine-maker's retail license,
21        (j)  Airplane license,
22        (k)  Foreign importer's license,
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 1        (l)  Broker's license,
 2        (m)  Non-resident dealer's license,
 3        (n)  Brew Pub license,
 4        (o)  Auction liquor license,
 5        (p)  Caterer retailer license,
 6        (q)  Special use permit license.
 7        Nothing  in  this  provision,  nor  in   any   subsequent
 8    provision  of  this Act shall be interpreted as forbidding an
 9    individual or firm from concurrently obtaining and holding  a
10    Winemaker's and a Wine manufacturer's license.
11        (a)  A    manufacturer's    license   shall   allow   the
12    manufacture, importation in bulk, storage,  distribution  and
13    sale of alcoholic liquor to persons without the State, as may
14    be  permitted  by  law  and  to  licensees  in  this State as
15    follows:
16        Class 1. A Distiller may make  sales  and  deliveries  of
17    alcoholic   liquor   to   distillers,  rectifiers,  importing
18    distributors, distributors and non-beverage users and  to  no
19    other licensees.
20        Class  2. A Rectifier, who is not a distiller, as defined
21    herein, may make sales and deliveries of alcoholic liquor  to
22    rectifiers,  importing  distributors, distributors, retailers
23    and non-beverage users and to no other licensees.
24        Class 3. A Brewer may make sales and deliveries  of  beer
25    to    importing    distributors,    distributors,    and   to
26    non-licensees, and to retailers provided the  brewer  obtains
27    an  importing  distributor's license or distributor's license
28    in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
29        Class 4. A first class wine-manufacturer may  make  sales
30    and  deliveries  of between 40,000 and 50,000 gallons of wine
31    to manufacturers, importing  distributors  and  distributors,
32    and to no other licensees.
33        Class  5. A second class Wine manufacturer may make sales
34    and deliveries  of  more  than  50,000  gallons  of  wine  to
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 1    manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors and to
 2    no other licensees.
 3        Class  6.  A first-class wine-maker's license shall allow
 4    the manufacture of less than 20,000 gallons of wine per year,
 5    and the storage and sale of such  wine  to  distributors  and
 6    retailers  in  the State and to persons without the State, as
 7    may be permitted by law.
 8        Class 7. A second-class wine-maker's license shall  allow
 9    the manufacture of up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, and
10    the  storage  and  sale  of such wine to distributors in this
11    State and to persons without the State, as may  be  permitted
12    by  law.  A second-class wine-maker's license shall allow the
13    sale of no more than 10,000 gallons of  the  licensee's  wine
14    directly to retailers.
15        Class  8.  A limited wine-manufacturer may make sales and
16    deliveries not to exceed 40,000 gallons of wine per  year  to
17    distributors,  and  to  non-licensees  in accordance with the
18    provisions of this Act.
19        (a-1)  A manufacturer which is licensed in this State  to
20    make  sales  or  deliveries  of  alcoholic  liquor  and which
21    enlists agents, representatives, or individuals acting on its
22    behalf who  contact  licensed  retailers  on  a  regular  and
23    continual  basis  in  this  State must register those agents,
24    representatives, or persons acting on  its  behalf  with  the
25    State Commission.
26        Registration   of  agents,  representatives,  or  persons
27    acting on behalf of a manufacturer is fulfilled by submitting
28    a form to the Commission.  The form shall be developed by the
29    Commission and shall include the  name  and  address  of  the
30    applicant, the name and address of the manufacturer he or she
31    represents,  the  territory  or  areas assigned to sell to or
32    discuss pricing terms of  alcoholic  liquor,  and  any  other
33    questions  deemed  appropriate and necessary.  All statements
34    in the forms required to be made by law or by rule  shall  be
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 1    deemed  material,  and any person who knowingly misstates any
 2    material fact under oath in an application  is  guilty  of  a
 3    Class   B   misdemeanor.    Fraud,  misrepresentation,  false
 4    statements, misleading statements, evasions,  or  suppression
 5    of  material  facts  in  the  securing  of a registration are
 6    grounds for suspension or revocation of the registration.
 7        (b)  A distributor's license shall  allow  the  wholesale
 8    purchase  and  storage  of  alcoholic  liquors  and  sale  of
 9    alcoholic  liquors  to licensees in this State and to persons
10    without the State, as may be permitted by law.
