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91_SB1963
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1 AN ACT to create the Alcohol Impaired Minor
2 Responsibility Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Alcohol Impaired Minor Responsibility Act.
7 Section 5. Responsibility of person who supplies
8 alcoholic liquor to a person under 18 years of age. Any
9 person at least 18 years of age who willfully supplies
10 alcoholic liquor to a person under 18 years of age and causes
11 the impairment of such person shall be liable for death or
12 injuries to persons or property caused by the impairment of
13 such person.
14 A person, or the survivor of any person, who is injured,
15 in person or property, by an impaired person under the age of
16 18 has a right of action in his or her own name, jointly and
17 severally, for damages (including reasonable attorney's fees
18 and expenses) against any person:
19 (i) who, by selling, giving or delivering alcoholic
20 liquor causes or contributes to the impairment of the
21 person under the age of 18; or
22 (ii) who, by permitting consumption of alcoholic
23 liquor causes, or contributes to, the impairment of the
24 person under the age of 18.
25 An action for damages under this Section is barred unless
26 commenced within 2 years after the right of action arises.
27 Section 10. Applicability. This Act shall not apply to
28 any person who supplies alcoholic liquor pursuant to a
29 license issued pursuant to the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.