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 1        AN ACT in relation to alcohol liquor.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
 5    changing Section 6-15 as follows:

 6        (235 ILCS 5/6-15) (from Ch. 43, par. 130)
 7        Sec.  6-15.  No  alcoholic  liquors  shall  be  sold   or
 8    delivered  in  any building belonging to or under the control
 9    of the State or any political subdivision thereof  except  as
10    provided in this Act.  The corporate authorities of any city,
11    village,   incorporated  town  or  township  may  provide  by
12    ordinance, however, that alcoholic  liquor  may  be  sold  or
13    delivered  in  any specifically designated building belonging
14    to or under the control of the municipality or  township,  or
15    in  any  building  located  on  land under the control of the
16    municipality; provided that such township complies  with  all
17    applicable  local  ordinances in any incorporated area of the
18    township. Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and  sold  at
19    any   airport   belonging  to  or  under  the  control  of  a
20    municipality of more  than  25,000  inhabitants,  or  in  any
21    building  owned  by  a park district organized under the Park
22    District Code, subject to the approval of the governing board
23    of the district, or in any building or  on  any  golf  course
24    owned  by  a  forest  preserve  district  organized under the
25    Downstate  Forest  Preserve  District  Act,  subject  to  the
26    approval of the governing board of the district,  or  on  the
27    grounds  within  500  feet  of any building owned by a forest
28    preserve  district  organized  under  the  Downstate   Forest
29    Preserve District Act during times when food is dispensed for
30    consumption  within  500  feet of the building from which the
31    food is dispensed, subject to the approval of  the  governing
 
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 1    board of the district, or in a building owned by a Local Mass
 2    Transit  District  organized  under  the  Local  Mass Transit
 3    District Act, subject to the approval of the governing  Board
 4    of  the District, or in Bicentennial Park, or on the premises
 5    of the City of Mendota Lake Park located adjacent to Route 51
 6    in Mendota, Illinois, or on the premises of  Camden  Park  in
 7    Milan, Illinois, or in the community center owned by the City
 8    of  Loves  Park  that  is located at 1000 River Park Drive in
 9    Loves Park, Illinois, or, in connection with the operation of
10    an established food serving facility during times  when  food
11    is  dispensed  for  consumption  on  the premises, and at the
12    following aquarium and museums located in public  parks:  Art
13    Institute  of  Chicago,  Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago
14    Historical Society, Field Museum of Natural  History,  Museum
15    of  Science  and Industry, DuSable Museum of African American
16    History, John G. Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium, or  at
17    Lakeview  Museum  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in  Peoria,  or in
18    connection with  the  operation  of  the  facilities  of  the
19    Chicago  Zoological  Society  or  the  Chicago  Horticultural
20    Society on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook
21    County,  or  in  any  building  located  on land owned by the
22    Chicago Park  District  if  approved  by  the  Park  District
23    Commissioners,  or  on any land used for a golf course or for
24    recreational purposes and owned by the Illinois International
25    Port District if approved by the District's governing  board,
26    or  at  any airport, golf course, faculty center, or facility
27    in which conference and convention type activities take place
28    belonging to or under control  of  any  State  university  or
29    public community college district, provided that with respect
30    to  a  facility for conference and convention type activities
31    alcoholic  liquors  shall  be  limited  to  the  use  of  the
32    convention or  conference  participants  or  participants  in
33    cultural,  political  or  educational activities held in such
34    facilities, and provided further that the faculty or staff of
 
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 1    the State university or a public community college  district,
 2    or members of an organization of students, alumni, faculty or
 3    staff  of  the State university or a public community college
 4    district  are  active  participants  in  the  conference   or
 5    convention,  or  by a catering establishment which has rented
 6    facilities from a board of trustees  of  a  public  community
 7    college  district,  or, if approved by the District board, on
 8    land owned by the Metropolitan Sanitary District  of  Greater
 9    Chicago and leased to others for a term of at least 20 years.
10    Nothing  in  this  Section  precludes the sale or delivery of
11    alcoholic liquor in the form of original  packaged  goods  in
12    premises located at 500 S. Racine in Chicago belonging to the
13    University  of Illinois and used primarily as a grocery store
14    by a commercial tenant  during  the  term  of  a  lease  that
15    predates  the  University's  acquisition of the premises; but
16    the University shall have no power  or  authority  to  renew,
17    transfer, or extend the lease with terms allowing the sale of
18    alcoholic  liquor;  and the sale of alcoholic liquor shall be
19    subject to  all  local  laws  and  regulations.    After  the
20    acquisition  by  Winnebago  County of the property located at
21    404 Elm Street in Rockford,  a  commercial  tenant  who  sold
22    alcoholic liquor at retail on a portion of the property under
23    a  valid  license at the time of the acquisition may continue
24    to do so for so long as the tenant and the County  may  agree
25    under  existing  or  future leases, subject to all local laws
26    and regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic liquor.  Each
27    facility  shall  provide  dram  shop  liability  in   maximum
28    insurance  coverage  limits so as to save harmless the State,
29    municipality, State university, airport, golf course, faculty
30    center, facility in  which  conference  and  convention  type
31    activities   take   place,  park  district,  Forest  Preserve
32    District,  public  community  college   district,   aquarium,
33    museum,  or sanitary district from all financial loss, damage
34    or harm. Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail in buildings
 