11        (c)  An importing distributor's license may be issued  to
12    and  held  by  those only who are duly licensed distributors,
13    upon  the  filing  of  an  application  by  a  duly  licensed
14    distributor, with the Commission and  the  Commission  shall,
15    without  the  payment  of  any  fee,  immediately  issue such
16    importing distributor's license to the applicant, which shall
17    allow the importation of alcoholic  liquor  by  the  licensee
18    into  this  State from any point in the United States outside
19    this State, and the purchase of alcoholic liquor in  barrels,
20    casks  or  other  bulk  containers  and  the bottling of such
21    alcoholic liquors before resale thereof, but all  bottles  or
22    containers  so  filled  shall be sealed, labeled, stamped and
23    otherwise made to  comply  with  all  provisions,  rules  and
24    regulations  governing  manufacturers  in the preparation and
25    bottling of alcoholic liquors.  The  importing  distributor's
26    license  shall  permit  such  licensee  to purchase alcoholic
27    liquor  from  Illinois  licensed  non-resident  dealers   and
28    foreign importers only.
29        (d)  A  retailer's  license  shall  allow the licensee to
30    sell and offer for sale  at  retail,  only  in  the  premises
31    specified  in  such  license,  alcoholic  liquor  for  use or
32    consumption, but not for resale in any  form:  Provided  that
33    any retail license issued to a manufacturer shall only permit
34    such  manufacturer  to  sell  beer  at retail on the premises
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 1    actually occupied by such manufacturer.
 2        After January  1,  1995  there  shall  be  2  classes  of
 3    licenses issued under a retailers license.
 4             (1)  A  "retailers  on  premise consumption license"
 5        shall allow the licensee to sell and offer  for  sale  at
 6        retail,  only  on  the premises specified in the license,
 7        alcoholic liquor for use or consumption on  the  premises
 8        or  on  and  off  the premises, but not for resale in any
 9        form.
10             (2)  An "off premise sale license" shall  allow  the
11        licensee  to sell, or offer for sale at retail, alcoholic
12        liquor intended only for off premise consumption and  not
13        for resale in any form.
14        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this subsection
15    (d), a retail  licensee  may  sell  alcoholic  liquors  to  a
16    special  event  retailer  licensee  for  resale to the extent
17    permitted under subsection (e).
18        (e)  A special event retailer's license  (not-for-profit)
19    shall  permit the licensee to purchase alcoholic liquors from
20    an  Illinois  licensed   distributor  (unless  the   licensee
21    purchases less than $500 of alcoholic liquors for the special
22    event,  in which case the licensee may purchase the alcoholic
23    liquors  from  a  licensed  retailer)  and  shall  allow  the
24    licensee to sell and offer for  sale,  at  retail,  alcoholic
25    liquors  for  use  or  consumption, but not for resale in any
26    form and only at the  location  and  on  the  specific  dates
27    designated   for  the  special  event  in  the  license.   An
28    applicant for a special  event  retailer  license  must  also
29    submit  with  the application proof satisfactory to the State
30    Commission  that  the  applicant  will  provide   dram   shop
31    liability  insurance  in  the  maximum  limits and have local
32    authority approval.
33        (f)  A railroad license  shall  permit  the  licensee  to
34    import  alcoholic  liquors  into this State from any point in
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 1    the United States  outside  this  State  and  to  store  such
 2    alcoholic  liquors in this State; to make wholesale purchases
 3    of alcoholic liquors  directly  from  manufacturers,  foreign
 4    importers,   distributors  and  importing  distributors  from
 5    within or outside this State; and  to  store  such  alcoholic
 6    liquors  in this State; provided that the above powers may be
 7    exercised only in connection with the  importation,  purchase
 8    or  storage of alcoholic liquors to be sold or dispensed on a
 9    club, buffet, lounge or dining car operated on  an  electric,
10    gas  or  steam  railway  in this State; and provided further,
11    that railroad licensees exercising the above powers shall  be
12    subject  to  all  provisions  of  Article VIII of this Act as
13    applied to importing distributors.  A railroad license  shall
14    also  permit  the  licensee  to  sell  or  dispense alcoholic
15    liquors on any club, buffet, lounge or dining car operated on
16    an electric, gas or steam railway  regularly  operated  by  a
17    common  carrier  in this State, but shall not permit the sale
18    for resale of any alcoholic liquors to  any  licensee  within
19    this  State.   A  license  shall  be obtained for each car in
20    which such sales are made.
