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 1        AN  ACT  to  create  the  Drug  or 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    Drug or Alcohol Impaired Minor Responsibility Act.

 7        Section   5.  Responsibility   of   person  who  supplies
 8    alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person under 18  years
 9    of age.
10        (a)  Any  person  at  least 18 years of age who willfully
11    supplies alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person  under
12    18  years  of  age  and  causes the impairment of such person
13    shall be liable for death or injuries to persons or  property
14    caused by the impairment of such person.
15        (b)  A person, or the surviving spouse and next of kin of
16    any  person,  who  is  injured,  in person or property, by an
17    impaired person under the age of 18, and a person  under  age
18    18 who is injured in person or property by an impairment that
19    was  caused  by  alcoholic  liquor or illegal drugs that were
20    willfully supplied by a person over 18 years of  age,  has  a
21    right  of  action  in  his  or  her  own  name,  jointly  and
22    severally,  for damages (including reasonable attorney's fees
23    and expenses) against any person:
24             (i)  who,   by   willfully   selling,   giving,   or
25        delivering alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs,  causes  or
26        contributes to the impairment of the person under the age
27        of 18; or
28             (ii)  who,  by  willfully  permitting consumption of
29        alcoholic liquor  or  illegal  drugs  on  non-residential
30        premises  owned  or controlled by the person over the age
31        of 18, causes or contributes to  the  impairment  of  the
 
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 1        person under the age of 18.
 2        (c)  An  action  for damages under this Section is barred
 3    unless commenced within 2 years after  the  right  of  action
 4    arises.

 5        Section  10.  A  person entitled to bring an action under
 6    this Act may recover all of the following damages:
 7             (1) economic damages, including, but not limited to,
 8        the  cost  of  treatment  and   rehabilitation,   medical
 9        expenses, loss of economic or educational potential, loss
10        of productivity, absenteeism, support expenses, accidents
11        or injury and any other pecuniary loss proximately caused
12        by the impairment of the person under the age of 18;
13             (2) non-economic damages, including, but not limited
14        to,  physical  and  emotional  pain,  suffering, physical
15        impairment,   emotional   distress,    mental    anguish,
16        disfigurement,  loss of enjoyment, loss of companionship,
17        services, and consortium, and other non-pecuniary  losses
18        proximately  caused by the impairment of the person under
19        the age of 18;
20             (3) reasonable attorneys' fees;
21             (4) costs of suit, including, but  not  limited  to,
22        reasonable expenses for expert testimony; and
23             (5)  punitive  damages in an amount that is not less
24        than treble  the  amount  of  economic  and  non-economic
25        damages.

26        Section  15. If an action is brought under Section (5)(b)
27    of this Act against a person because of events that occur  on
28    residential  premises  or  because of his or her ownership or
29    control of residential premises and that person is  found  to
30    not  be  liable,  the plaintiff shall be ordered to reimburse
31    the defendant for all attorney's fees and  court  costs  that
32    the defendant incurred in defending the action.
 
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 1        Section  20.  Contributory  negligence  and  contributory
 2    willful  and wanton conduct.  Neither contributory negligence
 3    nor contributory willful and wanton conduct  shall  apply  to
 4    any injured party claiming damages under this Act.

 5        Section  25.  Applicability.   A  person may not bring an
 6    action under this Act  against  a  licensee  or  an  officer,
 7    associate,  member,  representative,  agent, or employee of a
 8    licensee under the Liquor Control Act of  1934  who  supplies
 9    alcoholic  liquor  to a person under 21 years of age for that
10    act  if  the  licensee   or   officer,   associate,   member,
11    representative,  agent,  or employee of the licensee complied
12    with all applicable provisions of the Liquor Control  Act  of
13    1934.

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.

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