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Public Act 095-0860
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| SB2472 Enrolled |
LRB095 17318 KBJ 43387 b |
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AN ACT concerning liquor.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by |
changing Section 6-35 as follows:
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(235 ILCS 5/6-35) |
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a |
delayed effective date) |
Sec. 6-35. Alcopops Alcopop advertising. |
(a) For purposes of this Section, "alcopop" means a |
flavored alcoholic beverage or flavored malt beverage that |
includes (i) a malt beverage containing a malt base or beer and |
added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit |
juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives where |
such blending material constitutes .5% or more of the alcohol |
by volume contained in the finished beverage; (ii) a beverage |
containing wine and more than 15% added natural or artificial |
blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, |
or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), |
colorings, or preservatives; or (iii) a beverage containing |
distilled alcohol and added natural or artificial blending |
material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, |
colorings, or preservatives; or (iv) an alcohol malt beverage |
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containing caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng, where the |
beverage constitutes 0.5% or more of alcohol by volume. |
(b) No entity may advertise, promote, or market any alcopop |
beverages toward children. Advertise, promote, or market |
includes, but is not limited to the following: |
(1) the use of cartoons and youth-orientated photos in |
advertising, promotion, packaging, or labeling of alcohol |
products; |
(2) sponsorships of athletic events where the intended |
audience is primarily children; |
(3) billboards advertising alcopops, as defined in |
items (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a) of this |
Section, placed within 500 feet of schools, public parks, |
amusement parks, and places of worship; and |
(4) the display of any alcopop beverage in any |
videogame, theater production, or other live performances |
where the intended audience is primarily children. |
(c) No entity shall sell for consumption an alcohol malt |
beverage containing caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng, |
where the beverage constitutes 0.5% or more of alcohol by |
volume, unless individual containers of the beverage have |
imprinted on each individual container the following: |
(1) the words "contains alcohol"; and |
(2) the alcohol content of the beverage. |
(d) (c) Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a |
business offense and shall be fined $500 for a first offense |
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and $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
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(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to be |
inconsistent with any other provision of this Section or any |
other State or federal laws, rules, or regulations regarding |
the labeling of alcoholic beverages. |
(Source: P.A. 95-618, eff. 6-1-08.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
1, 2009.
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