21        (g)  A boat license shall allow  the  sale  of  alcoholic
22    liquor  in individual drinks, on any passenger boat regularly
23    operated as a common carrier  on  navigable  waters  in  this
24    State,   which   boat  maintains  a  public  dining  room  or
25    restaurant thereon.
26        (h)  A  non-beverage  user's  license  shall  allow   the
27    licensee   to  purchase  alcoholic  liquor  from  a  licensed
28    manufacturer or importing distributor, without the imposition
29    of any tax upon the business of such licensed manufacturer or
30    importing distributor as to such alcoholic liquor to be  used
31    by  such  licensee  solely  for the non-beverage purposes set
32    forth in subsection (a) of Section 8-1 of this Act, and  such
33    licenses shall be divided and classified and shall permit the
34    purchase, possession and use of limited and stated quantities
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 1    of alcoholic liquor as follows:
 2    Class 1, not to exceed .......................    500 gallons
 3    Class 2, not to exceed .......................  1,000 gallons
 4    Class 3, not to exceed .......................  5,000 gallons
 5    Class 4, not to exceed ....................... 10,000 gallons
 6    Class 5, not to exceed ....................... 50,000 gallons
 7        (i)  A   wine-maker's  retail  license  shall  allow  the
 8    licensee to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises
 9    specified in such license not more  than  50,000  gallons  of
10    wine  per  year for use or consumption, but not for resale in
11    any form; this license shall  be  issued  only  to  a  person
12    licensed  as  a  first-class  or  second-class  wine-maker. A
13    wine-maker's retail licensee, upon receiving permission  from
14    the  Commission,  may  conduct  business at a second location
15    that  is  separate  from  the  location  specified   in   its
16    wine-maker's  retail  license.   The licensee may conduct any
17    business at the second location  that  it  is  authorized  to
18    conduct  at the location specified in its license, except for
19    the manufacturing and bottling of wine.
20        (j)  An airplane license shall  permit  the  licensee  to
21    import  alcoholic  liquors  into this State from any point in
22    the United States  outside  this  State  and  to  store  such
23    alcoholic  liquors in this State; to make wholesale purchases
24    of alcoholic liquors  directly  from  manufacturers,  foreign
25    importers,   distributors  and  importing  distributors  from
26    within or outside this State; and  to  store  such  alcoholic
27    liquors  in this State; provided that the above powers may be
28    exercised only in connection with the  importation,  purchase
29    or storage of alcoholic liquors to be sold or dispensed on an
30    airplane;  and  provided  further,  that  airplane  licensees
31    exercising   the   above  powers  shall  be  subject  to  all
32    provisions  of  Article  VIII  of  this  Act  as  applied  to
33    importing distributors.   An  airplane  licensee  shall  also
34    permit  the  sale  or  dispensing of alcoholic liquors on any
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 1    passenger airplane regularly operated by a common carrier  in
 2    this  State,  but shall not permit the sale for resale of any
 3    alcoholic liquors to  any  licensee  within  this  State.   A
 4    single  airplane  license  shall  be  required  of an airline
 5    company if liquor service is provided on  board  aircraft  in
 6    this  State.   The  annual  fee  for such license shall be as
 7    determined in Section 5-3.
 8        (k)  A  foreign  importer's  license  shall  permit  such
 9    licensee to purchase alcoholic liquor from Illinois  licensed
10    non-resident  dealers  only,  and  to import alcoholic liquor
11    other than in bulk from any point outside the  United  States
12    and  to  sell  such  alcoholic  liquor  to  Illinois licensed
13    importing distributors and to no one else in Illinois.
14        (l)  A broker's license shall be required of all  brokers
15    who  solicit  orders  for,  offer  to sell or offer to supply
16    alcoholic liquor to retailers in the State  of  Illinois,  or
17    who  offer  to retailers to ship or cause to be shipped or to
18    make  contact  with  distillers,   rectifiers,   brewers   or
19    manufacturers  or any other party within or without the State
20    of Illinois in order that alcoholic liquors be shipped  to  a
21    distributor,   importing  distributor  or  foreign  importer,
22    whether such solicitation or offer is consummated  within  or
23    without the State of Illinois.
