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90_SB1495
235 ILCS 5/9-10.2 new
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that in
a city or village that has prohibited the sale at retail of
alcoholic liquor, upon the adoption of a resolution by the
corporate authorities of the city or village calling for a
referendum allowing the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor or
upon the filing in the office of the clerk at least 90 days
before an election in the city or village of a petition
directed to the clerk containing the signatures of not less
than 10% of the legal voters of the city or village to submit
to the voters of the city or village the proposition to allow
the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor, the clerk shall
certify the proposition to the proper election officials.
Provides that if a majority of the voters vote to allow the
sale of alcoholic liquor, the city or village may then allow
its sale.
LRB9011346LDdv
LRB9011346LDdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Liquor Control Act of 1934 by adding
2 Section 9-10.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
6 adding Section 9-10.2 as follows:
7 (235 ILCS 5/9-10.2 new)
8 Sec. 9-10.2. Petition to allow retail sale in a city or
9 village. The provisions of this Section are intended to be
10 an alternative to the other referendum provisions in this
11 Article and shall be liberally construed. In a city or
12 village that has prohibited the sale of alcoholic liquor
13 within all or a part of its boundaries, upon the adoption of
14 a resolution by the corporate authorities of the city or
15 village calling for a referendum allowing the sale of
16 alcoholic liquor within its boundaries or upon the filing in
17 the office of the clerk at least 90 days before an election
18 in that city or village of a petition directed to the clerk
19 containing the signatures of not less than 10% of the legal
20 voters of the city or village to submit to the voters of the
21 city or village the proposition to allow the sale at retail
22 of alcoholic liquor, the clerk shall certify the proposition
23 to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
24 proposition at the election to the voters of the city or
25 village. The proposition shall be in the following form:
26 Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor be allowed in
27 .....? The votes shall be recorded as "YES or "NO". If a
28 majority of the voters voting upon the proposition in a city
29 or village vote "YES", the city or village may then allow the
30 sale at retail of alcoholic liquor.