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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 3 by replacing the
3 title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to create the Drug or Alcohol Impaired Minor
5 Responsibility Act."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
9 Drug or Alcohol Impaired Minor Responsibility Act.
10 Section 5. Responsibility of person who supplies
11 alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person under 18 years
12 of age.
13 (a) Any person at least 18 years of age who willfully
14 supplies alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person under
15 18 years of age and causes the impairment of such person
16 shall be liable for death or injuries to persons or property
17 caused by the impairment of such person.
18 (b) A person, or the surviving spouse and next of kin of
19 any person, who is injured, in person or property, by an
20 impaired person under the age of 18, and a person under age
21 18 who is injured in person or property by an impairment that
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1 was caused by alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs that were
2 willfully supplied by a person over 18 years of age, has a
3 right of action in his or her own name, jointly and
4 severally, for damages (including reasonable attorney's fees
5 and expenses) against any person:
6 (i) who, by willfully selling, giving, or
7 delivering alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs, causes or
8 contributes to the impairment of the person under the age
9 of 18; or
10 (ii) who, by willfully permitting consumption of
11 alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs on premises owned or
12 controlled by the person over the age of 18, causes or
13 contributes to the impairment of the person under the age
14 of 18.
15 (c) An action for damages under this Section is barred
16 unless commenced within 2 years after the right of action
17 arises.
18 Section 10. A person entitled to bring an action under
19 this Act may recover all of the following damages:
20 (1) economic damages, including, but not limited to,
21 the cost of treatment and rehabilitation, medical
22 expenses, loss of economic or educational potential, loss
23 of productivity, absenteeism, support expenses, accidents
24 or injury and any other pecuniary loss proximately caused
25 by the impairment of the person under the age of 18;
26 (2) non-economic damages, including, but not limited
27 to, physical and emotional pain, suffering, physical
28 impairment, emotional distress, mental anguish,
29 disfigurement, loss of enjoyment, loss of companionship,
30 services, and consortium, and other non-pecuniary losses
31 proximately caused by the impairment of the person under
32 the age 18;
33 (3) reasonable attorneys' fees;
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1 (4) costs of suit, including, but not limited to,
2 reasonable expenses for expert testimony; and
3 (5) punitive damages in an amount that is not less
4 than treble the amount of economic and non-economic
5 damages.
6 Section 15. Applicability. A person may not bring an
7 action under this Act against a licensee or an officer,
8 associate, member, representative, agent, or employee of a
9 licensee under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 who supplies
10 alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years of age for that
11 act if the licensee or officer, associate, member,
12 representative, agent, or employee of the licensee complied
13 with all applicable provisions of the Liquor Control Act of
14 1934.
15 Section 20. Insurance coverage. There shall be no
16 coverage for liability created under this Act under any
17 applicable homeowner's insurance policy.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".