24        No  holder of a retailer's license issued by the Illinois
25    Liquor Control  Commission  shall  purchase  or  receive  any
26    alcoholic  liquor,  the  order  for  which  was  solicited or
27    offered for sale to such retailer  by  a  broker  unless  the
28    broker is the holder of a valid broker's license.
29        The  broker  shall,  upon the acceptance by a retailer of
30    the broker's solicitation of an order or  offer  to  sell  or
31    supply  or  deliver  or  have  delivered  alcoholic  liquors,
32    promptly  forward to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission a
33    notification  of  said  transaction  in  such  form  as   the
34    Commission may by regulations prescribe.
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 1        Such  license shall not entitle the holder to buy or sell
 2    any alcoholic liquors for his  own  account  or  to  take  or
 3    deliver title to such alcoholic liquors.
 4        This   subsection   shall   not  apply  to  distributors,
 5    employees of distributors, or employees of a manufacturer who
 6    has registered the trademark, brand or name of the  alcoholic
 7    liquor pursuant to Section 6-9 of this Act, and who regularly
 8    sells  such alcoholic liquor in the State of Illinois only to
 9    its registrants thereunder.
10        Any  agent,  representative,   or   person   subject   to
11    registration  pursuant  to  subsection  (a-1) of this Section
12    shall not be eligible to receive a broker's license.
13        (m)  A non-resident dealer's license  shall  permit  such
14    licensee  to  ship  into  and warehouse alcoholic liquor into
15    this State from any point outside of this State, and to  sell
16    such  alcoholic liquor to Illinois licensed foreign importers
17    and importing distributors and to no one else in this  State;
18    provided  that  said  non-resident dealer shall register with
19    the Illinois Liquor Control Commission each and  every  brand
20    of  alcoholic  liquor  which  it proposes to sell to Illinois
21    licensees during the license  period;  and  further  provided
22    that  it  shall  comply with all of the provisions of Section
23    6-9 hereof with respect  to  registration  of  such  Illinois
24    licensees  as may be granted the right to sell such brands at
25    wholesale.
26        (n)  A brew pub  license  shall  allow  the  licensee  to
27    manufacture  beer  only  on  the  premises  specified  in the
28    license, to make  sales  of  the  beer  manufactured  on  the
29    premises  to  importing  distributors,  distributors,  and to
30    non-licensees for use and consumption, to store the beer upon
31    the premises, and to sell and offer for sale at retail.
32        (o)  A caterer retailer license shall allow the holder to
33    serve alcoholic liquors as  an  incidental  part  of  a  food
34    service that serves prepared meals which excludes the serving
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 1    of  snacks as the primary meal, either on or off-site whether
 2    licensed or unlicensed.
 3        (p)  An auction liquor license shall allow  the  licensee
 4    to  sell  and  offer for sale at auction wine and spirits for
 5    use or consumption, or  for  resale  by  an  Illinois  liquor
 6    licensee  in  accordance  with  provisions  of  this Act.  An
 7    auction liquor license will be issued to a person and it will
 8    permit the  auction  liquor  licensee  to  hold  the  auction
 9    anywhere  in  the  State.   An auction liquor license must be
10    obtained for each auction at least 14 days in advance of  the
11    auction date.
12        (q)  A special use permit license shall allow an Illinois
13    licensed  retailer  to  transfer  a  portion of its alcoholic
14    liquor inventory from its retail  licensed  premises  to  the
15    premises specified in the license hereby created, and to sell
16    or  offer  for sale at retail, only in the premises specified
17    in the license  hereby  created,  the  transferred  alcoholic
18    liquor  for  use  or  consumption,  but not for resale in any
19    form.  A special use permit license may be  granted  for  the
20    following  time periods: one day or less; 2 or more days to a
21    maximum of 15 days per location in any 12 month  period.   An
22    applicant for the special use permit license must also submit
23    with   the   application  proof  satisfactory  to  the  State
24    Commission  that  the  applicant  will  provide   dram   shop
25    liability  insurance  to  the  maximum  limits and have local
26    authority approval.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-91; 88-303;  88-535;  88-645,  eff.  9-9-94;
28    89-45,  eff.  6-23-95;  89-218,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-626,  eff.
29    8-9-96.)".

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