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Public Act 92-0512

HB2412 Re-Enrolled                             LRB9204208LDcs

    AN ACT in relation to alcoholic liquor.

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

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

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

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 03, 2001.
    Governor Amendatory Veto July 27, 2001.
    General Assembly Accepts Amendatory Veto November 28, 2001.
    Returned to Governor for Certification December 12, 2001.
    Governor Certifies Changes January 01, 2002.

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