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 1    of golf courses owned by municipalities  in  connection  with
 2    the  operation of an established food serving facility during
 3    times  when  food  is  dispensed  for  consumption  upon  the
 4    premises. Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and  sold  at
 5    retail  in  any  building owned by a fire protection district
 6    organized under the Fire Protection  District  Act,  provided
 7    that  such  delivery  and  sale  is  approved by the board of
 8    trustees of the district,  and  provided  further  that  such
 9    delivery  and  sale is limited to fundraising events and to a
10    maximum of 6 events per year.
11        Alcoholic liquor may be delivered to and sold  at  retail
12    in the Dorchester Senior Business Center owned by the Village
13    of  Dolton  if the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only
14    in connection with organized functions for which the  planned
15    attendance  is  20  or  more  persons,  and  if the person or
16    facility selling  or  dispensing  the  alcoholic  liquor  has
17    provided  dram  shop liability insurance in maximum limits so
18    as to hold harmless the Village of Dolton and the State  from
19    all financial loss, damage and harm.
20        Alcoholic  liquors may be delivered to and sold at retail
21    in any building used as an Illinois State Armory provided:
22             (i)  the Adjutant General's written consent  to  the
23        issuance  of  a  license to sell alcoholic liquor in such
24        building is filed with the Commission;
25             (ii)  the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only
26        in connection with organized functions  held  on  special
27        occasions;
28             (iii)  the  organized  function is one for which the
29        planned attendance is 25 or more persons; and
30             (iv)  the  facility  selling   or   dispensing   the
31        alcoholic   liquors  has  provided  dram  shop  liability
32        insurance in maximum limits so as to  save  harmless  the
33        facility and the State from all financial loss, damage or
34        harm.
 
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 1        Alcoholic  liquors may be delivered to and sold at retail
 2    in the Chicago Civic Center, provided that:
 3             (i)  the written  consent  of  the  Public  Building
 4        Commission  which administers the Chicago Civic Center is
 5        filed with the Commission;
 6             (ii)  the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only
 7        in connection with organized functions  held  on  special
 8        occasions;
 9             (iii)  the  organized  function is one for which the
10        planned attendance is 25 or more persons;
11             (iv)  the  facility  selling   or   dispensing   the
12        alcoholic   liquors  has  provided  dram  shop  liability
13        insurance in maximum limits so as to  hold  harmless  the
14        Civic  Center, the City of Chicago and the State from all
15        financial loss, damage or harm; and
16             (v)  all applicable local  ordinances  are  complied
17        with.
18        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  delivered  or  sold  in  any
19    building  belonging  to  or  under  the  control of any city,
20    village or incorporated town  where  more  than  75%  of  the
21    physical properties of the building is used for commercial or
22    recreational  purposes,  and  the  building is located upon a
23    pier extending into or over the waters of a navigable lake or
24    stream or on  the  shore  of  a  navigable  lake  or  stream.
25    Alcoholic  liquor  may be sold in buildings under the control
26    of the Department of Natural Resources when  written  consent
27    to the issuance of a license to sell alcoholic liquor in such
28    buildings  is  filed with the Commission by the Department of
29    Natural  Resources.  Alcoholic  liquor  may  be   served   or
30    delivered  in  buildings  and facilities under the control of
31    the Department of Natural Resources upon the written approval
32    of  the  Director  of  Natural  Resources   acting   as   the
33    controlling  government  authority.   The Director of Natural
34    Resources may specify conditions on that approval,  including
 
