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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 640

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  640  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section 5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
 5    changing Section 6-2 as follows:

 6        (235 ILCS 5/6-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 120)
 7        Sec.  6-2.   Issuance  of  licenses  to  certain  persons
 8    prohibited.
 9        (a)  Except  as  otherwise provided in subsection (b), no
10    license of any kind issued by the  State  Commission  or  any
11    local commission shall be issued to:
12             (1)  A  person  who  is  not a resident of any city,
13        village or county in which the premises  covered  by  the
14        license  are  located; except in case of railroad or boat
15        licenses;
16             (2)  A person who  is  not  of  good  character  and
17        reputation in the community in which he resides;
18             (3)  A  person  who  is  not a citizen of the United
19        States;
20             (4)  A person who has been  convicted  of  a  felony
21        under  any  Federal  or  State law, unless the Commission
22        determines  that  such  person  has   been   sufficiently
 
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 1        rehabilitated   to   warrant   the   public  trust  after
 2        considering  matters   set   forth   in   such   person's
 3        application  and  the  Commission's  investigation.   The
 4        burden  of proof of sufficient rehabilitation shall be on
 5        the applicant;
 6             (5)  A person who has been convicted  of  being  the
 7        keeper or is keeping a house of ill fame;
 8             (6)  A person who has been convicted of pandering or
 9        other   crime  or  misdemeanor  opposed  to  decency  and
10        morality;
11             (7)  A person whose license issued  under  this  Act
12        has been revoked for cause;
13             (8)  A  person  who  at  the time of application for
14        renewal of any license  issued  hereunder  would  not  be
15        eligible for such license upon a first application;
16             (9)  A  copartnership,  if  any  general partnership
17        thereof, or any limited partnership thereof, owning  more
18        than 5% of the aggregate limited partner interest in such
19        copartnership  would not be eligible to receive a license
20        hereunder for any reason other than residence within  the
21        political  subdivision,  unless  residency is required by
22        local ordinance;
23             (10)  A corporation,  if  any  officer,  manager  or
24        director  thereof,  or    any stockholder or stockholders
25        owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such
26        corporation, would not be eligible to receive  a  license
27        hereunder  for  any  reason  other  than  citizenship and
28        residence within the political subdivision;
29             (10a)  A corporation unless it  is  incorporated  in
30        Illinois,  or unless it is a foreign corporation which is
31        qualified under the Business Corporation Act of  1983  to
32        transact business in Illinois;
33             (11)  A  person whose place of business is conducted
34        by a  manager  or  agent  unless  the  manager  or  agent
 
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 1        possesses   the   same  qualifications  required  by  the
 2        licensee;
 3             (12)  A person who has been convicted of a violation
 4        of any Federal or State law concerning  the  manufacture,
 5        possession or sale of alcoholic liquor, subsequent to the
 6        passage  of  this Act or has forfeited his bond to appear
 7        in court to answer charges for any such violation;
 8             (13)  A person who does  not  beneficially  own  the
 9        premises  for which a license is sought, or does not have
10        a lease thereon for the full period for which the license
11        is to be issued;
12             (14)  Any person included in a  license  prohibition
13        provision   of   a   local   ordinance  of  a  home  rule
14        municipality with a population of more  than  2  million.
15        This  subdivision  (14)  does  not  apply  to a home rule
16        municipality with a population of 2 million or  less  law
17        enforcing  public  official,  including  members of local
18        liquor  control  commissions,  any  mayor,  alderman,  or
19        member of the city council or commission,  any  president
20        of the village board of trustees, any member of a village
21        board of trustees, or any president or member of a county
22        board;  and no such official shall be interested directly
23        in the manufacture, sale  or  distribution  of  alcoholic
24        liquor,  except  that  license  may  be  granted  to such
25        official in relation to premises which  are  not  located
26        within  the territory subject to the jurisdiction of that
27        official if the issuance of such license is  approved  by
28        the State Liquor Control Commission;
29             (15)  A  person who is not a beneficial owner of the
30        business to be operated by the licensee;
31             (16)  A person who has been convicted of a  gambling
32        offense  as  proscribed  by  any  of  subsections (a) (3)
33        through (a) (11) of Section 28-1 of, or as proscribed  by
34        Section  28-1.1 or 28-3 of, the Criminal Code of 1961, or
 
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 1        as proscribed  by  a  statute  replaced  by  any  of  the
 2        aforesaid statutory provisions;
 3             (17)  A  person or entity to whom a federal wagering
 4        stamp has been issued by the federal  government,  unless
 5        the  person  or entity is eligible to be issued a license
 6        under the Raffles Act or the Illinois Pull Tabs  and  Jar
 7        Games Act.
 8        (b)  A  criminal  conviction  of  a  corporation  is  not
 9    grounds  for  the  denial,  suspension,  or  revocation  of a
10    license applied  for  or  held  by  the  corporation  if  the
11    criminal  conviction was not the result of a violation of any
12    federal or State law concerning the  manufacture,  possession
13    or  sale  of  alcoholic  liquor,  the offense that led to the
14    conviction did not  result  in  any  financial  gain  to  the
15    corporation   and   the   corporation   has   terminated  its
16    relationship  with  each  director,  officer,  employee,   or
17    controlling shareholder whose actions directly contributed to
18    the  conviction  of  the  corporation.  The  Commission shall
19    determine if all provisions of this subsection (b) have  been
20    met  before  any  action  on  the  corporation's  license  is
21    initiated.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-652, eff. 9-16-94; 89-250, eff. 1-1-96.)

23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.".

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