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 1    but  not  limited  to requirements for insurance and hours of
 2    operation. Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Act,
 3    alcoholic  liquor  sold  by  a  United  States  Army Corps of
 4    Engineers or Department of Natural  Resources  concessionaire
 5    who was operating on June 1, 1991 for on-premises consumption
 6    only  is not subject to the provisions of Articles IV and IX.
 7    Beer and wine may be sold on the premises of the Joliet  Park
 8    District  Stadium  owned  by  the  Joliet  Park District when
 9    written consent to the issuance of a license to sell beer and
10    wine  in  such  premises  is  filed  with  the  local  liquor
11    commissioner by the Joliet Park District. Beer and  wine  may
12    be  sold in buildings on the grounds of State veterans' homes
13    when written consent to the issuance of  a  license  to  sell
14    beer  and wine in such buildings is filed with the Commission
15    by the Department of  Veterans'  Affairs,  and  the  facility
16    shall  provide  dram  shop  liability  in  maximum  insurance
17    coverage  limits so as to save the facility harmless from all
18    financial loss, damage or harm. Such liquors may be delivered
19    to and sold at any property owned or held under  lease  by  a
20    Metropolitan  Pier  and  Exposition Authority or Metropolitan
21    Exposition and Auditorium Authority.
22        Beer and wine may be sold and dispensed  at  professional
23    sporting  events  and  at  professional  concerts  and  other
24    entertainment  events  conducted  on  premises  owned  by the
25    Forest Preserve District  of  Kane  County,  subject  to  the
26    control  of  the  District Commissioners and applicable local
27    law, provided that dram shop liability insurance is  provided
28    at  maximum  coverage  limits  so  as  to  hold  the District
29    harmless from all financial loss, damage and harm.
30        Nothing in  this  Section  shall  preclude  the  sale  or
31    delivery  of  beer  and wine at a State or county fair or the
32    sale or delivery of beer or  wine  at  a  city  fair  in  any
33    otherwise lawful manner.
34        Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail in buildings in
 
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 1    State parks under the control of the  Department  of  Natural
 2    Resources, provided:
 3             a.  the  State park has overnight lodging facilities
 4        with some restaurant facilities or, not having  overnight
 5        lodging facilities, has restaurant facilities which serve
 6        complete luncheon and dinner or supper meals,
 7             b.  consent  to  the  issuance  of a license to sell
 8        alcoholic liquors in the buildings has  been  filed  with
 9        the  commission  by  the Department of Natural Resources,
10        and
11             c.  the alcoholic liquors are sold by the State park
12        lodge or restaurant concessionaire only during the  hours
13        from   11   o'clock   a.m.  until  12  o'clock  midnight.
14        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision   of   this   Act,
15        alcoholic  liquor  sold  by  the State park or restaurant
16        concessionaire  is  not  subject  to  the  provisions  of
17        Articles IV and IX.
18        Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail in  buildings  on
19    properties  under  the  control  of the Historic Preservation
20    Agency provided:
21             a.  the property has  overnight  lodging  facilities
22        with  some restaurant facilities or, not having overnight
23        lodging facilities, has restaurant facilities which serve
24        complete luncheon and dinner or supper meals,
25             b.  consent to the issuance of  a  license  to  sell
26        alcoholic  liquors  in  the buildings has been filed with
27        the commission by the Historic Preservation Agency, and
28             c.  the alcoholic liquors are sold by the  lodge  or
29        restaurant  concessionaire  only during the hours from 11
30        o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock midnight.
31        The sale of alcoholic liquors pursuant  to  this  Section
32    does   not  authorize  the  establishment  and  operation  of
33    facilities commonly called taverns, saloons,  bars,  cocktail
34    lounges,  and  the  like  except  as  a  part  of  lodge  and
 
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 1    restaurant facilities in State parks or golf courses owned by
 2    Forest  Preserve  Districts  with  a  population of less than
 3    3,000,000 or municipalities or park districts.
 4        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  at   retail   in   the
 5    Springfield  Administration  Building  of  the  Department of
 6    Transportation and the Illinois State Armory in  Springfield;
 7    provided,  that  the  controlling  government  authority  may
 8    consent to such sales only if
 9             a.  the    request    is   from   a   not-for-profit
10        organization;
11             b.  such sales would not impede normal operations of
12        the departments involved;
13             c.  the not-for-profit  organization  provides  dram
14        shop  liability  in maximum insurance coverage limits and
15        agrees to defend, save harmless and indemnify  the  State
16        of Illinois from all financial loss, damage or harm;
17             d.  no such sale shall be made during normal working
18        hours of the State of Illinois; and
19             e.  the consent is in writing.
20        Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail in buildings in
21    recreational areas of river conservancy districts  under  the
22    control  of, or leased from, the river conservancy districts.
23    Such sales are subject to  reasonable  local  regulations  as
24    provided  in  Article  IV;  however,  no such regulations may
25    prohibit  or  substantially  impair  the  sale  of  alcoholic
26    liquors on Sundays or Holidays.
27        Alcoholic liquors may  be  provided  in  long  term  care
28    facilities  owned or operated by a county under Division 5-21
29    or 5-22 of the Counties Code, when approved by  the  facility
30    operator  and  not  in  conflict  with the regulations of the
31    Illinois Department of Public Health,  to  residents  of  the
32    facility  who  have  had  their  consumption of the alcoholic
33    liquors provided approved in writing by a physician  licensed
34    to practice medicine in all its branches.
 
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 1        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be delivered to and dispensed in
 2    State housing assigned to  employees  of  the  Department  of
 3    Corrections. No person shall furnish or allow to be furnished
 4    any  alcoholic  liquors to any prisoner confined in any jail,
 5    reformatory, prison or house  of  correction  except  upon  a
 6    physician's prescription for medicinal purposes.
 7        Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail or dispensed at
 8    the Willard Ice Building in Springfield, at the State Library
 9    in Springfield, and at Illinois State  Museum  facilities  by
10    (1)  an agency of the State, whether legislative, judicial or
11    executive, provided that such agency  first  obtains  written
12    permission  to  sell  or  dispense alcoholic liquors from the
13    controlling government authority, or by (2) a  not-for-profit
14    organization, provided that such organization:
15             a.  Obtains  written  consent  from  the controlling
16        government authority;
17             b.  Sells or dispenses the alcoholic  liquors  in  a
18        manner  that  does  not impair normal operations of State
19        offices located in the building;
20             c.  Sells or dispenses  alcoholic  liquors  only  in
21        connection with an official activity in the building;
22             d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
23        shop  liability  insurance in maximum coverage limits and
24        in which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless  and
25        indemnify  the State of Illinois from all financial loss,
26        damage or harm arising out of the selling  or  dispensing
27        of alcoholic liquors.
28        Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
29    organization  or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing the
30    services of a  catering  establishment  for  the  selling  or
31    dispensing of alcoholic liquors at authorized functions.
32        The  controlling government authority for the Willard Ice
33    Building  in  Springfield  shall  be  the  Director  of   the
34    Department  of Revenue.  The controlling government authority
 
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 1    for Illinois State Museum facilities shall be the Director of
 2    the  Illinois  State  Museum.   The  controlling   government
 3    authority  for  the State Library in Springfield shall be the
 4    Secretary of State.
 5        Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at  retail
 6    or  dispensed at any facility, property or building under the
 7    jurisdiction of the Historic Preservation  Agency  where  the
 8    delivery,  sale  or  dispensing  is  by  (1) an agency of the
 9    State, whether legislative, judicial or  executive,  provided
10    that  such agency first obtains written permission to sell or
11    dispense alcoholic  liquors  from  a  controlling  government
12    authority,  or  by (2) a not-for-profit organization provided
13    that such organization:
14             a.  Obtains written  consent  from  the  controlling
15        government authority;
16             b.  Sells  or  dispenses  the alcoholic liquors in a
17        manner that does not  impair  normal  workings  of  State
18        offices  or  operations located at the facility, property
19        or building;
20             c.  Sells or dispenses  alcoholic  liquors  only  in
21        connection    with    an   official   activity   of   the
22        not-for-profit organization in the facility, property  or
23        building;
24             d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
25        shop  liability  insurance in maximum coverage limits and
26        in which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless  and
27        indemnify  the State of Illinois from all financial loss,
28        damage or harm arising out of the selling  or  dispensing
29        of alcoholic liquors.
30        The  controlling  government  authority  for the Historic
31    Preservation Agency shall be the  Director  of  the  Historic
32    Preservation Agency.
33        Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail or dispensed at
34    the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago and 222 South College
 
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 1    Street in Springfield, Illinois by (1) a commercial tenant or
 2    subtenant conducting business on the premises under  a  lease
 3    made pursuant to Section 405-315 of the Department of Central
 4    Management  Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-315), provided that
 5    such tenant or subtenant who  sells  or  dispenses  alcoholic
 6    liquors  shall  procure  and  maintain  dram  shop  liability
 7    insurance in maximum coverage limits and in which the carrier
 8    agrees  to  defend,  indemnify and save harmless the State of
 9    Illinois from all financial loss, damage or harm arising  out
10    of  the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquors, or by (2) an
11    agency  of  the  State,  whether  legislative,  judicial   or
12    executive,  provided  that  such agency first obtains written
13    permission to sell or dispense  alcoholic  liquors  from  the
14    Director   of  Central  Management  Services,  or  by  (3)  a
15    not-for-profit organization, provided that such organization:
16             a.  Obtains written consent from the  Department  of
17        Central Management Services;
18             b.  Sells  or  dispenses  the alcoholic liquors in a
19        manner that does not impair normal  operations  of  State
20        offices located in the building;
21             c.  Sells  or  dispenses  alcoholic  liquors only in
22        connection with an official activity in the building;
23             d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
24        shop liability insurance in maximum coverage  limits  and
25        in  which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless and
26        indemnify the State of Illinois from all financial  loss,
27        damage  or  harm arising out of the selling or dispensing
28        of alcoholic liquors.
29        Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
30    organization or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing  the
31    services  of  a  catering  establishment  for  the selling or
32    dispensing of alcoholic liquors at  functions  authorized  by
33    the Director of Central Management Services.
34        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  at  any
 
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 1    facility  owned  by  the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
 2    provided that dram shop liability  insurance  has  been  made
 3    available  in  a form, with such coverage and in such amounts
 4    as the Authority reasonably determines is necessary.
 5        Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail or  dispensed  at
 6    the  Rockford  State  Office Building by (1) an agency of the
 7    State, whether legislative, judicial or  executive,  provided
 8    that  such agency first obtains written permission to sell or
 9    dispense alcoholic liquors from  the  Department  of  Central
10    Management Services, or by (2) a not-for-profit organization,
11    provided that such organization:
12             a.  Obtains  written  consent from the Department of
13        Central Management Services;
14             b.  Sells or dispenses the alcoholic  liquors  in  a
15        manner  that  does  not impair normal operations of State
16        offices located in the building;
17             c.  Sells or dispenses  alcoholic  liquors  only  in
18        connection with an official activity in the building;
19             d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
20        shop  liability  insurance in maximum coverage limits and
21        in which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless  and
22        indemnify  the State of Illinois from all financial loss,
23        damage or harm arising out of the selling  or  dispensing
24        of alcoholic liquors.
25        Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
26    organization  or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing the
27    services of a  catering  establishment  for  the  selling  or
28    dispensing  of  alcoholic  liquors at functions authorized by
29    the Department of Central Management Services.
30        Alcoholic liquors may be sold or delivered in a  building
31    that is owned by McLean County, situated on land owned by the
32    county  in  the  City  of Bloomington, and used by the McLean
33    County Historical Society if the sale or delivery is approved
34    by  an  ordinance  adopted  by  the  county  board,  and  the
 
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 1    municipality  in  which  the  building  is  located  may  not
 2    prohibit that sale or  delivery,  notwithstanding  any  other
 3    provision  of  this  Section.  The regulation of the sale and
 4    delivery of alcoholic liquor in a building that is  owned  by
 5    McLean County, situated on land owned by the county, and used
 6    by  the  McLean County Historical Society as provided in this
 7    paragraph is an exclusive power and function of the State and
 8    is a denial and limitation  under  Article  VII,  Section  6,
 9    subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the power of a
10    home rule municipality to regulate that sale and delivery.
11        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  in  any
12    building  situated  on  land  held  in  trust  for any school
13    district organized under Article 34 of the  School  Code,  if
14    the  building is not used for school purposes and if the sale
15    or delivery is approved by the board of education.
16        Alcoholic liquors may be sold or delivered  in  buildings
17    owned  by  the  Community Building Complex Committee of Boone
18    County,  Illinois  if  the  person  or  facility  selling  or
19    dispensing  the  alcoholic  liquor  has  provided  dram  shop
20    liability insurance with coverage and  in  amounts  that  the
21    Committee reasonably determines are necessary.
22        Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  in  the
23    building  located  at  1200 Centerville Avenue in Belleville,
24    Illinois and occupied by either the Belleville  Area  Special
25    Education  District  or  the Belleville Area Special Services
26    Cooperative.
27    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
28    91-922, eff. 7-7-00.)

29        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
30    January 1, 2002.

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